[TR] Overheating Project

[Erkan Hassan]

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Dog bolt easily came off with 1 1/8 socket on breaker bar and pipe wrench holding the hub. Perhaps a PO has replaced timing chain before???

The issue now is the steering arm bar is in the way of pulling the whole hub off with the pulley.

Should I push pulley back as the hub is worked out forward? Will that eventually clear or is there another approach?

Thanks guys
Erkan

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> On Jul 6, 2018, at 7:27 PM, Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Fan replacement is just a matter of the 4 bolts - though there may be a pair of locking tabs to undo depending on who has been there before and what they did.
> 
> Certainly opening the petcock (or removing it entirely) should be part of any flush.  You may find it is clogged in which case fiddling in there with a bamboo skewer, stiff wire or even a drill may loosen things up.  As for where the water will come out if you put it into the heater hose connection - pretty much everywhere.
> 
> Have you assessed the condition of the timing chain and determined it & the sprockets are worn?
> 
> But what caught my eye was this statement...
> 
>> I would fill up the radiator, and go for a drive...overheat and fluid gone upon return....
> 
> The question is where did the fluid go?  If there was no obvious leaking or white smoke then there may be a failed head gasket letting coolant into the cylinders and out the exhaust.  A leak significant to show as coolant loss and overheating would not necessary have any visible traces in the exhaust.  One advantage of have antifreeze is that such a leak may be smelled more easily than it is seen.
> 
> But I am not sure there is much you can do to test that possiblity (short of head removal) at this point in disassembly.
> 
> Geo
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