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[Matthe_W_allace]

This is the first DIY service I have done to my 33.

Oil filter was the most awkward I had ever seen! Ended up knocking a screwdriver through it and took me 45 mins to get off!

Spark Plugs were unchangeable. I couldnt see a way of getting to them without taking the engine out!

Can someone tell me they have the same problem or am i just being clumsy????

Any alternatives would be appreciated!

[paulhide]

Yeah, tis a bit of a pig, though a strap-oil-filter remover normally gets the filter off okay; otherwise the screwdriver method normally works very quickly. For the plugs a half inch ratchet with the angle adaptor is the perfect length to get the plugs out reasonably easily.
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[Ravi]

I can only imagine how much harder the 1.7's would be to work on!! The 1.5ti is hard enough!

There's nothing like the twin overhead cam Alfetta blocks as far as the DIY services are concerned!! So easy and so much room!

R
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1986 33 QV

Looking to upgrade to a 16v?...

[Edward]

I agree with Paul - just bang a screw driver through the oil filter and do it that way. Watch out for the oil leaking out all over the place as well as the threaded connection that the filter joins onto, but easily the best way. Regarding the spark plug removal there were special tools supplied with all 16v cars - that include a small box spanner and a ratchet handle to remove the plugs with. These often get lost as a lot of owners don't realise what they were for and I guess they thought they were just some general tools. A lot of owners would not have put 2 and 2 together and worked out what they were for. You do come across them from time to time dumped under the spare wheel of peoples 16v 33 where they did not know what the purpose of them was. I have a couple of sets but I hardly go looking for them at spark plug time because the right socket with the right bar will do just the same job. A variety of tool that seem to do the same job but are different shapes etc seems to be a good way forward the more I end up fiddleing with my cars.

Occasionally I have toyed with the idea on the track car of drilling holes that correspond with the spark plug postions through the body that come out in the wheel arch - but to do this the holes would go through the front chasis rail - so perhaps not - I will just continue to struggle with sockets and small gaps!
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