> It's easy - I did it a month or two after I bought my TR4A, when I had
> essentially zero experience as a mechanic.
[..good rundown of the process by Chris deleted...]
I did this job on my 2500 PI last December. It's trickier,
because the steering rack has to come off to drop the sump.
But a couple of additions to Chris's procedure:
1. You might want to replace the thrust washers while you're
in there: they're cheap, and renowned for dropping out. If
the bearings are worn, the thrust washers probably are too.
2. Definitely worth checking the oil pump: I replaced mine
without bothering to check the old one. It's cheap, and very easy
to do once you've got access.
3. A few other things (apart from the steering rack) that made
me take a little more than three hours (!more like three days!):
cleaning lots of gunk out of the sump pan; fiddling with thrust
washers to get the right end float; and getting all 23 of those
blasted sump pan bolts back in while lying on my back under the
car, in the street (yep, no garage), in the rain.
John
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