[V8] Timing Belt Saga 4.5

[dsaad@icehouse.net]

Just take off the whole throttle body.
This is actually easier than what you did, and it gives you plenty of room, and
it gives you the opportunity to inspect and clean up a known troublesome area of
the throttle linkage.

Dave

Quoting Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net>:

> So I took off the "switch" on the end of the throttle body, hoping to gain
> a clear shot at the waterpump bolt that broke off.  I gained a very tiny
> bit.  Will the two bolts in circles here:
> http://www.pbase.com/kneale_brownson/image/50544462    get me more room or
> do I have to take off a bunch of stuff to get to that bolt?
>
>
> At 09:42 PM 10/5/2005 -0400, Kneale Brownson wrote:
> >Got it,  Jeremy.  Thanks.
> >
> >At 06:30 PM 10/5/2005 -0700, Jeremy Ward wrote:
> >>Not sure Kneale, my family album is out of order at the moment (monitor
> not
> >>large enough).  It contains the idle switch, throttle position sensor, and
> >>wide open throttle (wot) switch.  It has a 6 wire connector IIRC, and it
> is
> >>the part that the yellow arrow is drawn on in your picture.
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Kneale Brownson [mailto:kneale at coslink.net]
> >>Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:29 PM
> >>To: Jeremy Ward; v8 at audifans.com
> >>Subject: RE: [V8] Timing Belt Saga 4.5
> >>
> >>Is the TPS what ETKA calls just a switch?
> >>
> >>At 05:40 PM 10/5/2005 -0700, Jeremy Ward wrote:
> >>>The TPS (throttle position sensor) is held in place by 2 phillips screws.
> >>>Just remove them and swing the TPS off the end of the accelerator shaft
> and
> >>>out of the way.  Note that it is adjustable via these 2 screws (loosen
> them
> >>>slightly and rotate it cw / ccw as needed).  Make sure to put it back
> >>pretty
> >>>much where you removed it from (the picture you took should help).
> >>>
> >>>Cheers,
> >>>
> >>>- Jeremy
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
> Of
> >>>Kneale Brownson
> >>>Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 5:39 PM
> >>>To: v8 at audifans.com
> >>>Subject: [V8] Timing Belt Saga 4.5
> >>>
> >>>So, after Dave Head's suggestion I attack the camshaft pulleys with a 2X4
> >>>angled at 45 degrees struck three times with a big hammer, I got the
> >>>pulleys loose.  Good tip to remember.  I'd been beating on them with a
> >>>deadblow hammer and not getting anywhere.
> >>>
> >>>Now I've encountered yet another problem.  The top center bolt on the
> >>>waterpump housing broke off in its hole:
> >>>http://www.pbase.com/kneale_brownson/image/50324884   It's the one with
> the
> >>>arrow pointing to it.  It couldn't be one that's out in the open, it had
> to
> >>>be the only bolt that cannot be approached dead-on for drilling out.
> What
> >>>all am I going to have to remove to get a clear shot at that bolt?
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