Fast engine removal (the belfast way!)

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Fast engine removal (the belfast way!)

Postby simonsays74 » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:41 pm

from driving in this morning to wheeling it out.... 1h 40mins :lol:

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Postby simonsays74 » Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:53 pm

whoops :lol: :lol:
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Postby clee » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:09 pm

Flash 8) 8) :lol:
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Postby Juzzblack » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:36 pm

:shock: Norris McWhirter would be proud; got to be some sort of record! :D
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Postby simonsays74 » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:05 pm

maybe less 5 mins cuz i had to take the pictures :lol:
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Postby peterg » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:08 pm

But it aint a turbo.......a fuel line, a handful of electric wires, 2 brake lines, the handbrake, 2 water pipes, 4 suspension mount bolts, throttle cable, 6 chassis bolts and youre done....why did it take you so long!!??? :lol: Professional mechanic!!???? :wink: I can get the engine out of my Turbo in less than 3 hours.....now theres a challenge!
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Postby simonsays74 » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:12 pm

peterg wrote:But it aint a turbo.......a fuel line, a handful of electric wires, 2 brake lines, the handbrake, 2 water pipes, 6 bolts and youre done....why did it take you so long!!??? :lol: Professional mechanic!!???? :wink: I can get the engine out of my Turbo in less than 3 hours.....now theres a challenge!



:lol: :lol: :lol: another 1h++ to remove the intercooler hoses :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby David Gentleman » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:14 pm

Fibber.....I bet it took you a while just to get it up onto 4 axle stands that high... :wink: :lol:
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Postby simonsays74 » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:18 pm

David Gentleman wrote:Fibber.....I bet it took you a while just to get it up onto 4 axle stands that high... :wink: :lol:


:lol: :lol: :lol: yeah, if you are using a mickey mouse halfords jack! :lol: :lol: :lol:

10 mins puts the car up :wink:
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Postby David Gentleman » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:29 pm

Ah, I still reckon your fibbing, and you left a clue...... :wink:

How come there is not a single drip of water below the engine bay from any of the disconnected water hoses...eh, eh, eh...? :lol:
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Postby turbo 5 » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:41 pm

It's a Belfast car, so no water, either Guiness for a low performance car or whisky for high performance, either way you don't let it spill onto the floor, you suck the system dry :D :D :D :D
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Postby simonsays74 » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:45 pm

David Gentleman wrote:Ah, I still reckon your fibbing, and you left a clue...... :wink:

How come there is not a single drip of water below the engine bay from any of the disconnected water hoses...eh, eh, eh...? :lol:


unlike you pikies i removed the water outside before driving it in. :lol:

don't really like wadding through puddles of anti freeze :?

as for jacking the car up, i use the high lift pallet truck at the rear and a high lift trolley jack at the front in the middle just behind the fuel tank/ centre tunnel area :wink:

you can't catch an honest person out :D
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Postby peterg » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:08 am

For a mechanic youre pretty smart!! :lol: :lol: I was thinking of the turbo water hoses, oil pipes, exhaust pipes, 3x fuel pipes and injector leads....oh...and did I mention you have to remove the turbo to get the clutch slave cylinder undone??:D
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Postby David Gentleman » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:08 am

simonsays74 wrote:
unlike you pikies i removed the water outside before driving it in. :lol:

don't really like wadding through puddles of anti freeze :?


you can't catch an honest person out :D


Ah, well I reckon you would get water around the tyres then, which would then get driven into the workshop and get wet tyre tracks....

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