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Yeah had it off, about to take it back off again
21st Jun 2020 10:27 am
Nevesy
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It's the passenger side it's not spinning anywhere near as freely
21st Jun 2020 10:56 am
Pete K
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Well you have to remove the rear fuel belt
I found you had to remove the rear belt plastic housing so that it can be removed with the cam.
One of the bolt/stud threads is very long and a right pain for Access
You also need to melt an Area on the rear belt housing to gain access to undo the end cam cap
Maybe I put a link in your original thread for instructions
21st Jun 2020 11:11 am
Pete K
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Thanks for that, looks an absolute nightmare. Manifold can stay in place though just unbolt from the head?
21st Jun 2020 12:03 pm
Pete K
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Yes
21st Jun 2020 12:06 pm
Nevesy
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Is this the peice that needs melting away?
21st Jun 2020 1:33 pm
Pete K
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Yes. So you can get a socket on there and bolts out
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21st Jun 2020 1:35 pm
Nevesy
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Is the rear drive belt cam pulley sprocket reverse thread or just really tight?
21st Jun 2020 2:33 pm
Pete K
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Normal thread.
I left it on there and removed the cam and plastic cover as one piece
Neither option is easy.
21st Jun 2020 2:37 pm
Nevesy
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Any ideas on how to get to the rear lower Manifold bolt?
21st Jun 2020 4:40 pm
Pete K
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No. Is the turbo in the way ?
21st Jun 2020 4:49 pm
Nevesy
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Got them off the oil feed for the turbo was in the way. Doh!
21st Jun 2020 7:29 pm
Nevesy
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I've left the turbo in place, just the support bracket to remove now. That's tomorrows job, once the manifold pulls away the head should lift off.
For anyone reading this, this job is extremely involved, if you can hire a lift and remove the body, if I had more ceiling height I'd have done it differently. I'd read access was tight but this is something else... I've done various rebuilds on other cars and have a decent set of tools in a fairly tidy workshop but it has me considering if I should tow it to a garage to drop a new engine in.
Pete K thanks for your help today invaluable!
21st Jun 2020 9:11 pm
Pete K
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If you have a replacement head you may as well continue.
Didn't realise you would need to remove the turbo support bracket
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it's not spinning anywhere near as freely
