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Cracked fan blade.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 9:49 am
by mrbonk
Greetings,
I discovered a leaking water pump on my TD42 yesterday, so I'm off to Autopro to get a replacement this morning......along with belts etc....I figure while I've got it off, I may as well do the lot :roll:

However, while I was looking for the leak, I also discovered that my fan has a cracked blade, right down where it joins the hub. It looks like it's been there for a long time (the inside of the crack isn't 'clean' as such.....got loads of crap in there), so is it something I should be looking to rectify ASAP, or could I leave it a while until I find a good one at the wreckers or something?

check

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:31 pm
by mav
check out this guys stuff he sells them for about $80 new.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... eName=WDVW

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:04 pm
by ludacris

Re: check

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:49 pm
by mrbonk
mav wrote:check out this guys stuff he sells them for about $80 new.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... eName=WDVW
Awesome. Just bought one off the site. Free postage.....nice touch :)

I discovered it's cracked at the base of every blade except one, so it's going in the bin.

Changed the water pump this arvo.....what a pain in the arse of a job that is. Ended up pouring a couple of litres of coolant all over the garage floor when I undid the engine drain bung.....there's really no way of stopping it from splashing all over the place as far as I can see :cry:

Took me ages to get the remnants of the old gasket off! But, after some well chosen words and a much cleaner than usual garage floor, all is well again......except for the fan of course.