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Sorry, Thor is way beyond my ken!
What did you do with your Range Rover today
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Sorry, Thor is way beyond my ken!
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nothing yet! but!! Island! order! arrived!
silly question, do I need to do the viscous coupling up tight, given the thread is opposite to engine rotation, surely it will tighten itself up?
silly question, do I need to do the viscous coupling up tight, given the thread is opposite to engine rotation, surely it will tighten itself up?
Hand tight on, it'll sort itself out.
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A little bit of copperslip would not go a miss.
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And a little tap on the spanner just to make sure.
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that assumes you have a spanner.. and is the reason I asked
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How did you get it off ? 32 mm diesel, 38mm petrol.or a big adjustable.that assumes you have a spanner.. and is the reason I asked
, don't tell me you used the hammer and chiesel method.
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I've not, yet! But I'm replacing the water pump as well so i don't need to take the old one offHow did you get it off ? 32 mm diesel, 38mm petrol.or a big adjustable.
I've never had that happen after refitting several. At a guess a shade over 100 over the last 5 years. The fan stops almost immediately on shutdown and the amount of shock from starting is enough that even if it did dislodge a teeeny bit, it'll tighten itself back up again. But I have never experienced a VC spinning itself off. Not saying it could never happen, but it seems highly improbable.As long as when the engine stops the fan doesn't have enough momentum to unscrew itself.
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For it to spin enough to unscrew itself I'd imagine the VC was shot anyway. Spin a healthy one by hand a few times and it'll quickly bind. Even on a stone cold day, a running engine shut off will have put enough heat through the VC it won't spin enough to unscrew.
But without being there at the time this is just guessing.
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Yeah fair one. I'd be upset as well. Suppose he is lucky if that was the only thing he broke.
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How do i know if i have a 130A or 150A alternator? Can't see anything obvious on the body. Do I care?
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Tighten the bugger, I did that with mine and it unscrewed when it was in full lockup and spun off the barsted thread when I'd stopped the engine...
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Checked the fluids, greased the props and swapped my wheels around ready for the holiday jaunt a demain.
Fooking love my '38.
Fooking love my '38.
