Siberia
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lads ive noticed that every nut and bolt on the c16xe engine i bought has a star shaped head on it.
do i need to buy a special socket set for these?
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Cybermonkey
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Yeah they are torx nuts, can find them in any halfords-esque places.
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mike_1.2LS96
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Halfords only sell upto E16 iirc
Best getting a full set. E1-E32 or so...
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broster
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any tool shop will have them cheaper than halfords!
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Siberia
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so i'm looking for a torex socket set?
time to get the phone out...
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Adam-D
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halfords do sell bigger ones
and if you need a very big one i got hem from draper but as i say just ask at halfords i know they do have em
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Stu_22
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Also halfords proffesional stuff has a lifetime guarantee
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broster
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quote:
Originally posted by Stu_22
Also halfords proffesional stuff has a lifetime guarantee
this is true i like halfords tools, but they aint the cheapest lol, they are good wit hthe guarentee aswell, snapped a few things in the past, they just get another off the shelf and give it me no questions asked
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Siberia
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1 problem.... no halfords in ireland 
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broster
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haha go to a tool shop then!
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Greg_M
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if you get the rite size you can sometimes use a allen key, but your best of getting a socket set, screw driver set with the 'security' sockets in. mine cost about tenner from halfords. there great for tools
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Stu_22
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
1 problem.... no halfords in ireland
Look out on ebay I got the big kit for £70 halfords price £140
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lee mitchell
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quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
if you get the rite size you can sometimes use a allen key, but your best of getting a socket set, screw driver set with the 'security' sockets in. mine cost about tenner from halfords. there great for tools
the ones hes on about will be the reverse of the ones ur on about id imagine. like the ones for rocker, head, bottom pulley etc
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Siberia
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just to update i got a set of them in the local tool shop along with a set of torex bits
so got the water pump and the idlers and timing belit and tension off.... just have to pick up a water pump and timing belt up tomorrow and put it back together
next question... were can ya pick up the tool for rotating the water pump wo get the tnsion right on the timing belt... or has someone got a different method of doing this....
[Edited on 28-09-2004 by Siberia]
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lee mitchell
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u wont need it on ur engine. as the belt is tensioned by the tensioner not the water pump
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Adam-D
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tension the v belt with the alternator
use a 8v mounting bracket as it has play in it to swing the alt round
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lee mitchell
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
tension the v belt with the alternator
use a 8v mounting bracket as it has play in it to swing the alt round
what are u on about hes on about timing belt
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by lee mitchell
u wont need it on ur engine. as the belt is tensioned by the tensioner not the water pump
oh excellent so... i remember it being a cunt whn doing the timing belt on the 1.2 8v without the tool.
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lee mitchell
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i find it easier on the 16v. just get someone to help u hold the cams inline as the inlet one always wants to move a tooth or 2
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by lee mitchell
i find it easier on the 16v. just get someone to help u hold the cams inline as the inlet one always wants to move a tooth or 2
should mention this so..... apparently the timing belt was changed recently on the engine... when i lined up the marks before i took the belt off the inlet cam was a tooth out
and i dunno why whoever did the job didnt doo the water pump the thing was green with corrosion......
think 1 tooth would have been ok..... well i hope so anyways...
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Greasemonkey
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yeah 1 tooth is fine dude, 2 teeth and ya might get a slight contact, Lee mitchel is the man, i have done 3 belt changes and like he said the inlet one always moves a tooth or 2 away from the timing mark, where as the exhaust cam will sit bang on its mark
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Siberia
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got some ARP rod bolts for it too but feck am I gonna put these on... think i'll end up fecking it up...think i'll get someone with the right tools to do the job....... eventually
me an power tools dont mix
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Greasemonkey
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its easy dude, ya use a champher type drill bit, loosely clamp the con rod cap under the drill and let the cap centre on the drill piece and drill out the specified amount so the ARP's can sit flush.
Dont mix up the caps from their conrods they are specific to eachother.
Then you have to use the grease they supply you with to grease the threads and load the bolts up to the tourqe specified
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Siberia
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it says u have to use a pillar drill.....?
oh and my mam though i was off my rocker today when i put one part of the idlers in the frezer and the other part in the oven
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Stu_22
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ARP's pretty simple once you now how just get a lage drill bit drill the hole for only a couple or second and its done.
You need to tighten and loosen them 2 times and the finallly tighten them up. This stretches the bolt
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