Car Overheated Fan wiring harness connector melted

[Brands5.0]

This moringing on my way to work my car over heated i noticed it in time by the ac blowing hot air. Low and behold my fan was not running. by magic i touched the connector and the fan came to life. When i got to the office i unpluged the connector from the wiring harness to the fan and it was stuck really good once i got it to brake free i could tell on of the connections was melted. Called for and the only way to fix it seems to be a new wiring harness. Any one have any fixes that dont involve replacing everything.

Thank you
Brandon

 

[Carbd86GT]

Either the fan is going bad and it's drawing too much amperage or you have a short somewhere in the wiring. Might want to try to track down the culprit before you start throwing parts at it. FYI, you can buy just the wiring pigtails from a Ford Dealer.

 

[CPRsm]

Trim the wiring and add spade connectors at the end. That should keep you from buying a new harness. The fan getting old can cause too much amperage pull. A bad ground can problems also. The weird part is why no fuse blew before the wires burnt. That's how stuff burns to the ground. A weak link must pop before the wiring gets that hot.

 

[Carbd86GT]

Trim the wiring and add spade connectors at the end. That should keep you from buying a new harness. The fan getting old can cause too much amperage pull. A bad ground can problems also. The weird part is why no fuse blew before the wires burnt. That's how stuff burns to the ground. A weak link must pop before the wiring gets that hot.

I don't know why some type of fuse doesn't pop either, I know his issue because my 95 Cobra did the same thing a few times, ended up being a bad CCRM. I actually saw the wire glowing red, ready to catch fire and no fuse popped.

 

[Brands5.0]

The reason mine melted is because it was never fully plugged in all the way. The plug wasn't clipped on so over the years I guess it was always arcing and it just melted

 

[FEARSNO1]

i know this is an old thread, but this just happened to me also, does anyone know a part # from ford for the pigtail?

 

[stkjock]

you can try this list, I'm not sure if you need to be a member for you to see the attachment linked below


Pig Tail Chart

 

[Brands5.0]

I bought a new fan and gutted my old connector and rewired it. When i checked ford did not sell the plug.