Thread: Sheerluck's project D3

Not even a tiny, wafer thin after dinner mint?

So you need a bit of prodding eh

Baz.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

my tame fridgy next door can come and evacuate the old one.

Didn't know there was any such thing....

Suppose you learn something every day

Good to see an update,waiting for some more pics

Alright, seeing as everyone loves pictures.......
This was it about ten days after the last picture, with the new oil pump and water pump in place.



Took a whole day to get it from the previous picture, to remove the starter motor, remove the crank bolt, remove and replace and oil pump and crank seal and then realise I had neglected to buy a new crank bolt.

That took another week.

The starter is an absolute bastard of a thing to remove. You need the arm strength of a gorilla, with fingers that can bend in three different ways at once.

I had thought the crank bolt was going to be the biggest pain in the bum, but that just took a 450mm shifter, with a 2m length of pipe for leverage.

And if you were in any doubt about the redesign of the oil pump housing, and how they have been snapping and introducing Mr Piston to Mr Valve, take a look at the top left hand corner of the old and new here:


Ok, so I'm going to dripfeed a couple of pictures a day, so I can bring it up to date.
Tomorrow - the interior.

Are you or did you replace any hoses while it was apart like this??

Baz.

Originally Posted by Redback

Are you or did you replace any hoses while it was apart like this??

Baz.

Baz, yes I replaced several of the water hoses, the thermostat, the plastic water manifold that sits at the front of the 'V' and the turbo/intercooler hoses were replaced with some silicon ones. More photos of shiny bits to follow.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Baz, yes I replaced several of the water hoses, the thermostat, the plastic water manifold that sits at the front of the 'V' and the turbo/intercooler hoses were replaced with some silicon ones. More photos of shiny bits to follow.

That water bottle funnel is an absolute pain in the arse to replace when everything is still in place, I almost threw it away a few times

Come on Sheerluck, interior pics?