viscous cooling fan and vacuum pump

[portafilter]

ok, somewhere on here is instructions to remove the viscous fan of the puma engine, do i need "special" tools? Also can i turn the serpentine belt tensioner by hand to remove the belt, i need to loosen the belt to replace the vacuum pump. it has "the leak!"
thanks

[alanbettison]

Happy Australia day

I have a d2, i cannot take the tension off the tensioner for the serpentine belt by hand - i usually use a socket and extender bar

for the viscous fan I bought a falcon viscous fan remover and then ground away the edges to fit the nut

hope this helps

[Hucksta]

G'day mate,

As stated above the tensioner is easy to move with a socket (i think 15mm) with an extended bar .... you will find the added leverage of an extended bar much much easier.

With regards to the fan, I've only ever done D1's and some other vehicles and I use a pair of clamp pliers (vice grips, mole grips, mole wrench) and clamp them on the fan pully and brace them against another pulley or engine component. 2 things to be careful of though, the pulleys can be quite soft and on occassions i have put small dents on the edges or squashed in the edges a little, easily fixed with some slight panel beating.:p:p The other thing is make sure what ever you brace it against is solid enough.
Then i use a shifter on the fan bolt and give it a whack with the hammer :twisted: .... has worked every time for me, sometimes easy, sometimes hard .....

Or you can go and waste money on specialised tools and do the same thing ......:cool:

Not sure if you know either but the bolt will spin off the same way the fan rotates ........ by the way, there is heaps of handy ideas if you search google/you tube also ..... I use it as my personal tutor most of the time:eek::eek: .....

Hope this helps also ......

[portafilter]

thanks all.
i ended up not needing to remove the fan and put my rope tying skills to some practical use. i found some spanner flats on the end of the tensioner, attached a decent spanner and tied it back to the chassis. popped the belt off and threw the new pump on. LRA in port melbourne quoted me 2 hours. i reckon it took me 20 minutes, and that included thinking time and hand washing time after i had finished.

[Drover]

Does anybody know the cost of the new style replacement vac pump ?

I have a trip to the cape planned for August. My pump has not developed any leaks (touch wood) but might be an idea to take a replacement with me or change it for the new design before I leave.

Cheers

[TimNZ]

Drover, I got my spare from Britcar(UK):

Vac Pump $160.34 Britcar (UK) Ltd > LR014973 VACUUM PUMP ASSY DIESEL DEF 7A> (G) (http://www.brit-car.co.uk/product.php?xProd=136016)
Gasket $4.05 Britcar (UK) Ltd > LR004381 GASKET VACUUM PUMP>ENG 2.4L DEF 07>(G) (http://www.brit-car.co.uk/product.php?xProd=135969)

(All genuine parts)

Cheers,

Tim

[Drover]

Drover, I got my spare from Britcar(UK):

Vac Pump $160.34 Britcar (UK) Ltd > LR014973 VACUUM PUMP ASSY DIESEL DEF 7A> (G) (http://www.brit-car.co.uk/product.php?xProd=136016)
Gasket $4.05 Britcar (UK) Ltd > LR004381 GASKET VACUUM PUMP>ENG 2.4L DEF 07>(G) (http://www.brit-car.co.uk/product.php?xProd=135969)

(All genuine parts)

Cheers,

Tim

Thanks Tim,

Just out of interest I got quote from Trivetts.

Wait for it......................$574.00, I told him he must have the wrong part, but he assured me that it was the right part and that is the price.

Is it any wonder why more and more people shop on line over seas?

Cheers

[Drover]

Just fitted new Vac pump, imported from Brit-Car, 107.73GBP and 25.67GBP for the freight - Total $195.00 Aus dollars.

Not bad considering LR want $575.00.

The old one wasn't leaking yet, but I didn't want to get stuck somewhere remote.

Thanks to Portafilta for the idea of tying back the tensioner pulley, I used a ratchet strap but the idea was the same.

All up 15 minutes go to wow.