Taking a break from that stupid gearbox
bolt....thought I'd plug up all those crap emission related holes in the
intake manifold with some good ol' fashioned bolts
Hmm...another thing I forgot - Valve clearances! One
feeler gauge set at 0.25mm (cold) and test all the valves. 1st get
engine to TDC (line up line of the crank pulley). Then the valves of
cylinder 4 will be 'one the rock' (one just closing and the other just
opening - like Photo 4)
Its then following firing order, when 2 is on the rock
check 3; 1 on the rock check 4; when 3 is rocking check 2: 1-3-4-2
Now back to the gearbox bolt....and VICTORY! I got it
out.....w000t. How you ask...it heated it up again and instead of a
shifter or stillson I thought I'd give vice grips a try. I can now
highly recommend the humble vice grip in these situations - locked it
onto the bolt then got my foot against it - held onto the front of the
car and just reefed with everything I had. The car was creaking on the
axle stands....my leg was at breaking point, then BANG it cracked!
So now....fill it up with trans fluid - if your really
sneaky do it this way - saves you trying to squirt it stupidly into the
hole with those crappy trans bottle nipply things.
A job I forgot to take some pics off was the re-wiring
of the ignition....sorry....just took the ignition switch (with a key)
and replaced it with a couple of Jaycar switches
So already to go for start! 1st
attempt.....hmmm....a lot of fire and a lot of backfiring and a can of
start you bastard - but no start. So back to basics - do we have
ignition?
