Any DIY gurus feel like lending a hand?
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rossyl said:
Hi
So I had wanted to remove the headlight and realised that I lacked the talent when removing the airbox stumped me!
If anyone is in the South East and feels like lending a hand that would be much appreciated. Of course your time will be rewarded in whisky, beer or both!
Cheers
R
Hi Rossyl,So I had wanted to remove the headlight and realised that I lacked the talent when removing the airbox stumped me!
If anyone is in the South East and feels like lending a hand that would be much appreciated. Of course your time will be rewarded in whisky, beer or both!
Cheers
R
Have a look at this Redpants video ( https://youtu.be/lfs69RLcZd8 ) where Richard removes the front bumper on a Vantage. Even though the video is about the bumper he does make reference to moving the airbox.
Hope that helps
Dave (Another Londoner on the correct side of the river)
no need to remove the bumper, remove front wheel, remove 3 torx head bolts from front belly pan, remove 3 screws holding the wheel arch liner to front bumper then torx screws holding the arch liner.
To remove the air box you will need a 10mm socket, you might find that the bolts are corroded into the captive nuts.
To remove the air flow meter plug slide the little red tab out then squeeze the plug to get it off.
To remove the headlight you will need an allen key 5 or 6 mm can't remember.
When undoing the allen bolts at the back of the light hold the light up tight to stop the inserts in the bracket on the wing from rotating otherwise the light alignment in it's hole will be out. Do the same when replacing.
You won't be able to get the connector off until you have dropped the light down a little.Be gentle with the red locking clip mine was brittle and broke, but luck would have it it's the same connector on the headlight of a Corsa C which I was working on alongside.
You will need to realign the light aim after replacement, the outer screw on the back of the light is for up and down and inner for left right adjustment.
It took me about an hour and a half to change one last week but I have a fully kitted workshop with lift and a pit so add a good bit more if your a basic DIYer
To remove the air box you will need a 10mm socket, you might find that the bolts are corroded into the captive nuts.
To remove the air flow meter plug slide the little red tab out then squeeze the plug to get it off.
To remove the headlight you will need an allen key 5 or 6 mm can't remember.
When undoing the allen bolts at the back of the light hold the light up tight to stop the inserts in the bracket on the wing from rotating otherwise the light alignment in it's hole will be out. Do the same when replacing.
You won't be able to get the connector off until you have dropped the light down a little.Be gentle with the red locking clip mine was brittle and broke, but luck would have it it's the same connector on the headlight of a Corsa C which I was working on alongside.
You will need to realign the light aim after replacement, the outer screw on the back of the light is for up and down and inner for left right adjustment.
It took me about an hour and a half to change one last week but I have a fully kitted workshop with lift and a pit so add a good bit more if your a basic DIYer
Been offline the last few days, catching up...
I'll be doing a full DIY and video on this in the next few days, looking like it'll be Saturday most likely. So I'll have much better instruction then, but in the meantime here's a quick overview of it:
-remove the front undertray, fender liners (or at least front half, but easier with them out all the way)
-remove the 3x 8mm bolts holding the air box in place
-disconnect the air box from the MAF tube
-remove the air box from the car
-remove the 1x bolt holding the inlet to the air box
-twist the inlet to remove the inlet from the air box
-bolt the air box delete bracket to the inlet
-reinstall the inlet to the MAF tube
This is off the top of my head so I may be missing something, but I'll get very in-depth with it as soon as I get to it.
I'll be doing a full DIY and video on this in the next few days, looking like it'll be Saturday most likely. So I'll have much better instruction then, but in the meantime here's a quick overview of it:
-remove the front undertray, fender liners (or at least front half, but easier with them out all the way)
-remove the 3x 8mm bolts holding the air box in place
-disconnect the air box from the MAF tube
-remove the air box from the car
-remove the 1x bolt holding the inlet to the air box
-twist the inlet to remove the inlet from the air box
-bolt the air box delete bracket to the inlet
-reinstall the inlet to the MAF tube
This is off the top of my head so I may be missing something, but I'll get very in-depth with it as soon as I get to it.
Watching this (completely unrelated) Aston Vantage B is for Build video, made me feel much better: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldBe9q04IHU&t=3s
It took an experienced mechanic 6 hours to remove a power steering pump!
What I did not understand is how a car that is hand built is so hard to work on. I would have thought that there would be more room.
It took an experienced mechanic 6 hours to remove a power steering pump!
What I did not understand is how a car that is hand built is so hard to work on. I would have thought that there would be more room.
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