I am working on deleting the mechanical fan and viscous heater from our 2006 CRD. Today I made a template for the viscous heater delete pulley plate. I used Mountainman's old viscous heater to make the template. Thanks Mountainman!

I also made a template for a plate to replace the fan bearing bracket. This was much more time consuming then the viscous heater delete plate. I made 4 templates before I was satisfied with the fit. The plate uses the same bolt holes as the fan bracket. I plan to bolt 2 Gates 38006 idler pulleys to the bracket to replace the fan pulley and the existing idler. Belt routing will be the same as factory The front engine lifting plate will also be removed as it will interfere with the top idler pulley.

I ran out of time and had to reassemble the CRD before I was complete because my wife needs it tomorrow. I want to purchase an old fan bracket that I can pull measurements from to machine the 2 spacers for the idlers and the spacer that I will tack to the back of the plate where it bolts the timing cover. (The hole that uses the extra long bolt) So, if you have an old fan bracket that you don't mind parting with, I want to purchase it from you. Thanks.

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2006 CRD Sport
GDE FT ECO tune, GDE TCM ECO tune, ARP studs, HDS-001 203F T-Stat, 3.7L nylon fan & Hayden 2905 clutch, Carter P76148M in-tank pump, Racor 245R122 filter head & 2 micron R25S fuel filter, Provent 200, Samcos, Fumoto F-102, Litens 920834A de-coupler, PML rear diff cover, OEM trans pan with welded in bung, JBA UCAs, full skids.

No problem! I hope you can track down one of those, they are really steep for a new one.
hmm, maybe I can help actually.

For all of you that have 100k+, or especially 150k+ miles on your mechanical fan bearings, you should check them for play, and or roughness ASAP. You don't want to find out how much fun it is to replace the radiator on the CRD
Oh, and instead of chucking the old one in the trash, mail it to the OP

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05 CRD: H.D.S2 stat,WW Ironrock trilink&LCA's, OX rear,ARB front, 4.10's, ARB bumper, Suncoast,OME 3.5, JBA UCA,rock rails, Moabs&265/75 Duratracs, GDE tunes ,FFD fan,ARP's, 2 micron fuel, new valves,sasquatch battery tray & grid heater, tensioner relocated
Mech fan, VH & AC delete

I have a good used one that I can loan to you, if you are interested in that.

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Phil
2005 131k 3.7 Gasser (Lifted-CRD Springs, 4.10 Gears, F+R DTT, Teraflex 2wd Low, Skidrow/Mopar Skids, Rock Lizard Super Skinks, Goodyear Wrangler Authority 31x10.5-15)
2012 Triumph Tiger (TKC 80 Front Tire Heidnau K60 Rear, Crash Bars, Skid Plate, Bark Busters, Pelican Case Top Box)

Phil,
Thanks for the offer. I may go that route if I can't buy a bad one cheap. It will be 2-3 weeks before I have time to work in this project again, If no one offers a bad on for sale, I'll send an email your way, Thanks again.

I looked at the post of your 3.7L e-fan installation again. You stated that you trimmed:
5/16 inch (8mm) from the green line on the bottom
1/8 inch (3mm) from the red lines on the left and right
and remove the whole top part (blue line)

I'm not clear on exactly where you trimmed it. Did you trim to reduce the length and width? Or did you trim to reduce the thickness of the assembly?

One more question........You also posted:
Only thing left to do is extend the wires to reach the location of the fan plug on the chassis harness.
Where is this plug on the chassis harness? Is it the 3-wire plug with no mate behind the passenger side headlight? Or did you delete the pusher fan and use that plug?

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2006 CRD Sport
GDE FT ECO tune, GDE TCM ECO tune, ARP studs, HDS-001 203F T-Stat, 3.7L nylon fan & Hayden 2905 clutch, Carter P76148M in-tank pump, Racor 245R122 filter head & 2 micron R25S fuel filter, Provent 200, Samcos, Fumoto F-102, Litens 920834A de-coupler, PML rear diff cover, OEM trans pan with welded in bung, JBA UCAs, full skids.

Do you need it all? Like the clutch, fan blade, or just the piece the fan assembly spins onto. Either way, I'm parting one out and have it. Shoot me a pm and name your price

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2005 Crd Silver Limited- arps, rockers, 7v etechno's, egr deleted, v6 airbox, metal cac's. Yeti's stage 2 tune. Euro TC, Ram tcm, pml transmission pan, facet lift pump

PM sent

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2006 CRD Sport
GDE FT ECO tune, GDE TCM ECO tune, ARP studs, HDS-001 203F T-Stat, 3.7L nylon fan & Hayden 2905 clutch, Carter P76148M in-tank pump, Racor 245R122 filter head & 2 micron R25S fuel filter, Provent 200, Samcos, Fumoto F-102, Litens 920834A de-coupler, PML rear diff cover, OEM trans pan with welded in bung, JBA UCAs, full skids.

I trimmed the thickness of the shroud. When you try to fit up the 3.7 fan you will see where it needs to be cut.

I reused the connector for the electric pusher fan. I plan on running larger trans cooler so I needed to remove the front electric fan.

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Phil
2005 131k 3.7 Gasser (Lifted-CRD Springs, 4.10 Gears, F+R DTT, Teraflex 2wd Low, Skidrow/Mopar Skids, Rock Lizard Super Skinks, Goodyear Wrangler Authority 31x10.5-15)
2012 Triumph Tiger (TKC 80 Front Tire Heidnau K60 Rear, Crash Bars, Skid Plate, Bark Busters, Pelican Case Top Box)

Thanks for that information. If I use the 3.7L Liberty e-fan, then using the wiring for the pusher fan will be an option. If I use a Ford Thunderbird fan (if I can make it fit), I will need additional relays or a stand-alone controller. The T-bird fan draws over 50 amps on high speed.

I talked to Keith at GDE about re-programming the ECM to work with higher temperature thermostats. I mentioned to him that I have a HDS 203F thermostat on order. He said reprogramming the ECM for the 3.7L e-fan to work with the higher temperature thermostat is possible.

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2006 CRD Sport
GDE FT ECO tune, GDE TCM ECO tune, ARP studs, HDS-001 203F T-Stat, 3.7L nylon fan & Hayden 2905 clutch, Carter P76148M in-tank pump, Racor 245R122 filter head & 2 micron R25S fuel filter, Provent 200, Samcos, Fumoto F-102, Litens 920834A de-coupler, PML rear diff cover, OEM trans pan with welded in bung, JBA UCAs, full skids.