[T3] oo oo that smell

[Chris Sheridan]

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hmm I made it public maybe the one above will work. Anyway, I did the rope
trick to crack the fan nut. I'm sure that isn't fun on the side of the
highway. I pulled the fan off with a harmonic balancer puller and 2 m8 1.25
bolts as suggested. As it came off, 2 6mm machine screws fell out from
behind the fan. they both had rounded heads and flattened threads. the oil
breather connecting hose was all chewed up so I replaced that. I bought new
bolts but only the left crank 6mm can hold any torque, the right side
cannot torque past 6 ft pds and the upper one that taps into the oil
breather pedestal is stripped. the other one on the oil breather pedestal
had no bolt. I bought a heli-coil kit - question; do you hand tighten the
tap with a t-wrench or do you use a drill? Other question; do I absolutely
need the flaps or can I remove them with no major effect on anything? I'm
in california and I have aftermarket muffler with j-pipes and all my heat
has been ripped out anyway. Also, while this fan housing is out, are there
any tricks to removing the generator strap studs from the fan housing? I
want to put a longer one in on the right side to try the Alternator
conversion, but it's not responding to the double-nut/wd-40 method.
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