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--Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: <Dester223@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: DML: '99 clutch fan removal (Dester)
> Gotcha! I am not too sure about a fluid in the fan clutch. They come
laying
> down in packages, and when I removed mine (97 dakota v6) no fluid came
out.
> I wouldn't worry abuot it. I thought it was the springs that tightened up
> and "locked" up the clutch so it'll spin the fan. But I could be wrong.
Go
> ahead and remove it. I have been working at a shop for a while and we get
a
> lot of these clutch fans in, but I haven't had any "warnings" to watch out
> for the clutch fluid...
> -Dester
>
> << > leakage from the pressed on waterpump pulley. If there is going to be
> > leakage, then what steps can I perform to prevent it. Hence my question
> > about reinstalling the clutch assembly, but without the fan blades. If
> this
> > is
> > the case, then I will pass on the electric fan as I agree that
parasitic
> > lose
> > will still be present with the clutch assembly reinstalled.
> > Hopefully this attempt made more sense ;-) If the fluid is
contained
> > within the clutch assembly and not in the waterpump pulley, then all is
> > well and the electric fan will go on. I just wanted to make sure as I
> > currently
> > have no other source of info other than the DML. >>
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