Flex-a-Lite 52184 Ford 97-04 Mustang Rad/Fan Combo User Manual
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97184 R
ev
. 02-05-14
Ignition-
con
tr
olled P
ow
er S
our
ce
1. L
oca
te the fuse bo
x.
2. F
ind a cir
cuit tha
t is hot when the key is in the
ON
position. 3. A
ttach the included fuse tap t
o the fuse
. A
ttach a
female c
onnec
tor t
o the thin r
ed wir
e included and
connec
t t
o the fuse tap
.
4. A
ttach pink f
emale c
onnec
tor t
o end of the wir
e and
connec
t t
o t
er
minal #9 on
VSC.
NO
TE:DO NO
T use the DRL or br
ak
e/tailligh
t fuse!
6
7
Reassemble A
nd
Test
1. I
nser
t t
emp
. pr
obe near r
adia
tor inlet
, lea
ving 1/4”
of
the pr
obe stick
ing out fr
om the c
or
e.
Be c
ar
eful not t
o
damage r
adia
tor c
or
e.
2. A
ttach r
eser
voir tank t
o bott
om hose
.
3. S
ecur
e fr
on
t tabs of r
eser
voir tank t
o aluminum
standoff
s along t
op of r
adia
tor
.
4. S
ecur
e r
eser
voir tank t
o r
ear post with spac
er and
w
asher
. (F
ig
. 5)
5. R
ea
ttach sensor plug t
o r
eser
voir tank
.
6. A
ttach r
eser
voir tank tube t
o dr
iv
er side r
adia
tor bar
b
fitting
.
7. R
einstall plastic panel ar
ound hood la
tch.
8. R
efill r
adia
tor with fac
tor
y appr
ov
ed c
oolan
t,
filling fr
om the o
ver
flo
w tank t
o the
“ADD C
OOLANT
” line
mar
ked
on
the
tank
. Optionally
add
a
bottle
of
Fle
x-a-
Chill
to pr
ot
ec
t y
our new r
adia
tor fr
om c
or
rosion.
9. R
ea
ttach nega
tiv
e (-) ba
tt
er
y cable fr
om ba
tt
er
y.
10.
Tur
n ig
nition on. I
f the LED far
thest fr
om
VSC po
w
er
wir
es does not tur
n on af
ter 6 sec
onds
, check 12V po
w
er
going t
o t
er
minal #9.
10.
W
ith eng
ine running
, tur
n A/C on.
The fan should be
running and 3 of the LEDs should be lit
. I
f not
, v
er
ify A/C
clut
ch is engaged and c
or
rec
t sig
nal wir
e is tr
igger
ed
.
11.
Tur
n A/C off
. L
et
Vehicle w
ar
m up t
o nor
mal oper
ating
temper
atur
e. A
djust scr
ew t
er
minal clock
wise t
o incr
ease
tur
n-
on t
emper
atur
e and c
oun
ter
-clock
wise t
o decr
ease
temper
atur
e.
NO
TE:
THE SCRE
W
TERMINAL ONL
Y
RO
TA
TES 3/4 OF A
TURN. IF
TURNED BEY
OND IT
S
LIMIT
S
THE
TERMINAL
WILL BREAK!
12. Onc
e desir
ed t
emper
atur
e is set
, let the eng
ine idle
and make sur
e the fan c
ycles t
o main
tain desir
ed
temper
atur
e. M
ake sur
e the fan is pulling air thr
ough
the r
adia
tor t
ow
ar
d the eng
ine
.
13.
Top off c
oolan
t as nec
essar
y.
The eng
ine will need t
o
fully hea
t and c
ool sev
er
al times t
o pur
ge all air
.
Fig
. 5
W
ha
t’s N
ex
t?
Reg
ist
er y
our pr
oduc
t f
or w
ar
ran
ty a
t
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omotiv
e.fle
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-reg
istr
ation/
Enjo
y y
our F
le
x-a-lit
e per
for
manc
e c
ooling pr
oduc
t!
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ou need fur
ther assistanc
e, please c
on
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t t
ech ser
vic
es
at 253-922-2700 M
-F 8:00am-5:00pm PST
.
8
The F
le
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e Limit
ed
W
arr
an
ty
Fle
x-a-lit
e C
onsolida
ted
, 7213-45th S
t. Ct
. E
. F
ife
, W
A 98424,
Telephone N
o. 253-922-2700, w
arr
an
ts t
o the original
pur
chasing user
, tha
t all F
le
x-a-lit
e pr
oduc
ts t
o b
e fr
ee of def
ec
ts in ma
terial and w
or
kmanship f
or a p
erio
d of 365 da
ys
(1 y
ear) fr
om da
te of pur
chase
. F
le
x-a-lit
e pr
oduc
ts failing within 365 da
ys (1 y
ear) fr
om da
te of pur
chase ma
y b
e
returned t
o the fac
tor
y thr
ough the p
oin
t of pur
chase
, tr
ansp
or
ta
tion char
ges pr
epaid
. I
f, on insp
ec
tion, c
ause of
failur
e is det
ermined t
o b
e def
ec
tiv
e ma
terial or w
or
kmanship and not b
y misuse
, ac
ciden
tal or impr
op
er installa
tion,
Fle
x-a-lit
e will r
eplac
e the fan fr
ee of char
ge
, tr
ansp
or
ta
tion pr
epaid
. F
le
x-a-lit
e will not b
e liable f
or inciden
tal
,
pr
ogr
essiv
e or c
onsequen
tial damages
. S
ome sta
tes do not allo
w the e
xclusion or limita
tion of inciden
tal or
consequen
tial damages
, so the ab
ov
e limita
tion or e
xclusion ma
y not apply t
o y
ou
. T
his w
arr
an
ty giv
es y
ou sp
ecific
legal righ
ts and y
ou ma
y ha
ve other righ
ts
, which v
ar
y fr
om sta
te t
o sta
te
. T
he F
le
x-a-lit
e w
arr
an
ty is in c
omplianc
e
with the M
agnuson-M
oss
W
arr
an
ty A
ct of 1975.