I made a new thing...
 

Who knows what this is for? :D

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1500038546

To slightly separate gearbox from engine but keep them both level/aligned??

Is it your first attempt to compete with Elon Musks Hyperloop? +++

Exactly +++

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1500044353

TDI engines and manual gearboxes are simple enough to do manually, but a V8 with a 5HP24 is a different matter entirely :rolleyes:

A very short one :D

Great idea! +++

One of the best new things I've seen in a long time +++

And I've seen a lot of new things.

Awesome! :D+++
I've got a feeling that this may get some regular use -
which is good, but could also be bad! :p :rolleyes:

Nice one.
I do admire folk that are able to build rigs like this.
Once upon a time I combined all the aicraft component electrical test rigs into one humongous test bench. It even included a big red switch at the top of the backboard labelled "Emergency Shutdown". If you operated this switch there was a pause of some 20 seonds then a loud whirring and clunking of gears started up and a gloved hand with a pointing finger slowly appeared over the top. The finger was perfectly aligned with the switch toggle, pushed it back down to the "ON" position. The hand then sprang very quickly and quietly back out os sight. Completely useless but good for a laugh when visitors came to admire the rig.

Well done MJ

Brilliant!
I hope we see a 01E on there soon ;)

Won't be long :cool:

Sounds I bit like this but on a much grander scale!

https://youtu.be/aqAUmgE3WyM

Correct
That was where the idea came from.
Mine had an upright backboard with various instruments fitted and clamps on the bench to hold the various alternators, motors or whatever. Loads of sets of connectors.
The backboard was two 8x4 sheets of bakelite therefore 16 foot wide and the top was 4 foot up from the bench. To reach the "BIG RED SWITCH" you had to climb on the bench but nothing happened until you had climbed down.

I did build a four foot cube box once with a movement sensor underneath. It was labelled "Do Not Touch". Used to leave it lying around in Police Headquarter Control Rooms. Touching did nothing but move it it started squawking like mad. Raised a few laughs, but in those days I was able to keep a straight face.

If you extended it MJ you could use it as tractor splitter rails

Great idea! How long had you been constructing this thing?

That's partly where I got the idea from - my neighbour has a tractor workshop :) I also saw something similar albeit rather more shiny in a program about assembling the Bugatti Veyron :D

It took a couple of days, on and off.

...I need to learn to weld...
:respekt:

very nice.
With a little modification to the engine end so it locates the front subframe, hoops underneath for a pump truck angled slightly, this would be ideal for removing and installing engine and box too. could probably do it single handed in a few hours with practice.
Dave

I have a separate trolley for removing everything on the subframe. Once its out I pick it all up with the engine crane and put the subframe on axle stands while I take the starter motor off to get to the TC bolts. Once that's off I lift the whole lot off the subframe and drop it on this frame to split it.

I did think about making it do the whole job, but it uses the gearbox's own mounts and purpose-made mounts for the engine so they both need to come off the subframe for it to work. Plus, the subframe sits right under the engine's centre of gravity so supporting it properly with the subframe still attached would be pretty tricky.

It usually takes me 4-5 hours to get the whole lot out and another hour to get it off the subframe and leveled up on the separating frame, assuming the car is cooperative!

Here's a bunch of pics from the owner of the car I have in at the moment:

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/s8/d2_engine_removal.mp4

Brilliant stop motion and it shows the genius of the tracking you made!

Damn! we should have done stop motion of you swearing at my D3 and Mike taking a large hammer to it! :eek:

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?

It certainly is +++

The mounts were £45 each, and there are 8 of them - one top and one bottom on each corner. Bizarrely 7 in stock in the UK, and one had to come from Germany :eek3:

I'll check whether the tool will fit the rear bushes later :) Those look to be about the same price each as the fronts but there are only 4 of them.

The rear bushes are a different design so this tool won't fit them. I could certainly look at making something though if you do want to replace them. I'd just need a bush to work with :)

Ah, that's a shame. Thanks. Probably be a few months before I have the job done so I'll let you know nearer the time. +++

Another new thing - a tool to remove stuck ABS sensors without damaging them.

Start with some thick-wall alloy tube

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/tools/abstool1.jpg

Turn it down to 17.5mm - just smaller than the sensor

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/tools/abstool2.jpg

Trim to length

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/tools/abstool3.jpg

Complete

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/tools/abstool4.jpg

This is how it works

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/tools/abstool5.jpg

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/tools/abstool6.jpg

http://www.corradov8.com/pics/tools/abstool7.jpg

11 out of 10 for ingenuity. +++

I need to show this stuff to my daughter, who is an engineer. Though Civil not Mechanical, so really big stuff in the ground! :ROFL:

This is one she did earlier:
https://www.skidubai.com/image/cache...bi-750x500.jpg

That’s just showing off, LOL.

Please let her know I always admire that whenever fortunate enough to be passing through.

That is impressive +++

She led the design on all the groundworks stuff, including IIRC access roads, drainage, foundations, services etc.
A separate team did the building structure (it's an unusual space frame) and others again the contents/rides.

Did a similar job on this, though no longer involved and construction is far from finished:
http://www.constructionweekonline.co...%20stadium.jpg

Anyway, I'm digressing. Back on topic I'm finding this all fascinating and the skill levels MJ uses are amazing.