water transfer housing

[new to this]

How hard a job is it to remve the water transfer housing while engine is still in place

Dave

[RogerP]

Not a major problem, just remember the bolt in the middle, should take about 30min to remove if that.

Rogerp

[jleyton]

It's fiddly but do-able. I did my left hand one last year, although I can't, for the life of me, remember why

IIRC, the right hand one sits slightly closer to the bulkhead so is a bit harder.

When I did mine, I used a 1/4" drive socket set and beware that there is a fifth bolt in the centre of the housing that is partly hidden.

Good luck.

Cheers

Julian

[new to this]

Not a major problem, just remember the bolt in the middle, should take about 30min to remove if that.

Rogerp

roger

is that a long bolt then

Dave

[jleyton]

Ps With 434 posts, shouldn't you be using another user name now ?

[new to this]

It's fiddly but do-able. I did my left hand one last year, although I can't, for the life of me, remember why

IIRC, the right hand one sits slightly closer to the bulkhead so is a bit harder.

When I did mine, I used a 1/4" drive socket set and beware that there is a fifth bolt in the centre of the housing that is partly hidden.

Good luck.

Cheers

Julian

julian

when you did the right hand one did you tap a thread in as well

Dave

[RogerP]

roger

is that a long bolt then

Dave

Yes it goes right to the front of the engine

[new to this]

Ps With 434 posts, shouldn't you be using another user name now ?

julian

im tring to get my brother to come on the forum but he does not like the name i had for him IM TO OLD FOR THIS

Dave

[new to this]

Yes it goes right to the front of the engine

roger

that bolt hold the fan on, then as well

dave

[jleyton]

julian

when you did the right hand one did you tap a thread in as well

Dave

Hi Dave,

Not quite sure what you mean but I only did the left hand one and all the bolts came out easily, if a bit fiddly to get at, and then went back in ok. All the threads were ok.

Cheers

Julian

[new to this]

Hi Dave,

Not quite sure what you mean but I only did the left hand one and all the bolts came out easily, if a bit fiddly to get at, and then went back in ok. All the threads were ok.

Cheers

Julian

julian

tap the end of water transfer housing to have water going to the back of both heads

Dave

[jleyton]

julian

tap the end of water transfer housing to have water going to the back of both heads

Dave

Ah ha ! Gettit now.

No I didn't. It's only since I removed / refitted mine that I even heard of this idea. Sounds like a pretty good idea to me however, so far (as he crosses his fingers ), I've not had any overheating problems so I think I'll leave it alone for now ! Knowing my luck, if I did that I'd disrupt the flow of water and end up having problems

Btw, Having looked at an engine pic just now, I'm not sure which of the heads is closer to the bulkhead but I'm still sure that both housings will come off reasonably ok.

Cheers

Julian