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Post by Tom on May 11, 2016 20:25:07 GMT
So my happy meal arrived from FM last week and the time has come to fit it this saturday along with the rear crank seal. I have got an awful lot of money (too much in all honesty) invested in it currently so not really feeling the idea of paying someone to do it. I have done clutches before on a fwd cars (seems a bit easier, particularly access). The mechanical side itself doesn't worry me really, I am fairly handuy with a spanner. I am however worried about getting the car high enough, and the frustrations that will arise from it not being high enough. I was planning on being a bit of a gypsy and doing it off 2 steels with tyres stacked under each corner (steels with tyres fitted, not just random steels and tyres, to clarify that  ). Any helpful tips etc. would be gratefully received from anyone who has done it on the driveway, all I have heard so far are tales of woe and hatred! |
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Post by Horney on May 11, 2016 22:04:53 GMT
pewe is your man for this as he wrote up a good post about it somewhere on Nutz after he did it on his.
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Post by Tom on May 15, 2016 19:39:12 GMT
Done.
If I have one word of advice it would be don't do it. What a pig of a job!
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Post by niklas on May 18, 2016 21:23:05 GMT
A good breaker bar, a joint and 2 long extensions is your friends.
When you need to get it back on, it should go smoothly, if it does not, it's due to your arms being tired. Then rest and try again, you won't get it on by "trying again in a bit".
Also, remember to get the clutch line bracket (if you have one) back on there with the bellhousing bolts. It is easy to forget.
Use a torque wrench for reassembly.
oh, 4 solid jackstands or forget about it.
Edit, oups, didn't read the last post. The first time is the worst. Not as bad as the differential though.
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Post by Tom on May 19, 2016 6:26:28 GMT
A good breaker bar, a joint and 2 long extensions is your friends. When you need to get it back on, it should go smoothly, if it does not, it's due to your arms being tired. Then rest and try again, you won't get it on by "trying again in a bit". Also, remember to get the clutch line bracket (if you have one) back on there with the bellhousing bolts. It is easy to forget. Use a torque wrench for reassembly. oh, 4 solid jackstands or forget about it. Edit, oups, didn't read the last post. The first time is the worst. Not as bad as the differential though. It wasn't so bad really just wrestling the box back on was a bit of a pig (turns out the engine had rolled forwards about 50-60mm so it went through the clutch splines fine but wouldn't quite line up with the thrust bearing. All sorted in the end. Next time I will get the car higher, it was far too low this time and it just made it uncomfortable. |
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Post by zoona on May 25, 2016 14:40:52 GMT
Getting the gearbox back on with the engine out was a pain in the rear canoe, i wouldn't want to try it under the car...
well done.
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le sigh