ok anyone know how to get that damn bolt off without having to remove carb and manifold?
got skinned knuckels and smashed fingers even my 1/4\' ratchet set can hook on think someone posted that they bent a spanner wanna sell it??
or tell me what angle you bent it?
have bought cranked ring spanner but still no joy i hate that nut!
don\'t want my car sitting on ramps for weeks waiting for decent weather to drop carb and manifold preferably that is..
cheers
mick
Just my personal view but I would Bite the Bullet Mick, get gaskets and 2 No. new \'O\' Rings in for the inlet manifold system and then drop it off.
Advantage is you will have new \'O\' rings in place and they might otherwise fail on you (perhaps next month). Also put new antifreeze in and you\'re OK then for a couple of winters to come.
Remember the hidden nut under the manifold. People have been known to break manifolds levering away at the casting thinking all nuts are off.
Been there myself three times with the thermal reactor to come off, last time I just made a feeble attempt, skinned my knuckles immediately then sighed deeply and Bit the Bullet straight away.
By the way, once it\'s off you never have trouble with that nut again.
E-mail me your address and I will send you a spanner I made to do mine, its a right swine to get at.
bridge101keithathotmail.com
Keith...
email sent Keith cheers for that man!
Keith thanks soooooo much you have saved me considerable time and expence with your loan of the spanner i\'ll have it back to you this week.
can\'t tell you how much this means to me....
she should be back on the road fairly quickly now thanks to you
cheers
mick
Keith is a nice chap isnt he,lending out his tools.
Imagine if there were millions of 1st gens,keith could patent his customised spanner!
ta stu.
That\'s the great thing about this 1st gen forum, we all help each other.
With an ever dwindling number of cars, minimal support from Mazda, and Ebay sellers taking the ****, we need to stick together!
Quote from: kiwi-mick;684157Keith thanks soooooo much you have saved me considerable time and expence with your loan of the spanner i\'ll have it back to you this week.
can\'t tell you how much this means to me....
she should be back on the road fairly quickly now thanks to you
cheers
mick
Glad to hear its done the trick.
If anybody else needs it just shout.
Keith...
Keith, When you get it back any chance of a pic of it.
Dibs
Glad I was never putting the thing back on. Don\'t actually remember having to change the gasket or orings on the intake manifold !
Shaun
Duncan Ballantyne wants to speak to Keith!
Quote from: A7RXY;684307Keith, When you get it back any chance of a pic of it.
Dibs
A picture! and let everyone see my Heath Robinson spanner bending.
I will see what I can do.
Keith...erm I mean Uri Geller...
Quote from: myatt1972;684362A picture! and let everyone see my Heath Robinson spanner bending.
I will see what I can do.
Keith...erm I mean Uri Geller...
I\'ve got a couple of watches need fixing if you can sort them out as well Uri!
Keith you have no idea how happy i am if we have a boy i may just name him after you... heck maybe if it\'s a girl too...
Quote from: kiwi-mick;684365Keith you have no idea how happy i am if we have a boy i may just name him after you... heck maybe if it\'s a girl too...
It\'s a bit harsh to call your baby \'spanner bender\'!
I never did like the name Keith, stick with "spanner Bender"
Quote from: kiwi-mick;684365Keith you have no idea how happy i am if we have a boy i may just name him after you... heck maybe if it\'s a girl too...
\'King Dick\' used to make the best Spanners donkeys years back.
Quote from: shaunwil;684326Glad I was never putting the thing back on. Don\'t actually remember having to change the gasket or orings on the intake manifold !
Shaun
What happens after years and years is one day you suddenly notice a drop in the antifreeze expansion bottle. If you then peep over the engine from the passenger side, to look behind the carb, if it\'s the \'O\' rings then you\'ll see antifreeze ponding in the little humps and dips of metal where the manifold bolts on.
The \'O\' rings just perish, coolant leaks past the Inlet Manifold Gasket and if you don\'t sort it the result can be a nicknacked engine as the coolant level drops.
A lot of owners have blanked the water holes with core plugs because it seems they\'re only there to warm the intake system up a bit in cold weather.
Yep, they did get blocked up in the 13b because I wasn\'t using a standard carb (far from it) and I put some laser cut plates between with gasket paper !
Shaun
Quote from: A7RXY;684307Keith, When you get it back any chance of a pic of it.
Dibs
Spanner pic as requested.
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/myatt1972/bentspanner.jpg?t=1271541191)
Top left is the useful end.
Keith...
Keith, now that is what I call work of art .........Thanks for the pic.
how long was that before you started!
Quote from: A7RXY;688022Keith, now that is what I call work of art .........Thanks for the pic.
it\'s only ended up that shape because he lost his rag with it!!
Now thats impressive