Date:         Mon, 5 Nov 2012 20:10:00 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Soo- Oil Pan cracked
Comments: To: Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca>
In-Reply-To:  <6DB1182D-68EF-4D7F-8E67-5DB762300C6E@pottsfamily.ca>
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oh beg your pardon..
kinda wiped out a bit ..
p/s exhaust .. ( not PS )
it's not hard to undo a 3 screws in the pan for gosh sakes..
you can even leave it attached to the muffler if you want , just undo
the 3 pan screws.  I can't see what is so hard about that.

the stock exhaust is wonderful actually ..
the only thing wrong with it is people and exhaust shops in particular
are not smart enough to get the right rubber mounts and install them
correctly.
   I have copied that exact system many times in a turbo application ..
it works perfectly.
it's over-engineered even .
the first time I saw how the two rubber mounts on the left bracket are
at the angles they are at..
I know somebody thought pretty hard about how to mount the exhaust on a DV.

they sure work fine for me - nuthin' wrong with the system  at all ..
except maybe people can't assemble things correctly ..
or don't know where to get the little rubber mounts ..and those are easy
to getlast time I checked.

but we need to hear from the poster !
there just is no substitute for getting 'hands on and dirty'...
that's when things start getting fixed. No amount of emailing will
actually fix the leaky pan.

Scott


On 11/5/2012 7:35 PM, Greg Potts wrote:
> Hi Volks,
>
> The other "gotcha" on the pan removal is that the p/s exhaust mount is hanging from the oil pan.
>
> Other than that, it's just the crossbar and 20 small bolts, about 5 of which are pretty hard to get to.
>
> Greg
>
>
> On 2012-11-03, at 10:59 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>
>> oh ....shoot. ell....
>> there can be a gotcha.
>> check this part first thing ..by the flywheel ...
>> if it has stock 5mm allen screw pan screws ...
>> you need a long thing 5mm allen to get up in there on 3 screws I think.
>>   Someome might have put in 10mm hex head screws instead .
>> In any case you need a long thin socket or allen , about 6 inches long.