Serpentine timing chain cover removal question

Serpentine timing chain cover removal question

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IainGriff

Original Poster:

80 posts

141 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Changing the cam on my 500, I have removed timing chain cover bolts (9 off) and two front sump bolts, managed to loosen the cover (mainly at the top), however there seems to be resistance to releasing and removing it completely, have I missed a trick, nothing in the Disco engine manual. I wondered whether it's just stuck on dowels or jointing compound? don't want to bludgeon it with a mallet in case I'm damaging something, can anyone advise please?

spend

12,581 posts

250 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Sardonicus said:
hope you mean 3 front cover to sump bolts have been removed scratchchin
Theres only 2 on serps (only later p38/thors have more)??

OP you need to also loosen a couple of the sump bolts behind so the sump can drop a bit.
Theres not just the bolts around the outside, sure you have removed all the central ones?

Sardonicus

18,928 posts

220 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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spend said:
Theres only 2 on serps (only later p38/thors have more)??

OP you need to also loosen a couple of the sump bolts behind so the sump can drop a bit.
Theres not just the bolts around the outside, sure you have removed all the central ones?
Realized my mistake and deleted it before you quoted it Dave rofl

IainGriff

Original Poster:

80 posts

141 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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I'll check tomorrow but fairly sure I have all the bolts out, as you suggest, I'll loosen off some sump bolts and try again
Thanks for your help guys.
Iain

Pete Mac

755 posts

136 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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spend said:
OP......?
is that a TLA.....?

737 FLF

171 posts

172 months

Friday 29th August 2014
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I had a similar problem when I first carried out the same job.

Turned out that the timing cover had two studs, rather than bolts,
in the bottom face and the sump had to be removed to clear them.