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On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 19:03, Ben Doughney wrote: > Hi all, > > I have had a rattle in my engine that I managed to trace back to the fan > housing yesterday. If I press down on the generator it stops, so I > originally thought it was coming from there, but I also noticed that the fan > housing moves backward and forwards if I pull on the left hand heater air > outlet. > > I had a look in the Bently, and it looks like one of the bolts behind the > fan has come loose. It says in the Bently manual that the housing cannot be > removed with the engine in the car- is that true? Also, what size is the > 'special fan bolt'? Is it the same size as on a Beetle pulley? > > I guess that the bolts should have some Locktite on them when they are > reinstalled so that they won't come loose again, or is there something else > I should do? > You should be able to do it in the car. It is a little more awkward, but it can be done. You will have to break the crank pulley bolt loose. You can do that by putting the car in 4th gear, and setting the parking brake. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org