[tcb] Re: type IV fan/pulley
- From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:04:21 +0000 (UTC)
Shouldn't you be able to undo the moustache bar and just let the engine tip
down for access?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Livingston" <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:55:57 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: [tcb] Re: type IV fan/pulley
Yes, but not easily. Take the tools required to drop the engine just in
case.
shirley hall wrote:
> the squirrel cage fan on the end of the crank.....
> do any of you know if the fan can be removed without pulling the engine?
> can it be done by just removing the surrounding sheet metal?
>
> I put my 914 motor in my 72 bus. I kept the fan housing from the bus
> but the fan/pulley was the one on the 914. I've been hearing a muffled
> knocking noise and after a compression test that didn't show any
> problems, I ran the motor a while to listen again. I took off the
> timing track and could see where the fan is rubbing the housing when I
> rotated the motor. hopefully thats the muffled knocking i'm hearing.
>
> so, I want to change the fan out but the bus is miles away and i can't
> go out to the garage to see if the exchange is possible without pulling
> the motor.
>
> thanks,
> shirley
>
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