01-08-2021, 05:56 PM
I need some help. I seem to have opened a can of worms in trying to sort the fan on my Speedy!
After 20 years driving my Speedy, I suddenly realised that I was using a wide fan belt with a wide camshaft pulley but standard fan pulley, causing wear on the sides of the belt. I wanted to fit a four blade fan to help with overheating, so I thought I would sort the upper fan pulley at the same time. Big mistake.
I duly received a sports fan pulley from one of our cherished suppliers and on examination realised it requires a longer fan spindle. Is this correct? The Austin spare parts list shows a different pulley BD222 against a BD220) but the same spindle (BD221). The Sports parts list also shows the BD222 but nothing else special.
Having looked at earlier parts lists. am I correct in deducing that the wide fan pulleys supplied by our cheished suppliers are not in fact BD222 types but an earlier sports version, perhaps BD196? If so, where can I get a late wide fan pulley?
After 20 years driving my Speedy, I suddenly realised that I was using a wide fan belt with a wide camshaft pulley but standard fan pulley, causing wear on the sides of the belt. I wanted to fit a four blade fan to help with overheating, so I thought I would sort the upper fan pulley at the same time. Big mistake.
I duly received a sports fan pulley from one of our cherished suppliers and on examination realised it requires a longer fan spindle. Is this correct? The Austin spare parts list shows a different pulley BD222 against a BD220) but the same spindle (BD221). The Sports parts list also shows the BD222 but nothing else special.
Having looked at earlier parts lists. am I correct in deducing that the wide fan pulleys supplied by our cheished suppliers are not in fact BD222 types but an earlier sports version, perhaps BD196? If so, where can I get a late wide fan pulley?