replaceing the crank sensor... i made a boo boo.

[TT SHO PROJECT]

ok so while i was tearing the turbo sho apart today to replace the crank sensor.... i couldnt for the life of me get both lower timeing belt covers off.... all the bolts are out but they just wont budge so i ended up breaking them to peaces.... sigh.... are the timeing belt covers still being made? and if so where can i get one??.... and is there any ideas on what went wrong here? as far as i can tell i got every single last bolt out but the lower cover wont budge... im stumped... i gotta get the last of the broken bits off before i can replace it.. but i doubt i can get a new timeing belt cover.. sigh any ideas guys and gals?

 

[TT SHO PROJECT]

no one has any ideas??? sigh.. maybe ill just have to make my own timeing belt covers then..... what a pita i really wanted to get to drive the thing. ah well.. life goes on.

 

[SHO M0nk3y]

Check out the classifieds or local parts cars.


I broke one of min but it minimal so I can still use it. Would like to get another but meh doesn't bug me to much.

 

[SeanMc]

My middle one is in two pieces. It's been working fine.

 

[luigisho]

You know they overlap and usually only come out in one piece if you remove them sequentially. Along with all the attachnig hardware of course. PM sent

 

[TT SHO PROJECT]

i mean i ripped the suckers off in peaces..... the very bottem one around the crank is still stuck on... doesnt want to budge at all... hopefully today a friend will come over and help me yank the sucker off so i can replace it.... im gonna feel like a dumba$$ if theres one bolt left that i missed but i spent 2 hrs looking at it and feeling around trying to find a hidden bolt but i found nothing at all.... im stumped... oh and i got the pm thanks


i did however still manage to get the bad crank sensor off after modifieing a couple screw drivers and useing brewt force to break them lil screws lose lol.

 

[luigisho]

Save the hardware for the covers. I think (it's been a really long time) the top and bottom overlap the middle cover so the middle would come off last. I think.

 

[TT SHO PROJECT]

Save the hardware for the covers. I think (it's been a really long time) the top and bottom overlap the middle cover so the middle would come off last. I think.

i think you are correct sir...... and yeah i got all the bolts and stuff stashed away...

 

[bigkev]

i did however still manage to get the bad crank sensor off after modifieing a couple screw drivers and useing brewt force to break them lil screws lose lol.

Nothing a little persuasion cant fix right?

 

[93rev2sev]

Save the hardware for the covers. I think (it's been a really long time) the top and bottom overlap the middle cover so the middle would come off last. I think.

And go on first...with the CPS wires atached.

 

[hawkeye18]

http://www.shophoenixproject.com/lower60k/lower60k.htm

I was just reading it for edification. Anyway, any junkyard SHO should still have its timing covers. I can get you a top timing cover after I install the new one on my wife's 95...

 

[trevor404]

Here is the middle cover, if you need it, on ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Taurus-SHO-center-timing-cover-3-0-MTX-NO-CRACKS_W0QQitemZ160152191588QQihZ006QQcategoryZ6763QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

No bids on it yet, and it's only $10.