Drilling NB return on the car
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Wait! Don't get out the pitch forks yet!
So, there is tons of documentation on how to tap the pan itself. But, what about getting to the block? However, when Shuiend and I tried to do this today, there was a tonnn of stuff in the way, mainly PS and A/C related. It looked like a tremendous amount of work to remove enough stuff to fit it all.
I know a 90° drill would do this just fine, but with the number of "**** off noob. Drill it on the car. Easy ****" posts, surely we overlooked something. Otherwise, it can wait until I do the clutch.
So, there is tons of documentation on how to tap the pan itself. But, what about getting to the block? However, when Shuiend and I tried to do this today, there was a tonnn of stuff in the way, mainly PS and A/C related. It looked like a tremendous amount of work to remove enough stuff to fit it all.
I know a 90° drill would do this just fine, but with the number of "**** off noob. