Originally Posted by
Caddyshack
My dad used to say "ah, the joys of motoring"
Don't let it get you down buddy, just re frame it in your mind that you are learning as you go.
I sometimes find that not slogging away all day is the solution, going back at it the next day seems to help, especially if you can squirt the area in wd40 to let it soak.
Also, you may find that you can get to it from underneath if you jack up the car.
Yesterday I found a lose engine mount on my car and instead of struggling to get at the bolts I took off the turbo and exhaust manifold to get to it, longer job but made the engine mount a doddle.
Thank you. I try not to let it get me down but it is so difficult when one has had such bad luck with cars.
It would be much more difficult if not impossible from underneath, my arms would be nowhere long enough to reach up that high.
I can do it from the top and actually put my fingers around the bolt without any strain. the problem is not enough room on the right side to tighten it. the spanner hits some kind of box thing with wires in it. if that can be removed it would be problem solved but I am not sure it can be removed.
Video below of what I filmed this morning, please watch and share your thoughts.
Originally Posted by
Caddyshack
Can you take any pictures to help us see what you are doing. I bet if you spoke to a local ford garage tech they would tell you how they do it.
Thank you for replying.
I am not confident speaking on the phone and I wouldn't be able to explain the problem to them properly unless I spoke face-face because I get anxious on the phone, Ford is about 10 miles away and people are so unreliable so getting up there would be difficult.
Anyway, below is a video of what I filmed on the car this morning, please watch and share your ideas.
Originally Posted by
RichieST
I presume it's a banjo type fitting? If so the reason it is loose is probably because the seals have failed, so if you tighten it up it may continue to leak. In my opinion I would want to be taking the oil line off and changing the seals.
Thank you for your response.
I think it is a banjo bolt. It is difficult to loosen but I can loosen the bolt from it's fixing but it is integral with the pipe and won't come loose, however I can only tighten it so much as finger tight, then it needs a spanner to tighten but have no room to tighten.
We made a homemade turbo pipe with reinforced hose and attached the ends to the couple of inches of original metal pipe still attached to the fixings, therefore because we didn't have the egr manifold and other components out the way we could only tighten it so far but since hitting a massive pothole I think the bolt has come loose because of that. So I think it is not the seal/s it's the bolt, we could not tighten it properly
please watch this short video of it I filmed this morning and share you're thoughts .
Originally Posted by
Burnzybubbles
If they are copper seals and they aren't all chewed up, you can heat them cherry red and let them cool down naturally and it'll soften them back up and you'll be able to re use them again
We made a homemade turbo pipe with reinforced hose and attached the ends to the couple of inches of original metal pipe still attached to the fixings, therefore because we didn't have the egr manifold and other components out the way we could only tighten it so far but since hitting a massive pothole I think the bolt has come loose because of that. So I think it is not the seal/s it's the bolt, we could not tighten it properly
please watch this short video of it I filmed this morning and share you're thoughts .
Originally Posted by
cossynut2
Have you asked any mechanics at your nearest Ford Main Dealer Garage for any advice on how to remove it. Sometimes they have a special tool?
The other option is to look at a regular spanner and mark on it with marker pen exactly what needs to be cut so it will fit, and use a small disc cutter with metal disc to cut it. Put it in a vice to do it.
I have done the same thing in the past with success and have a few "modified" spanners in my tools.
I do feel for you as sometimes it looks like its just not possible to do something but its best not to keep trying if its not working and take stock of the situation.
There is always a solution to a mechanical problem and when you find it your sense of satisfaction and relief will be tremendous! Best of luck.
Thank you for replying.
I am not confident speaking on the phone and I wouldn't be able to explain the problem to them properly unless I spoke face-face because I get anxious on the phone, Ford is about 10 miles away and people are so unreliable so getting up there would be difficult.
I have thought of cutting a spanner but have no disc cutter and no vice. would a local garage (nearest one is a fair distance away) have a vice and disc cutter ?
please watch this short video I filmed of my car from this morning and share your ideas.
Originally Posted by
Caddyshack
Cossynut is totally right.
Yesterday I was thinking, a broken arm might be useful to get to the nut under my hart inlet...painful but nice and bendy...
thanks.
I agree but I have no disc cutter or vice.
please watch this short video I filmed of my car from this morning and share your ideas.
Originally Posted by
5hane
Could you give your mate a call?
thanks for replying.
I can't as I think he is away for a while.
please watch this short video I filmed of my car from this morning and share your ideas.
Originally Posted by
studabear
Can you fit a socket and ratchet in?
hi, thanks for the response.
No, I believe a socket and ratchet will not fit, the space is too small.
please watch this short video I filmed of my car from this morning and share your ideas.
Originally Posted by
155lee
The best thing to do is take a walk,forget about it for ten mins.
If you cannot fix something the more you get worked up about it the less likely you are to be in the right frame of mind to repair it or get it apart.
Post up a pic of the leaking banjo and it may help us to suggest something else.
And don't put a huge negative on the whole car,just take on 1 job at a time and deal with that.
There's a little yellow box with what looks like a mountain above the box you write in,press that and that lets you upload pics to your thread without having to use photobucket.
thank you very much and good advice but when one thinks he has tried everything it is difficult to know what to do, but a brief walk in between is good.
please watch this short video I filmed of my car from this morning and share your ideas.
Originally Posted by
stevieturbo
angle grinder
Thanks for replying.
I have no angle grinder to use though.
please watch this short video I filmed of my car from this morning and share your ideas.
Originally Posted by
gcfcos
Try and put a picture up matey, that way we may be able to suggest a good way of doing it
thank you very much.
please watch this short video I filmed of my car from this morning and share your ideas.
I should have shown this in the video but to inform those who do not know much of these engines and what is in the way, to the left it has the EGR integral with the manifold and this is also in the way to get a turn.
I really do not want to have the EGR removed as I believe it to be an absolute pain. all I want is to tighten this bolt a little more
to the right is some sort of box thing with wires out of it, if that can be removed then this would give me 100% access to tighten the bolt, but can it be removed ?
egr