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Help! How do I get the fan shroud/cowl off??? 2.5 tds swb sp

Postby Westymagic on Thu Mar 10, 2016 7:35 pm

Hi everyone,

Im new to this, ive just joined in desperation to get me out of a sticky spot....
Body lift is ready to be fitted but the fan cowl need altering/removing. How the hell do I get it off? I cant see any way to pull it out due to the space being tight! Please help!

Ill apologise in advance if ive posted this question in the wrong section but im a man on the brink of destruction here!

Kind regards

Tom
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Re: Help! How do I get the fan shroud/cowl off??? 2.5 tds sw

Postby robbie on Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:31 pm

3 ways.
1. Cut it in half
2. remove the radiator
3. Remove fan
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Re: Help! How do I get the fan shroud/cowl off??? 2.5 tds sw

Postby Westymagic on Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:52 pm

Cut it in half? How I get access to it to be able to do so? I can only get to the top of it. Thanks for the reply, any particular way in mind? Ive drawn a blank. Normally im pretty clued up with this sort of thing but man this has got me stumped.
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Re: Help! How do I get the fan shroud/cowl off??? 2.5 tds sw

Postby robbie on Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:33 pm

The bottom of the cowl is pushed into 2 slots on the rad. If I remember when I took mine off it was a t**t but managed to pull it up enough to get it out the slots, so it be moved out the way to get rad out.
Or go to halfords and get 2 fan spanners and take the fan off. Just remember it's right hand thread
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Re: Help! How do I get the fan shroud/cowl off??? 2.5 tds sw

Postby Westymagic on Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:06 pm

Is it not do-able with normal spanners? So right hamd thread means hit it left to undo?
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Re: Help! How do I get the fan shroud/cowl off??? 2.5 tds sw

Postby gregster on Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:21 pm

Remove shroud from rad, hook over fan, and then remove rad, unhook fan shroud from over fan and lift out...
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Re: Help! How do I get the fan shroud/cowl off??? 2.5 tds sw

Postby Rifleman on Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:36 am

Westymagic wrote:Is it not do-able with normal spanners? So right hamd thread means hit it left to undo?


No its the opposite way to taking anything else off mate.
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Re: Help! How do I get the fan shroud/cowl off??? 2.5 tds sw

Postby Rifleman on Fri Mar 11, 2016 12:42 am

See here, this may help.

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Re: Help! How do I get the fan shroud/cowl off??? 2.5 tds sw

Postby Westymagic on Fri Mar 11, 2016 9:07 am

Thanks for the link mate. It says hit to the left! Ill go with that. Will putting the engine in gear stop the main shaft turning so I dont need two spanners? :D
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Re: Help! How do I get the fan shroud/cowl off??? 2.5 tds sw

Postby Westymagic on Fri Mar 11, 2016 8:23 pm

Well.......that could of gone better! Lol. Got the fan off and rad moving, went to pull the cowl out and it just snapped in two! Meh!

Should of gone with the brute force approach from the start.

Good news is the captive nuts came loose first twist! Im feeling hopeful here.....touch wood
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Re: Help! How do I get the fan shroud/cowl off??? 2.5 tds sw

Postby Rifleman on Fri Mar 11, 2016 11:48 pm

I wouldn't worry mate. Most don't have the cowls fitted anyway. Mine doesn't.
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