What a PIG!!!

[rover]

I am in the middle of replacing a water pump on a 1998 'Banana', and I'm having a right pig of a job with it!

The viscous fan wont come off, I have had them very tight before but never had one I just couldnt move at all, the power steering pump just needs two bolts taking out to make room to remove the cover and one of them snapped in the block! the alternator vac-pump is leaking oil everywhere, and to top it all off the bloke is soo tight he wont even have the cam-belt done!

Just thought I'd share my horrible day with you all


Rover.

[madmark]

mate those fans are a nightmere! been there many times!

[Wolfie]

ah well in 24 minutes i will supping a cold guinness, i hate days like this!!!

[rover]

Oh that makes me feel a whole lot better Wolfie I would chuck some 'Goslings' down me kneck but I fear the rest of the day would be a blurrrrr

Well I got round it in the end, had to 'modify' the cam cover in the end

Drilled out the P/S bolt and ran a tap up the whole.

Now completely covered in oil and trying desperately not to get any on the keyboard

Rover.

[motorwise]

you haven't forgotten they're not a left handed thread on these have you? - easily done

[rover]

No mate I havent forgotten, they are so comonplace and I do so many of them that when i get an old one to do I'm more like to forget that they ARE left hand thread

Rover.

[transitgeoff]

an old what

[Luke]

an old what

Di there left handed

[MrMPuk]

Mine is right hand thread as are most after 1995!

[rover]

Mine is right hand thread as are most after 1995!

Exactly...

It depends on what you consider 'old' to be, basically I meant pre 'smiley' when I said old.

Rover.

[transitgeoff]

every viscous in any wedge shape trany is right hand thread diesel of course

[Luke]

mines left handed

[jay]

I checked on this and down at my yard I got a early Di (off A C reg mk3)with left hand thread on the pump and a banana one (off a M reg)which is right hand thread

[Luke]

yes the early mk3s have the same as the mk2s
the ones without the servo pump on the back of the alt have the left hand thread the fan was mounted on the water pump - mabe thats why they moved it

[transitgeoff]

ALL original WEDGE shape Transits have vac pump driven by alternator and right hand threaded viscousfan with no exceptions, you didnt get a wedge Transit that was fitted with a vac pump mounted on the engine like a mk2