Robbo149 0 Posted September 20, 2004 Just wanted to share with you all my latest mechanical achievements (see earlier posts re my diy inexperience). Spent 5 hours yesterday stripping & rebuilding the top of the engine on my VR in a last attempt to cure my cam sensor probs by replacing the sender wheel. This was a major undertaking for me, so needless to say I'm well chuffed with myself 8) , especially as the new sender wheel seems to have cured the problem :D , car drives so much smoother now (I'll have to get a diag reading to be 100% sure). Mind you, the old sender wheel did fall apart in my hand when I removed the cam sprocket bolt :roll: Total cost of this mamoth task... £7 :roll: (plus 2 skinned knuckles & 1 snapped allen key!). Yesterday was a good day :D :D :D Cheers, Robbo (mechanical genius... not :wink: ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted September 20, 2004 8) nice one! 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhatVR6 0 Posted September 20, 2004 you did well to undo the bolt. they are tighter than a scotsman! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted September 20, 2004 you did well to undo the bolt. they are tighter than a scotsman! :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted September 20, 2004 Yeah, I watched Graham at Stealth change Kevhaywire's cams earlier and he was saying the one with the sensor is a b*&stard, he made it look easy tho but we did find the sender wheel broken, luckily they keep a spare in stock. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted September 20, 2004 Yeah well done mate. Those cam trigger plates seem to crack when you undo the bolt. I had a new one put in today too as mine was cracked and funnily enough it ran superbly smooth on the way home :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robbo149 0 Posted September 21, 2004 Can't tell you what a relief it is to finally have the old girl running smoothly again... all ready to sell now :wink: (maybe) The cam sprocket bolt was a bit of a tw@t, it's torqued up to 100nm ! especially whilst trying to keep the cam from turning with the adjustable in the other hand! A 24 inch breaker bar did the job nicely, best £10 I've spent on Ebay :) . Mind you, torquing it back up to 100nm when I'd done was the hardest bit ! 5 hous to replace a £7 bit of plastic... ain't VRs wonderful . Feel like I could tackle anything now... I wish I was doing my head swap & chains again, could have asved myself £400 in labour :roll: ah well, maybe next time! Cheers, Robbo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted September 21, 2004 Feel like I could tackle anything now... I wish I was doing my head swap & chains again, could have asved myself £400 in labour ah well, maybe next time! Ah - I take it thats how it broke in the first place then? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted September 21, 2004 you did well to undo the bolt. they are tighter than a scotsman! :lol: so not as tight as a Yorkshire-man then Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted September 21, 2004 Took you a while to reply to that Rodders... I take it your using your works 'free' internet access in the daytime... :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted September 21, 2004 Took you a while to reply to that Rodders... I take it your using your works 'free' internet access in the daytime... :wink: na got a cpl of days off this week :wink: ......gonna sort out my ladders and sh** :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robbo149 0 Posted September 21, 2004 Ah - I take it thats how it broke in the first place then? Guess it could well be :roll: There's alot to be said for doing stuff yourself. If only I'd had my new found diy confidence 6 months ago. Cheers, Robbo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
