Rover 3.9 v8 missing badly

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Originally Posted by Meccles

I've heard that by removing engine mounts lower engine this then gives space to access top bell housing bolts. Mines LT95 and I've got access however sounds a decent idea.

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That's correct. Pretty sure you just need to remove the rubbers. There's a post in a thread somewhere on here that even details the sockets and extensions needed.

DL

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Originally Posted by Meccles

I've heard that by removing engine mounts lower engine this then gives space to access top bell housing bolts. Mines LT95 and I've got access however sounds a decent idea.

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Yes, that's what I did. It would be absolutely impossible without dropping the motor as far down as it would go!

Might be easier with the body off! Haha..

I think sometimes with all the effort to get to a couple of bolts, undoing 10 more and undoing a couple of plugs and what not, not touch worse.

Although, perfect world with a hoist and all that!

well after 6 attempts to weld to that incredibly .... bloody unbelievably tight head bolt..... things should NOT be this hard.

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Gees, it takes bugger all to drop the compression to the point where the cylinder doesn't fire. what's that about 1 or 2mm ?