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Dave
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Re: Auto Box cooler pipe spanner
« Reply #1 on: May 6th, 2006, 12:21pm » |
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Nice work! A good tip 
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david_molloy
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Re: Auto Box cooler pipe spanner
« Reply #2 on: May 8th, 2006, 10:55pm » |
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Nice one Miickey
What was "off set" on ring key that you used
Will make one myself as have to do same job on 24V this year
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Mickey_2.9
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Re: Auto Box cooler pipe spanner
« Reply #3 on: May 13th, 2006, 10:05pm » |
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David, it was an off set wrench rather than a flat type, it means you can get on the union a lot easier. See this link so you know what I mean by off set:
http://www.shop4tools.co.uk/acatalog/Ring_Spanners.html
Cheers Mike
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Mickey_2.9
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Re: Auto Box cooler pipe spanner
« Reply #4 on: May 13th, 2006, 10:10pm » |
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David, I have just reread your post, "what was the off set?" Silly me 
I will post a side view tomorrow so you can see!
Mike
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david_molloy
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Re: Auto Box cooler pipe spanner
« Reply #5 on: May 13th, 2006, 11:02pm » |
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Thanks Mickey
Don't want to modify wrong ring key
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Re: Auto Box cooler pipe spanner
« Reply #7 on: May 14th, 2006, 10:57pm » |
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Thanks Mickey
Will give a try - in next month or so...
Carn't see there been a big difference between 12 & 24V.
Hope that not "famous last words"...
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Mickey_2.9
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Re: Auto Box cooler pipe spanner
« Reply #8 on: May 14th, 2006, 11:30pm » |
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To be honest I found it quite an easy job though I did find that I had a few aching muscles the next day though from working under the car!
I would suggest that you get the front of the car high enough so that you can pull the box out on the trolley jack with out it hitting the front cross member. I had some heavy duty axle stands under the chassis at the front on top of some thick squares of timber (builders planks)that I cut up.
I kept the rear wheels on the ground, hand brake on and chocked and managed to get all the front prop shaft bolts out without turning the shaft using a long 1/2 inch drive extension on the 19mm ( I think it was 19mm) socket. After removing the six bolts that secure the centre bearing I managed to get the prop shaft out of the way without removing it from the diff or even removing the tie bar strut in front of the diff.
Remember that it is easy for the torque converter to fall out from the front of the box, I wired mine in as soon as I could.
Hope this helps (remember it was a 12 valve) and good luck
Mickey!
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