Mr Cull

Thanks CW and good point as always regarding no point drilling out the old bolt. Also interesting idea regarding the claw puller. I'm really hoping its not been Loctited Cheers also for the post Scooter. Yeah I can imagine now how the doughnut puller works. You've given me an idea. I've ordered a strong flanged M8 bolt and also a penny washer. If I'm really lucky might be able to have some joy with those and just the one bolt. I haven't had chance to have a try again yet but I'll post up here if I get any success or major failures...

For this post it seemed more appropriate to post it here in this thread rather than creating a new thread. This existing thread has had some recent activity and also some of the things already covered are relevant to my new post below... I went out for a short Sunday drive the other day and a few miles in I started hearing what sounds like belt squeal when accelerating medium/hard from standstill. But when accelerating softly from standstill this did not happen. I limped home. Thinking a new serpentine belt might be needed I gone one on order. After removing the old belt I soon found that the Crank Pulley had de-laminated and split apart: Its not a great pic but the part where the belt runs over came off and felt to the under tray. The Pulley should of course look like this: This is now the second time I've had a Crank Pulley split apart on a Supe. The last one split when starting the engine and luckily I was parked at home at the time. Therefore I recommend if anyone does any servicing which requires removing their Crank Pulley then consider putting a new one if you don't know the history of the current one. I thought I'd document some of the progress and problems I have encountered when trying to change the Pulley... First thing is that the Supe's an auto and not manual so I needed a way to lock the Crank to stop it turning when trying to loosen the bolt. As I didn't fancy trying to lock the flywheel I needed something like the SST tool: I didn't fancy paying all the money for the official one so I thought I'd have a go at making one myself. There are a few images in this and other threads of a steel tools that people have fabricated. I was not in a position to be making things out of steel but I did have some sturdy wood knocking about. Using the new Crank as a template I quickly and easily drilled/cored the wood. This is then intended to be bolted onto the old crank on the engine as per below images example showing it bolted onto the new crank: (The end of wood then rests against the frame or floor and stop the crank turning when trying to undo the bolt with a breaker bar) I managed to get one of the M8 bolts into the crank but could not get the other in. On closer inspection I can see that the remains of a snapped off bolt is lodged in the crank: During a previous service someone must have snapped this off. I assume this was done when trying to remove the crank. I'm thinking that someone must snapped it, removed the Pulley with a “claw” type Puller and then put the bloody thing back on! The cars had a few Cam belt replacements in recent years and all servicing work has been performed by Mr T So now I was faced with two problems: 1) How do I stop the Crank from turning to undo the bolt 2) How do I get the Pulley off now its got a snapped bolt in and also separated apart so that a “claw” type Puller wont be easy to use. First things first... I went for the starter motor trick to loosen the bolt. I cannot not recommend doing this for the obvious dangers involved. But it worked a treat for me. I managed to take a short blurry video: So one problem down but the biggest one still to go. How to pull the thing off. I cannot use my current Puller tool as this needs to be able to screw into both holes: As mentioned above in this post there are other types of “claw” Pullers which fit over where the belt runs: As CW mentions these are generally not recommended as they put large amount of force on parts of the Pulley that aren't deigned to take it. I wouldn't be surprised if someone had previously used one of these on my Pulley, due to the snapped bolt, and therefore weakened the structure and caused it to fail on me the other day(???). As my Pulley is already knackered I'm not worried about damaging it further to get it off. But as the Pulley on my Supe has split apart I was thinking there was not much chance of successfully using this type of Puller. On closer inspection of the Pulley I can see there is a small gap, perhaps one or two mm where a puller arms could perhaps be wedged in to get some purchase: But the material behind it is rubbery and therefore may not be strong enough to take the force required. On the off chance one of these might work I ordered one of these cheap Pullers. But this has no chance of working not least due to the fat ends of it: I then ordered a different sort of Puller which I thought I might be able to clamp onto the side of the Pulley tight enough to force it of: But I foolishly didn't check the size and this for a much smaller Pulley. So this is far as I have got. Before I try anything too drastic like removing the rad and drilling/tapping the snapped bolt out I thought I'd post on there to see if anyone else has faced similar problems or if there are any recommendations for other tools or techniques I could try. As always very much looking forward to the comments/advise from members

Hmm... I have a stock GZ auto RSP at home in my garage not getting much driving time these days

