MikkiJayne, Well done and having the idea to use time lapse photography is brilliant.

Kewl with a capital K!

Brilliant!
Huge respect, this cradle must make things a lot easier, although I would never attempt removing the engine and the trans myself.
I have enough trouble doing simple things like changing the temp sensor and checking the gearbox oil.

Many jobs are so much easier with the engine out though :D I've done cam chain tensioners, the oil cooler pipe, every oil seal, sump re-seal (upper and lower) and all hoses on this one while it's out to have the torque converter swapped. Also the gearbox filter and sump re-seal are much easier with it upside down!
Cleaning the engine bay is much easier without an engine in there too :ROFL:

Interesting discoveries - all the water hoses are still available bar one of the two heater hoses, and for a total of only £150 or so! The rear crank seal however, despite having an 078 (V6) part number is not available. You have to swap the entire rear cover plate for £286! Lol no :p An SKF viton double-lip 105x85x12 oil seal is £30 thank you very much. Bizarrely, the front crank seal, specific to the V8 is £7 :rolleyes:

Great time lapse I did think about doing one! But that's as far as I got.
Dave

I made another thing:

Start with a lump of billet aluminium

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool2.jpg

Drill a hole in the middle

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool3.jpg

Clean up the hole & start cutting out a recess

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool4.jpg

Make the recess a bit deeper

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool5.jpg

Remove everything which isn't part of the tool

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool8.jpg

Leaving this

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool6.jpg

Which fits over the subframe bushes like this and will push on the flange without damaging the mounting bobbin in the middle

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool7.jpg

A pair of these and some chunky threaded bar should pull the bushes in to the subframe nicely +++

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool1.jpg

You really take me back to my younger days. We used to make everything ourselves. I'm too old to bother the same now.
Really like the photo guides. !!!

Made another aluminium piece, and this is how they work:

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool9.jpg

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool10.jpg

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool11.jpg

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool12.jpg

:)

All eight done :)

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/bushtool13.jpg

Awesome +++

Is that tool available for rent? ;)

I'm having my rear subframe replaced in a few months time (if you recall I had the front subframe changed a while ago, for which you loaned me your alignment pins).
Your new tool might come in handy for the rear bushes. :)

How much did the new bushes cost?