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Thats interesting, so there are non valved quick release alternatives then. That would be fine as I want to be able to drain from here. I'll give THINK a call and find out more.
Did you break your oil lines yet in the rear wheel well? Wha is the inner diameter of the tube? When I had a mobile mechanic comes to my house he had a cork to plug up that hose immediately. I want to order a cork but not sure what size. I guess I can measure the OD and use that for sizing.
Hi Ricardo, yep the engine is all out and sitting on a pallet waiting for me to start work on it Saturday morning. I'll measure the pipe ID for you if you still need it. Use one of the more 'modern' corks rather than the traditional ones as it my drop bits. Hey, failing that how about using one of those 'fizz-keepers' you put in the top of a bottle and pull the level over to seal it up. Dunno if it'll fit but I'm gonna try it
Thanks Stuart, have to be careful with the temperature rating on those. I think I'm going to go with the simplest option of breaking the flexi joint at the mid point, have two female connectors swaged on then join them with a simple male-2-male coupling. This should give no resistance to the flow and mean I'll never have to touch the filter console and pipes in the wheel arch.
I dropped out the motor one evening during the week so made a start on the LWF swap on Saturday.
Still so clean under there
Pallet truck comes in very handy for shuffling the motor about.
Tranny / motor split
This clutch has done between 4-6k miles so will be kept.
Pressure plate removed to reveal the DMF.
Flywheel off. As mentioned before, the engine had a full rebuild by SC Malton less than a few K before I picked up the car. I don't need to replace any seals here as it's all been done and the motor is still bone dry.
The LWF fitted with new bolts.
The guide tube. This also need to be replaced as part of the swap as the LWF uses one of a different length.
Unfortunately play had to stop here as none of the parts I'd ordered had turned up in time for the weekend. To be continued.....
I dropped out the motor one evening during the week so made a start on the LWF swap on Saturday.
Still so clean under there
Pallet truck comes in very handy for shuffling the motor about.
Tranny / motor split
This clutch has done between 4-6k miles so will be kept.
Pressure plate removed to reveal the DMF.
Flywheel off. As mentioned before, the engine had a full rebuild by SC Malton less than a few K before I picked up the car. I don't need to replace any seals here as it's all been done and the motor is still bone dry.
The LWF fitted with new bolts.
The guide tube. This also need to be replaced as part of the swap as the LWF uses one of a different length.
Unfortunately play had to stop here as none of the parts I'd ordered had turned up in time for the weekend. To be continued.....
Good work Rob,
I'm sure you know but don't forget to replace the flywheel bolts (although I think they're a shorter variant any way) friction plate goes in the other way around from the stock one. It should say fly wheel side on it. Personally I married the transmission to the engine without tourquing the pressure plate its a lot easier by yourself. Tourque the pressure plate through the starter motor. Check your needle bearings on your clutch fork shaft ( cheap as chips and worth replacing. ( they are not identical) and the shaft seals need to be orientated correctly.
Looks good mate I'm keen to pick your brain on the ecu tuning as I'm going this route with the 964 when its back.
Hi Dave, yep new bolts are being used. It also appears that the entire clutch fork, spindle, seals and bearing assembly were replaced as part of the engine rebuild. To my eyes they look in top nick so no need to replace given the minimal miles covered since then. There's no play and they operate smoothly so I've just washed them down and repacked with molyb.