2001 Disco II.
I know from a boy the lefty loosey rule but since I am not sure what direction the fan turns I am not sure which direction to remove it: CCW or CW?
Also, I have seen where people suggest a 36 mm wrench to remove the nut but I am finding it to be 35 mm...

Thanks in advance!

 

when standing in front of the vehicle looking at the engine bay, counter clockwise

 

Knock the top of wrench over to the passenger side. A few Quick swift hits should break the nut loose.

I have a pneumatic viscous fan tool, but found a large adjustable wrench from HF that works well.

 

UPdate: Used the rental pulley tool (Advanced Auto - Rental $69) to keep the pulley from moving but since I could not find a correct sized spanner I bought a 15" crescent wrench from Lowes ($29.99), set it to 35mm. Pulley tool was used by my son from under the DiscoII while I broke the nut loose from the top of the truck. Definitely was a two man job for me because of the thickness of the crescent wrench and the interference from the pulley tool when they were both accessing from the top.

 

glad you got it off. I left the belt on and pressed down on it to keep tension on the water pump and it helped me get it off