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I need help removing the distributor cap !!!!Views : 828 Replies : 14Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Mar 21st, 2018, 14:02 | #11 |
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It is really a 10 minute job with one of these... Quite a standard tool I would say
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Mar 21st, 2018, 14:36 | #12 |
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It may be for you but for most of us we really need a ratchet spanner to do that and the reach of a gorilla!
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Mar 23rd, 2018, 19:53 | #13 | |
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Sorry there isn't a less tedious solution. ...because unlike Rversteeg a standard 8mm ring spanner has no room at all to pivot in my engine bay with all the bundled up wiring at the back.
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Mar 24th, 2018, 11:20 | #14 |
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Yup, a standard 8mm spanner is no good. I went to Halfords and bought an 8mm ratchet spanner with a flexible head (though I prefer 'foldy end'). Solved the problem.
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Mar 24th, 2018, 11:48 | #15 | |
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The brake servo, heater hoses and several other things are all transferred to the other side of the engine bay leaving plenty of room to get at the distributor with a standard 8mm spanner! Still a stretch to reach it though!
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