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[Webby the Bear]

Right guys, another successful day 

It took an absolute eternity but got all the leads off the diss-pac, marked up the leads and popped them back on in the correct order. I now know what people are on about when they say have plasters at the ready!!!! A little bit of blood was shed!

Also, it's worth noting that the position you have to get your hand into is awkward to say the least. To get ''no.4'' in I found myself bent right over the engine from the passenger wing with my right hand twisted around the back of the engine trying to find the correct diss-pac prong whilst holding the SP lead 

A torch was essential for this... and guess what I didn't have  In the end I found a mini torch which was perfect for dropping down the back of the engine on its loop.

So now all I have to do is clean the breathers and replace which I'll do next weekend (may do the breathers tonight if I can be arsed).

Two quick things...

Firstly, the car is sitting with tissue in the inlets. It's all dry and the tissue hasn't stuck over night; so I presume I'm ok to leave this like that until next weekend? Can't see any problem myself.

And secondly, I did pop off all the leads to the spark plugs and there's a little bit of oil around the plugs. It is very very minimal as I know Ralf had these done and I was thinking about taking all plugs out and cleaning them (and leads). Agree?

Cheers all.

Just also to mention that so far it's been really fun and very satisfying...will be even better if I finish the job and don't have to take it all back apart to replace something 

[albitz]

Tissue will be fine in there as long as its dry webby. Oil may be just residue from when the gaskets were changed,but keep an eye on it in case it gets worse.Wont do any harm to give leads etc a bit of a clean.
Did you find that the leads had been put on the dispack in the wrong order as was suspected ?

[Webby the Bear]

Tissue will be fine in there as long as its dry webby. Oil may be just residue from when the gaskets were changed,but keep an eye on it in case it gets worse.Wont do any harm to give leads etc a bit of a clean.
Did you find that the leads had been put on the dispack in the wrong order as was suspected ?

Cheers Albs 

To be honest it was so tight in there I had a job locating them at first and couldn't really tell what was where. I then decided to give it a bit of stick and cleared a load of wires out the way to reveal the dispac... then only on shining the torch down there did I see the numbers. So time will tell when I switch it on  but I won't be worried about it next time as I'll know what to expect 

[tunnie]

Good work Webby, often many here just say "whip of the plenum" like its opening a yoghurt. Its not easy if you've not done it before, by the summer you will be changing springs 

[Webby the Bear]

Good work Webby, often many here just say "whip of the plenum" like its opening a yoghurt. Its not easy if you've not done it before, by the summer you will be changing springs 

  Cheers mate.

Very enjoyable to do. Taking my time, then next time hopefully I'll be aware of various pitfalls. I can't see refitting being a problem... just got to be mindful that I did undo/unscrew/unplug a lot of things and to make sure it's all back in place before turning the key.

But we'll cross that bridge next weekend 

[jonnycool]

Good work Webby, often many here just say "whip of the plenum" like its opening a yoghurt. Its not easy if you've not done it before, by the summer you will be changing springs 

  Cheers mate.

Very enjoyable to do. Taking my time, then next time hopefully I'll be aware of various pitfalls. I can't see refitting being a problem... just got to be mindful that I did undo/unscrew/unplug a lot of things and to make sure it's all back in place before turning the key.

But we'll cross that bridge next weekend 

Yes, well done. I bet it's nice not to have the pressure of needing to do the work to get back on the road eh? Never experienced a dispack, but definitely seems to be one of the most awkward jobs to do on one of these, it'll be good if you can get it running properly again, it would be most satisfying. Would you keep it as a second car?

[bored bigyin54]

hi steve the plugs are all new ones put in the same time as cam gaskets where done so you dont need to take them out 

[Webby the Bear]

hi steve the plugs are all new ones put in the same time as cam gaskets where done so you dont need to take them out 

That's what I thought. Cheers Ralfy 

Jonnyc, hell yeah I was really grateful that its not my main motor cos it gives me confidence not to worry about ballsing stuff up 

To be honest mate I'm a bit undecided. I like the car a lot but I think I'd rather have the cash. HOWEVER, it's not going anywhere until I've got it running, practised a cambelt job, CC gasket job and head gasket job. Well that's the plan. And then, assuming it's still running and I've not buggered anything up  I'll ship her on.....or will I keep it   

[Webby the Bear]

By the way, something I forgot to post which I thought maybe useful....

When I got to my diss pac everything was horizontal and the 6 prongs were on top. Great.

However when I got a torch to check the numbers on top I found they were as below:



I originally thought it was:

1        2

3        6

5        4

Just for info 

[tunnie]

Btw your learning same way I was, I bought an old 2.5, learned on that. Free from thoughts of, what happen if i break it? Or what if? Bought it for £300, sold for £850 after I was done with it. (proper advert with decent pictures!)

In process learned an awful lot!

[omega3000]

Also, it's worth noting that the position you have to get your hand into is awkward to say the least. To get ''no.4'' in I found myself bent right over the engine from the passenger wing with my right hand twisted around the back of the engine trying to find the correct diss-pac prong whilst holding the SP lead   

Thats a new position , ill try that ....also note it would be better if you were a dwarf with 5ft thin pipe cleaner arms 
Glad you got it sorted , now you will have a row of people lining up for diss pack removals 

[Webby the Bear]

Btw your learning same way I was, I bought an old 2.5, learned on that. Free from thoughts of, what happen if i break it? Or what if? Bought it for £300, sold for £850 after I was done with it. (proper advert with decent pictures!)

In process learned an awful lot!

Nice one mate. So learned shed loads AND made £550! Now that's what I call a result! 

[Webby the Bear]

Also, it's worth noting that the position you have to get your hand into is awkward to say the least. To get ''no.4'' in I found myself bent right over the engine from the passenger wing with my right hand twisted around the back of the engine trying to find the correct diss-pac prong whilst holding the SP lead   

Thats a new position , ill try that ....also note it would be better if you were a dwarf with 5ft thin pipe cleaner arms 
Glad you got it sorted , now you will have a row of people lining up for diss pack removals 

  I don't plan on doing another one in the near future 

A dwarf would still have the same problems. I'm thinking you need to be a mouse 

[omega3000]

Looking more like my diss pack has given up so any advice welcome pm or anything , didn't realise the pack was numbered and a handy note you have posted about it  Hunting down parts now .

tia   

[Webby the Bear]

EMD, if I get a chance I'll get a pic before I put the plenum back on just to highlight how awkward it is!