jonwane

Alright i just bought an 1991 ls400 now the only problem with it is the fan coming from the motor doesnt stay in. from what iv heard the bracket is bad but not a 100%.the owner told me that when he was driving it the fan slip forward causing the belt to come off. his mechanic said it was the bracket $300 so isnstead of replacing it he just drilled a whole and rigged a wire to tire and hold it in there worked for a little while but happened again and now its my problem any ideas on what could be causing it?

LScowboyLS

you can get the original Aisin fan bracket by going around the Lexus dealership and buying direct from the company who built it - that's how I would solve it for about $125 to my door and about an hours work.

the part number is FBT-001 - available at amazon or ebay and other places online

jonwane

Awesome thank you for the advise im going to look into that....is there any way to runthe car with out it cause it stil has 2 electric fans

jonwane

also that part fbt-001 are you a 100% sure thats the right bracket

Greg5OH

you can confirm the part number by going on sewell lexus parts. they have all the expoded view diagrams of every piece of the car.

jonwane

awesome bro thanks just ordered it 2 day shipping should have her running soon also on the pulley it has a 10 on it then there is a gauge that has a few lines 10 and a 0 assuming when i install it i need to turn it till the 10 in the pulley and the 10 on the metal gauge thing line up

LScowboyLS

Sewell Lexus will not be the place to confirm the part number, as this is an Aisin part number, not a Toyota or Lexus part number - and yes, it is the correct part number!

The cowboy doesn't post incorrect part numbers!

jonwane

are there one or 2 belts on the this car?

Greg5OH

woops missed hte part of it being an Aisin number.

jonwane

does it have 2 belts or just the one

cobalt91

Just one belt.

jonwane

the fact that it came off you dont think it ****ed anything up do you

LScowboyLS

if the drive belt flies off violently, it can hurt things, but nothing is hurt by just running the car without the belt for short while, you just do not have charging, A/C, power steering or a fan!

jonwane

so what the number 10 on the crank shaft mean

LScowboyLS

10 degrees BTDC timing mark

BTDC = before top dead center

this has nothing to do with the drive belt, it is only involved when replacing the timing belt or measuring the ignition timing with a timing light!