Just take it as a joke - - - or a compliment, Frank.
'though I do agree - takes me about 75 minutes these days, but all the
bolts are new, I know which spanner to grab for each one, and the
sequence, what to leave fixed and what to remove etc etc. Can do it
just about with my eyes shut!
But first time involved a lot of figuring out; checking the book;
wondering if it would ever go back; thinking; dreaming; loooking for
tools; working out what to attach the hoist to, and yes, grabbing a
glass or two of brain lubricant.
Guy
Easily half a day!---- Original Message -----
From "Frank Clarici" <spritenut at Exit109.com>
To: "Guy Weller" <guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk>
Cc: "Bill" <pythias@pacifier.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: 14 January 2001 20:54
Subject: Re: engine pull...
> Guy Weller wrote:
> >
> > But if your name isn't Franc Clarici and you havn't pulled a
spridgit
> > engine before, allow half a day, at least!
>
> If you don't stop to gab, drink beers, look for tools, how can it
take
> 1/2 a day?
> It takes longer for the radiator to drain then it does to undo all
the
> bolts. (I undo bolts while the radiator is draining, this does cut
the
> time in half ;)
>
> Lets see, 66 Sprite has 4 radiator bolts
> 2 rad hoses and 2 heater hoses, and 1 fuel hose, 5 hose clamps
total.
> 4 wires on the engine (2 genny, 1 dizzy, 1 oil filter)
> 3 motor mount bolts, 2 mount nuts
> 4 tranny mount bolts, 2 slave bolts and a slave pin.
> 4 shifter cover screws, 3 shifter bolts
> 1 temp sensor, 1 oil hose, 1 speedo cabel, 1 choke cable (and I keep
the
> accell cable attached, I just pop it off the gas pedal linkage)
> 8 bonnet bolts and 2 exhaust bolts w/nuts
>
> So 23 bolts, 4 nuts, 4 screws (10 screws with the grille), 5 hose
> clamps, 1 pipe, 1 temp sensor, 3 cables.
> That should only take an hour, now add a few minutes to pull it out,
and
> it's done in just over an hour.
> But add 6 beers, lost tools, people BS-ing with you, going by the
book,
> and other unrelated intrusions, and it may take 1/2 a day.
>
> When I'm in a hurry, I pull them out, change trannys or complete
clutch
> and drive it out of the garage in just under 2 hours. But only if I
have
> to be somewhere in a hurry. ;)
>
> --
>
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Too Many Sprites Again
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