decgraham
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Hi All,
After some advice from P-Tek I went about tackling the LHS top cover. I removed the rear PU and associated pieces as well as the silencer box, I had already removed the rear fan and tubes. I then dropped the engine off its mounts as far as it would go but still kept the nuts on a good few turns with a jack support for safety. This gave me just a bit more space to work in. I then removed the tin wear and could get a really good view of all the bolts, 8 in total and the oil bridge. The middle bolt which attached the tin wear to the canshaft housing was a real bit*h to get undone but with a few squirts of WD40 and bashing in an over sized allen key I was able to get it out. It was then just a case of removing all the bolts, taking off the cover, giving it a good clean and refitting with new gaskets and bolts.
With the tin wear off you can also easily get to the oil bridge, just 2 bolts and then you need to lever it off as the O ring holds it in place. I had ordered new O rings earlier in the year but when I came to fit them unfortunately they were the wrong size and I couldn't get the tube into the fitting. The one on the left is the new one and you can see its too big. I'll be searching for O rings locally tomorrow so I hope I get lucky. I've been in touch with the original supplier and hope they will help me out but no worries I'll get them. I'll be tackling the RHS tomorrow.
I've attached a few pics for reference.
All the best
After some advice from P-Tek I went about tackling the LHS top cover. I removed the rear PU and associated pieces as well as the silencer box, I had already removed the rear fan and tubes. I then dropped the engine off its mounts as far as it would go but still kept the nuts on a good few turns with a jack support for safety. This gave me just a bit more space to work in. I then removed the tin wear and could get a really good view of all the bolts, 8 in total and the oil bridge. The middle bolt which attached the tin wear to the canshaft housing was a real bit*h to get undone but with a few squirts of WD40 and bashing in an over sized allen key I was able to get it out. It was then just a case of removing all the bolts, taking off the cover, giving it a good clean and refitting with new gaskets and bolts.
With the tin wear off you can also easily get to the oil bridge, just 2 bolts and then you need to lever it off as the O ring holds it in place. I had ordered new O rings earlier in the year but when I came to fit them unfortunately they were the wrong size and I couldn't get the tube into the fitting. The one on the left is the new one and you can see its too big. I'll be searching for O rings locally tomorrow so I hope I get lucky. I've been in touch with the original supplier and hope they will help me out but no worries I'll get them. I'll be tackling the RHS tomorrow.
I've attached a few pics for reference.
All the best