Badger-tec!

[tourettes tony]

why don't you have a word with our Tone??? I'm sure if you bought the car down here and offer him a very nice drink I'm sure he would do it. Besides, I'm 2 mile down the road so if he got stuck I could help him

i dont want him down here badgering me only joking carl you know i love you il help anyway i can TT

[Dan 6511]

Yeah if you can bring the car down to essex theres a few of us here that can help. I think mec might have a spare rad too.

[bozzzydmc]

Im free on Saturday no problem helping wherever you end up old chum x

[A Van]

If I can borrow Trevs trailer I could go up and pick it up? Depends what's wrong really, Carl there is no time to lose! First things first find out what's jamming the fans

[bozzzydmc]

... need Carl in Belfast...


This is the new "Saving Ryans Privates " !!

[Chriss]

If I can borrow Trevs trailer I could go up and pick it up? Depends what's wrong really, Carl there is no time to lose! First things first find out what's jamming the fans

No problems Al, let me know if/when and I will arrange it. It will be ideal to work on the car with it on the trailer too as it is borded over.

[carl hammond]

Right OK!

Plan of action:

I can bring the car over to Essex if that's easier. Provided I can get the fans working, as I know that as soon as I hit traffic, I rely on those big time!

I am going to try and get that fuel leak fixed this week too, so when she's in the garage I will get them to check the fans then.

Otherwise, it's running a risk driving her like that.

[Peter Filsell]

Carlos,

If you need a hand let me know. I agree with the others, i reckon it could be just the fans catching on the cowling. If you can get behind there, just try spinning the fans with your hands (with the engine off if you want to keep your fingers) to see if it's catching.

Bloody beaver, i mean badger

[arranj]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sout ... 224054.stm

You might need to change your plates Carl if there was a witness!

[carl hammond]

OK, slight update.

Went to have another look this morning to see what was jamming the fans and there was no question, that the main culprit was the housing.

So, given that it was cracked in a number of places anyway, I decided to pull out all of the bottom part of the housing so I could at least access and free the fans off. Certainly not as easy as first thought... some bits were clearly loose and others were well wedged in there.

Managed to all but free off the offside fan, enough to be able to spin it by hand although it's still slightly catching the top part of the housing. The nearside fan is a slightly different story, yes, it was rubbing against the housing, but it has clearly been pushed back in the impact to the point where it is rubbing against the frame! (will try and get a pic of this later to show you). Again, it's only slightly catching the frame but it's enough to stop it moving freely. I did have a go at pulling the fan forward and away from where it was catching, but it justs goes straight back again. Didn't want to bend it too much, as I'm not sure how strong they are...

Also, I'm now 90% sure it's my rad that is leaking, as when I was taking apart the housing I did get a few drops of coolant!

So to me, it looks like what's happened was the badger narrowly missed the bumper, went directly under and smashed into the air con condenser and the force of this has pushed the rad and fans further back?!

So what now?!...