- Replace a water pump
- Replace a driver-shaft bearing
- Replace rear suspension bushes.

Given a day, a Haynes manual and a good set of tools I reckon the first two shouldn't be too hard. What d'ya reckon?

I'm mechanically minded and I know what's what on a car, the role of most components and how a fuel-injected engine works but haven't had much practice. What are my chances do you think?

Oh yeah, the cars a '92 216 GTi

I'm mechanically minded and I had the right tools, so armed with a haynes manual i set about fixing my mini...7 minutes later the engine was on fire.

Now i simply give you this advice- dont. ;)

I moved this to the Ask Dr Dave forum as I feel its better off here.

I did water pump and rear suspension bushes (with my brothers help), I am quite deliberate and slow when doing these sorts of jobs, I only wanted to do them once. Each job took me a day (ish) on my Rover 214SLi, J reg . . .


regards, RaptorUK :lol:

Originally posted by RaptorUK
I did water pump and rear suspension bushes (with my brothers help), I am quite deliberate and slow when doing these sorts of jobs, I only wanted to do them once. Each job took me a day (ish) on my Rover 214SLi, J reg . . .


regards, RaptorUK :lol:

Thanks. I have the same attidude when it comes to these things.

Have you done much work on cars before?

Do you want a list ?

Here is one anyway . . .

Montego 1.6L, Clutch at Christmas one year outside, bloody cold.
ground valve seats, new valve stem seals, cam belt, water pump.
front wheel bearings many times . . .
starter motor
rear shocks.
brake pads & disks several time, brake bleeding lots, never really happy with them.
radiator.

sold to scrap yard for £90 with 140K miles (engine was smokin . . .)


Rover 214SLi, cam belt + water pump
starter motor
cam belt again x2 + oil pump crank seal x 2 + oil pump (eventually) :cus:
head gasket, rear swing arm bushes
alternator
front disks
front OS caliper
radiator

sold to local garage £150 with 200K + miles (speedo didn't work)


Renault 19, front disks + pads, front ball joint, track rod end, steering rack gator, rear exhaust box, rear brake cylinder (to get it through MOT when I bought thecar for £150)
other front ball joint and track rod end
rear shocks

still have the car, needs OS front caliper :doh:


MG ZS 120+
washed and waxed :lol: , nicked 3 weeks ago . . .:cus:

cheers :beer: RaptorUK

PS. I'm getting too old to work on cars now . . . :lol: (37 soon)

Thats one impressive 'mechanical CV' there Simon!

The water pump and rear suspension bushes are made a much easier job by the use of a two-post lift in our workshop!

Bah . . . I have a trolley jack and some axle stands !! My little bro did the rear suspension bushes (using a lump hammer) while I did the head gasket on the 214SLi :lol: in his garage . . . :beer:

Montego Front wheel bearings = lots of....yeah! Know what you mean! We used to replace at least one a day back along in the heady old days of the Montego!

I used to do them at work in the evening, had access to a hand press, made it V easy to slide the new bearings into the hub . . .;) mine were a 2 part bearing, inner and outer, I beleive it was replaced with a single unit in later models . . . mine was a B reg . . .=P


PS. Did you get the pic (F16) I sent you a week or so ago ?

Yeah the early ones were easy to replace...the later ones were a bit harder needing a 20ton+ hydraulic press to get the big bearing race out of the hub :cus: :doh:

Originally posted by Dr Dave
Yeah the early ones were easy to replace...the later ones were a bit harder needing a 20ton+ hydraulic press to get the big bearing race out of the hub :cus: :doh:

What about a driver-shaft bearing. Would a rubber mallet get one of these on or am I being a little optimistic?

A big (2lb+) hammer [B irmingham screwdriver] would see it moved:beer: