Tomorrow morning I'm buying a new radiator, electric fan, and fan controls! I hope all of that solves my overheating issues. I hate not being able to drive my car! Especially with the beautiful weather we are having here!
I would do the radiator, but avoid the E fan until you have your cooling issues ironed out. Electric fans don't fix cooling issues, they take load (and not much) off the engine.
After you do the radiator and all is good and you want an E fan, Use the lincoln with a DCC controller.
You said you were on a budget, and these aren't really low budget parts. You need a powerful fan with a shroud, not simply one that goes by diameter.
Ok so I got a new radiator and so far so good. I went to a pull a part yard and was trying to find a fan shroud. Will a 3.6 fan shroud work for a 5.0? That's all I could find. I didn't get it cause I wasn't sure. If it will work I will get it when I go back tomorrow. I did pick up a whole frnot bumper cover with lights and the supports for 35 bucks! I thought that was a good deal. Any help on finding a fan shroud would be nice. Like if one from a t bird or what. Thanks guys!
yup u are right should always test therm before u put it in trust me i will for now on!, after I took the bad therm out and put it in a pot of boiling water it never opened!!!!
This should be a no brainer, but you should use a pot that you don't plan to cook with since antifreeze will kill you. I would recommend not using that pot again for cooking especially since you tested your old one.
So I got a fan shroud from a 3.8 and trimed it a bit and it fit just fine. So for those that have helped me out thanks guys. The cooling issue is now solved! Plus I even picked up a front bumper cover and replaced that too!
OK I am just going to make a comment here on the second to last post. THIS IS NOT A LEGAL MEDICAL RECOMMENDATION-- FOR THE LAWYERS, but as veterinarian, if you wash the pot out well, ethylene glycol antifreeze will not cause kidney damage or be any kind of a risk to your health in practical terms. You can use the pot again for cooking. Just don't drink antifreeze straight-- yes it tastes like sugar water, which is why dogs drink it