taking off fan how to
03-09-07, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Omixeo
Wow, are we really having problems getting the fan off? I used a 10mm wrench and my free hand. Grab a fan blade with my left hand, put the wrench on the nut and what do you know, the nut came off. Repeat three more times and its off.
03-09-07, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Omixeo
Wow, are we really having problems getting the fan off? I used a 10mm wrench and my free hand. Grab a fan blade with my left hand, put the wrench on the nut and what do you know, the nut came off. Repeat three more times and its off.
that would mean that your fan is screwed because the fan should free spin. It should slowly lock up as the engine spins due to the grease inside the clutch for it.
03-09-07, 10:21 AM
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Wow.
My first car (well, after the "practice car" that my parents got me after graduation that ran for like a week.. then I sold it) was an RX-7. I learned to work on it. Never did I have to ask the question "how do I take this bolt off". Monkeys have more ingenuity with sticks and rocks than some of you people have with purpose-built tools.
My first car (well, after the "practice car" that my parents got me after graduation that ran for like a week.. then I sold it) was an RX-7. I learned to work on it. Never did I have to ask the question "how do I take this bolt off". Monkeys have more ingenuity with sticks and rocks than some of you people have with purpose-built tools.
03-09-07, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Omixeo
Wow, are we really having problems getting the fan off? I used a 10mm wrench and my free hand. Grab a fan blade with my left hand, put the wrench on the nut and what do you know, the nut came off. Repeat three more times and its off.
If all the belts are still on it, just grab one on both sides and squeeze it tight - they ought to hold well enough to break the nuts loose and then spin them off easy. Otherwise use two wrenches and break them all loose - you're going to end up with one tight at the end, but as long as you've loosened it once, it should be easier to get it by hand later.
03-09-07, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by micaheli
Wow.
My first car (well, after the "practice car" that my parents got me after graduation that ran for like a week.. then I sold it) was an RX-7. I learned to work on it. Never did I have to ask the question "how do I take this bolt off". Monkeys have more ingenuity with sticks and rocks than some of you people have with purpose-built tools.
My first car (well, after the "practice car" that my parents got me after graduation that ran for like a week.. then I sold it) was an RX-7. I learned to work on it. Never did I have to ask the question "how do I take this bolt off". Monkeys have more ingenuity with sticks and rocks than some of you people have with purpose-built tools.
If you're more comfortable working with sticks, you can wedge a stick between two adjacent studs at an angle so you're over the one on the right and under the one on the left and you can stop the fan from spinning that way.
Or if the engine is out of the car, then you can wedge a stick behind the flywheel through the inspection cover hole on top of the tranny and behind the counterweight to stop the engine from turning, and then remove the other bolts, taking it all off as an assembly.
Jumping up and down and making "ooh ooh" noises is reserved for when you finally get the nut loose and slice your hand open on the fan.
03-09-07, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by micaheli
Wow.
My first car (well, after the "practice car" that my parents got me after graduation that ran for like a week.. then I sold it) was an RX-7. I learned to work on it. Never did I have to ask the question "how do I take this bolt off". Monkeys have more ingenuity with sticks and rocks than some of you people have with purpose-built tools.
My first car (well, after the "practice car" that my parents got me after graduation that ran for like a week.. then I sold it) was an RX-7. I learned to work on it. Never did I have to ask the question "how do I take this bolt off". Monkeys have more ingenuity with sticks and rocks than some of you people have with purpose-built tools.
Originally Posted by micaheli
I'm going to be putting a rebuild into my car in the next couple months and I remember last couple times I did this, it was kind of a pain knowing off the top of my head how many miles the engine had on it... I'm no advocate for turning back odometer miles, so thats not an option..
I searched around and couldn't find a third-party second odometer to use along-side the existing one.... If somebody knows of one, I'd love to hear it. Maybe GPS?
An idea I had was to buy an engine-hour counter like they use on boats. You can put it pretty much anywhere, in your car, in your engine bay, etc.... and just let it do its job. It won't track miles, but actual on-time of your engine... which might be a more accurate representation of engine wear.
