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Omega General Help / Changing V6 thermostat and that damn bastard bolt
« on: 23 September 2019, 19:19:45 »
I was going to change the thermostat and found out that my cam belt was worn, see other thread here. http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=145621.0
It was a real hassle to get that "Bastard bolt" out and then the transfer pipe. But eventually I got everything apart.
But today it was reversing everything and put it back together.
I skipped the engine lift mount to make it easier to put it back, I made a 4mm spacer to fill the gap of the lift mount. I thought that would make it easier, but hell no. The oil stick wouldn't cooperate and was off no matter what I did. And it also seemed that the hole in the transfer pipe was off too. Maybe something with the new thermostat that made it align wrong. So I had to enlarge the hole and cut the oilstick bracket for more room for the bolt. That made it hook up in the right place and the "Bastard bolt" could finally go back in its hole and tighten up properly. Damn it took almost two hours!!
It was a real hassle to get that "Bastard bolt" out and then the transfer pipe. But eventually I got everything apart.
But today it was reversing everything and put it back together.
I skipped the engine lift mount to make it easier to put it back, I made a 4mm spacer to fill the gap of the lift mount. I thought that would make it easier, but hell no. The oil stick wouldn't cooperate and was off no matter what I did. And it also seemed that the hole in the transfer pipe was off too. Maybe something with the new thermostat that made it align wrong. So I had to enlarge the hole and cut the oilstick bracket for more room for the bolt. That made it hook up in the right place and the "Bastard bolt" could finally go back in its hole and tighten up properly. Damn it took almost two hours!!
