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The bolts of the sunvisors are hidden under a cover, which needs to be removed first - remove.
The bolts of the sunvisors are hidden under a cover, which needs to be removed first - remove.
0 2023/08/25 05:13:12
The bolts holding the handles are hidden under lids - remove.
The bolts holding the handles are hidden under lids - remove.
0 2023/08/25 05:13:10
Old dirty and sagging headliner. Understand the following: If a headliner is sagging, it is not the thin fabric, which is visible, which detached itself, but that fabric was attached to a layer of foam, which disintegrated into foam-dust over time.
Old dirty and sagging headliner. Understand the following: If a headliner is sagging, it is not the thin fabric, which is visible, which detached itself, but that fabric was attached to a layer of foam, which disintegrated into foam-dust over time.
0 2023/08/25 05:13:06
0 2023/08/22 14:59:13
0 2023/08/22 14:59:09
My 2.5L X-Type has the ABS control module, where the connector is oriented as seen above.
My 2.5L X-Type has the ABS control module, where the connector is oriented as seen above.
0 2023/08/22 14:53:26
With that connector removed that side of the ABS control module, which attaches to the ABS pump, looks like the picture above.
With that connector removed that side of the ABS control module, which attaches to the ABS pump, looks like the picture above.
0 2023/08/22 14:53:22
Finished. As new and US$200 plus postage saved...
Finished. As new and US$200 plus postage saved...
0 2023/08/22 04:18:02
...and that's them installed.
...and that's them installed.
0 2023/08/22 04:18:00
I did hand-trim those OUTER strips. As I mentioned: That part is a lot of work - the INNER lips however are a walk in the park.
I did hand-trim those OUTER strips. As I mentioned: That part is a lot of work - the INNER lips however are a walk in the park.
0 2023/08/22 04:17:57
Those are my restored " " before reinstallation.
Those are my restored " " before reinstallation.
0 2023/08/22 04:17:54
Now I would say leave the OUTER edge of the plastic-strip bare of rubber (if you had to remove the old remains. It looks good and there is not really a functional reason for this OUTER lip. If you like an extra challenge, you may do what I did: Cut for each side a length of 6mm wide (12mm at the bottom) rubber strips (I have a roll of 1mm rubber) and fix it to the plastic strip with black silicone (unless you have a better idea. This is very laborious and I would not re-do those OUTER lips again
Now I would say leave the OUTER edge of the plastic-strip bare of rubber (if you had to remove the old remains. It looks good and there is not really a functional reason for this OUTER lip. If you like an extra challenge, you may do what I did: Cut for each side a length of 6mm wide (12mm at the bottom) rubber strips (I have a roll of 1mm rubber) and fix it to the plastic strip with black silicone (unless you have a better idea. This is very laborious and I would not re-do those OUTER lips again
0 2023/08/22 04:17:51
With scissors and cutter knife I remove the OUTER little lip completely (what is left of it anyway), and on the INNER lip I leave just sufficient rubber to attach the new strip on. You can really feel - when you cut the old rubber edge off, that this is utterly dry and brittle rubber, which the inner remainder is still soft rubber. Obviously the old rubber remains need to be cleaned (with isopropanol alcohol or wax & grease remover) before attaching the new strips. Cutting the old rubber is actu
With scissors and cutter knife I remove the OUTER little lip completely (what is left of it anyway), and on the INNER lip I leave just sufficient rubber to attach the new strip on. You can really feel - when you cut the old rubber edge off, that this is utterly dry and brittle rubber, which the inner remainder is still soft rubber. Obviously the old rubber remains need to be cleaned (with isopropanol alcohol or wax & grease remover) before attaching the new strips. Cutting the old rubber is actu
0 2023/08/22 04:17:49
To remove them, you pull them towards you. It's a lot easier with this cheap tool. Starting from the top, then down from there is the way to go.
To remove them, you pull them towards you. It's a lot easier with this cheap tool. Starting from the top, then down from there is the way to go.
0 2023/08/22 04:17:47
Here you see that strip removed, turned over and placed next to where it was mounted. Plenty of dirt to be marveled at.
Here you see that strip removed, turned over and placed next to where it was mounted. Plenty of dirt to be marveled at.
0 2023/08/22 04:17:44
This is what the old strips looked like.
This is what the old strips looked like.
