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[V6 CDX-er]

Thanks for all the help and tips guys 

I've just come off the phone from having a very nice chat to 'The Guru', and all is sorted now.

Well, I say all is sorted, but no doubt I'll be back to pester you lot again in a couple of days with more tales of my inane stupidity 

[VXL V6]

That's the aim of the Forum... to help 

[V6 CDX-er]

Sorry chaps. I'm back to bother you all again 

Drivers side cam cover gasket now done. Piece of cake really once I'd had it explained to me how to remove the coil pack.

I'm now on the passenger side and I'm a little bit stuck. There is quite a chunky wiring loom in the way.

I've removed the dipstick, a couple of bolts holding the air-con pipe / bracket, but still can't figure out how to get the wiring loom out of the way  :-/

I'm sure I've read somewhere about how the oil filler neck can be removed, but I've tried twisting it both clockwise and anti-clockwise, but to no avail.

If any of you kind souls have any tips for getting this wiring loom out of the way it sure would be appriciated.

Once again, thanks for your help and sorry to be pestering you guys once more.


Cheers. 

[kcl]

The oil filler tube will come off when you prise the "tab" that connects to one of the cam cover bolts and turn the filler counter-clockwise. It's not that tight. Shouldn't be.

For the cable tray, it just must be "stretched" away and you will have enough room to remove the cover. You have removed the needed screws already as you said.

[V6 CDX-er]

The oil filler tube will come off when you prise the "tab" that connects to one of the cam cover bolts and turn the filler counter-clockwise. It's not that tight. Shouldn't be.

For the cable tray, it just must be "stretched" away and you will have enough room to remove the cover. You have removed the needed screws already as you said.

Thanks KC 

Much appriciated 

[Andy H]

It is about ten years since I last did the job but I think I ended up taking all the cables out of the tray and taking it right off. I also recall lifting the ECU out of the triangular relay box and draping the bundles of cables over the other side of the engine. I might also have disconnected the round multiplug  :-?

[Welung666]

No need to strip off the cable tray, put a bungy cord round it and attach the 2 hooks to the bonnet strut

[V6 CDX-er]

The oil filler tube will come off when you prise the "tab" that connects to one of the cam cover bolts and turn the filler counter-clockwise. It's not that tight. Shouldn't be.

For the cable tray, it just must be "stretched" away and you will have enough room to remove the cover. You have removed the needed screws already as you said.

Yep. That worked. Thank you.

Oil filler neck was bloody stiff though. And very gunked up with with mayo.

Now wrestling with the dis-pacs, trying to get them free from beneath the wiring loom.

I'll be bloody glad when I get this job, and the camblet / tensioners done, as after that, all the rest of the jobs 'should be' pretty easy, (although I have heard that the auto-box oil / filter / gaskets job can be a bit of a pain.

[V6 CDX-er]

No need to strip off the cable tray, put a bungy cord round it and attach the 2 hooks to the bonnet strut

I like that idea. 

cheers