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Oct 30, 2007 | 02:36 PM

#81

Willcipher

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From: St Louis

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Originally Posted by kylextrisler

i tried the 2 bolts idea, worked like a champ, took about 30 seconds, haha
it really isnt that hard, but im such a novice im tryin to learn every bit i can, im about done, just gotta take one nut off and the part is out, and then re assemble, work in an hour tho so its time to clean up. everyones been a help, i think i will head down to 4wparts or something and get that fan tho, she'll def. be running by this weekend, w/ all new belts and possibly a new fan! (sucks being a full time student part time bagger and not have a running truck, tough to get enough time to fix my truck, that and its halloween week, geeze)
oh and n4y ill probably just wind up getting 2 new studs, i live like 2 seconds away from a hardware parts store, so im sure they can help me out
btw i dont think id ever wanna work on an econline, the engine bay has to be about this big | |. Even tho thats about the same size as a 4runner...

Kyle, since you're a novice, you should 'look before you leap' on this project... Not saying you can't do it, just don't rush it. One thing that may or may not give you trouble is the timing belt tensioner mount. It would appear it bolts to the dummy fan housing. I've prolly done 5 or more in the shop years ago, but I was always replacing the timing belt or tearing down the motor / doing head gaskets.. Maybe somebody else can chime in and enlighten Kyle as to whether he needs to simply unbolt the hydraulic tensioner or whether he needs to pull the crank pully and bottom cover, compress the tensioner and install the pin.. I'm not trying to scare you, just giving you a heads up

Oct 30, 2007 | 08:48 PM

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kylextrisler

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From: Portland

Yea i understand, i cant find much information on the replacement of just this part, everything i read about is replacing the timing belt, and in order to get to the belt you need to remove this. Im not positive on if i need to remove a ton of parts either
i been using this pretty much as a guide http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-b...67timingbe.pdf
but if anyone has better info how to do this please chime in
i dont even care if you do it in a flaming manner
as long as the job gets done right haha