Viscous Fan Spanner

Righteo.....On The Viscous Fan On The Landy 90, (2.5 TD) You Need A Special Sized Spanner To Get The Thing Off (Apparently It's A Bit Flat) Could Anyone Possibly Supply Me With The Measurements For The Thing? At All?

porthos0 said:

Righteo.....On The Viscous Fan On The Landy 90, (2.5 TD) You Need A Special Sized Spanner To Get The Thing Off (Apparently It's A Bit Flat) Could Anyone Possibly Supply Me With The Measurements For The Thing? At All?

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Not sure of the exact size (I think they're more or less universal) Halfords sell the spanner quite cheap. & of course after you've removed the fan If you find it's not made as well as think it should (the spanner not the fan) . Halfords have a no quibble moneyback policy!!

redhand said:

Not sure of the exact size (I think they're more or less universal) Halfords sell the spanner quite cheap. & of course after you've removed the fan If you find it's not made as well as think it should (the spanner not the fan) . Halfords have a no quibble moneyback policy!!

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oooh ya big cheap skate ya .... use it and take it back ....


i never heard such a thing ....

lrb2 said:

oooh ya big cheap skate ya .... use it and take it back ....


i never heard such a thing ....

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Me neither AND I wouldn't dream of suggesting such a thing. But you know how it is. You use a tool and then think actually I'm not happy with that. "The colour doesn't look right in this light." Or "mmm it doesn't quite sit right in my hand." Or even "actually it's a piece of ****e, & I'm never gonna use it again so it might as well go back."

i believe ya ...

no i do onnist ...

32mm spanner can just about get it on the disco

Haha, Cheers =] Much Appreciated Bits Of Info There.
Esp The Moneyback Policy,

A/F size is 1.25", offset is 2" at 1.375" from the back of the jaws.

You can get it off with a 10mm ring spanner on the bolts from the fan to the viscous unit with a bit of fannying about.

I couldn't use a regular spanner on my 200tdi but went to my local landy people in glastonberry and they let me use theirs quite a bit for free whilst i was trying different viscous units. If you know of a garage that isn't run by money grabbing thieves then its worth a shot, in most cases it doesn't make much odds to them enyhow as taking the unit off is only a 2 minute job and its not a particularly common job anyhow so its not as if you're holding the garage up.

Ollie

I got my fan off my TD5 Defender with an adjustable spanner.
Took off the upper cowling and had enough room between the rad toget on the nut.
Couple of taps (normal thread on TD5) with a hammer and Robs your mothers brother.
Had a look at the so called purpose made spanners and decided that they would not last 5 minutes.

Mines a purpose made spanner cos I dint make it by accident an it's lasted a couple of years now only used it once though.

Mine was removed with a hammer an chiesel. Not by me though.