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Fiat 126 Chat => Your Restorations => Topic started by: the duke of 126 on February 23, 2014, 02:27:16 PM

Title: engine and box out and back in
Post by: the duke of 126 on February 23, 2014, 02:27:16 PM: well I had a very wet bottom (engine and box that is) most of it was fom the top breather pipe having no jubbly clips on
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so I took them out , to inspect the clutch condition and check engine seals , flywheel seal etc and to put both up on the bench to clean.
engine was ok just needed a good clean up with carb cleaner , made a hell of a difference.
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cleaned the gearbox up and replaced oil and inner boot seals also the gearbox mounts had failed so on with new ones
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(http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd135/trogman73/20140221_122958_zpseae2baa9.jpg) (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/trogman73/media/20140221_122958_zpseae2baa9.jpg.html)
(http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd135/trogman73/20140221_152005_zps729c6176.jpg) (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/trogman73/media/20140221_152005_zps729c6176.jpg.html)
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before you all chip in , I know you can change the boots and check the oil level in the box without removing , but I wanted to take the gearbox inspection cover off to see how the gears looked and what level was in it, strangely I had no prob with the oil filler plug like most do.
Title: Re: engine and box out and back in
Post by: Scarlettkitten on February 23, 2014, 03:13:38 PM: Wow, fantastic work. Can I ask where you got your gearbox mounts from?
Title: Re: engine and box out and back in
Post by: the duke of 126 on February 23, 2014, 05:10:13 PM: yes sure , there are two sites which I used for the parts, I got the mounts from rimcambi for 55 euros about Â£46 inc delivery and the gasket kit from rimcambio in the uk , they had the mounts but were Â£29.95 each plus postage.

both sites are on the topsite section of this forum . rimcambio in the uk sent me the wrong exhaust gaskets which I shall be emailing them about.

its strange to have two sites with almost the same name. one in uk rimcambio one in the Netherlands rimcambi
both were fast delivery
Title: Re: engine and box out and back in
Post by: Rusty's Uncle on February 23, 2014, 05:21:38 PM: Basically ricambi is Italian for spare parts hence the names :)
Having cleaned quite a few engines and gearboxes and it is not my favourite job I am impressed by your results. Did you say carb cleaner ?
Title: Re: engine and box out and back in
Post by: the duke of 126 on February 23, 2014, 05:40:38 PM: yes . I tried engine degreaser , gunk , even jestwashing, would not touch it , that carb cleaner spray is the nuts.
Title: Re: engine and box out and back in
Post by: Rusty's Uncle on February 23, 2014, 06:20:24 PM: Tell me more , what brand is it ? and doed it come by the bucket ? ;D
I ran out of AutoGlym cleaner which was not bad then bought some standard Halfords which is some wierd rubbish, I think they stole the formula from Fairy Liquid :o
Title: Re: engine and box out and back in
Post by: the duke of 126 on February 24, 2014, 07:37:30 PM: will check on the brand but as far as I know they are all pretty much the same in my exp. also good for getting grease off carpets or clothes etc. much to the wife's relief . ;D
Title: Re: engine and box out and back in
Post by: andyzeetec on February 25, 2014, 09:38:14 PM: 8) done a good job there, what sort of job is it to change the inner boot seals on the car, need to do mine.
Title: Re: engine and box out and back in
Post by: Kowalski on February 25, 2014, 10:04:56 PM: Duke, your car looks ace!

is it in the "garage" section of the site? i could't find any photos..
Title: Re: engine and box out and back in
Post by: the duke of 126 on February 28, 2014, 03:10:10 PM: the boots are a easy job , prob take about a hour to do both sides, just undo the outer driveshft nuts (4) pull towards gearbox drop the shaft down , do not loose the spring that sits inside. undo circlip on the end of the shaft and slide outer boot and hub off, undo 4 nuts that hold inner boot on , slide off and slip new one on. job done!

I will post some pics of my car in the garage section when I get a chance