Hi all, I'm yanking my intake manifold (and other stuff) today. Well, the Bentley manual says to remove the intake bolts in a certain order, but for the life of me, I can't figure out how to get a wrench or socket onto the first nut! It's the one farthest to the passenger side, pretty much shielded by the SC exit horn and the manifold itself.

Anyone who's done this feel free to post any suggestions!

Thanks,

Matt

ps, of course I just found this out now with the guts of my car all over the garage!

 

that the SC comes out FIRST, not like the Bentley manual says. I 'll give that a try, but anyone else feel free to post other suggestions....

Matt

 

Hello,

That is also how we have done it, removing first the Supercharger,

Victor

 

It's too bad, but you have to remove the SC first. Unless you’re taking the head off as well. I don't have a Bentley but this is the second time that I have heard this...May I be inclined to ask why you are removing the intake manifold??? -- Johan

 

I want to take the SC off.

The bentley also doesn't mention the tensioner either...

Matt

 

I'm taking my old SC off and putting on one that I've had around for a while. It's a ported and polished one... So like an idiot when I started the job today I'd forgotten to get a pulley removal tool. Oh well, trip to the store to get a puller, as this will be a bench job and I'll have lots of room to work.

OMFG! The sucker wouldn't budge! So out came the torch to heat the pulley... That and an impact wrench and 30 min later (I have a small compressor, so it would take a bit to build up pressure every time I used it) the sucker finally came off!

While this was the first time I'd taken a pulley off a SC, I can't belived how stuck on this one was. I'm not that bad a machinist, so I know how to apply heat, but this was rediculous.

So, including the mis-direction from the Bentley manual, tearing the car down took a bit over 2 hours. (Thanks for the fast replys to my post). Removing the pulley including the trip to the store to get the puller was about half that alone! Needless to say, I'll be putting the car together tomorrow morning instead of this afternoon....

Live and learn. What I learned is I should have asked to have the stock pulley taken off during the port and polish! What a dufus I can be!

Matt

Oh yeah, based on the Bentley manual, I thought I'd be able to get the intake off later without much hassle. Looks like that's not the case, so when I port and polish my intake and IC horns, the SC will have to come out again! Grrrr. Oh well, the second time it always goes faster...