MJI
Well-Known Member
Think laterally, it is actually easy, unbolt the right side end (left hand as you look at it) and drop it down!
Think laterally, it is actually easy, unbolt the right side end (left hand as you look at it) and drop it down!
MJI
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Noone, I just thought you struggled without dropping the bar down
Fixed mine using this one from Ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201633044813?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Looks like the exact same fan as the one in the photo, but only £9.99 inc free shipping. It arrived all nicely boxed up the next day
Job done, works great and for £10 if it seizes up in a couple of years I'll just swap it again.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201633044813?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Looks like the exact same fan as the one in the photo, but only £9.99 inc free shipping. It arrived all nicely boxed up the next day
Job done, works great and for £10 if it seizes up in a couple of years I'll just swap it again.
MJI
Well-Known Member
Fixed mine using this one from Ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201633044813?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Looks like the exact same fan as the one in the photo, but only £9.99 inc free shipping. It arrived all nicely boxed up the next day
Job done, works great and for £10 if it seizes up in a couple of years I'll just swap it again.
Mine has curved blades, supposed to be quieter
sierrafery
Well-Known Member
The only problem of those cheap fans is that they are not up to the job(power and RPM wise) and the dual pressure switch cuts the compressor as the pressure in the system exceeds the admitted limit, you can't compare what a 80W fan and a 250W one can do, the original one is a high performance high amp fan with 4000 m3/h air flow while those cheap ones have max 1000 ... it's almost useless there
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The original fan on mine looked like it had been buggered for a number of years... it was seized solid and rusted straight through the casing...
The throughput of that fan was zero CFM (zero m3/hr)
The one I fitted is rated at 1600 CFM (2720 m3/hr) which I admit is less than 4000 m3/hr but significantly better than nowt..
Mat
The throughput of that fan was zero CFM (zero m3/hr)
The one I fitted is rated at 1600 CFM (2720 m3/hr) which I admit is less than 4000 m3/hr but significantly better than nowt..
Mat
Gazbo
Well-Known Member
Just found today that both the cooling booster fans on my '97 Disco 1 have carked it and have likewise zero throughput, I have removed them both which gives a much clearer air path through to the condenser/radiator, also found that sometime in the past the plastic fan blades have come into contact with the fins on the condenser behind the right hand side fan. I will have to see if I can fit at least one replacement electric fan, even one from some other make of modern car, I suppose every little amount of boosted cooling will help. Just about to embark upon a two week 4wheel drive trip into the bush and the good lady insists that the A/C is working at all times, the engine driven fan seems to handle temp ok when on a main road run, I only found that the electric fans were not on because of the absence of noise from the front of the vehicle.
goondoogg88
Member
Just doing the same job on my d2. V8, got a fan for £15 off eBay, going to do the same
Got the old fan un seized but wouldn't work, so gone for the cheap replacement
Got the old fan un seized but wouldn't work, so gone for the cheap replacement
