Alouette
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I am planning on fitting the 1UZ into a Land Rover.
I have decided to go with electric fans - past experience and advice from the forum
This does however raise the question of what to do with the hydraulic pump on the 1uz.
Do I need to engineer an alternative tensioner - have been down a similar long and rocky route on one of my other vehicles - turned out to be a tricky mod which took a lot of time and money to sort out!
OR
Can the pump run with no oil ie are the bearing self lubricated or do they use the oil in the pump.
OR
Can the pump run on a closed loop - ie keep it there for something else and just let it pump into a tank? (Could work out rather nice for a hydraulic winch or hydraulic air compressor... One day, long into the future...)
OR
Is there a way to remove the pump all together?
Advice please!
I have decided to go with electric fans - past experience and advice from the forum
This does however raise the question of what to do with the hydraulic pump on the 1uz.
Do I need to engineer an alternative tensioner - have been down a similar long and rocky route on one of my other vehicles - turned out to be a tricky mod which took a lot of time and money to sort out!
OR
Can the pump run with no oil ie are the bearing self lubricated or do they use the oil in the pump.
OR
Can the pump run on a closed loop - ie keep it there for something else and just let it pump into a tank? (Could work out rather nice for a hydraulic winch or hydraulic air compressor... One day, long into the future...)
OR
Is there a way to remove the pump all together?
Advice please!