I need to know what everyone thinks!!!!!

[Wild Willy]

So, if you direct wire a line to the fan with a switch, and the fan doesn't spin, and the wires get hot, sounds like a dead short. Probably the fan motor is cooked, easy to get a replacement, either used or Auto Zone-

If you stay with the manual switch, you may want to think about putting a fuse in the feed line in case something like this happens again. Fire safety, and all that-

[blackcamarochick]

soooo how do i wire in a relay? is it the same as the fan relay? i changed the one(its right next to the fuel pump relay on the drivers side) thank you so much all the advice is really helping me! the wire i was using is ten guage so i guess that a good start!!!!!!

[blackcamarochick]

oh yeah the fan spins its just the wires get super hot!

[Jeff_in_Atl]

What gage wire are you using? It's written on the side of the wire.

[ConElite]

oh yeah the fan spins its just the wires get super hot!

Chances are your running some 14-18g speaker wire to. Run at least 14-10 industrial wire b/c the load for something like the fan is alot greater than Speaker wire can Handle.