How about a Southampton meet?

The "S" express · Post by **honda-hardy** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 12:25 am

the auto box does not have an input shaft as such like the manual, on the manual box you can line up the shaft into the clutch assembly and this then helps you locate the box on the dowls on the engine. the auto box torque converter has a half inch female hole that slots onto the male stub on the fly wheel, you then need to bolt the box to the engine once the converter has lined up on the fly wheel, you then need to rotate the torque converter to insert the m6 bolts one at a time. its a pain and so much easier out on the deck

LudeIOW · Post by **LudeIOW** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:47 am

unfortunatly i have neither the time,location or equipment to remove the whole engine

the car is parked on the road and im gunna have to do it were it is. im also restricted to only having the car off the road for 2 days tops.

im gunna wave a crate of beer around see if i can tempt in some local help

Post by **paul72** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:52 am

Thats just put me off trying to do it on my own too

LudeIOW · Post by **LudeIOW** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:54 am

paul72 wrote:Thats just put me off trying to do it on my own too

shame we cant get togther and help each other

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:32 pm

LudeIOW wrote:unfortunatly i have neither the time,location or equipment to remove the whole engine the car is parked on the road and im gunna have to do it were it is. im also restricted to only having the car off the road for 2 days tops.

im gunna wave a crate of beer around see if i can tempt in some local help

When were you thinking of doing it ?

LudeIOW · Post by **LudeIOW** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:04 am

as soon as the box and rad arrive and i have 2 consecutive days off work not sure on an exact date yet

Doobie · Post by **Doobie** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 11:05 am

LudeIOW wrote:unfortunatly i have neither the time,location or equipment to remove the whole engine the car is parked on the road and im gunna have to do it were it is. im also restricted to only having the car off the road for 2 days tops. im gunna wave a crate of beer around see if i can tempt in some local help

If the dates work I could be tempted to take a trip to the island

...... could you pick up and return to the ferry to save an expensive car ferry journey????

Post by **paul72** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:51 pm

Well mite be back in with a chance for the meet as mite of sorted gearbox looks like it was gearbox oil an solinoids were gone

LudeIOW · Post by **LudeIOW** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:31 pm

Doobie wrote: If the dates work I could be tempted to take a trip to the island ...... could you pick up and return to the ferry to save an expensive car ferry journey????

if you were willing to come and help id be more than willing to pick you up and drop you off, no problems

Doobie · Post by **Doobie** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:09 pm

LudeIOW wrote:
Doobie wrote: If the dates work I could be tempted to take a trip to the island ...... could you pick up and return to the ferry to save an expensive car ferry journey????
 if you were willing to come and help id be more than willing to pick you up and drop you off, no problems

I have an elderly uncle in cowes I need to visit so could kill two birds let me know when you plan to do it....