scarman

Doc and I have an engine driven fan to take care of cooling the engine, which is totally adequate without
the a/c load.

scarman

Well, if you are going to let this little connector defeat you, perhaps you are beyond help. : - ) Just buy the
sensor now and remove the sensor with a wrench and then work on the connector. I agree you want to be
careful and not break it. It is probably full of corrosion and needs back and forth action to get it loose.

gietl

Sweet dude

gietl

I've been defeated by microscopic things only to come back and win in the end. I sure hope I can handle this.

I probably will just end up ordering the switch, but it's always nice to test a theory.

gietl

So since this sucker, the fan switch that is, happens to be on the radiator, am I going to have to drain the coolant to replace the switch?

scarman

Depends on how long you are going to fumble around before you install the new switch. Hint: put finger in
the hole. You would like time to investigate if any gelled crud is built up in the lower radiator isolating the
coolant from the sensor, so placing a hose on the drain nipple on the right side of the radiator would allow you
to collect clean coolant for re-use, You want to use a sealing washer on the switch, so you need the old one if
you didn't buy a new one.

gietl

New switches appear to come with a new sealing washer thankfully. I would hate to re-use the old one. I probably wont be sticking my finger in anything. I'll plan on capturing the coolant and hopefully reusing it.

Thanks!