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The girl's getting a birthday treat.....

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Have had the 996 about a year now and have treated her to some remedial bodywork, full new genuine shocks, springs, roll bars and top mounts all round.
She's been treated gently since, with scarce few miles extra under her belt.
I've promised to get the mechanical engine and transmission work done over winter but waited for the right time.

Anyway, the time is here to get cracking.

Bought her some new silencers courtesy of Milltek in shiny stainless - but this will be the icing on the cake.

The work planned;
* Clutch
* Vario Cam solenoid (one or both)
* Rear main seal (engine)
* IMS bearing
* Air/oil separator
* Cam cover seals
* Spark tubes and O-rings
* Oil change - lots of lovely Mobil 1.

I'm doing the donkey work myself, with assistance for the tricky bits by a very skilled engineer who works on these all day every day :)

Photos tell the story so far......

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Engine removal at the weekend.......
 
Great job! Just proves there is nothing 'special' about these cars, they are infact, just cars! Top work, wish more people were like this. :D :)
 
:thumbs: :popcorn: :yeah:
 
Looking forward to the next chapter!! Great work and woodwork too :thumb:
 
:mechanic: :thumb:

That exhaust looks HUUUUUUGE :sad:

Great thread
 
Excellent thread, great pics. That's a big filter there must be a risk of children and small animals being sucked off the pavement as you drive by :lol:
 
Cheers for the feedback.

The golden rule of working under cars is to have redundancy built into any support system.
the oak sleeper is not touching the car but would brace the weight if it fell off the axle stands / jacks.

Pics are courtesy of my go-pro copy (best of the non-brand type) SJCam in still mode. 75 quid or less.
Full HD video and 12MP still mode. The lens is semi-fisheye but its really useful for this kind of work.

I'm just collecting prices for ims options, and best prices for cam solenoids which i cant seem to find anywhere but opc.

Please chip-in if you know of anywhere i can source at better than opc prices?
 
Got back on with the work in hand and prepared for the removal of the engine.

According to various great online guides, especially "Pelican Parts" tech guides in the US.

So, to summarise, the coolant system was drained via the two main hoses on the rear of the engine, and also removed these hoses, along with the coolant tank hose, and the heater matrix feeds (smaller hoses) to the front of the engine.
I have recovered all the coolant for re-use, as I replaced it all when I first got the car and put to new rads on it.

I had already had the aircon de-gassed, so disconnected the hoses at the joints to the right of the engine bay.
The main battery lead also disconnected at the terminal post, and pushed aside (battery already disconnected of course) - same with the earth lead at the offside chassis leg beside the wheel well.
The multi-plug engine connectors are twistlock and easily unhooked.

To access the power steering hose connectors, the engine needs dropping 10-15cm. These are undone using spanners on the fittings which are annoyingly same size on each fitting (so you need two open-end spanners of same size in your kit).

The fuel supply/return lines are also better accessed at this point - undone and set aside.
Throttle cable is one of the last items to disconnect. I unhooked it from the throttle butterfly quadrant....there may be other options.


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Nuts/studs holding nearside cat-to-manifold flange had corroded and disappeared....it literally was falling off.
Annoyingly the offisde was stubborn and the nuts had turned round due to corrosion - so i cut the two accessible studs off and undid the non accessible nut with a chisel....however the flange is stuck fast.
It'll be staying whilst I remove the engine.

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And there is was...........GONE!

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:thumbs: :worship:
 
Bit more work today......degreasing and stripping ancillary bits off.......

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Getting ready to do the crucial IMS and RMS now.....
 
what a hero. Do you need any specialist tools to do this? I'd love to think one day I'd be brave enough to take DIY to this level
 
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