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Al115
Friday 3rd October 2008, 01:16
Replacing the radiator fans is a nightmare!

I tried for an hour to get them out of the top of the car, taking more bits apart, jiggling them this way and that way... before resigning myself to raising the car, getting the engine crane out, supporting the engine, fighting with the engine mounts and the crossmember, having to hacksaw through a completely rusted jubilee clip, before finally lowering the pesky fans out of the bottom... in time for it to start raining!

Oh, and Salvo had kindly hacked off the multiplug on the replacement fans, so I had to solder the old one back in place, except that my dad's weedy soldering iron didn't get hot enough for the thick wire... so that's still to do!

Didn't hole the rad, though :)

JUDGENINJA
Friday 3rd October 2008, 11:34
Must be a V70 thing.... Rad fan is one of the first jobs in an 850 engine removal......

Al115
Friday 3rd October 2008, 13:10
Same on a V70, but on the 40s there's just no space!!! :)

JUDGENINJA
Friday 3rd October 2008, 17:49
oh yeah... I forgot you'd changed...

CONDYBOY
Thursday 9th October 2008, 21:39
Hey man it could've been worse imo.


it could've been me!LOL

alan
Thursday 9th October 2008, 23:19
a complete nightmare, i just had to replace my radiator, what a job! i had to get the whole front end off and then back together agian, and my front is not what you would call standard!

alan