Mike,
If the question is can you remove the fan clutch from the pump
pulley, the answer is yes. It presses off too easily. Not sure it can be
done on the car, though. But if you don't want to save the clutch, whack it
from behind gently whilst turning it. These things come off too often by
themselves. I can't belive it would be difficult intentionally. The clutch
presses onto a snout on the pump pulley. The pump pulley is pressed onto
the pump bearing shaft. The blades are bolted to the clutch. Remove blades.
Try to pull the clutch off. Best way is using a puller pushing in on the
pump shaft and pulling out on the clutch. I guess I'd go with the puller as
hammering can destroy the bearing and/or seal.
Sorry for the rambling. Be glad you weren't the guy I was
describing cylinder head removal on a BMW at the same time. Good luck to him.
Peter C.
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At 01:37 PM 11/3/2003, Michael Graziano wrote:
>if you have a 1500, you can get a water pump w/o a fan clutch. It's for a
>'74 spitfire (I believe). Or you can just remove the fan, and leave the
>clutch on the pulley.
>
>Peter, can you help here?
>
>Mike
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
>[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Antony Gelberg
>Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 2:13 PM
>To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Cooling system - fun starts here
>
>
>On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 02:03:28PM -0500, Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
> > This looks to be the sensor for a Kenlowe Electric fan. This piece sits
> > inside the hose, and on the more recent (last 10 years) kits via a sort of
>rubber
> > bridging piece. The sensor operates like a temp gauge sensor only instead
>of
> > 'driving' a gauge it switches the fan off and on via a temp controlled
>switch.
> >
> > This arrangement never worked that well for me, I never liked the big
>clock
> > switch it came with and I've always used a normal on/off switch stuck in
>the
> > dash.
> >
> > It could be something else but I doubt it.
>
>Awesome. The car does have a Kenlowe fan fitted, and a manual on/off
>switch. There's a large rectangular hole in the dash next to the
>current switch - wonder if this was the clock switch you mentioned.
>
>I know someone earlier said it looked like a temperature sender, good
>work everyone!
>
>On a related note, I'd like to move the Kenlowe to behind the radiator,
>and take out the OEM fan. It looks tight - anyone done this? I take it
>that the pulley has to stay because of the water pump. ;)
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