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DoubleTop:
Viscous fan has to come off I'm afraid, and as the pas one is the one at the back, you have to take them all off to get to it.  That was the case with my V8 3.9.

DT.

dsmith:
cant i just take the pulley off at the bottom so i can get to the pas belt?

clbarclay:
I take it these we are talking about V belts and its the setup with 3 or 4 belts depending wheter you have air con or not.

You shouldn't have to remove the fan or pulleys to fit the belts. The belts can be eased rounf the fan and to get them on pulleys that are a little to far apart to just push on then you can get them on by first fitting over one pulley and then rotate the belt + pulleys whilst feeding the belt on to the second pulley like the chain chaning gears on a bicycle.

Also just because belts are squeeling doesn't mean they necisserily need replacing, quite often all then need is tightening.

DoubleTop:
having done it to mine, I would offer advice of taking off the viscous fan.  If it has been a while since the belts were changed, some of the adjusters wil be really quite tricky to get to.  The more space you have for your arms then the less likely you are to get hurt, well that's my view and for the £7 a fan spanner will set you back it was worth it in my book.

Where abouts are you??

DT.

dsmith:
the belt that is slipping is the one thats for the power steering, i only have 3 belts, no Air Con, as far as i can see only the belt for the altenator and fan are adjustable.

so are you saying its possible to feed the belt over the fan to get is past the fan belt? the pas belt pulley is behind the fan belt pulley.

im going to give it a go tonight as i want to sort it for this sunday so i can take to Barn Hill Farm Sunday.

im based in North London, Colindale. near Hendon.

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