I usually think "I know there is an engine under here somewhere but I'm damned if I can find it for all this other stuff".When I look under the bonnet of a modern car I just think WTF?
Wonder if he went back with a pick up to clear all the c..p he left in the desert........They covered that story on Mythbusters, they made something that worked but was impossible to control due to being so heavy!
Mk1/2 Escorts and HA/HB Vivas were so simple to work on. I could take the engines out on my own in about half an hour, and did so regularly. When I look under the bonnet of a modern car I just think WTF?
clutch on a mk2 astra/cavalier- under an hour
Today I followed a mint vaxhaul viva gls along the road. I turned off did a bit of shopping when I left there it was parked next to me. Odd looking thing. But considering it was T plate 79 if memory serves me well, think I could at least find the engine in that!
You forgot about resetting the service interval display, so you would need more than that even to do such a basic job, mind you on the beemer I used to have it was as simple as linking a couple of pins on the connector under the bonnet with a bit of wire and then powering of the ignition for so many seconds to reset it.With something modern like a BMW 320D you wouldn't be be able to change the air filter without more than double that amount of tools.
- Spanners 5/16, 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8, 3/4
- Screwdriver 1 flat and 1 Philips
- Hammer and chisel
Oh I remember them, is that the ones ware you remove the end cover on the box and slide the input shaft back, then change the clutch through a access cover in the bell housing?
It was a cracking idea.
The bigest frustration is the amount of tools you need to work on modern stuff, with 70's stuff a full toolkit comprised of:
And with this you could remove an engine, pull it to bits, put it back together and put it back in again.
- Spanners 5/16, 3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8, 3/4
- Screwdriver 1 flat and 1 Philips
- Hammer and chisel
With something modern like a BMW 320D you wouldn't be be able to change the air filter without more than double that amount of tools.
I changed the clutch on our 1.4 diesel Skoda Fabia. It needed ordinary spanners for the hex heads but also Allen, Torx, Star and spline drives !
With something modern like a BMW 320D you wouldn't be be able to change the air filter without more than double that amount of tools.
I was thinking of the engine air filter rather than the cabin air filter, at least on the e36 I had the engine one was easy to change, unlike the cabin pollen filter which required you to stand on your head and preferably be double jointed.Half the flipping bulkhead has to be removed to get at the air filter of an E46 - great design NOT.
Half the flipping bulkhead has to be removed to get at the air filter of an E46 - great design NOT.