These motors have been reported to be direct (or nearly direct) replacements for the motors in the efans in front of the radiator. I have not tried it personally however.


If you have iphone use OBD fusion app with a wifi dongle to monitor temps, sensor readings, and other assorted items in real time. It is the best $35 you will spend on the truck without doubt.

 

The OEM fans seem to kick the bucket much quicker vs it's nearly identical 96 Toyota Corolla Denso counterparts. I usually grab perfectly good spares at a Pick N Pull type salvage yard for 5.00 each. The motor is all you want so at the junk yard strip off the fan blade, and housing (you will keep your OEM housing/blade). Then just use some nice 3M heatshrink butt splices and install the OEM LR plug and you'll be good to go. The motors are 100% identical fit wise and the only real difference is some have a vent tube while others don't, besides that 100% identical.

 

I just swapped those motors in mine last weekend

here are the terminals.
https://www.corsa-technic.com/item.php?item_id=244

Cut the rectangle plug off the new ones, use a paper clip to pop the old connector shell off the old terminals, strip, crimp, reassemble. Avoid splices whenever possible

 

You may want to consider this as well

https://discoweb.org/index.php?threa...ng-lamp.99506/



Mine went off after 10 minutes of AC use alerting me to a problem way before the gauge needle would have moved. Much easier than having to mess with a phone every time you drive and way less of an eye sore than an ultragauge

 

Just took one of the fans off of the radiator and 3 of the 4 bolts broke on me 🙄. I’m having a lot of trouble shoving my hands up in to that tiny space above the radiator to unplug them, don’t really see another way to access it.

 

If I recall, slide the connectors to the side of the radiator and flex the steel to get them out, then disconnect them. I cut them so they could be added to the new motors and make them longer to make it easier.

 

Loosen top radiator support brackets and you can reach the plugs easier.

 

Yes. Tilt radiator back. Loosen upper bolts for the condenser. The plug wont clear the gap without doing this Remove everything to do with the hood latch. Remove the bolts for the trans cooler and move it out of the way

plan on new screws for the fan and motor. I had to cut the heads off most of them and Im nowhere near any rust

 

I've just loosened upper supports for the radiator tilted it back, and with an 8mm socket loosen all 8 fan bolts with the grill removed. It's a funky couple of angles, but the OEM fan plugs are held into place. Once you free them you should be able to pull them up, unplug them, and remove them.

I've had to replace the 2 efans on all but 1 D1 I've owned. Corolla units always saved the day. Also a tip to getting the 3 screws on the blade loose without stripping the head = get either a small manual impact driver to loosen them, or get a really good #2 phillips head screwdriver and hit each screw several times with a dead blow hammer to loosen them. The screws are made out of the typical soft Japanese metal and will strip the heads very very easily if you don't do that.

 

Well, that would have been a smart thing to do before I cut the crap out of my hands!
I got new Camry motors coming and new bolts. Thanks for the tip, guys.
Also gonna get one of those UltraGauge things, they look so cool.