GTV6 cooling fan meltdown...(reasonably long)

["Ryan Mottice" <tont032@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Friends,

While out for a pleasant drive around the capital beltway (i.e. wasting time 
sitting in bumper to bumper traffic at 10:30 a.m.)  I started to smell 
something burning.  I caught a hint of it, then it was gone.  A while later 
the smell came back with a vengeance and i watched as the engine temp began 
to creep up.  I pulled over and popped the hood to find the source.  First 
things first: coolant - good, drivers side fan, ok - pass side fan, not ok.  
pass side fan wiring - insulation melted off.  following the wire to the 
connectors - connectos melted together.  Since the radiator is in the way 
and I could follow the wiring no further, I headed to the wiring harness on 
the drivers side.  The harness was split open exposing the wire which had by 
then shed it's insulation.  Since the connector was fried, I cut the power 
wire and drove home (temp was fine at speed).  Got home, removed fried fan, 
opened it up and discovered death, as expected.  First of all, what could 
have caused such an event, and secondly...how does one go about replacing 
said fried components.  I might as well replace both fans while I'm at it, 
but the real question here is the wiring.  Upon initial inspection it the 
meltdown doesn't seem to have damaged any other circuits...thank goodness 
for that.  I have some ideas of how to remedy this, but I thought I'd ask if 
anyone has come across a similar situation.  Thanks for letting me ramble.

Ryan

84 GTV6
91 164S x2

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