Viscous fan tool

[fourteen8]

I bought a replacement radiator and planning to install it this long weekend. I read on rave that needs to remove the vicous fan first and require special tools to do it.

Do i really need to remove the fan to install the new radiator? Do i really need these special tools? Where can i get these tools except from uk? The shipping is more than the tools price.

TIA

[87County]

if similar to the D1 it will be a 32mm fan hub spanner :)

get one from your local bearing or burson type proper tool shop (not bunnings)

[tomalophicon]

They are on ebay.

[Disco W.A]

Do i really need to remove the fan to install the new radiator?



you can remove the radiator with out taking the fan off but its easier with the fan removed.

Roger

[123rover50]

Make your own.
Bit of scrap with a big cyclone washer welded to it. Bend handle to about 25mm offset parallel. cut out washer to size of fan nut. I think someone said its 32mm.

Dont forget its a left hand thread.

[Psimpson7]

It's 36mm

[Marmoset]

I use a bicycle headset spanner, so if you know someone who's into their bikes, and has been for a while as it's and outdated standard now, then they may have something that fits.

[Judo]

I bought one for $23 on ebay. It's not like other "special LR" tools that are unique, it's just a thin spanner that dozens of places sell.

[tailslide]

As Roger said, no need. I have replaced mine with the fan in place. It helps to have another pair of hands while replacing the radiator.

Two tips:

To disconnect the oil and trans cooler hoses you press back on the black plastic ring while pushing the hose towards the cooler pipe. Once released you then pull back on the hose and it "should" just release off the end of the pipe. May need several attempts to get them released... On reinstall, screw the coolers to the radiator before inserting the new radiator back in.

You need to remove the plastic strip under each head light in order to remove the front grill. The screws can be got at from up under the front bumper in the wheel arch. (I discovered this after I removed the entire front bumper...)

And the horns need to be unbolted and the foam padding pulled forward at the top, to gain access to the radiator support bolts.

Cheers
Ron

[northiam]

Buy the cheapest indianese 36mm spanner from a dodgy tool shop, it will work fine.
I made this tool to hold the fan pulley out of some 100mm x 5mm plate steel for td5. A V8 may be different?
Hopefully attaching this photo works!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/1158.jpg

[wayneg]

You can use a large adjustable spanner for the nut but you need something to stop the waterpump from spinning like the tool in the previous post. I would try to fit without removing the fan as its possible
See the vid for P38 which should be very similar
Range Rover - How To Replace Water Pump P1 - YouTube

[simonl8353]

Give AMV in Ringwood, Victoria a call. I bought this for $55 a few months back.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/03/1038.jpg

[wayneg]

For a bit of light relief have a read of this................

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/p38a-range-rover/141152-water-pump-replacement-2.html

[bob10]

I read on rave that needs to remove the vicous fan first and require special tools to do it

TIA
Mate, I replaced my exhst. manifold, which requires the removal of the fan ,[ to take the belt off, to remove the aircon motor] approached an independant LR mob, quoted me $44 for the 36 mm spanner, went to an old toolbox , found a spanner close to the size, put it on the grinder, ground it to fit. Then put a ringspanner on the nut of the flange thingy the fan attached to, gave it a gentle:angel: tap, fan came off . could have been lucky, but the room you have to work without the fan is enough of a reason to do it, it is easily done. Bob

[bob10]

I bought a replacement radiator and planning to install it this long weekend. I read on rave that needs to remove the vicous fan first and require special tools to do it.

Do i really need to remove the fan to install the new radiator? Do i really need these special tools? Where can i get these tools except from uk? The shipping is more than the tools price.

TIA
Talking V8 or TD5? Td5 you need the 36 mm spanner to remove the fan to change the drive belt. If you can't change the drive belt, don't leave the city.Bob

[bob10]

Make your own.
Bit of scrap with a big cyclone washer welded to it. Bend handle to about 25mm offset parallel. cut out washer to size of fan nut. I think someone said its 32mm.

Dont forget its a left hand thread.
TD5 viscous fan nut is not left hand thread. Bob

[123rover50]

Sorry. Thought it was a Disco with a 300.

[Stuart250S]

Be VERY careful when removing the trans cooler hoses. The alloy pipes into the cooler are 'delicate' as the chap at LR Spares pointed out when I had to get a 2nd hand cooler :(

For a TD5, yes, it better to remove the fan. 36 m/m, repeat, 36m/m OE spanner and belt it with a hammer. For a TD5 it is not, repeat not, a left hand thread.

[fourteen8]

Thanks guys. I might give AMV a call.