Replace Thermostat Housing on Discovery TD5

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Hi
I need to replace my thermostat housing on my Discovery,it looks like i may have to remove the cooling fan  to get access, can anybody tell me how to remove the fan
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[fatusbloke]

36 mm spanner i think and a big copper hammer, put spanner on fan nut and hit single large blow and fan should crack off and spin off freely, If not repeat useing more brute force
 I beleave TD5's are a conventional thread, early one's used to be left hand thread.

[Tug]

Thanks fatusbloke i,ll give it a try
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