Keithy P38
5th January 2016, 11:42 AM
Have just replaced the flywheel and clutch in my brother's GU, now onto the passenger side engine mount. I must say, for a big 4wd they sure don't want you to work on these suckers without ripping the motor out!
We spent the better part of 4 days doing the flywheel and clutch, the biggest hurdle was space. The job was simple, but try moving the gearbox out with the engine in place! There's no room without practically flipping the box 180 to move rearward. Same applied to refitting it. What a pain!
The engine mount is just the same! Day 2, lots of bruised knuckles and cheerful words.
On any other vehicle I've worked on bar none both of these jobs can be tackled in a day.
Rant over!
Anyone else had fun on a GU like this?
Cheers
Keithy
We spent the better part of 4 days doing the flywheel and clutch, the biggest hurdle was space. The job was simple, but try moving the gearbox out with the engine in place! There's no room without practically flipping the box 180 to move rearward. Same applied to refitting it. What a pain!
The engine mount is just the same! Day 2, lots of bruised knuckles and cheerful words.
On any other vehicle I've worked on bar none both of these jobs can be tackled in a day.
Rant over!
Anyone else had fun on a GU like this?
Cheers
Keithy