doing the viscuous fan conversion
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Three quick raps with a three pound sledge really? I got a good start today and thought I would have this sucker on in an hour or so......hahahaha they are one with each other I could not get that nut to come loose to save my soul. Just to save a little face I will not tell you how long I spent in there way too long. I drank two ice cold mugs of beer to help me stay calm ![Smile](https://landroverforums.com/forum/images/smilies/H5uKDcM.png)
Tomorrow I am going to go tool shopping.
the joker at the auto parts store told me they had the tools and they would rent them to me for fifty bucks. I don't think so. I would rather go spend five times that and have the tools for the other things I need to get done. Hell the fan only cost me 51.
I am finally going to get some real tools. and I mean air tools. oh yeah and a cheater bar. I have been crawling on the ground with a ratchet for too many years cussing and cutting my hands. Right now I can afford it.
Don't get me wrong I am not made of money and the fact that I am going to go spend a good chunck tomorrow does pain me...however in the long run I do believe it is worth it. say what you want.
side note....my rover was fine at highway speeds but at an idle she was getting hot . Turn her off a few minutes and she was back to the middle.
I bought a new lower hose because it was spongy and the visc fan, and I plan on flushing her out...putting the fan on and changing the lower hose....and replacing her fluids. Sticker on the bottle shows the po changed the fluid in 06. I believe this to be the case. even though I know he did not put a lot of miles on it in that time.
hopefully all goes as planned tomorrow. I can take her to get the echeck so I can get tags.
cross you fingers
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Tomorrow I am going to go tool shopping.
the joker at the auto parts store told me they had the tools and they would rent them to me for fifty bucks. I don't think so. I would rather go spend five times that and have the tools for the other things I need to get done. Hell the fan only cost me 51.
I am finally going to get some real tools. and I mean air tools. oh yeah and a cheater bar. I have been crawling on the ground with a ratchet for too many years cussing and cutting my hands. Right now I can afford it.
Don't get me wrong I am not made of money and the fact that I am going to go spend a good chunck tomorrow does pain me...however in the long run I do believe it is worth it. say what you want.
side note....my rover was fine at highway speeds but at an idle she was getting hot . Turn her off a few minutes and she was back to the middle.
I bought a new lower hose because it was spongy and the visc fan, and I plan on flushing her out...putting the fan on and changing the lower hose....and replacing her fluids. Sticker on the bottle shows the po changed the fluid in 06. I believe this to be the case. even though I know he did not put a lot of miles on it in that time.
hopefully all goes as planned tomorrow. I can take her to get the echeck so I can get tags.
cross you fingers
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You may have to have someone push down on the fan belt at the same time you give it a whack. But it really does come off easily, and you are trying to turn it toward the alternator. I get mine off with a 14 inch pair of Channellocks (pump pliers). Have done it in salvage yards to help out hungry Disco parts hounds, over a dozen times on my truck (put on a salvaged clutch, found out what that oily spot on the front means, put on the Chevy w/o AC clutch, swapped it out for the Chevy w/AC version - too noisy, swaped back to Chevy w/o AC), even read a post the other night and went out and popped it out to take pictures to send as a response. It is really a piece of cake. Should not need a breaker bar or cheater bar.
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Yes I found out you get your money back this evening the goof of a kid did not make that understood. Man alive I understand that you say this thing should come off easy but I am telling you I have spent the better part of two days out there in the heat and it is still on there. I tried the autoparts tool set and it didn't fit...yes lefty loosey yes
that is the way I have been going even looked at the new one to make sure I wasn't trying to tighten it on. I have been using a 12 inch crescent and a 3lb sledge. I bought a big pry bar today....how does someone tighten the belt enough to lock the pulley?
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I took my truck to the muffler shop, paid them $10 cash and they removed my fan the first time because I was having the same problem as you.
Then I drove the truck home with no clutch fan and did the rest of the work myself.
Now my fan comes off with a crescent wrench and a whack of my palm.
If its never been off before you will never get it off yourself.
Then I drove the truck home with no clutch fan and did the rest of the work myself.
Now my fan comes off with a crescent wrench and a whack of my palm.
If its never been off before you will never get it off yourself.
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