cambelt cover!

[General Baxter]

How in the blood how do i get the cambelt cover off my xe?

i can not get a spanner or socket down there!
i got the top one off!
the engine mount has been moved from the orginal nova loaction, to have the xe enigine in with out the special mount (so its lower down the car, if this helps)

[Philsutton]

oh its fun, took me ages to do mine. You will get very pissed off doing it but think you have to use a small socket. Wait till you have to change the alternator belt, i had to lower the whole engine to do it :o

[General Baxter]

what do you think of a ratchet spanner, with a tilt head. they got a 10mm one in halfords for ?25 :o

[Philsutton]

it might do it but at the end of the day its the lack of space in the engine bay thats the problem

[General Baxter]

is it to high up, for me to take the wheel off and get to it from there?

[robb]

Gutted,

I thought changing the alternator on a GSi was bad with TB in the way by only mm!

[General Baxter]

what about

http://www.drapertools.com/draper/templates/draper/products.asp?param=314&ig_id=10582&title=4+PIECE+DRAPER+%3Ci%3EEXPERT%3C%2Fi%3E+HI%2D TORQ+METRIC+FLEXIBLE+HEAD+GEARWRENCH%26%23174%3B+S ET

[burgo]

nbaxter your link isnt working properly mate

[General Baxter]

sorry its that web site!

it was a spanner with a tilting ratchet on the end ?43 for a 10mm!

[burgo]

how much :o

bugger that may i recomend trying this

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/OBJECTS/18400/18380.JPG
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/OBJECTS/32900/32857.JPG

that should get in there mate

[General Baxter]

got a plan going to try tuesday!

put a small 10mm socket onto the bolt and put a set of molegrips on it, might take a long time!

but when/if i get it off im going to put a new bolt in with a 'hex' head!

[burgo]

what difference will putting a bolt in with a hex head make, its still a biatch to get to

[General Baxter]

hex key bolt!

so i can use and allan key!

[burgo]

so you mean an allen key bolt lol, dont matter what its called i get what you mean and makes sence mate.

[General Baxter]

worth a try ;)
might have wasted ?3 oh no!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4324845985&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

[burgo]

i think im gonna start buying tools on ebay costing me a fortune from snap on

[General Baxter]

iv got a garage full off snap on and mac,

but no rachet spanners :oops:


EDIT: dont forget the emergancy Fruehauf van out side, but still not rachet spanners!

[burgo]

lol they are expensive though mate

[General Baxter]

yeah and they just round off like some of the shite stuff! :evil:

[burgo]

my tools box has cost me ?1600 second hand :o and spent about ?1000 on tools and iev got feck all lol

mind you that was top and bottom box, heres a dodgy pic

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0SQCtAgIWzC2o*Q5ALVOQJ6iZ9AeUCkcrMiJOmYHnho3QnCnY4 XuSiWmD9lw6C0FbTt927qGN0!hexErgnpo6zneHg9p6*guTyc4 ybq4NJvHDXsLEtezZVA/Picture%2040.jpg?dc=4675489945220104542

[General Baxter]

still about ?60 for a snap on bar of e-bay!

[General Baxter]

WOW ;)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=30921&item=5920761667&rd=1

[burgo]

kool but still expensive lol

[General Baxter]

you got a TELESCOPIC MAGNETIC PICK UP TOOL?

these do my head in, you spend more time getting of the body work then getting the tool!

anyway back to topic please :)

[burgo]

no i havnt gotta get one tho lol and errrrr what was the topic

[General Baxter]

does your roll cab have a nascar on? looks the same as mine number 46 and its black ;)

i think it was how the F**K do i get a 2L cam cover off! then it went to a very good topic about tools :lol:

[burgo]

oh yeah i remember now

p.s. no its not its heavy metal one, i think black looks sweet as well

[General Baxter]

bloody hell!

i got it off with a normal 10mm spanner :roll: