Im still in the middle of my timing belt job and the TB is off but I cant get it completly out of the way because of the fan bracket thing.The fan itself is off but the rest is still on and because of it I also dont know how im going to get the water pump off. please help! I want to get this over with : )

 

bump bump bump!

 

What do you mean by "fan bracket thing"? The mechanical fan attached to the front of the engine and the clutch pack should be off the car. The electric fan attached to the radiator should be swong out of the way.

Bob

 

yea that! i dont know how to get the mechanical fan and clutch pack off. i already have the fan attached to the radiator off and out of the way.

 

you mean you got the 4 allens out to take off the plastic fan, but the silver fan clutch that it bolts to is still on? if so then:
-put a big adjustable wrench on the nut, turn it clockwise to loosen. you need to jam something like a small allen wrench into one of those slots behind the nut so the shaft doesn't spin while you are turning it.
-once that's off, you need to unbolt that assembly you just took the fan from so you can get to the water pump. its held on i think by 4 screws, 2 are easy to see 2 are in slots of the rotor thing where you would have stuck the allen wrench to jam up the motion before. just spin that rotor around until you see the allens, one is 6mm i think and for some reason the other is 5mm. i think you need to take the 5mm one out last.
hope that helps

 

also pictures would help

 

yea i was gunna take a few. but you got it. its the fan clutch and assembly thats the problem. im gunna go try right now