0 2023/08/22 04:17:40
That picture is of the Aliexpress listing, where I bought this "car windshield seal strip", which comes in 14 and 19mm width - I bought 8m of 14mm strip for just short of AU$20 incl. Australian tax and free postage.
That picture is of the Aliexpress listing, where I bought this "car windshield seal strip", which comes in 14 and 19mm width - I bought 8m of 14mm strip for just short of AU$20 incl. Australian tax and free postage.
0 2023/08/22 04:17:36
And the shiny exhaust pipe bit gets back into it's designated home as well.
And the shiny exhaust pipe bit gets back into it's designated home as well.
0 2023/08/17 06:42:02
And now something, which I think no one thought of before: To prevent dirt, water and even salt water (from salt on the streets) (not that we have that issue in Australia) from entering at that newly trilled hole, I thought of something: After thightening all sump bolts (25Nm), I squashed black slicone thru that hole to cover it from the top and pressed a thin round bit of rubber underneath, pushed the big bolt back in, and then reused the now rounded and sprayed with clear coat head of the bold
And now something, which I think no one thought of before: To prevent dirt, water and even salt water (from salt on the streets) (not that we have that issue in Australia) from entering at that newly trilled hole, I thought of something: After thightening all sump bolts (25Nm), I squashed black slicone thru that hole to cover it from the top and pressed a thin round bit of rubber underneath, pushed the big bolt back in, and then reused the now rounded and sprayed with clear coat head of the bold
0 2023/08/17 06:42:00
RTV as well (just, where the engine block meet the timing cover).
RTV as well (just, where the engine block meet the timing cover).
0 2023/08/17 06:41:57
New gasket and high temp RTV silicone
New gasket and high temp RTV silicone
0 2023/08/17 06:41:54
Btw: This ant-eater's nose, which comes down there prevents you from swapping the gasket without fully removing then sump - just in case you had that in mind when you could not get the sump come out fully...
Btw: This ant-eater's nose, which comes down there prevents you from swapping the gasket without fully removing then sump - just in case you had that in mind when you could not get the sump come out fully...
0 2023/08/17 06:41:52
New gasket.
New gasket.
0 2023/08/17 06:41:49
Clean...
Clean...
0 2023/08/17 06:41:47
Dirty...
Dirty...
0 2023/08/17 06:41:45
I simple drove those 2 very large bolts from the compressor back in - and the sump was held in the prefect position to get a "hair"-cut... - a cylinder-cut.
I simple drove those 2 very large bolts from the compressor back in - and the sump was held in the prefect position to get a "hair"-cut... - a cylinder-cut.
0 2023/08/17 06:41:42
But this was not the end of all dramas: The sump was now perfectly loose, but it did not fall out - it was wedged in between transmission and subframe. That utterly useless downward cylinder extension had to go (1mm cutting disk, plus sanding disc to create a smooth edge...
But this was not the end of all dramas: The sump was now perfectly loose, but it did not fall out - it was wedged in between transmission and subframe. That utterly useless downward cylinder extension had to go (1mm cutting disk, plus sanding disc to create a smooth edge...
0 2023/08/17 06:41:40
Thus, I could drill not that perfect hole, and it suited my 13mm socket perfectly and I removed the hidden bolt without any more dramas.
Thus, I could drill not that perfect hole, and it suited my 13mm socket perfectly and I removed the hidden bolt without any more dramas.
0 2023/08/17 06:41:38
Hence, I went back and bought the 17mm hole saw. I would have bought a M12 1.25 pitch bolt with it, but the hardware-shop had only 1.5 pitch. But as I had to "loose" most of the thread anyway (to fit it thru the hole saw, the short section of pitch 1.5 did the trick as well. I then stiffed a bit of aluminium pipe (a cut off from an old TV antenna) over the bolt - it fitted perfectly and the outer diameter of the alu-pipe was 12.5mm - perfect. Note all the aluminium bits on the ground! Make sure
Hence, I went back and bought the 17mm hole saw. I would have bought a M12 1.25 pitch bolt with it, but the hardware-shop had only 1.5 pitch. But as I had to "loose" most of the thread anyway (to fit it thru the hole saw, the short section of pitch 1.5 did the trick as well. I then stiffed a bit of aluminium pipe (a cut off from an old TV antenna) over the bolt - it fitted perfectly and the outer diameter of the alu-pipe was 12.5mm - perfect. Note all the aluminium bits on the ground! Make sure
0 2023/08/17 06:41:35
Then I ran out of bigger drill bits and I had to realize that you can't just walk into a hardware shop hoping to find a 18mm drill bit. But I did find 17 and 19mm hole saws. Initially I thought, 17mm would be too small and I bought the 19mm bit: As my hole was already 12.5mm the normal auger for it with the little pilot drill bit would not have help me. But when I tried to drill that hole I was afraid that the hole would get too bit and possibly damage the transfer box...
