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Post Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:28 am

HairyScreech wrote:http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E30/T ... al_system/

one of these i guess
number 3? Wiring set additional fan?
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Post Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:05 am

If you boys read Ians post on the first page all the info you need (and more) is there
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Post Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:04 pm

right then after having a look round i've found this,

http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p6098 ... _info.html

now what i would like to know is wold this be the right part for the job??
i could do with knowing if this is the correct part before i go & order it & find out it not right.

@danthe, i've read ian332i's first post on this thread & i'm trying to make sense of it lol.

thanks in advance folks.
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Post Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:11 pm

also found these

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorspor ... controller

those in this link seem to fit in with ian332i's first post (i could be wrong though :o: )

& these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Variable-Ther ... 3f15512a51

fingers crossed one of these is the right one as it's starting to do my head in now :cry:
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Post Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:26 pm

DanThe wrote:If you boys read Ians post on the first page all the info you need (and more) is there
Read per it all again and it makes sense. Very clever actually.

Thanks Ian :)
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Post Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:35 pm

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Post Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:36 pm

DanThe wrote:If you boys read Ians post on the first page all the info you need (and more) is there
Ians info was always more than needed, always very detailed. I wouldnt of wired my S50 up if it wasnt for him 8)
I remember him taking the time to email me a lot of wiring info, including the above electric fan stuff.


Brianmoooore wrote: No idea on E36 pins. The pins require a special tool to remove them and leave them reusable, unless you cut the plastic away that retains them.
I cut pins free from the E36 fusebox when I fitted the electric fan to my S50 conversion. I had the complete E36 loom, so cut pins out and traced the wires right back to the fan, switch and earth connections.
They fitted the E30 fusebox fine.
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Post Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:58 pm

i'm starting to think it might be easier to just fit the fan & install a (toggle) switch (somewhere) on the dash & turn it on & off as & when needed, surely that can't be to hard??
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Post Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:14 pm

A switch on the dash is fine if youre the only one who is going to drive the car and even then you have to remember to turn it on! It might be a little more work to wire in the thermo switch, but its fit and forget. It really isnt difficult to wire in the thermo switch, it took me a couple hours and Im no wiring expert.

A mate had a switched fan on a 2.0l converted Cosra - forgot to tell his MOT man.... you can guess the rest :(
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