Fan clutch reverse thread?
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Don't know if it helps, but I just changed the water pump in my 2001 318 two days ago while doing the Hughes plenum-pan repair. I figured it was a good time to do the water pump while I had easy access.
The fan mounting threads were a standard right-hand thread (righty-tighty, lefty-loosy) and I used a 1.5" wrench on the nut. The wrench was a little big but it worked fine.
For curiousity, I checked on the Advance Auto parts website for water pumps specified for 1999 and 2001 Rams. The pumps had the same part numbers for both years and both engines (318 and 360). I think you can probably assume all the threads are right-handed threads.
Dave
The fan mounting threads were a standard right-hand thread (righty-tighty, lefty-loosy) and I used a 1.5" wrench on the nut. The wrench was a little big but it worked fine.
For curiousity, I checked on the Advance Auto parts website for water pumps specified for 1999 and 2001 Rams. The pumps had the same part numbers for both years and both engines (318 and 360). I think you can probably assume all the threads are right-handed threads.
Dave
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