Cooling fan issue, need opinions

I went out, took some pics of my car, and on the way home, i smelled plastic burning, then it got really strong, so i pulled over, popped my hood, and smoke gushed out, turns out that my fan motor was shot, causing the connector to catch fire

i got home, let it cool off, pulled out the spare fan assembly, pulled the fan assembly out of the car, to find that the fan blade melted around the shaft, the fan drooped and is now against the fan shroud, so i know thats not happy

but to the opinions part, since the auxiler fan on my damaged unit is good, would it be worth anything putting the auxilery fan in place of the primary on the good fan assembly? i saw the aux fan had a much more aggressive set of blades on it

if its a good idea, how would i go about actually swapping, i didnt look too hard yet, but i figure ill get some good tips before i hack something up

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1987 Thunderbird 3.8
1987 Turbo Coupe, 5-speed

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aka Tbird232ci

I don't know why you could not swap the secondary fan into the primary fan position.
The motor/blade assy just bolts in - piece of cake [Image: biggrin.gif]

Be sure to inspect/repair the fan connectors

I just swapped out my primary fan for another auxiliary fan unit. I can see no ill effects from the swap Put 200 miles on the car this last weekend (30 of it in the city) and the car ran normal or below. I also liked the idea of more fan blades and research conducted turned up no negative responses.
Gary Schweikert

i did a check on the connector, it seems to be solid, no cracks, just a bit melted, this weekend im going to grab another pigtail and solder it on there

i swapped the aux fan from the damaged fan assembly to the primary spot on the good assembly, so ill see how it goes when i can afford gas *rolls eyes*