if you need any help on weekend im free

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clio r27
ps3 id:cooperkloe

couldve borrowed my engine crane for nowt pal!

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1997 P1 Gti 6 Charged

where abouts matey as im out that night

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Team allesclar ®

Could have borrowed mine aswell steve

Could also borrow me if you need a hand, you know i know them like the back of my hand

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Thanks for the engine crane offers guys, yeah its a Cat D mei, seems to have had a new roof too as its black underneath and has a sticker with 2001 written on it. I think the aerial leaks as the roof lining was soaking and the carpets were too.

I'm not sure where i'll be on friday Adam, probably here there and everywhere, if i see you i'll come over to say hi, although i'm terrible at recognising people and remembering names. Look out for me dressed as batman


One little thing i would just like to confirm before the weekend, if i take the driveshafts out am i ok to put the wheels back on and wheel the shell about?

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Goldie the track car.

Yea, but the dont be moving it far with the engine in, might f*ck the bearings up.

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I still have my 32mm socket from my last clutch change and bought a massive breaker bar for myself after realising how bloody tight / seized the nuts get.
If i get chance tonight i'll double check that its a 32mm not as i dont have a 35mm socket.

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Goldie the track car.

Ive got a 36mm you can borrow steve

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You should deff edit the 1st post and give me lots and lots of praise lol

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Dan

I do hope this is ready for the ring in June Steve.

Also i think your progress this weekend will be near enough zero as I can't see either of us being awake until at least the afternoon

Adam were starting on eccy road then hitting west street look out for a big group of cnuts dressed as superheros

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Team Astor Grey Supercharged GTI 6

I got a bit more done on the car today, I've been preparing the engine ready for removal tomorrow.
Due to a fair bit of alcohol consumption and a quite late night last night i didnt get a massive amount done, nor was i very efficient at what i was doing, but im pretty much there.

I have been using the engine removal guide by bud_205, very helpful, thanks.

I was struggling to get the driveshaft nuts off, i had help from rob (rwgti) pressing the brake pedal whilst i was swinging from my breaker bar but the discs were just spinning.
After a bit of thought we decided to try pushing a bolt down a vein in the disc and resting it against the caliper carrier, then rob pressing the brake pedal whilst i stamped on the breaker bar. This idea worked a treat, i have no intention of using the discs again and if we had broke a carrier they dont seem to be in short supply.

I had an issue trying to undo one of the 11mm nuts which hold the offside driveshaft inside the lower engine mount, the bugger rounded off when using a 11mm ring spanner and its too awkward to get to with anything else so my plan is to remove the bolt through the engine mount, then undo the bolts holding the mount to the engine so i can remove that driveshaft with the mount and get it off when its off the car, but obviously i need to wait for the engine crane to help support the engine weight.

I'm pretty much ready to just undo the engine mounts and lift it out, the only things i didnt get time to do were undo the reverse cable (it was dark by the time i had got round to this and couldnt see where it was), and i couldnt see the black box in the drivers side wing which is meant to be connected up to the inlet system.

Hopefully i can get these sorted out tomorrow when its light and finally get the engine out and the bay cleaned up.

I'll put the pictures up tomorrow evening if i get time.

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Goldie the track car.

Cheers for the offer Luke

A bit of an update, Matt (cooper666) came round on sunday to pick up the spare wheel from the car and ended up stopping about 6 hours chatting and helping get the engine out. Massive thanks for this, i probably wouldnt have got the engine out until late in the evening if at all on my own.

As i mentioned earlier i managed to round one of the 11mm nuts holding the intermediate bearing in place, not to worry though, the gator round the cv joint was all split so we just pulled the driveshaft out and left the intermediate shaft attached to the engine.

We made sure that it was just the engine mounts holding the engine in and hooked up Fletch's engine crane, undid the mounts then decided that it would be much easier to remove the fan shroud, slam panel, bumper etc and just pull the engine out of the front. (We weren't using a load leveller so changing the engine angle wasn't so easy).

Here is the engine out:
IMG_0708 by Steve Count, on Flickr

Before i started stripping the car it had epic wobble, i think we have found the cause:
IMG_0881 by Steve Count, on Flickr
I think that one of the very few pieces of service history i have for the car is for this 'repair', i might have to dig it out and name and shame the place that did it

I'll be grinding that out and fitting one of daveyboy's in due course.

My biggest priority at the moment is to get the engine sorted and tidy up the rust patches in the engine bay.

For the engine i think i'm going to fit some of Rich W's upgraded mains and big end bearings, uprated headgasket and replace all gaskets / seals etc. I want a bulletproof engine.

We noticed a few bits on the engine which needed replacing like the metal coolant tube which runs along the back of the block under the exhaust manifold as its rusting through.

We checked the cambelt, it was quite loose.
Luckily the engine didnt tap before the removal, although i do have 16 spare good valves incase i mess anything up when rebuilding it

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Goldie the track car.