Dave, the "big silver thing" is the fan clutch. Looks like someone put a later pump onto your 68. Mine for example is a 76 and has the fan blades attached to the clutch. That should turn stiffly in relation to the pump shaft. I saw the fan blades in the background. I believe your car originally had a different fan blade connected directly.
It should be driven off. I clamped the clutch and suing a socket as a drift drove the shaft out of the center. There is a small thin spring clip thing that wraps round the shaft. Look at the later 1500 stuff in the manuals or catalogues and you'll see all this. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello all, > This weekend I tore apart the water pump because the pulley wasn't turning at all. >I also wanted to change the thermostat. >Now my question is, there is a big silver 'thing' attached to the pulley that i >cannot get off. Every book i have looked in there is no such device attached to the >pulley. > Has anyone had any experience with these or know how to get it off? I need to get >it off so i can disassemble the rest of it. >Here are some pictures i took of it as i was taking it apart. >http://angelfire.com/d20/davies_stuff/cars/waterpump.html >Thanks, > Dave > '68 Spit MK3 /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
