Ryan

Mentioned to my 3dr that i want to take her to germany in 2 weeks as a place has come and and the fucking thing has spat its dummy out.

started making a funny noise, so on the process of elimination to find the odd whurring noise, i took off the aux belts to elliminate alterantor, water pump and power steering pump bearings, noise was still there, next was dizzy blank drive, as the belt tensioner was new i thought i would try this.

Soooooooo.

pulled this blank out, and out came the oil drive shaft

and the circlip has moved aswell.

So im pretty sure its either engine out or front end completely off to get the sump off.


Really feel like giving up.

gus

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kind of telling myself this at the same time


"keep with it, it will be worth it in the end"


such a lovely looking car you have there chap

Lowson

Gutted to hear mate

Not a good feeling at all!!!

Nath

Ouch, you've gone this far mate so go all the way and see it through. I must admit, I was quite surprised when I read you bought yet another one. I hope it ends up well and you don't throw your wallet too far into it

Lowson

Just keep your chin up, like gus said, it'll be worth it in the end

Martin-Hadland

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Do you mean the 6mm hexagonal drive? If so I never run the locating clip..

Ryan

the annoying thing is, it was 99% finished and ready for the summer and the ring trip, now this.

maybe its trying to tell me something.

Dont know if i can be arsed to do it myself, might just give it to tremona and get them to sort it and finish the final bits on the car, and just foot the bill

Ryan

yes martin, thats what richie said, dont actually need it, but will it come out throught the hole in the block?

fezzajsy

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gutted for yer man.stick with it m8

Lee_R21Turbo

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Ryan....stop being a gaylord.....get ya ass under that engine this weekend & get it sorted!!! Hardly the end of the world is it!! LOL!

lamb chops

real shame Ryan, i hope you can get it sorted in time

Martin-Hadland

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I'm not sure I 100% understand what's happened..

Ryan

pulled the dizzy oil drive blank out, and the 6mm hex shaft was still stuck in the blank (where is should still be stick in the block)

Look down the oil drive hole, and could see the circlip still in there but not sitting correctly.

make any sense?

cossie604

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Thank you for providing me with the proof I need to convince the missus that it aint just me that talks to a 22yr old Sierra Get it sorted...summer is nearly here!!

Maria.

Thats poo ryan! Hope you can get it sorted in time bud!

JoeRS22

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you think youve had a nightmare ryan!! im having a massive headache with mine!

Ryan

see what tomorrow brings

Ryan

no there isnt, the urge is to fix it, and fuck it off and buy something else.

Martin-Hadland

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At worst this is half a days work... Get on it or deliver it to me!

Ryan

martin cheers for the kind offer, but by the time i get it to you and pay you to do it it would stand me at quite a bit of cash for a circlip

going to try to get the clip out tomorrow, if that fails its either going to tremona or i'll be taking the engine out or front end off.
















or left in the garage and forgotten about.

Moonstone Steve.

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So is the clip needed, wot is its purpose, i take it its the one that pushes over the hex drive.

Steve

Ryan

yes thats the one steve, basically its supposed to be there to stop this happening

Ginge !

ryan cant see the issue TBH

call AA, tell them the problem, you get them to "relay" it to martin whos labour rates is cheeper than the labour rate of Kwick Fit,,,,,, he sorts it out in 4 hours.... job done and you drive back

its taken me a week to get the effort in me to fit a amp live cable,,,, aint even bothered to fit the RCA's yet

sometimes its better to pay !

Moonstone Steve.

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Ok, so once together it dosnt serve a purpose, only when you remove the dizzy its to keep the hex in position.

Steve

Ryan

yes steve thats it.

or in this case, stay in the block and be a cunt

martin have you got a circlip you could measure? to see if the block could take the extraction

Moonstone Steve.

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I have one still on the hex if you want it measured m8.

Steve

Martin-Hadland

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Call me in the morning and I will check..

Mark Shead

You will not get the clip out the top, Just center and push hex shaft back in its as easy as that.

Mark

Ryan

yeah if someone could measure it, i may be able to measure the block with a drill bit to see the diametre to see if its possible to extract it out the top somehow.

Moonstone Steve.

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Ryan, ive just dropped a hex with clip down from the top in a spare block and as Mark said it wont go through the block.

Steve

Ryan

well thats fucked that idea idea then.

well i guess if i can snap or bend the circlip in situ, with some sort of very long nosed snips, its either engine out job or complete front running gear off to drop the sump.

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

Fudgey

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and you take the piss out of me fr not having my 3dr done

rapidcossie

Can you not just support the engine from the top, then take the sub frame off to get to the sump Ryan?

Moonstone Steve.

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Cant you try wot Mark has said and try centering the clip then push the shaft back in.

Steve

Mark Shead

Do as I say it will work as I did the same last week.

mark

Ryan

mark, what bending the clip in situ? could you explain either on here, or via pm, seriously doing my nut in, if its doable somehow i'll go out there now and start doing it. proving i have the tools (not likely) anyone fancy a drive ? tea and biscuits.

also another suggestion was somehow try relocating the circlip in the locating ring and then try pushing the hex shaft back through the circlip, but i "think" the clips are concaved which only allows it to be put on in one direction? maybe wrong.

Mark Shead

You have just descibed what I was saying, The clip is very likely to be loose on the shaft and most likely slip back in it lined up correctly, As I said I have just done the same last week with no problems.

Mark

Moonstone Steve.

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Get out there m8, centre the clip and push the shaft back in...job done.

Steve

Ryan

ok will go out and try now.

will report back in a bit. either with more problems or with lots of similes.