So started the removal of what I need to pull the front cover. Thought I would be smart and remove oil pan first and block the crank.
well oil pan observation to start with, it has been removed before as the front studs have been replaced by bolts.
so first issue with this the front corner one on passenger side missing :-(
all the other bolts where basically loose not much effort to break them free, except for the last two in the very rear of it.

next problem and this one stopped me for the day as I need a tie rod fork.
i started removing the track rod.
the cross bar bolts will not move broke one off :-(
so on my track rod the passenger side I was removing the nut and the tie rod end came loose in the arm. So now the nut still one there and the tie rod shaft just spins as no rest ace to hold it in to take but off.
the other side is really stuck in so I going to get the tie rod fork to remove that side.

so how do I get the other side but off ?? As I don’t want to cut it and have to order that part in and wait and low on funds :-(
once that is removed I can get the crank bolt off and continue.

any ideas ??

 

If you don't mind sacrificing the boot, you should be able to get a pair of needle-nose pliers on the shaft between the swivel and the steering knuckle. Or use a dremel to put a slot in the threads above the nut. You may be able hold it well enough with a big flat-blade screwdriver and break the nut free. Use some PB Blaster or similar on the threads if you have not already.

 

Also, you really don't need to remove the cross bar.

 

Doesn't a torx or allen (cant remember which one) fit in the tie rod? Stops the nut from Spinning eveything

 

My oil pump

 

how does the cover look?

 

Cover looks pretty damn hood no groves or anything.
the gasket for the front cover do you put a thin layer of rtv and then put the gasket on the cover ? Then install it ?

 

I followed Atlantic British video on YouTube to a T.

 

I almost always use Right stuff with my gaskets. I tried the Hylomar but it sets super fast and didnt really care for it.

 

Sump pickup had no o ring either