Winter Overhaul
10-09-2002, 12:00 AM
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I ended up over there today while Leslie and my mother went over their plans for Vegas. I started pulling parts off the block. I got off everything except the oil metering pump and the water pump. Also the flywheel but only because I don't have the large sockey for the nut. I gotta borrow Rikkis or go buy one. I can tell it was the front seal that failed. The housing was flooded with coolant. Good thing is everything is looking really good. I think I am gonna get off light on the parts that need replacement. I had pics but the disc had an error and wouldn't work. I 'll grab some next time when I crack her open.
10-12-2002, 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by vosko' date='Oct 11 2002, 07:21 PM
i used some ingenuity. had a giant angle iron and the giant flywheel socket and like a 5foot steel pole boom instant flywheel nut loosener 
I'll get it off tomorrow or Sunday when I can get the right tools.
10-12-2002, 05:25 PM
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One road block after another..
I got the flywheel nut off by using large breaker bars that I got my dad to weld up for me. The nut came right off but now I gotta get the fltwheel pulled off. I have to sya that having the right tools would make this job alot more enjoyable. I am gonna try to get some tools tomorrow. I have some help coming to also so I should be able to get her apart by Monday at the latest. I am curious to see how bad the coolant seal is. Hopefully I didn't break through to the water jacket. We'll see...
I got the flywheel nut off by using large breaker bars that I got my dad to weld up for me. The nut came right off but now I gotta get the fltwheel pulled off. I have to sya that having the right tools would make this job alot more enjoyable. I am gonna try to get some tools tomorrow. I have some help coming to also so I should be able to get her apart by Monday at the latest. I am curious to see how bad the coolant seal is. Hopefully I didn't break through to the water jacket. We'll see...
10-12-2002, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Fd3BOOST' date='Oct 12 2002, 06:25 PM
One road block after another..
I got the flywheel nut off by using large breaker bars that I got my dad to weld up for me. The nut came right off but now I gotta get the fltwheel pulled off. I have to sya that having the right tools would make this job alot more enjoyable. I am gonna try to get some tools tomorrow. I have some help coming to also so I should be able to get her apart by Monday at the latest. I am curious to see how bad the coolant seal is. Hopefully I didn't break through to the water jacket. We'll see...
I got the flywheel nut off by using large breaker bars that I got my dad to weld up for me. The nut came right off but now I gotta get the fltwheel pulled off. I have to sya that having the right tools would make this job alot more enjoyable. I am gonna try to get some tools tomorrow. I have some help coming to also so I should be able to get her apart by Monday at the latest. I am curious to see how bad the coolant seal is. Hopefully I didn't break through to the water jacket. We'll see...
I see you got the physics principle of "leverage" pretty much down pat in that pic there... :bigthumg:
(sorry to sound like a smartass... it's the beer talking again... been drinking Morretti La Rossa tonight... (it's like 7.2% ABV... strong **** and VERY yummy, which makes it DANGEROUS)
one more thing... a little pearl of wisdom... if you don't have the right tools for the job... then what you have on your hands is an "oppurtunity" to obtain the right tools... don't let your woman tell you anything different...
just glad to see you making progress...
cheers!
--drew
10-13-2002, 06:46 AM
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Well she went with me to get the socket and breaker bar. I actually just took her an my mother to the airport. They are going to Vegas till Friday. So I am all by myself now with nothing to do but my car.
Thanks for your posts Drew and the occasional post from vosko seem to be the only thing keeping this thread alaive. I will have to start wearing "I luv DREW&VOSKO" T-shirts in my pics
This ones for you.. :monkydance:
Thanks for your posts Drew and the occasional post from vosko seem to be the only thing keeping this thread alaive. I will have to start wearing "I luv DREW&VOSKO" T-shirts in my pics
This ones for you.. :monkydance: