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What was your biggest nightmare?

alex.powell

alex.powell

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I've thrown myself right into this car over the last couple of years. Some jobs i've have felt fantastic, others not so fantastic. My new leader in the not so fantastic was fitting some turbo tie rods before buying the removal tool!!!! One of them was completely stuck fast and faught till the end, by which time i decided to just drop the entire steering rack out and attack the rods on the bench(that's a top tip by the way!!)

Any one else with some hard earned experience out there?

cheers
Alex
 
I bought the tool to do them from Mackays. The rack itself was held with a spanner (possibly I used a large adjustable as they tend to have a wider mouth than a normal open ended spanner) while using the new tool. Getting the boots on the rack was the tricky bit for me...

The thing that got me stumped once was trying to separate the gearbox from the engine. I should've read the manuals I have and removed the clutch levers before trying to seperate...

Also, the fuses that don't work even though they are not blown! They seem to deteriorate somehow. If you suspect a fuse just throw them away, I learnt the hard way...

It's always the little things that get me [:D]
 
Thats due to high contact resistance causing heating, usually due to oxidising plus the low clamping pressure of the fitting. The main reason why they junked this type of fuse in favour of the blade type. Always keep these fuses contacts clean, had a small fire in a Manta from these once.
 
I've had the fuses look fine and the connectors look fine. Even put a meter acroos the fuse and it's fine. Correct voltage at each terminal too when the item that is not working is not switched on...

If in doubt just throw them away!
 
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