well it seems from my search that some have done flex-a-lite fans on a second gen, but i could not find were someone had done a volvo fan on a second gen, so i figured what the hell. the install is complete, much more involved than putting it into a 3rd gen (compared to bamachem's writeup, great writeup btw) i replicated his work with the volvo fan from ebay=$38 shipped, and the delta current controller w/temp sensor. sorry, a friend has my digicam, so no pics, but ill get them this weekend as im pulling it back out for a modification. the 3rd gens aparrently 1. use a bigger radiator than 2nd gens 2. use a MUCH bigger fan shroud than 2nd gens. the only way to possibly get the volvo fan "nested" was to trim 3" from one side, 2" from the other side, almost completly remove the bottom, and trim the top, and then mount it upside down. man it was alot of cutting, my dremal has left for florida for the week i also chose to mount the controller differently, its on the passenger side wall, behind RB#2(relay box#2, or for the electrically challenged, the fuse box in the engine bay behind the battery i chose this location to keep my wire runs short and tidy, very close to the battery, and the locations i chose to pull for accessory wiring(switched 12v, and ac) the ac is interesting, and i guess its different from 3rd gens, but according to the factory electrical supplement manual, the cds fan(condensor fan) gets positive voltage all the time, and is switched on the ground side, however it is a 2 speed fan with 2 relays, so i decided to take my ac signal off the ac idle up vsv, more on that later as im still testing. so far so good, engine temps (from the gauge at least) are stable, but i plan on building a device to monitor the voltage output of the ect sensor, to know for sure. ill get pics i promise, i know alot of people want to see pics of the "nesting" and it is very different from the 3rd gen install in that regard. brad

 

Deffinately want to see this.

 

finally got my camera back!! about damn time i know! here are the pics as far as doing this, just follow the writeup in the tech section, then look how i cut the shroud for second gens. the ac idle up was no good, it also is switched to ground. i guess ill try the compressor clutch next, then after that i have no idea. i have a pic showing where i mounted the controller, but i need to edit the fender sticker vin# out!!


****SEE BELOW FOR PICS****

 

That's AWESOME that you got it to work and took pics of the back side of the shroud. If I ever take mine off, I'll take more detailed pics. I only had to trim the "tabs" off the volvo shroud to get it to fit in the 3rd gen shroud - so 3rds have not only a lager radiator, but also a deeper shroud.

 

thanks! yea the 3rd gens must have a much deeper shroud, especially at the bottom.
(btw, i edited my first post to spell your name correctly, oops

 

What happen to the pics? This thread isn't that old to have pulled them from the host is it?

 

I'd like to see tham as well

 

sorry, i dont know what happend to the pics, ill get them back up, but i didnt do anything to them, maybe pictiger has a time limit for non paying users, who knows.

 

Just use the attachment feature here. That way they won't disappear...

 

Wow, you mean we don't need a host server to post pics here?

 

Pics!!!!

 

btw, the wiring for the controller was cleaned up, that pic was after initial install

 

Looks great, all you do is cut the plastic and bolt it to the stock shoud, eh.... I think I may do that next spring when the motor is out for the rebuild.

 

It does look nice, sounds like it is way more entailed than the 3.4 though. Good write up, and nice pics though. nice work man.

 

thanks i think the only thing that makes it tougher than a 3rd gen is the amount of shroud cutting, everything else is the same. heres a pic of the cut shroud pieces, should give an idea of how much you gotta cut. the main problem is the 2nd gen shroud is much shallower than a 3rd gen, which requires alot more plastic removal from the volvo fan shroud as to not hit the radiator.

 

whew, thats a lot of shroud. Very nice work though. I know a lot of guys will appreciate this.

 

thanks, hopefully it helps people out. we should also thank bamachem, he did the main write-up on this mod(if others did it first, my bad, bamachems is the only one i know of) and without his write-up, i never even would have known about the mod, thanks again bamachem

 

Does the dcc controller hook up to the higher speed on the Taurus 2 speed fan? (I assume).

 

im not sure waskilly, im using a volvo fan. maybe someone else knows? if its a relay thing, i think you would get rid of the relays, as the dcc hooks up directly to the 2 leads for the motor.

 

I got it figured out. Thanks.