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On 14 Jul 2005 at 5:38, Todd Heimer wrote: > > >First, make sure it is in the alum fan housing rather than the steel > >pulley housing. > > When I tap on the housing, the rattling seems to come from the alum. > housing. I'll bet that if you grab the horns on each side of the housing and shake them, you'll find that the housing is not tight to the case. It should be. > >If the noise is actually in the fan housing, then it is most likely to > >be a loose bolt that holds the fan housing to the case, and this bolt > >probably WON'T be lying on the bottom at all. It's probably still > >trapped in its depression in the front fan housing half. > > I think this might be the case. I drilled two 1/2" holes in the bottom > of the front and rear fan housing. The magnet pulled out some steel > filings, presumably from the fan, but no bolt. Yeah, I think you need to go the whole nine yards. > If the bolt is in "its depression in the front fan housing half", would > it be impossible to fish out? I'm looking at the bently fig 9-4 and > 9-5 but am not sure which depression you are refering to... It is impossible to fish out. The depressions will be clear once you get the fan out. i have good fans and housings here if you need them. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~