Ok i'm bad at explaining things but i'll try my best. I just bought a 86 with a bigport FWD 4age already swapped in. After a certain run the fan had fallen off and to add on to that the water pump cover cracked in half!. I went to bill sherwoods and phil bradshaws pages and they said that the FWD 4age water pumps are too short to hold the RWD fans firmly (i guess it puts at of stress) and thats why it fell and damaged my radiator. My original plan was just to go to a wrecker/ toyota and buy a new water pump attach the fan and the funs starts again but i'm affraid after a while the pump will fall again. also i tried fitting the 4AC water pump (to the FWD base) but doesn't fit cause something small gets in thr way. I don't know what to do and i need your help to get me on the road again THANKS JoHnNy_K
yeah i checked out the water outlet conversion the previous owner has done a similar design (works) but ok this what i'm really worried about i guess. I heard that the FWD water pump is to small to really hold the fan (previous owner has 4AC fan on FWD water pump). i heard rumours that with that fan on and driving or thrashing the car (5000rpm above) wears out the little bearing as mine did causing the fan/pully to fall and hit my radiator. Just wondering if i get a new FWD water pump from toyota if i attach the fan on it will it hold or gradually (short time) wear out the bearing again and repeat the process???. sory if this doesn't make so much sense i'm hopeless at english
yeah i was thinking on installing a thermo fan as the previous owner gave me one when i bought the car, (i could do with one more) and just wondering on how i should instiall it. i know a friends dad who said he can install the electric fans so they turn on/off when ignition is on/off. i thought this would be ok but i thought if it would be better to install them so they acticvate to a certain tempreture (the guy also gave me a romote thermo to activate the fan but don't know how to use it). so which way should i install the fans??? and which is most effective in terms of money as well i guess. THANKS JoHnNy_K
Tue, 05 October 2004 01:35
