I've got a leak in my water pump and can't remove it since the fan clutch and belt pulley is blocking access to the bolts. Can anyone provide instructions on how to remove them? Please see the pic below. I have a '96 C220. Thanks!

Well,
Looks like I have to dish out the $500 to get a shop to fix it...seems no one knows how to do it here. Dang.

What sucks is that MB doesn't have a repair manual on the C220...at least as far as I can tell from my extensive search online for one...so I'm kinda on my own.

Probably need to wait more than around 4 hrs to get an answer on something like this but I will take a shot although my experience has been on a W124.
Is there an allen head fastener in the center of the clutch? If there is then you should be able to look on the backside of the clutch and see a "notch" to be able to stick a rod into to hold it in position while you remove the allen head fastener (conventional threads).
good luck

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Jim

I just finished replacing the fan clutch bracket on my 89 190E w/2.6 engine.
There is a metric allen head bolt holding it on. I was able to push on the belt to increase the tension and loosen the bolt. There are four bolts that hold the pulley to the hub of the bracket. Hope this helps.

This particular setup doesn't have a centre bolt, there are two tools for this job,

One tool holds the pulley, It basically locks onto the four bolts that retain the pulley to the water pump flange.

Then with the other tool, which is basically a big spanner, undo the viscous hub from the water pump shaft.

ozzy

Thanks folks for the responses. Sorry if I seemed impatient, it's my wife's car (so she thinks!) and she needs it to get around.
With a lot of elbow grease and finesse, I managed to remove the water pump with the pulley and clutch still attached. Now, I guess I can take it to a shop and have them remove it for a few bucks, since i don't have those 2 tools mentioned above.