Aldi and Lidl have their "specials" and every once in a while they'll have a selection of spanners in. They're cheap enough to sacrifice on one of these jobs but they're also reasonable quality being made of chrome vanadium steel. Its worth picking up a set when they next have them in just in case, either to be modified or for that job when you need an extra spanner, no doubt that you'll use them eventually!citroenxm wrote:Problem is guys, with only ONE and I mean ONE 16mm spanner in ALL of my spanners, its a hard choice to make, guess I need to go and buy a cheapie from Stermat or somewere...
Ill give it a go though.. thanks Malc!
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talking of cheap tools i just found this site looks very interesting,
http://www.baconsdozen.co.uk/tools/repair.htm
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Sorry to resurrect an oldish thread - maybe my little trick on PRV's will help (but probably won't)
Same scenario - can only get a socket on the torque converter bolts on the cock. Can't get a full length spanner on them either..
Came up with this little gem which has never let me down:
Working where the starter motor has been removed, put a stubby spanner ring-end onto the torque converter bolt, and then using a knuckle bar on the crankshaft nut, turn the engine till the stubby spanner fetches up against the casing. Turn engien slightly using the knuckle bar. As long as the stubby is squarely on the bolt, it'll come undone.
Same scenario - can only get a socket on the torque converter bolts on the cock. Can't get a full length spanner on them either..
Came up with this little gem which has never let me down:
Working where the starter motor has been removed, put a stubby spanner ring-end onto the torque converter bolt, and then using a knuckle bar on the crankshaft nut, turn the engine till the stubby spanner fetches up against the casing. Turn engien slightly using the knuckle bar. As long as the stubby is squarely on the bolt, it'll come undone.
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Yea, old post and a forgotton job for the moment! Ive taken the hump and left it for now! ANNOYINGLY!
The spanner still jumps off what ever I do, A nice sugestion however!
Ill be fetching my hoist home and getting the sump off now, when I catch up again..
Paul
The spanner still jumps off what ever I do, A nice sugestion however!
Ill be fetching my hoist home and getting the sump off now, when I catch up again..
Paul
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Lidl have a special on the 14th, cheap spanners!Kowalski wrote:Aldi and Lidl have their "specials" and every once in a while they'll have a selection of spanners in. They're cheap enough to sacrifice on one of these jobs but they're also reasonable quality being made of chrome vanadium steel. Its worth picking up a set when they next have them in just in case, either to be modified or for that job when you need an extra spanner, no doubt that you'll use them eventually!
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl ... x_7573.htm
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Cheers Kowalski,
I tried the "Grinding down a Spanner" side to try this, and it still didn't work, I decided to give up on that gearbox, and to seperate the one thats on the car when I get that one out, BUT, Ill drop the sump before it comes out and undo the converter in situ, then drop the box and engine out, and seperate on the floor..
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I tried the "Grinding down a Spanner" side to try this, and it still didn't work, I decided to give up on that gearbox, and to seperate the one thats on the car when I get that one out, BUT, Ill drop the sump before it comes out and undo the converter in situ, then drop the box and engine out, and seperate on the floor..
Paul
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Paul,
We found the flex-plate bolts on the V6 we scrapped to be very tight. Even a ground-down spanner would not touch them.
In the end I ground down a socket so the end was flat with no lead-in. That worked a perfect treat and that socket now lives in my "Special Tools" drawer along with a cunningly bent 10mm ring spanner that is just the ticket for undoing the two nuts on the exhaust manifold to cat joint...
There is much else in that drawer besides
We found the flex-plate bolts on the V6 we scrapped to be very tight. Even a ground-down spanner would not touch them.
In the end I ground down a socket so the end was flat with no lead-in. That worked a perfect treat and that socket now lives in my "Special Tools" drawer along with a cunningly bent 10mm ring spanner that is just the ticket for undoing the two nuts on the exhaust manifold to cat joint...
There is much else in that drawer besides
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Yea Jim,
Thats what Ill have to do next, but Ill get the sump off, its an Air Con Sump, and the engine is junk really, other then 169k and heavy oil consumption..
Intercooler pipes were quite oily when I got them off on friday, so Im starting to wonder if the Turbo seals have had it, which dont matter really, as the new engine has a turbo on it... estimated 85k - But I cant proove it.. Knowing were its come from though, Ive no reason NOT to beleve it either.
Paul
Thats what Ill have to do next, but Ill get the sump off, its an Air Con Sump, and the engine is junk really, other then 169k and heavy oil consumption..
Intercooler pipes were quite oily when I got them off on friday, so Im starting to wonder if the Turbo seals have had it, which dont matter really, as the new engine has a turbo on it... estimated 85k - But I cant proove it.. Knowing were its come from though, Ive no reason NOT to beleve it either.
Paul
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Paul,
actually I think its probably time someone with excellent citroen mechanical knowledge wrote a letter to Haynes to make them understand that their manuals are wrong and not detailed enough.
How can say "based on a complete strip down and re-build they have never taken an Xantia appart and re-built it the book proves that.
and this the rebuild is the reverse as the dismantling bit not always so.
surely we could all hit them with a letter at the same time I wonder what reaction we would get?????
actually I think its probably time someone with excellent citroen mechanical knowledge wrote a letter to Haynes to make them understand that their manuals are wrong and not detailed enough.
How can say "based on a complete strip down and re-build they have never taken an Xantia appart and re-built it the book proves that.
and this the rebuild is the reverse as the dismantling bit not always so.
surely we could all hit them with a letter at the same time I wonder what reaction we would get?????
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