Has anyone used a 1-7/8 crows foot for their fan clutch? I already have a 1/2" breaker bar, if the crow's foot is tall enough to clear the pulley for it to attach.
https://www.amazon.com/Sunex-97750-2-Inch-8-Inch-Crowfoot/dp/B006L23738/
Otherwise, I'm guessing I will need a jumbo wrench, $25 online. Like this: https://www.oilburners.net/posts/766524/
Another option is this, for $32, which would give LOTS of leverage with a breaker bar attached, but being a van, I probably couldn't do that, not enough open hood space:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-Diese...AOSwcwhVJx3t:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!71854!US!-1
I have a couple of very old (1950s or older) pipe wrenches I got for 50 cents each but I'm not sure they are long enough to give me the leverage. Just testing one out on the new fan clutch, it already dug into the metal leaving teeth marks, so the nut must be some soft metal other than aluminum. (magnets stick) I'm not sure the pipe wrenches are the best choice, and they might be too thick to fit between the fan and pulley. I haven't checked yet on the installed clutch.
Being where I am in this RV park where I can do repairs, I think I want to do as much as I can in the next month or two before I hit the road again, rather than trying to do everything in a parking lot someplace, even if I have to buy a $25 wrench to do it now, instead of trying to use a free rental holder in a parking lot someplace.
Since I will have to drain some coolant to get the upper hose off for removing the fan+clutch, I may as well drain a bit more and do the thermostat at the same time, as an extra preventative measure.
It may not need either one (might have just been the factory gauge going wacko) but I'd rather do it now than having to in a more emergency situation, or even having to potentially having to pay a shop. Or worse, having an overheating situation and have to be towed.
https://www.amazon.com/Sunex-97750-2-Inch-8-Inch-Crowfoot/dp/B006L23738/
Otherwise, I'm guessing I will need a jumbo wrench, $25 online. Like this: https://www.oilburners.net/posts/766524/
Another option is this, for $32, which would give LOTS of leverage with a breaker bar attached, but being a van, I probably couldn't do that, not enough open hood space:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-Diese...AOSwcwhVJx3t:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!71854!US!-1
I have a couple of very old (1950s or older) pipe wrenches I got for 50 cents each but I'm not sure they are long enough to give me the leverage. Just testing one out on the new fan clutch, it already dug into the metal leaving teeth marks, so the nut must be some soft metal other than aluminum. (magnets stick) I'm not sure the pipe wrenches are the best choice, and they might be too thick to fit between the fan and pulley. I haven't checked yet on the installed clutch.
Being where I am in this RV park where I can do repairs, I think I want to do as much as I can in the next month or two before I hit the road again, rather than trying to do everything in a parking lot someplace, even if I have to buy a $25 wrench to do it now, instead of trying to use a free rental holder in a parking lot someplace.
Since I will have to drain some coolant to get the upper hose off for removing the fan+clutch, I may as well drain a bit more and do the thermostat at the same time, as an extra preventative measure.
It may not need either one (might have just been the factory gauge going wacko) but I'd rather do it now than having to in a more emergency situation, or even having to potentially having to pay a shop. Or worse, having an overheating situation and have to be towed.
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