Recent content by whiskybottle

Ditto from me, thanks

Thanks for the quick reply Kieran Had another look last night. The Idler was aready off but there was no way the cover was comming off. I resolved this by loosening the 3x13mm nuts & 1x10mm bolt that secure the PAS pump bracket to the block. The PAS pump could then be moved back enough to get...

An updates for the Aircon equiped cars The cam belt cover could not be removed due the top rear pulley for the PAS. In addition one of the bolts for the cover is under the pulley and almost impossible to remove and would be impossible to refit. To get around this loosen the three 13mm nuts on...

Hi I am trying to replace a water pump on my daughter's car. It's a 1.7 aircon Puma. I'm following the excellant how-to, but this car has aircon and I can't get the timing belt cover off. All bolts are out but it looks like the top rear pulley has to go (power stearing I believe). Any idea how...

Did anyone have an answer to this? The car I'm interested in is a 1.7 with aircon. Need to get the timing belt cover off to do the water pump.