02-18-17, 92,559 miles: Went ahead and ordered the two idler pulley(s), auto tensioner, radiator fan motor and belt from Rock Auto earlier this week. Received them a few days later and after realizing the radiator fan assembly was only $20 more than the fan motor alone, I went ahead and sent the fan motor back and ordered the whole radiator fan assembly(02-16-18).
Received the radiator fan assembly today, thanks Rock Auto! As usual I had looked up a few YouTube videos on replacing these parts and as I figured there wasn't anything to it...maybe an hour or less.
New parts are always nice even when just maintenance parts...
The old fan was out and the new fan assembly was back in within 15 minutes...literally five nuts to remove the coolant expansion tank and fan, unplug the fan, drop in the new one and reverse.
The idler pulley(s) and auto tensioner was equally easy to do but before too long I realized the smooth idler pulley was the wrong size. I had a 76mm(3") and the new ones was 90mm(3.5'')...my fault.
Before heading to the auto parts store to get the correct one I decided to turn my attention to the bolts that had seen some corrosion from over the years...
...with some careful use of the angle grinder with wire wheel and cut off wheel for the washer(s) they looked much better.
Checked online to see which auto parts store had the correct smooth pulley and while none had the Gates piece I wanted, one had a Dayco idler pulley for my application. Upon arriving at the parts store and getting it in my hands I saw it was a different design from the oem one or the Gates I had but that was all they had, so after measuring it and confirming it was the correct 76mm...I paid for it and was headed back home with hope it was the correct one.
Here is the Dayco unit on the left, the old one in the middle and the Gates unit(90mm) on the right...
....the Dayco unit was plastic where as the other two where metal with a flat face and open cavity on the back side. Where as the Dayco unit was ribbed wit the ribs starting from the center and extending to the outer edges on both sides. Thankfully it worked.
Not much to see but here is what the old, probably the same parts as it rolled off the assembly line with, tired parts looked like....
...and the new parts installed.
Pulled Shelby out of the garage and let it run for ten minutes or so per the instructions for the belt and check for proper belt alignment and make sure worked as it should.Thankfully no more noise from the radiator fan!! It was REALLY annoying!!
Everything was fine but the battery light is still coming on!! I put in my OBDII bluetooth dongle in the obdII port and turned on the Torque app and found the voltage to still be in the 13.7v-14.3v range with an occasional dip to 13.5v with the ac, headlights, etc. on...so at this point the only thing I can figure is the alternators internal voltage regulator is going or a bad ground some where in that circuit...I dunno. Will continue to monitor.