>Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 21:47:57 -0400
>To: "rflynn" <rflynn@dircon.co.uk>
>From: James Barrett <jamesbrt@mindspring.com>
>Subject: Re: Tools & Fans
>
>At 08:43 AM 7/23/99 +0100, you wrote:
>>
>>My saturday morning project (after watching cartoons of course) is
>>installing one of those mythical 6-bladed FoMoCo fans on mon Tigre.
>>Unfortunately, 3500 miles separate me from my usual source of tools
>>(Dad), so I need to beg, borrow, & steal to get the job done. Can
>>anyone help answer the following questions so I can get through this
>>job with the minimum of false starts:
>>
>>- What tools will I need (sockets, spanners, etc.)
>>
>>- Do I *need* to take the radiator shroud off, is that a bad
>> idea, or a good idea?
>>
>>- To get the new fan off, do I need to take the pully off or
>> can I just unbolt the current fan and put on the new one
>> directly? (I guess I'm asking if the fan bolts into the
>> pully or bolts through the pulley.)
>>
>>thanks in advance,
>>
>>rick
> The four fan blade bolts have 1/2" hex heads. The bolts
>pass through the fan and pully and bolt to the water pump flange.
>It is easier to get to the bolts if you remove the fan schroud.
>As you remove a bolt (1/2" head) holding the schroud/radiator
>replace the bolt to keep the radiator from moving around.
>I personally do not remove the radiator to do this job unless the
>fan is so close to the radiator that the bolts will not come out
>without hitting the radiator. I use a long 1/2 closed end
>wrench to remove the bolts. Place the wrench over the bolt
>and then rotate the fan slowly while holding the wrench steady.
> If the fan has a standard 5/8" hole and not a 1" hole
>then either you make the hole bigger (I used a Greenly hole punch
>on mine) or simply replace the water pump with a standard Ford pump.
>You may have to press the flange back to match the original. Remove the
>rear plate of the water pump and support the shaft from the rear
> before you start pressing it back. To remove the water pump
>you may very well have to pull the radiator as there are some very long
>bolts holding the pump on. Most of the water pump bolts have 1/2" heads.
>Recommend a 3/8" ratchet set to remove the water pump bolts. Spray
>the bolts with PB Blaster before you try to brake them loose. If the
>bolts start out and then get tight, go back and forth very easy for
>a long time to free them up. This is much faster than trying to
>remove a broken bolt later. Keep track of which bolt goes where
>as the water pump bolts are various lengths.
>
>
James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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