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skucera:
Ooh, thanks for the warning about not snapping the bolts.  I'll be careful.  I did that on my BMW's water pump last year, and it took hours to get the headless stud out.  

Also, one bit of advice I remember from high school auto shop came from a teacher who had been a Buick dealership mechanic back in the Sixties:  always put anti-seize on any steel bolts going into an aluminum engine.  He said that sometimes a 215 cu. in. Buick Special would come back in for a second repair and the bolts that came out easily the first time were absolutely stuck on the second trip.  He said they got religious about anti-seize on aluminum V-8's, and we heard that story over and over again whenever we were working on VW engines in class.

Scott

baileys_1984:
look on ere http://green-oval.com/joomla/index.php in downloads u might just find what ya looking for :wink:

Range Rover Blues:
Depending on the year the viscous fan will need a 32mm or 36 mm spanner, it needs to be flat and cranked to fit in.  I found the spanners for working on my mountain bike were well suited though, I think it's the headset from an old threaded stem and the Shimano adapter for the bottom bracket if that helps.

I have seen 2 trailer light sockets, one being the round type used everywhere ont he car, the second later I think was just a bunch of male spades inside a housing.  Either way nothing stops you cutting it off and using either bullets or spades, or even solder and heatshrink.

Garth:
Hi Scott

Dont forget the nut on the viscous unit is LH thread.  I use large adjustable spanner and large hammer to "shock" it free with no probs.

Copper Grease, Silicon Grease and WD40 are a must with RRC.

There are quite a few sites based in the US that supply RRC parts but they seem very expensive.  Get your local Auto electrition to cut plug off and hard wire in (or do it your self)

Also look on web and find RRC manual on CD they are very, no a must if you do your own work

Range Rover Blues:
Here's something i forgot earlier.  Some of yomentioned using copper slip or copper grease, well ideally copper slip is for freous metals and should not be used in aluminium, copper is aftert all another metal and you will get an electrolitic reaction that does not favour the ali.

Instead you should use graphite grease.  Your mission, should you choose to accept it, FIND SOME :roll:

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