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Okay, a few questions have been in my mind, and I hope that someone on the list will be kind enough to help me out. Apologies if these are really stupid!
1. Turning the crankshaft. As you may know from anothe rthread, I am looking at adjusting the rocker gaps at the moment. The manual says "turn the crankshaft". Is there an easier way of doing this than pushing the car back and forth in gear?
2. Water pump greasing - according to both manuals I have, there is a place to install a grease nipple on top of the pump. I cannot for the life of me find the bolt to remove to install this nipple. I have a 1975 TR6, by the way. Do I have a weird pump, or am I just missing it?
3. I just changed to a spin on oil filter, since I just couldn't handle the cannister type. The spin on isn't that much easier, though. I have realised that I can't mount it straight down due to the clutch slave cylinder, but any other angle interferes with the fuel pipe and filter. Is my fuel pipe/filter in the wrong place? I wound up bending the feed from the tank to avoid the rubber tube to the filter being kinked by the oil filter, but it is still touching and really very difficult to change the oil filter.
Okay, that's all the stupid questions I can think of at the moment! I would really appreciate any help and advice you can all offer - I know someone out there must have the answers!
Cheers
Alistair
1. Turning the crankshaft. As you may know from anothe rthread, I am looking at adjusting the rocker gaps at the moment. The manual says "turn the crankshaft". Is there an easier way of doing this than pushing the car back and forth in gear?
2. Water pump greasing - according to both manuals I have, there is a place to install a grease nipple on top of the pump. I cannot for the life of me find the bolt to remove to install this nipple. I have a 1975 TR6, by the way. Do I have a weird pump, or am I just missing it?
3. I just changed to a spin on oil filter, since I just couldn't handle the cannister type. The spin on isn't that much easier, though. I have realised that I can't mount it straight down due to the clutch slave cylinder, but any other angle interferes with the fuel pipe and filter. Is my fuel pipe/filter in the wrong place? I wound up bending the feed from the tank to avoid the rubber tube to the filter being kinked by the oil filter, but it is still touching and really very difficult to change the oil filter.
Okay, that's all the stupid questions I can think of at the moment! I would really appreciate any help and advice you can all offer - I know someone out there must have the answers!
Cheers
Alistair