OZ951

Aye, that's what I do.

savannah996

can the trans be pulled without the engine to do a clutch? I looked on pelican for the diy. and i only saw one for both to be pulled like you did

Eharrison

Yes there's threads on here doing it.

OZ951

Got my motor back this morning after having the block repaired (welded) and helicoils put in where the two problem bolts were located. The workshop said they took some pics while they did the repair and they will send them to me so I may be able to post those later. Now on with the job!

OZ951

My RMS was dry as a bone, IMS flange was pretty gunked up though. The bearing seals looked in-tact but the IMS itself was well loaded with oil so the seals were obviously letting it through.

Here's a couple of the pics, just got to install this spiro-loc retaining ring now, doesn't seem like there is much of a groove for it so We'll see how it goes.

savannah996

are you doing the ims bearing upgrade?

OZ951

Yes that's the LN engineering IMS bearing in the last pic of my last above, easiest way to tell is that the bearing seal facing the flange is "open" to allow oil into the bearings.

OZ951

The spiro-loc installed easily enough and locked positively into place. Flange installation requires being careful since the IMS tube is being pulled to one side of the flange orifice and you don't want to be damaging the flange seal as it gets installed. I found the best way to deal with that was to put the flange in place with 1 screw in place then I put a socket and extension bar on the bearing stud nut and then I applied some pressure on the extension bar to line up the IMS centrally in the orifice and then insert the other flange screws and begin to snug them up.

OZ951

The pics I posted at the beginning of this thread have disappeared but I have added a new page to my web with a more comprehensive range of pictures and notes regarding the work I am doing on my 996 at the moment. It can be found via the links in my signature or directly from here

http://www.oz951.com/public/enginedrop.htm

TomF

OZ951, very nice write-up on your webpage. I will definitely be using it for reference when I do my engine drop in the next couple of months. Thanks for the info!

jeneric996

Hi OZ,

Great work and awesome details!

I have a basic question about removing one of the radiator hoses. I cannot disconnect the hose that is pressed into the hard metal pipe. This is the rear main hose on the right side that connects to the hard metal pipe and leads to the rear of the engine. It has a "C" clip which I can remove, but I cannot get enough torque to pull them apart.

Is there a special tool or technique to separate them?

Mine is a 2003 996 but assume yours is has the same setup.

Thanks.

OZ951

Thanks, you can use a screwdriver to carefully separate the hose from the hard pipe (part of the way around anyway), you can get more purchase on the hose by using a belt/webbing/rope and then pulling on the belt. The hoses are definitely a bit of work to get off though. Good luck.