This **** is hard to crack, especially without assistance.

Any tips on keeping the flywheel still, etc, etc.

 

Ah I remember that one.What a POS that was.I had a friend come over and gave me a had with it.I put the tranny on it loosely and put it in gear then wedged a crowbay in the driveshaft yoke while I had the joy of jumping on my breaker bar to loosen it.

 

Another way would be to get some 1/4" flat bar steel and drill it to fit the clutch holes and bolt it to the flywheel to hold it while reefing the **** out of it.

 

Sounds like a plan, thanks.

On another note, hows the amount of oil in the f*cker, I thought Id drained it, but NO, theres was still plenty in it when I took offf the sump. You just gotta laugh.

 

Doesn't hold like 5 liters or a little under?

 

 

yeah they hold a lot of oil after you empty it , for the front cover you need a bigger hammer



mike

 

Because the sump was all dented, not all of the oil got the drain plug, so when I tipped the engine upside to get teh sump off, it all ran into the timing cover.



Big hammer....check.

 

haha, did you guys see there is almost the exact same thread in 3rd gen spec? Their using impact wrenches and oxy torches.

 

Hooray for getting your nut off.

I got a friend over to stand on the engine whilst I used a 2m breaker bar on it. We wrapped a chain around the flywheel to stop it from moving. One front cover off, one to go...