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[quote="john 33_16v"]Hi, Serviced the 33 today - mobil 1, AR oil filter, fuel filter and new AR boxed (NGK platinum) plugs, bought ages ago on ebay for an Ayrton (tenner). The old plugs only had about 20,000 miles on them, but looked a bit grotty. I'd forgotten how evil the nsr plug is. Spent about half an hour on this blighter alone! Worked facing the car, facing away with hands stuck down behind me, one hand, two hands...... Bit sore now. John[/quote]
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mt
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:24 pm
Post subject: Re: Forgotten how tricky 16v plugs were.
Toad wrote:
mt wrote:
john 33_16v wrote:
I'd forgotten how evil the nsr plug is. Spent about half an hour on this blighter alone! Worked facing the car, facing away with hands stuck down behind me, one hand, two hands......
Easiest way for me to do the plugs is to lay on top of the engine (i.e. stand on OS and lay across the engine to do NS plugs).
Now there's loving your car..... And then there's this.... you should be ashamed of your self young man... Do that sort of thing in public
You're just impressed i can reach
BigAl
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:17 pm
Post subject:
You should have seen me the other day, i was standing on the engine trying to undo the gearbox engine mount. How tight FT, did it though.
john 33_16v
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:43 am
Post subject: Re: Forgotten how tricky 16v plugs were.
Toad wrote:
Now there's loving your car..... And then there's this.... you should be ashamed of your self young man... Do that sort of thing in public
Do you remember some years ago a story that made the papers about a young man who was in love with, and obsessed by his car - an Austin Metro
. I think he got done for spannering one off over the car by the rozzers!
John
Toad
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:27 am
Post subject: Re: Forgotten how tricky 16v plugs were.
mt wrote:
john 33_16v wrote:
I'd forgotten how evil the nsr plug is. Spent about half an hour on this blighter alone! Worked facing the car, facing away with hands stuck down behind me, one hand, two hands......
Easiest way for me to do the plugs is to lay on top of the engine (i.e. stand on OS and lay across the engine to do NS plugs).
Now there's loving your car..... And then there's this.... you should be ashamed of your self young man... Do that sort of thing in public
mt
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:43 pm
Post subject: Re: Forgotten how tricky 16v plugs were.
john 33_16v wrote:
I'd forgotten how evil the nsr plug is. Spent about half an hour on this blighter alone! Worked facing the car, facing away with hands stuck down behind me, one hand, two hands......
Easiest way for me to do the plugs is to lay on top of the engine (i.e. stand on OS and lay across the engine to do NS plugs).
aforalfa
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:17 am
Post subject:
ChrisC wrote:
rsfruitbat wrote:
Worst slave cylinder I ever did was on a Sprint. Took about three hrs to get the b
d thing out and about 10mins to fit the new one. Will fit one though just in case
Ta
I think the fella who bought my old sprint had a harder time of it
6 hours we was outside my house and when he left it was because he gave up and the thing was only holding the slave in was a trolley jack handle wedged betwween it and the top of the rad! lasted the 120 miles home though
on ours, the opening part of the circlip is facing the bellhousing
so it's being left to leak every now and then till i get round to doin the clutch
stedee
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:44 pm
Post subject:
i tell you what is real fun - taking the cam covers off - i had to undo all the engine mounts so i could push the engine over and it was still a b#### - makes changing plugs seem easy.
rsfruitbat
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:58 pm
Post subject:
respect
ChrisC
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:04 pm
Post subject:
rsfruitbat wrote:
Worst slave cylinder I ever did was on a Sprint. Took about three hrs to get the b
d thing out and about 10mins to fit the new one. Will fit one though just in case
Ta
I think the fella who bought my old sprint had a harder time of it
6 hours we was outside my house and when he left it was because he gave up and the thing was only holding the slave in was a trolley jack handle wedged betwween it and the top of the rad! lasted the 120 miles home though
rsfruitbat
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:26 pm
Post subject:
Worst slave cylinder I ever did was on a Sprint. Took about three hrs to get the b
d thing out and about 10mins to fit the new one. Will fit one though just in case
Ta
baldy
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:49 am
Post subject: alfa tools
Alfa suplied a rachet for this in the tool kit of the 16v in the boot.I only found this out my self after strugling for a couple of hours. I came across one on ebay takes 20mins to do all four plugs with this tool!! lee
john 33_16v
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:23 am
Post subject:
rsfruitbat wrote:
Going to be fitting a 16V into my 33 so I 'll make sure that its got new plugs before it goes in.
Woth doing the clutch slave too. 3 minute job with engine out, and an absolute stinker with it in!
John
paulhide
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:39 am
Post subject:
Found best way to get plugs out is with quarter inch ratchet with universal joint with plug socket - exactly the right length and easyish to get on. Can get all four plugs reasonably easily.
rsfruitbat
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:30 am
Post subject:
Have you ever took off the starter motor from a V6 75? The dealers advice was " Go to hospital, have both arms broken in several places, Maybe just maybe you'll get it off before it rots to pieces
" Eventauly took me 7hrs on the Saturday to get it off and 4 on the Sunday to get it on.
Going to be fitting a 16V into my 33 so I 'll make sure that its got new plugs before it goes in.
john 33_16v
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:17 pm
Post subject: Forgotten how tricky 16v plugs were.
Hi,
Serviced the 33 today - mobil 1, AR oil filter, fuel filter and new AR boxed (NGK platinum) plugs, bought ages ago on ebay for an Ayrton (tenner).
The old plugs only had about 20,000 miles on them, but looked a bit grotty.
I'd forgotten how evil the nsr plug is. Spent about half an hour on this blighter alone! Worked facing the car, facing away with hands stuck down behind me, one hand, two hands......
Bit sore now.
John