What do you guys think?
I searched around and couldn't find a third-party second odometer to use along-side the existing one.... If somebody knows of one, I'd love to hear it. Maybe GPS?
An idea I had was to buy an engine-hour counter like they use on boats. You can put it pretty much anywhere, in your car, in your engine bay, etc.... and just let it do its job. It won't track miles, but actual on-time of your engine... which might be a more accurate representation of engine wear.
What do you guys think?
03-09-07, 11:48 AM
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Innovating a new product usage (as stupid as it might have been) is hardly the same as "How do I stop this fan from turning.. ooh ooh eee eee". Thats just incompetent.
03-09-07, 11:54 AM
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I've got this amazing innovation for logging miles on a rebuild - I'll sell you the kit for $49.99.
It comes with a post-it note, and a pen - you take the mileage from your odometer and write it down on the post-it note. Then you write the word "Rebuild" next to it and put it in the glovebox. Totally painfree and you don't have to remember anything! When you need to know how many miles are on your engine, you take the number on your odometer currently, and, using the handy dandy pen and post-it note - subtract the Rebuild number from it. So simple a 3rd grader can do it!
For $199.99, we offer a totally electronic kit - it comes with a solar powered calculator and a polaroid camera.
For $299.99, we have our pro package - it comes with a digital camera, you take the picture and e-mail it to me, and I'll do the math for you.
It comes with a post-it note, and a pen - you take the mileage from your odometer and write it down on the post-it note. Then you write the word "Rebuild" next to it and put it in the glovebox. Totally painfree and you don't have to remember anything!
When you need to know how many miles are on your engine, you take the number on your odometer currently, and, using the handy dandy pen and post-it note - subtract the Rebuild number from it. So simple a 3rd grader can do it! For $199.99, we offer a totally electronic kit - it comes with a solar powered calculator and a polaroid camera.
For $299.99, we have our pro package - it comes with a digital camera, you take the picture and e-mail it to me, and I'll do the math for you.
03-09-07, 11:59 AM
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Hehe. Yep, but having never worked on a car before, I managed to remove my fan..... AND put it back on!
So.. If I'm a retard.. What does that make the original poster of this thread. A mongoloid.
So.. If I'm a retard.. What does that make the original poster of this thread. A mongoloid.
03-09-07, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by micaheli
Innovating a new product usage (as stupid as it might have been) is hardly the same as "How do I stop this fan from turning.. ooh ooh eee eee". Thats just incompetent.
Originally Posted by Richter12x2
I've got this amazing innovation for logging miles on a rebuild - I'll sell you the kit for $49.99.
It comes with a post-it note, and a pen - you take the mileage from your odometer and write it down on the post-it note. Then you write the word "Rebuild" next to it and put it in the glovebox. Totally painfree and you don't have to remember anything! When you need to know how many miles are on your engine, you take the number on your odometer currently, and, using the handy dandy pen and post-it note - subtract the Rebuild number from it. So simple a 3rd grader can do it!
For $199.99, we offer a totally electronic kit - it comes with a solar powered calculator and a polaroid camera.
For $299.99, we have our pro package - it comes with a digital camera, you take the picture and e-mail it to me, and I'll do the math for you.
It comes with a post-it note, and a pen - you take the mileage from your odometer and write it down on the post-it note. Then you write the word "Rebuild" next to it and put it in the glovebox. Totally painfree and you don't have to remember anything!
When you need to know how many miles are on your engine, you take the number on your odometer currently, and, using the handy dandy pen and post-it note - subtract the Rebuild number from it. So simple a 3rd grader can do it! For $199.99, we offer a totally electronic kit - it comes with a solar powered calculator and a polaroid camera.
For $299.99, we have our pro package - it comes with a digital camera, you take the picture and e-mail it to me, and I'll do the math for you.
Cya Monday! Woooo, weekend!
03-09-07, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by My5ABaby
I'm not a historian.
but humans have been using writing utensils for a "few" years now.
This is hardly comparing apples to apples.
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