LHD MG ZS 180 MK2 has arrived - Page 13

petet16 · 05-09-13, 11:17 AM

I would go with mole grips and plus gas and see how it goes, they may not be as tight as they appear, also try to get them to turn first rather than just pulling on them.

Jason04r · 05-09-13, 11:53 AM

I've ordered the new dowels anyways in-case i screw these up.

Shall update..

ZRed · 05-09-13, 02:09 PM

Vice grips and turn like a nut.

Jason04r · 05-09-13, 08:58 PM

Oil filter arrived at my local parts place so went to change it , the tool i got broke on the first pull so its going back tomorrow. Tried to turn it by hand , nada. stuck good and proper !

Whacked a screw driver in the side and this is the end result:

Annoyed but its done , never again without the tool haha

peterzs · 05-09-13, 09:23 PM

Putting up a good fight.

Jason04r · 07-09-13, 11:28 PM

No joy with removing the dowels , i stopped after it started to bent a wee bit.

Found this however:

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...93&postcount=2

Seems to be the easiest way to get them out..

tcb 180 · 08-09-13, 06:34 AM

Don't you just love those set ups? Everything gleaming and not a sign of crud,rot,rust or anything like. Good idea though & well worth a try.

petet16 · 08-09-13, 08:16 AM

I like the idea of threading the dowel to extract it.

Jason04r · 23-09-13, 12:50 PM

So just come back from a week in the UK , got a new slave cylinder and also the dowels . got the dowels out and there too big , won't fit in the correct place due to the size. I contacted Rimmers and that's the only dowels they stock for gearbox to block . I tried the remove them from my other block but destroyed them.

Where could I get these bloody dowels ??

petet16 · 23-09-13, 02:36 PM

A possible substitute http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M8-M10-M12...item43b3b5b9b1