Removing aux fans and shroud (m103)

[pmizell]

How difficult is it to remove the aux fans/shroud after removing radiator? Did a search found nothing and the CD mentions nothing about it.

I need to take them off to "easy-out" a stripped hex bolt holding my fan clutch on.

If someone's done this without removing the clutter, please share your secret with me!

TIA

~Paul


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'91 300E, 206k miles

[Benzmac]

Snap-on makes a great tool and you don't even have to take out the radiator. The extractors come in a set, and I think there are about 8 different sizes in the set. They are about 30mm or so long and have a left hand scribe on the top. You just get the right one, clean the head of the bolt and use a long box wrench with a pipe to crack it loose.

If you take out the radiator, you will also have to take out the A.C condensor. You don't want to do that!!!

[pmizell]

Donnie:

Thanks for the tip! Is this the set you speak of?



I sure as hell don't want to remove the AC condensor

I found this extractor set on their online catalog, here:

http://buy.snapon.com/catalog/pro_det.asp?qt=1&INV_ONHAND=&FREIGHT=&qty=1&Item_id=10419&PartNo=YA769&Price=84.55&ListPrice=84.55&FORMNAME=2&Desc=Extractor+Set%2C+4+pcs.&SUB_Cat_ID=866364&SUB_Cat_NAME=Extractor+Sets&Cat_ID=866227&Cat_NAME=Extractors&group_id=1255&group_NAME=All-In-One+Extractor+Sets&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

Thanks again!

~Paul