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Bad Sign - Wet Road Under Engine!
Skibum346:
The saga continues...! :doh: :roll:
I managed to find a mobile Land Rover specialist not too far from Rugby (Coalville in Leicestershire) who arrived today and dealt with my two wayward bolts. (See this post for a recommendation) :dance:
Will had to use a variety of tools and techniques... most of which were outside of either my experience or my comfort zone (i.e. Grinding the bolt hole off on the old water pump in situ & using a gas axe in a V8 engine bay!) :pale:
The two bolts are out and the water pump is off. 8)
It has highlighted another potential problem for the future however. The engine side casting for the water pump is showing significant (?) scarring, I guess from the pump vanes as it wobbled on the spindle. ](*,)
The pic below shows Will at work and most of our collection of green ovals (1994 RRC parked & SORN'd round the corner!) parked in the street... can't help thinking it looks like a convoy of some kind carring out some running repairs! :oops: :lol:
Prior to Will's arrival I had gone to my local specialist in Wolston looking for replacement bolts (well, 1x bolt & 1x stud) but sadly they don't hold a stock. So it's another day off on Monday (cus wifey is away with her car), pick up the bolts on Tuesday and fix it on Wednesday! (I aint even trying to fix it in the dark on Tuesday night!) [-(
Anyway... I'll let you know how it goes... I'm of to figure out how to wire up a couple of electric fans in lieu of the viscous. Well... I do have time on my hands... and since everything is out anyway... :lol:
Skibum
Range Rover Blues:
If you are fitting electric fans (TBH I wouldn't bother unless they are cheap) then amongst others I think Wizard sells the adjustable thermostat at sensible money. I got a fixed one from Merlin Motorsport, to adjust the temp you have to move it down the radiator ;).
You can make 2 fans run twin-speed, you need either 2 thermostat switches, or a dash switch/thermostat or like mine you can have slow speed with engine off and fast with engine on (though I'm thinking fo adding a second thermostat).
Then you need 2 heavy duty relays plus a good change-over relay. If you want a wiring diagram drop me a PM and I'll scribble it out for you.
P.S> if you can get hold of the thermostat elbow from an A/C/ car it has a thermostat switch already in it.
Skibum346:
RRB, the fans are free... fell of the front of my old 84 RRC (Aircon fans). As for the switch, I'd bought one of the XEng housings that comes with a switch that can controll two fans ate different speeds and temps.
I could however do with some assistance understanding the cisrcuit diagram (see this post).
As for doing without... well... I'd rather have at least something there just in case, and as the front of my beast will be in bits for another couple of days... I figure I might as well!
Thanks for the thoughts though.
Skibum
Range Rover Blues:
If you want to trundle up I'll do it for you. Meanwhile I'm looking at that diagram, give me a minute or ten ;)
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