My Rebuild....

[BigChris]

Well as some of you know, i have had so unfortunate luck over the last month or so... but after a LONGGGGGG day yesterday we did the following..

Removing the gearbox, removing the clutch, removing the flywheel and then FINALLY the crank and big ends. - undoing god knows how many bolts, lost count... some were right gits lol... looking forward to putting it back

anyway ITS OUT!!! and when i got it out, i kid you not, i picked it up held it above my head (heavy f***er!!) and ran round the pub car park with people looking at me shouting "i got it!! i got it!!" lol, was rather amusing...

anyway, less talk and more pictures... as you will see, we did it with the engine in the car...ouch...

Shows the crank out...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/Chris_Orford/DSC00060.jpg


what a mess!!!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/Chris_Orford/DSC00058.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/Chris_Orford/DSC00059.jpg



my storage area lol........

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/Chris_Orford/DSC00061.jpg

AND THIS IS WHERE WE DID IT... IN THE PUB CAR PARK LOL!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/Chris_Orford/DSC00057.jpghttp://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/Chris_Orford/DSC00059.jpg

 

[Dafthead]

Do you know the people who own the pub or are you taking the mick hahaha?

 

[BigChris]

lol, no its mums pub... he he.

 

[Winston]

Looks like good fun lol

 

[BenR]

applauds!

for a first time tackling something half difficult, in a pub carpark, AND doing it the hardway with the engine in the car!!

nutter.

 

[Rick]

heh, good work!

 

[BigChris]

aye........ i have to say ill walk away from this a lot more in touch with how it all works, where it all goes etc etc.

Looking forward to the work paying off, and actually driving it from that spot where it has been "dead" for 4 weeks, lol.

 

[Smokey]

Looking good mate, you will have to pop up here when its fixed

 

[Christopher]

you have balls.

i thought it was hard enough doing a cambelt change on my 172 on my driveway.

 

[BigChris]

well, the bloke doing it knows what he is doing.. he is giving me a guiding hand... without his patients i would have given up along time ago... he dont give up... hardest things were a) the sump and b) the plastic pully cover thingy.... mad.. would have thought gearbox, and clutch would have been an issue....

one thing i wouldnt have done normally, but, thought why not... its got to be done... and just went for it... had a few moments where i felt like saying "stuff it" and give it to someone else to have a look at, but i wanted to do this one... just to say, i wont be beaten lol... mad, but this this car and me have a longggg history lol...

 

[GarethM]

looks like a lot of work

hope you have fun putting it back together!!

 

[BenR]

i told you the sumps a super b*****d!

 

[Pete]

Sump on the 172 is no different, complete b*****d, clever renault made it so you have to drop the subframe, you can see that labour bill clocking up nicely!

 

[*CLIO16V*]

Chris, Ive got to do the clutch on my valver. Is it ok to get to it with just moving the box out of the way?

I thought the engine and gearbox had to come out?

Thanks for the info, My clutch is slipping like a b1tch.

 

[David]

u picked up the engine and ran out around with it?? hmmm

 

[BigChris]

no the crank shaft david lol...........

and yes, you can do the clutch with the engine in the car... just had to work with getting the gearbox out enough to take it out...

Took us a while... but once you do the gearbox, the rest is pretty much simple.

Wouldnt like to do it again though. Was going to change the clutch while it was out, but loads left on it, may lighten the flywheel though.

 

[Rich1.2]

did you drop the subframe to remove the sump mate or did you just slide it accross?

 

[BigChris]

just moved the subframe over a bit.. and lifted the engine up when it was off its mounts...

 

[Rich1.2]

cool, thats the way im gonna change my sump as i have the new engine it but im waiting on the new sump arriving

 

[d-diddy]

rather u than me.

been there done that

 

[BigChris]

been a chor, wont deny that. Would certainly rather have not done it lol...

I just wanna get it right so when the next person gets it, its sorted...

Going to get it all sorted, run it in for 500 miles then just leave it to sell.

Be sound as a pound once finished, just a shame i wont be the one to benefit from it.