SoCal "Murdered Out" Would this work??? (Tranny problem)

@ Nate
I will stick with this car till my death I assure you lol. It's one of my dream cars afterall. And when I see potential in something I don't easily give them up

@Steve
haha, I will one of these days haha

 

No homo

 

Hey guys, last time I posted here was when I resoldered the wire that goes from the thermostat housing to the radiator fans. There was really no room to solder the wire because it was torn off all the way through to the socket, so I thought that could've been a problem, but my father has a knack in electronics and soldered it anyway. I thought it would work but the fans did not repond to the temperature. So then I went to the yard to grab another. Then soldered the new(old) wire then again, but again fans are not switching on. Any guesses as to why this is happening? I've asked my dad if he could make a switch at work so I can just switch the fans on manually.

-Jamezzy

 

That's what I wanted to do, but my father says the fan will have decreased life and break down because it's on ALL the time lol

 

Fan doesn't stay on with the switch off.
Fuses look good according to my father. The contacts look clean.
Will check if there's 12 V at the fan, but my battery is a full 12V.
I disconnected the wire that the fan needs to get energy from the battery and I put 12V to the fan and it does work. hmmmmm
Soooo, the fan should stay on with the thermostat fan wiring torn/broken/corroded etc?

 

Nope haven't done anything to the A/C. It was 2 months ago, one day I had to pick my brother up, and left the car idle for about 20 mins I think it was, and then coolant started to drip. Then drove the car home lightly and drove it another mile or two the next day...lightly. Then started the car up again the next day, heard a grinding noise. Opened the thermostat housing and the second half the thermostat was gone. So I changed coolant fluids and did not find traces of the second half, but the coolant was kinda black. While I was putting the thermostat back on, I think I bent the thermostat fan wire a bit too much because I didn't see it was kinda in the way and it broke off. With that disabled, I drove the car about 5-10 miles a month after this incident and the fans have never turned on. The only thing I see in this, is that I believe the radiator fan stopped working on the day that I saw the coolant dripping, and I did absolutely nothing to the A/C or tinkered with anything else. hmmmmm?

I'll be sure to turn my fan on if I install a switch because I now have my eye on the temperature gauge since I don't have a working fan and I'm afraid of overheating. Which I almost did trying to find a place to park at school. Leaving the car on for more than 5 minutes without any wind to cool the radiator is scary. But the car is okay driving when moving ofcourse. I'm just not gonna drive it more than 20 miles lol.

 

I just had my water pump replaced in 2010 due to a seized gear and cracked into pieces I'm pretty sure the second half of the thermostat went through there though lol. Not good. I imagine some of the parts would clog some holes the coolant goes through
Okay I'll check if the fan is getting power. Although it did work when I gave it power from a separate source, so it must the wire in between?
I never liked working with electricals, but this problem solving stuff is giving me something to do and I MUST find the culprit! lol

 

Small Update:
Started my car up the other day and sounded like there was no fuel going into the engine. The starter sounded wonderful, but the car sounded dry, I concluded it was the fuel pump that had given up. Then a day or two later I wanted to show my father what had happen to the car. Then sure enough, the car came into life...
Lol

Now I don't want to drive this car and become stranded somewhere unexpectedly, so what should I check first just to make sure?

 

Anyone? Suggestions?

 

Lol. I'm guessing something got loose and didn't power it. Or maybe a one in a million chance where the fuel pump couldn't catch the fuel? I just drove it to school right now it was working just fine. Still have to sort out the radiator fan problem though. I'll get to that sometime.