Normally crack it with the open end (strength), spin it off with the ratchet end (speed).
Cheers Fred
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Normally crack it with the open end (strength), spin it off with the ratchet end (speed).
Cheers Fred
I have a cheap set of ratchets spanners I bought years ago I usually I usually crack it with another spanner If it's really tight then will use the ratchet one
I would have thought an open ender would be weaker than a ring spanner.
I ended up undoing it. I had to take the engine mount off. Then I had enough room to crack it with a rattle gun socket and breaker bar. A lot of these bolts are all too tight for a rattle gun so whoever did the last head gasket on this car has probably over torqued everything when they put it back together. Bastard of a job. I've replaced a head gasket in an EF fairmont and a ford courier ute and they were easier than this. The engine is mounted horizontal and shoe horned into the engine bay. Great little car other than that. I dunno how I am going to remember to put it all back together and I haven't even got the camshafts off yet.
My triton can do with some extra light on the high beam. I see a lot of 4wds on the road with light bars. The last time I had spotties was maybe 25years ago and they were those round hellas and you wired them up to the high beam and then put a switch somewhere on the dash. Is that the still the case with the lightbars? Any tips or recommendations?
Stedi.....they come with the full harness, just plug and play (high beam with switch) l've got their LED headlight conversion, low beam sux in BT50s.....
l have Kings 9" led spotties which are great for the price, don't know what their lightbars are like quality wise
https://www.stedi.com.au/
Thanks for the advice redeye. Intetesting. Im not happy about the low beam either. Not happy with turbo lag either. As a work truck it makes a great car. The k2900 was geared low. Hard to go from something you can start off in third gear with to something that i have stalled a few times in first. Getting used to not being able much more than a suitcase in the tray.
maybe an idrive would help?
led headlights are illegal to retrofit, but lots of 4x4 have them, l was worried about oncoming drivers getting blinded but a. l rarely drive at night b. l live in a tiny isolated village & c. since putting new shocks and springs on it is higher at the back now. They aren't a great deal better on high beam, better on low than the originals
What is an Idrive? I googled it but it came up as some sort of entertainment system. I'm not going to mess with the headlights. I'll consider adding a lightbar if i can mount it without too much hassle. I'm having one of those runs where is everything is breaking on me. I've got a vehicle out with a blown head gasket and another two diesel engines with fuel injection issues. It never rains, only pours.
Try an ECU remap. Did it on my triton, more power etc, cant tell about economy though, fixed a lot of the lag but still obviously there when towing. Pricey but the car was cheap.
Dont take it back to Mitsi though as it will be all undone - as mine was:mad: Back to get it redone at another $200