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very disappointed I n you all. Ford loving gypsies and no one has mentioned the Holden name.
l would curl up dead if I ever went near an olden
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A gentleman is someone who, 'though he knows the name, chooses NOT to utter it!!!
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To check/top up battery, easiest to jack and remove RHR wheel and the inner mud guard, then use a mirror looking from the wheel arch. I did learn how to check the engine oil without removing the engine cover. reaching in with left arm from rear of engine, pull up dipstick about 100mm then bend the flexible dipstick through 90deg and withdraw it out the back. Replacing it you had to reach the tip of the dipstick in and twist the end into the tube by feel and push the stick back in. It was my "special skill", good fun. But I did work on one car which sticks in my mind as EASY to work on. A VOLVO 240, about 1980 vintage when I had a workshop. Just a book service and I thought "here we go", but it was amazing. Had to change the fuel filter, metal canister up in the corner below the RH bonnet hinge, held in by something like a 12mm AF hex bolt. Then I see a 25mm hole cut in the body panel gusset to access that bolt - what? - they actually recognised the difficulty and designed in an access hole! Then I had to work in the console/dash area, and it was actually held together with Phillips head screws, not break-off plastic tabs. I had to have a drink to recover myself after that shock! Cheers.
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And I have replaced the 3 timing chains in a VE SV6, now that was a mission, but enjoyed the challenge! Cheers.
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Duesenberg. No doubt about it.
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This trend was still alive and well by the time I got my P plates in 2010. At least, in rural SA it was.
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VW Amarok. For whatever reason the wheels don't go on studs with a nut to hold them on. They actually sit on the hub, and have long bolts that bolt the wheel directly to the hub. Weird.
Makes getting the wheel back on a pain in the ****, cause you not only have to sit the wheel on the tiny little hub edge, but you also have to get it positioned in the right spot to be able to get the bolts in the holes. And they are only 5 bolt, not 6 stud like all other utes i've worked on. Bloody germans always have to do things differently. |
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Makes a lot of sense from one perspective - many wheel failures where aftermarket (incorrectly sized) wheels don't sit on the hub, but use the wheel stud itself, great for a while... I think old holden v new holden had same/similar PCD but different hub size of a few mm...
I hear Boxster/Cayman are designed for 100% engine attention from underneath. I know the porsche turbo has the engine dropped for spark plug replacement, but not too expensive, as its designed that way (as long as its in the air). |
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I hear Boxster/Cayman are designed for 100% engine attention from underneath.[/QUOTE] Plugs, oil and filters from underneath, air filter from top - just bend a lot, belts from front - just remove cabin access. Not a big deal. On the positive side, oil filter is only $5.50. |
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Unsure if thats the reason or if its just a Euro thing. |
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Didn't seem so strange to me as all my old mazdas used wheel bolts instead of lugs and nuts anyway. Lugs and nuts is mainly a USA or domestic US owned marque thing. Anyway, I think the worst cars to work on would be transverse engines - especially V6. Or any type of mid mounted engines. Something like tranverse v6 in a van would have to be the worst combo outside of audis and porsches Last edited by oldel; 13-04-2021 at 08:00 PM. |
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I assume merc has something similar. I don't think they could archive this with studs and wheel nuts
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The greatest difference in wheel bolts on two of my Mercedes between alloys and steel rim is 35mm. The wheel bolts sit inside the alloy rim. 12mm thread with a 17mm head - not achievable if it was a stud & nut which would usually take a 21mm socket. Anything larger than a 17mm non impact socket wont get inside the bore of the rim to crack the bolt. |
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seeing it hasnt been mentioned already
with my big boofy hands the cars i hate working on are matchbox cars ![]() sorry but some one had to eventually say it
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yes still (as money n time permit) doing the rebuilding the zh fairlane with a clevo 400m 4v heads injected whipple blown with aode 4 speed trans to a 9" ....... we'll get there eventually just remember don't be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic! I have taken up meditation... at least it's better than sitting around doing nothing !! |
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You don't drive those, you wear them!
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haha.. that's funny. First problem is to find one.. would have to break into a museum, or Jay Leno's garage.
Second problem would be to afford paying for it. Apparently they go for high 6 figures, and some 7 figures. However, Wikipedia describes that around 1950s they were not popular, and you could have picked up one for $500. Third problem would be to find parts for it :-) Cheers, |
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I'm not a mechanic, and only got to Kingswood level of servicing, rebuilding carbies, putting on manifolds, dropping driveshafts etc... Timing lights and manually turning the distributor - oh yeah!
But strangely I do enjoy watching complex mechanical failure points on yt and seeing how mechanics overcome them. Here, the TDV6 in a RR gets pulled apart, and the crank has broken (look how thick the broken section is!). What follows is a quest to buy a 2nd handy (whole motor) - and to spoil the plot a little, then create a FrankenTDV6 out of two. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4zXDKlkGhk 8:10: "And look how thick that is for a crankshaft width (?) - that is just p1ss poor. And that's why they're breaking, cos there's just no meat on 'em. That is just such a bad design, it really is, the whole engine's a bad design." Surely if in Oz, you'd just Barra swap it?
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