The procedure is as follows: (I did not need chassis stands as my bakkie is high enough to work under)
Tools needed:
- Size 10,12 and 14 socket and or flat spanners
big Phillips screwdriver
flat screw driver
long nose pliers
Use the pliers and remove the spring clips retaining the lower shroud and remove the shroud from the vehicle.
(Pic of shroud with the lower shroud connected and without it connected -already removed from the vehicle)
- Lower and upper shroud joined
- Upper and lower shroud separated
Remove the nuts retaining the the viscous coupling to the water pump pulley. (size 10 flat spanner).
- The 4 nuts is circled
Use two flat spanners and loosen the bolt on the underside of the alternator (Size 14 spanner). Loosen the lock nut on the adjusting bar of the alternator (size 12 spanner / socket). Use a lever of some sort to increase the tension on the alternator drive belt and lock the alternator in place again
- Alternator retaining bolt
- Adjustment locking nut
- Fan and viscous coupling removed
- Fan assembly
- Two halves separated
- Side view
- Coupling with tube of silicone oil
The fitment is the reversal of the above procedure. Take note to tighten the bolts on the fan assembly and water pump pulley progressively until all tightened. If you have difficulty tightening the nuts on the pulley, give the alternator drive belt some slack. Make sure to adjust the tension on the alternator drive belt if you loosened any of its locking nuts and make sure all nuts us tightened again. When the shroud is installed, make sure of the clearance between the shroud and the fan blades. Also remember to top up the coolant level if you disconnected the inlet pipe on the radiator.
) R 120 a 18ml tube. (waiting period up to two days. I was lucky that the Pta warehouse had some in store)
without allot of effort.