I got the renewal through from Admiral and at over £500 I thought I would try a bit of shopping around. I guess like many of you I came here first to find out which companies people were recommending as giving out good quotes at the moment. After not seeing a post containing a compilation of multiple insurers I looked though the various recent threads and noted down most of the insurers mentioned. Now that I have this list I thought I would post it up here as it might save someone else some time in the future. (But even if this don’t help anyone else it will save me sometime again next year if I can find this thread ) No code has to be inserted here. Ringing took about 10min for each one (plus time waiting on hold first). After getting to Footman James who quoted £230 with only a £50 excess I thought I would be unlikely to get anything significantly better so I stopped ringing others and went with them. I also got an agreed value for an extra £10 on the premium. I did run a few comparison websites first and as expected most came back not particularly great. However I did for some reason get an ok quote from “The UK’s best gay friendly broker - Pink Pound” via “Google Compare”. Interestingly also Performance Direct seemed to offer 4 different quotes, spanning £100 in range, from 4 different comparison sites. No code has to be inserted here. I guess just because I got a good quote from Footman James it does not mean everyone else will. I certainly recommend ringing round to get the best deal for you. My relevant specifics are: GZ Auto TT with one modification of coilover suspension Classic Car insurance policy (i.e. other main car and 5000 limited miles on the Supra) Early 30’s and licence for over 10 years No points, accidents or other convictions Commuting to work 10 year no claims used on another car

Top man Shane for all you efforts in making all the arrangements. I am glad you ended up with a car that you are happy with. The last I heard spike3.0 (aka Andy) was really happy with my old car. Hope you still are(!?) I know I'm not the most frequent poster on here but have mostly kept owning Supras over the last 8 years because of the knowledge and character of people involved in this club

Welcome - like the new colour

Welcome and good luck with the project

Nice Supe you have there. Welcome and you will find answers to almost any supra question on this site

I was hoping to see him as wanting to get a service and a few things checked out on the new supe before dball. But struggling to get hold of him at the moment. I'll try again soon. What you need?

Really looking forward to this! Especially now I have picked up my new supra After 7 years of 'practicing' with N/A's I've finally got myself a TT Hopefully I should be able to keep up with most of you this time Also it seems like the colour (dark green pearl) of the new supe is a love it or hate it thing - with most people favouring the 'hate it'. So if anyone wants to make fun of me for having a 'poo green' coloured supe then I should be easy to spot

It's great to see the old girl looking so good Jon What an amazing transformation you have performed!! I really never liked the old failside kit. That's the only reason I let her go. I did consider replacing myself but didn't have the finance or time to do it. I would never have sold if it looked as good as it does now. Actually looks so good now I want it back Hope to see you and the car at a event at some point in the future Great thread

Wow how lucky am I. Im on a skiing holiday and just rocked in at 20:40 (uk) time and managed to get the last ticket! See you all again in May

Gutted missed tickets this time Even more gutted because i'm going to get in trouble with work for clicking on that link :(

Doh! Overheat Stuck in Les Andles for a while... http://twitter.com/mr_cull/status/335397190690304000/photo/1

Just got mine. Tried AA first (as i'm a member with them) That came out about £45 including a 30% members discount. Next tried RAC. Rang the number. Didnt ask for anyone in particular. Went through the details. Quote came out £37 I said i know others on the same trip had got it a little cheaper around £32. He said he'd check. A second later he said £32 was fine. All booked up. Cheers for the tips See you guys tomorrow/friday!!

13.45 - Northampton Services NN4 9QY (J15A M1) sounds good to me I'll be jumping on M1 J23

I don’t know if this has been covered before elsewhere. This is probably also not the most appropriate place to post this info either (but I couldn’t find another relevant thread where it wouldn’t get completely lost) I’ve never taken a car to France before myself. But I’ve heard from friends who have and they say that sometimes the French authorities are quite strict on the extra equipment you need in/on the car when driving over there. I’ve heard they can somtimes check and then fine cars coming from the uk not long after they have got off the train! Hopefully a member on here who’s got experience of traveling there will be able to elaborate on what I’ve said… Anyway I’ve found a useful link containing a check list off all the relevant documents/equipment you should take with you to France: http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/touring_tips/compulsory_equipment.pdf I managed to order the relevant things I needed on eBay for under £10. It wouldn’t be a good start for half the Supes to get fines as soon as we get to France...

Ha that's exactly what i thought. The driver wouldnt have anyhting to worry about

Stock N/A and after about 20 years probably somewhat less that 230

I never had any issues with mine. But like other comments i've heard of some people who have.

booked Ord: 986 Really looking forward to this one and also meeting some more members!