Opinions on electric fan motor replacement

[cherokeefan_1]

Hello all. I am looking for opinions or experience on using the replacement fan motors for the oem cooling fan. For the price of the replacement motor from four seasons off ebay I can buy a new complete oem style fan. Which do you think would be the better option knowing that both are probably made in china. Should I go for the new motor and the old fan blade/shroud or get a new fan assembly from one of the no name manufacturers? Both would probably be from ebay or a place like rockauto. Any info or opinions would be great. Also the fan I have is a curved 8 blade style as I could never find the 10 blade style at local yards. Is there much of a difference in the amount of air moved between the two? Thanks in advance atriot:

 

[kdub41]

go to partsgeek.com and buy a 98 or newer cherokee fan. they are 10 blade and they are 78 dollars shipped. All that has to be done if your cherokee is older than a 97 is cut off the plug that comes on the fan and use the one off of your old fan. I did that and the fan works great

 

[QUABOAG]

teamcherokee.com lists bost old and new styles for 90 bucks with a three year warantee. got one from them this summer, fit and worked perfect.

 

[cherokeefan_1]

Thanks much I will look into those and get one ordered soon.atriot:

 

[xj98xj]

Anybody ever tried getting an OEM electric fan from a junkyard to replace the mechanical one?

 

[tbburg]

Anybody ever tried getting an OEM electric fan from a junkyard to replace the mechanical one?

All the time. In the FAQs: http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=983427