We've had the kit since before Christmas, but it just gets soooo bloody hot in Summer these days and we get the occasional legless "visitor" sliding through (nothing more disconcerting than having a red belly black slide past your nose when you're under a car - don't ask how I know)
so the car was stored at a neighbours garage for a few months.Yesterday we kick it over and bring it home but as it drives into the garage, an avalanche of coolant dumps on the floor. A quick check and we're certain it's a head gasket, so instead of just dropping the box and doing a new clutch, we've decided the entire shooting match might as well come out so we can do a head off and while we're on the job, we'll possibly drop a set of rings in as well as sort the busted heater pipes, and of gourse pop the new clutch in so it all goes back in one piece and is just a case of hook up and go.....we hope.
Now, the $64,000 question; what is the best way to drop a TZi drive train out? Last one we did was a series one 16V a few years back and it came out via the top but was a $#!+ of a job, but we refitted via the bottom. I've been told the top is the way to go with a Trs but after the episode with the 16V, I'm still not convinced.
Suggestions anyone?
Alan S
But it lifts at the right angle if you get the knot in a certain place.
so I'll start pulling it apart as soon as I make a bit of room and will throw a couple of gaitors on the steering rack, clean it all up under the bonnet and rip all the hydraulics apart and clean and check all of that before the main event.
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