Putting 3 pin molex on Sanyo fans

[chunkylover77]

Hey guys I got the Sanyo Denki fans in and I need to put a 3 pin fan header on it. I have all the hardware but I've never done it before. Anyone give me a quick little how to? TIA.

[Psyche911]

First off, it's a pain in the ass. It took me about an hour for the first one, and I haven't started the second yet. lol

*Basically, push the wire all the way in so it's touching the loop. (EDIT: You don't want the bare wire to extend much past the end of the insert. If the bare wires are able to touch once you insert them into the plastic housing, that's bad. You may have to trim a little bit off of the wire, I took about 3mm off on mine)
*Then secure the insert so you can bend it (I used tweezers and a pair of needle nose pliers)
*Bend each of the pins on the sides outwards a little bit, so they can collapse in on themselves
*Pick one and push it down, so it collapses towards the center, it's okay if it protrudes past the edge of the insert and it's okay if it doesn't come strait down
*Do the same to the opposite side, so it comes down just next to or on top of the first one
*Then take your pliers and try to make it as compact as possible. Push it strait down as hard as you can. Then do the same to the sides.

Then repeat for the other pair of pins on the insert.

Then repeat for each fan.

Good luck.

[MaxxxRacer]

that sounds like hell.. there has to be a tool for these things.

[chunkylover77]

Thanks for the help. I actually find a guide on my google search. Yeah it is a little bit of a pain in the ass. Finally got them all done and put my shroud back on the rad and turned everything on and I have a massive leak. Not good. I am thankful that I have the LL v2000 though as my wc is seperated from the components.

I cant tell if the tubing got loose or the barb on the rad is leaking. I'm shot right now though as I can only do so much work due to a back injury. Does anyone know how to test where the rad is leaking from besides putting everything back together?