Electric fan conversion?

Jessedavis82 · May 27, 2016

My clutch fan went out on my 2002 5.9l. I've read some posts about converting to a 99-04 Grand Cherokee electric fan. Is the Grand Cherokee fan 19" that will fit in my orginal shroud? With the wiring I really dont mind it being on constant since I do a lot of idling, my truck is for work only I work in pipeline construction so I idle quite a bit and need AC cold on hot days in Texas. With that said I wanted to wire it up to run all the time when the truck is on. What size wire do I need to use and what size fuse?

Thanks

BBartow · May 27, 2016

the recall fan is too much $ to be worth imo

Mohpar · May 27, 2016

I would just buy a wiring kit off ebay. Hell even get a couple of puller fans off ebay as well.

You can get anything from the cheaper Chinese dinky fans to flex-a-lite name brand type stuff.
Depends how much you want to spend. Look on eBay or Amazon for a complete kit
Hayden makes some good stuff.

It's cheaper and more reliable to just get a new clutch fan rather than trying to mess with taking an old fan out of a Cherokee and buying a wiring harness to fit it in the truck.

I have an 8 blade fan in place of the 5 blade stock one.
I believe it is this: 9 blade clutch fan for Dodge Dakota

Maybe mine is 9 blades. Anyway you just take the Dakota fan and bolt up a clutch for our trucks. But Dakotas had 5.2 and 5.9 as well so it should be a direct fit.

Jessedavis82 · May 27, 2016

BBartow said:
the recall fan is too much $ to be worth imo

Are talking about the Grand Cherokee fan?

Jessedavis82 · May 27, 2016

Mohpar said:
I would just buy a wiring kit off ebay. Hell even get a couple of puller fans off ebay as well.

You can get anything from the cheaper Chinese dinky fans to flex-a-lite name brand type stuff.
Depends how much you want to spend. Look on eBay or Amazon for a complete kit
Hayden makes some good stuff.

It's cheaper and more reliable to just get a new clutch fan rather than trying to mess with taking an old fan out of a Cherokee and buying a wiring harness to fit it in the truck.

I have an 8 blade fan in place of the 5 blade stock one.
I believe it is this: 9 blade clutch fan for Dodge Dakota

Maybe mine is 9 blades. Anyway you just take the Dakota fan and bolt up a clutch for our trucks. But Dakotas had 5.2 and 5.9 as well so it should be a direct fit.

I like the idea of an electric fan due to idling for long periods and still staying cool. I idle sometimes for up 2hrs +.
The Grand Cherokee fan is a perfect fit I just had some questions for people who've done the same conversion. Thanks

Mohpar · May 28, 2016

Jessedavis82 said:
I like the idea of an electric fan due to idling for long periods and still staying cool. I idle sometimes for up 2hrs +.
The Grand Cherokee fan is a perfect fit I just had some questions for people who've done the same conversion. Thanks

I hear you. But clutch fans do the same thing - always on at idle. Your call, I personally have never heard of the Cherokee fan conversion.

BBartow · May 28, 2016

Jessedavis82 said:
Are talking about the Grand Cherokee fan?

Yeah the recall replacement fan is the one you want. The factory one would fall apart. It was a popular swap since it used to cost only $50, now its almost $200.

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