[Shotimes] cooling fan relay

Mon, 9 Jun 2003 09:00:46 -0400

Wow!  That's pretty good.  I think you really captured the essence of what
he was trying to say.  I feel like I really know the characters now, and 
feel
something for them.  Not just blindly following along with the story 
because
it's there.  I can almost...er...sorry.

Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 Green MTX  3/01-1/03
   ShoShop y-pipe

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan

shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 06/07/2003 08:35:27 PM:

> Let me fill in the blanks, because here is what I think he said:
> 
> 1) my cooling fan is not turning on and the cooling fan relay is at 
fault.
> That relay is in this housing which has many wires going in/out of it. 
This
> housing is just above the radiator on the drivers side, hidden by the
> plastic piece with the pictures of how the serpentine belts are 
configured
> and all that other jazz. I would love to replace this relay assembly, 
but
> its too expensive (how much is that anyway?), so I am going to wire a 
switch
> directly to the fan motor and bypass the relay. If possible, is there 
any
> easy way to fix the cooling relay so I don't have to wire directly to 
the
> fan motor?
> 
> 2) I ran the ecc self test by pushing OFF and FLOOR buttons 
simultaneously
> and then the AUTOMATIC button within 2 seconds. After 20 seconds I got 
code
> 888 (no failures) but mistook it for a fault. When you first start you 
car
> and the ecc is given power, all of the lights/leds turn on as it goes 
thru
> its startup phase, and this is what the results of the ecc self test 
look
> like. Not realizing this is the 888 code signifying that everything is 
ok, I
> probably also forgot to hit the COOLER button to exit the self test 
mode.
> 
> Read the result codes here to get a better understanding. its kind of
> misleading because this page says that error code 6 means "no errors", 
but I
> believe its supposed to say "result code 6 which displays '888' means 
that
> there were no errors"
> 
> http://www.shotimes.com/php-bin/print.php?sid=139
> 
> 
> .jack
> .94.opal.mtx
> .SHOcago
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net 
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Steve Weinrich
> > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 2:55 PM
> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] cooling fan relay
> > 
> > ?????  WTF????
> > 
> > Steve
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "-Newmy-" <thenewmster@shaw.ca>
> > To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 2:42 PM
> > Subject: [Shotimes] cooling fan relay
> > 
> > 
> > > Hello everyone.
> > > Do you guys have a quick fix for the multi function relay when the
> > cooling
> > fan relay goes?
> > > Im just gonna wire my fan direct, as that MF relay is quite 
expensive,
> > but
> > thought I would check with you guys first..
> > > Also, I performed that eatc test to see why my fan is stuck on 
defrost,
> > and after the 20 seconds, I dont get any codes but instead all the 
numbers
> > and displays just stay on like when you first start up the 
vehicle....dont
> > know what that means...
> > > thanks!
> > > Curt
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