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<html><HTML> <FONT FACE="Arial Narrow">Steven's got a really good idea here. I was attempting to put a new fan belt on (first time on a T3) and dropped the generator nut down in the fan housing. I broke out my mechanic's helper magnet and fished it out. I have two of these lifesavers. They both are on a telescoping stick, like an auto antenna. One is a really powerful magnet and the other is a small one. I got them (gasp!) at Pep Boys. Don't remember how much they were, but not much. Now if it's a tin screw that fell in there, these things will get it out!</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial Narrow"></FONT> <P><FONT FACE="Arial Narrow">Johnny</FONT> <BR><FONT FACE="Arial Narrow">'65 343</FONT> <PRE> GregM=> sounds an awful lot like loose change in an empty clothes dryer. Rather than a broken fan, I think it's a lot more likely that one of the fan-housing bolts got loose. This could eventually *result* in a broken fan, of course. Before you pull the pulley, try this: pull off one of the heater-box elbows (I'd probably go for the left), apply a really big magnet from the outside and try to crawl the debris up the wall and out. Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ '66 343 ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at <A HREF="http://www.vwtype3.org/list";>http://www.vwtype3.org/list</A> or <A HREF="mailto:help@vwtype3.org";>mailto:help@vwtype3.org</A></PRE> </HTML> </html>