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#1
18th January 2013, 09:00 AM
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Wife was out last night so I managed to blag a couple of hours in the mancave.
Started to remove the balancer shafts..  All bolts were loose yet I couldn't shift it. So I removed the baffle plates in case there was a couple of hidden bolts underneath. There wasn't!  Decided to use bit of brute force and ignorance, something I have a bucket load of (ignorance, not brute force!), and out they came..   
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#2
18th January 2013, 09:01 AM
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There is some weight in those balancer shafts, I estimate about 5 or 6kg. Be a nice saving by not putting them back in.
Either side of the bolt hole in the middle are 2 of the four oil feeds I will need to drill, tap, and seal with grub screws..  Main bearing 3 compared with main bearing 4. No. 3 has the oil feeds, 4 doesn't.  Piston No 1 removed..  You can see the extra ring gear in this one that runs the balancer shafts. Won't know if this can be removed until I get the crank out.  Last edited by BORNXenon : 18th January 2013 at 09:05 AM.
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#4
18th January 2013, 09:02 AM
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Helpfully, identification marks are only present on the main bearings for cylinders 1 and 4..
Main bearing 1..  Main bearing 2..  Main bearing 3..  Main bearing 4..  Was just about to remove them and get the crank out when the wife came home. Will now have to wait until tomorrow.
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#5
21st January 2013, 01:44 PM
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Managed to get a bit more done on friday night as everyone go kicked ut of work early because of the snow!
Oil pump removed  Here is the Oil pump. I'm fairly certain I'm going to replace this rather than re-use it. Seems to make sense as they aren't silly money and I'd rather do it now than later.  All main bearing caps removed..  Crankshaft out.. 
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#6
21st January 2013, 01:45 PM
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Lower main bearings still in situe..
 Block now completely stripped..  ..and now right way up to allow remaining oil to drain  Ok, I now have a question! What is the best thing to use to get all the crap and crud from the last 12 years off the block? I have used Gunk in the past but it doesn't seem to shift it all that well. I'd also like to avoid getting it all over the man cave. 
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#7
21st January 2013, 02:22 PM
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I use a soluble degreasant stippled in with a stiff brush then washed off with a trigger spray gun filled with water then repeat the process in the hard to get to places until all is removed....beauty of this method you only need a few old newspapers on the floor to soak the run off up
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