Hi Guys - been a while. Took Christmas off out of frustration.
Bloody F****** B******* Bloody S***** F******* water pump!
Norwegian matey on Youtube shows you how to gently tap a 32mm spanner to release the fan nut - and on his video it just comes loose. Not in my world!
Spent literally days tapping, then whacking the spanner with a lump hammer, tightened fan belt to lock the fan, even bought the special tool to hold the pump pulley in place so that you can get proper traction on the nut - all to no avail, and I'm no stranger to using a hammer. Went through two 32mm spanners, (spanner jaws opened and started to round the nut). Eventually - had to cut it off!
Now the fan is off I'm eventually starting to actually replace the pump.