I found some info out there on the world wide web stating there is a bolt in replacement fan for the Shelby Dakota.

http://forums.moparmusclemagazine.co...ota/page2.html

Since one fan was dead in my Dakota and the other worked when it wanted to, I ordered two of these fans.

The fan is made by SPAL and goes by part number 30100365. It moves more air than the original and pulls less amps. The SPAL fan is also about half as thick as the original fan and a bit lighter.

I put the fans in today. Working on the fan assembly requires you remove the radiator.
The whole job took about 4 hours because I made the mistake of unbolting the fan assembly from the radiator without tying it to the radiator support. The fan assembly fell down into the radiator opening and made it impossible to get the radiator out. There is very little room between the radiator and the engine. Every millimeter counts.

I had to remove the AC condensor to lift the fan assembly up enough to get the radiator out. If your AC works, you may not want to do this.

If you leave the fan assembly bolted to the radiator when you unbolt the radiator from the radiator support, you can then tie the fan assembly to the upper tie bar of the radiator support with a long zip tie. Now when you unbolt the fan assembly from the radiator it won't get in the way.
I did this when I reinstalled my fans and radiator. It made life much easier.

The original Bosch fans are held to the fan support frame with four bolts and rubber isolators for each fan.
These bolts transfer over to the SPAL fans and the SPAL fans bolt right into place.

There are no typical Turbo Mopar modifications or re-engineering required.

The electrical connector on the SPAL fan is the female version of the electrical fan lead already on your Shelby Dakota (assuming someone has not modified the wiring)
You just need to swap the wires on either the fan connector or the truck wiring connector so everything works correctly.

The temperature in the shop was about 75º today. I ran the Dakota until the fans came on. They ran for 45 seconds and shut off. The temp gauge stayed well below half the entire time the Dakota sat idling.

Life is good.

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