captandave Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 (edited) Hi everyone I just got this 09 Journey 3.5l a week ago and the previous owner has it rigged up to run the fan by connecting a wire to the positive battery terminal. it looks like this unknown wire connector was damaged so they rigged it up to work. The fan works fine when it is connected. I really need to know what this connects too and can I buy a connecter to splice in and replace this bad one? Thank you for any and all advice. Edited June 8, 2019 by captandave misspelled a word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechanical-idiot Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 Time to visit your local auto wrecker. mechanical-idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captandave Posted June 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 So no one knows where this connects? it runs fine just I don't like having to connect the fan to the battery Everytime I drive it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhareFred Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 (edited) It’s obviously some kind of Mickey Mouse repair by the previous owner. That blue connector looks like it’s for a relay. Don’t think my 09 has anything like that. Your looking at it, start by following the wires. You’ll have to open the wire loom to see where it goes. Look for melted, blackened, or cut wires. Hard to say what’s what going on by a picture. The attempted repair was done because someone else didn’t want to do the job right. Edited June 10, 2019 by OhareFred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captandave Posted June 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 Thank you for responding. yes it's really a hoky repair. She said it goes into a fuse box which needs replacing but I don't think that is close to right. I could by pass this connector using wires with female connectors but I still need to know where or what it connects to. I may go look at a used journeys engine to see if I can figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechanical-idiot Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 You could run it thru the firewall into the dash and hook up a toggle switch there. Or, you could get it fixed correctly. I would choose option B. Good luck mechanical-idiot jkeaton and 2late4u 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 go with option b ,probally more expensive but you wont burn your engine by accident mechanical-idiot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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