Saturday 24th June UNCLE ARTHURS - NOW WITH PHOTOS

Uncle Arthur · Postby **Uncle Arthur** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:42 am

OMY005 wrote:I'll be there. The only one not driving as its only about 400M from home.

Does anybody have a estimate of how long it takes to pull the motor & gearbox out of a NA8?

Andrew.

We can find out on Saturday

kitkat · Postby **kitkat** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:50 am

well i pulled the motor out of our NA6, first timer and did it in about 3 hours, dont see why it couldnt be done in an 2 hours.

OMY005 · Postby **OMY005** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:22 am

kitkat wrote:well i pulled the motor out of our NA6, first timer and did it in about 3 hours, don't see why it couldn't be done in an 2 hours.

Did it have PS & AC? Mine does and I would have to unbolt and move them out of the way also without disconnecting the hoses.

UA, Do you have a tool for pressing the crank seal in yet? I can knock one up here at work today if you don't. :?:

jules · Postby **jules** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:44 am

As Wayne said. I'll be there (as long as it's not pissing down).

Jules

Uncle Arthur · Postby **Uncle Arthur** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:26 am

jules wrote:As Wayne said. I'll be there (as long as it's not pissing down).

Jules

The actual work area is concreted and fully covered (by a house), so we will be dry

kitkat · Postby **kitkat** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:52 am

OMY005 wrote:
kitkat wrote:well i pulled the motor out of our NA6, first timer and did it in about 3 hours, don't see why it couldn't be done in an 2 hours.

Did it have PS & AC? Mine does and I would have to unbolt and move them out of the way also without disconnecting the hoses.

sure did, had both of em, and i did it without disconnecting the extractors from the cat so that was another obstacle to work around.

OMY005 · Postby **OMY005** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:55 pm

kitkat wrote:
OMY005 wrote:
kitkat wrote:well i pulled the motor out of our NA6, first timer and did it in about 3 hours, don't see why it couldn't be done in an 2 hours.

Did it have PS & AC? Mine does and I would have to unbolt and move them out of the way also without disconnecting the hoses.

sure did, had both of em, and i did it without disconnecting the extractors from the cat so that was another obstacle to work around.

Thanks, Now I have some idea how long this will take me.

Andrew.

jules · Postby **jules** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:57 pm

I'll keep the power steering if you like. All this talk of manual vs power has got me interested. It'll be less for you to put back on. :lol:

Jules

Uncle Arthur · Postby **Uncle Arthur** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:00 pm

Uncle Arthur wrote:
jules wrote:As Wayne said. I'll be there (as long as it's not pissing down).

Jules

The actual work area is concreted and fully covered (by a house), so we will be dry

And the work area conveniently doubles as a beer drinking area

Uncle Arthur · Postby **Uncle Arthur** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:49 pm

Big thanks to all who came and attended/assisted/partookof beer and BBQ.....

All things look as though the waterpump and timing belts have been replaced successfully. There was a moment when the lifters were waaaay noisy upon startup, but they've settled down and the top hose was leaking a little but hopefully some formagasket has fixed that up nicely.

The waterpump doesn't leak now (it appears), but a good thrash will tell.

And best of all, we got to drink Heineken from the keg

SPy vs. SPy · Postby **SPy vs. SPy** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:49 pm

Bugger, should have logged in last night. I was feeling a touch parched after Mt Cotton :mrgreen:

After today I'll never poo poo another wrex again, they're FUNNNNNN and a worked over Ford (taxi) Typhoon was even funner.

Spy

rhysk · Postby **rhysk** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:37 pm

glad we could help !

a few photos here

Uncle Arthur · Postby **Uncle Arthur** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:13 pm

and a HUUUUUGE thanks to Wayne who took on the role of TongMaster at the BBQ

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:22 pm

Good afternoon, good company, good fun. :mrgreen:

Uncle Arthur · Postby **Uncle Arthur** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:32 pm

JBT wrote:Good afternoon, good company, good fun.

Actually, I'm thinking it was a day to rival Vic Dodgy Days - not just because we got done:

1 timing belt replacement and timing readjust
1 oil & filter change
1 water pump and coolant change
1 SE windblocker fitment
1 NB windblocker fitment
1 clutch slave cylinder resleeve and refit
1 Clubman 14 deg timing bump

But we also completed 1 5L Heineken Draught Keg

and it was sunny and warm almost all day.....