Cooling Fan Confusion

[OKCVmax]

Catchy title, eh?

I recently did a motor swap on my bike. Before doing it - my fan use to come on at the halfway mark on the temp guage. Now, after swapping, the fan won't come on at all.

I've verified that my fan works. (Hooked it to the battery). I verified that there is power going from the right side to the left side of the bike (from the switch plug on the right side to the left side where it plugs into the fan). I verified that the cooling fan switch DOES work. It closes in the same place as it used to, about halfway up the guage. Just hooked an ohm meter to it and waited for it to close.
If I stick a pair of needle nose pliers into the plug on the right side of the bike (the plug that the switch goes into) the fan comes on. I also just plugged in one side of the switch, and measured voltage coming out of the other side of it, and It was the same 12v that was going in. So there doesn't appear to be a power loss through the switch.
Still, no fan when the switch is closed and everything is plugged together.

Anybody have an idea? Everything is working, everything is getting power, contacts are good, but still no fan when plugged together. I'm stumped.

Thanks!

 

[eggohead]

maybe your temp switch for the fan crapped out. Mine use to have issue until I replaced it with the switch from vmaxoutlaw... I very rarely see the needle get to the screw since that.

 

[OKCVmax]

Nope, switch worked fine.

I went for a ride and at the gas station I realized the fan was running. I have no idea what happened or why it just started working... but it did. So problem solved I guess.

 

[jdeitz1979]

I’d guess ya had a bad connection, and the vibration fixed it lol. I’d look for a lose wire or something like next time


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[Fire-medic]

Make sure you have a good ground, and shiny connectors. Also trace along the lines flexing the wires 1 at a time, and see if you have an internally-corroded wire under the insulation. I have found that the first inch after a crimp sometimes will have corrosion, which may cause an intermittent connection.

 

[OKCVmax]

Well, the problem is back. I've messed with connections and moved wires around with the switch is closed and nothing. I have no idea what to do.

 

[jdeitz1979]

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