yeah its backwards thread and it didn't take much to get it loose, just needed a suitable thing to get in there to turn it. The holding tool was just 2 holes drilled in a piece of aluminum flat stock with a bit ground out of it to clear the fan hex. Probably could have just relied on the fan belt to hold it but that had already been removed. You're not doing a roadside water pump on this guy though. One of the water pump bolts is under the timing belt, so the belt comes off before the pump. Its the only reason I'm changing the pump honestly.
This is the first vehicle I've ever owned with a timing belt, also the first diesel engine, and the first water cooled German engine for me so lots of new things in my world. I do love how Ford Forded it up though. 1960s design American alternator with standard bolts on a vehicle that is basically entirely metric otherwise. Just enough to make you get out both tool sets.
This is the first vehicle I've ever owned with a timing belt, also the first diesel engine, and the first water cooled German engine for me so lots of new things in my world. I do love how Ford Forded it up though. 1960s design American alternator with standard bolts on a vehicle that is basically entirely metric otherwise. Just enough to make you get out both tool sets.