Then I ran out of bigger drill bits and I had to realize that you can't just walk into a hardware shop hoping to find a 18mm drill bit. But I did find 17 and 19mm hole saws. Initially I thought, 17mm would be too small and I bought the 19mm bit: As my hole was already 12.5mm the normal auger for it with the little pilot drill bit would not have help me. But when I tried to drill that hole I was afraid that the hole would get too bit and possibly damage the transfer box...
0 2023/08/17 06:41:33
REMOVE that one massive bolt that attaches the transfer box, where the hidden bolt is under. - Without thinking it thru, how I would drill a 17mm hole, I just started with what I had. First - VERY IMPORTANT - mark the spot, where you want to drill. Mark twice, drill once and not mark once and drill twice. That way I positioned the first little hole with my "pilot drill" right bang centre, followed by 10mm and 12.5mm drill bits.
REMOVE that one massive bolt that attaches the transfer box, where the hidden bolt is under. - Without thinking it thru, how I would drill a 17mm hole, I just started with what I had. First - VERY IMPORTANT - mark the spot, where you want to drill. Mark twice, drill once and not mark once and drill twice. That way I positioned the first little hole with my "pilot drill" right bang centre, followed by 10mm and 12.5mm drill bits.
0 2023/08/17 06:41:31
SO I need a socket size 13mm to remove that hidden bolt. Obviously I want to drill a hole as small as possible. Note that 13mm sockets are definitely not all the same. Find one with the smallest outer diameter - that would be one with an outer diameter of just shy of 17mm.
SO I need a socket size 13mm to remove that hidden bolt. Obviously I want to drill a hole as small as possible. Note that 13mm sockets are definitely not all the same. Find one with the smallest outer diameter - that would be one with an outer diameter of just shy of 17mm.
0 2023/08/17 06:41:29
...simply turn the bracket upwards to get it out of the way.
...simply turn the bracket upwards to get it out of the way.
0 2023/08/17 06:41:26
Remove that bracket on from the catalyst. On its big bolt on the top simply remove the nut only and then...
Remove that bracket on from the catalyst. On its big bolt on the top simply remove the nut only and then...
0 2023/08/17 06:41:24
Remove that bracket.
Remove that bracket.
0 2023/08/17 06:41:21
Apart from that silly bolt - these are the items on the to do list: Remove extra long bolts that fix the compressor to the sump - and note that the 2 bolt fixing the sump upwards next to those very long bolts are also quite a bit longer than all the other bolts fixing the sump upwards.
Apart from that silly bolt - these are the items on the to do list: Remove extra long bolts that fix the compressor to the sump - and note that the 2 bolt fixing the sump upwards next to those very long bolts are also quite a bit longer than all the other bolts fixing the sump upwards.
0 2023/08/17 06:41:19
That is what all the hype is about that bolt, which is that hidden (under the transfer box) that it is hardly visible. There is something called a "distributor wrench" - interesting tool, but I found it only in size 9/16 inch and not 13mm - not that that would have made any difference, because there is just no room there at all to rotate this tool at all.
That is what all the hype is about that bolt, which is that hidden (under the transfer box) that it is hardly visible. There is something called a "distributor wrench" - interesting tool, but I found it only in size 9/16 inch and not 13mm - not that that would have made any difference, because there is just no room there at all to rotate this tool at all.
0 2023/08/17 06:41:17
Exhaust section removed.
Exhaust section removed.
0 2023/08/17 06:41:14
That section then can be removed by lowering it on it's end facing the rear, the pull it off the catalyst.
That section then can be removed by lowering it on it's end facing the rear, the pull it off the catalyst.
0 2023/08/17 06:41:11
And two more nuts on the other end of that exhaust section.
And two more nuts on the other end of that exhaust section.
0 2023/08/17 06:41:07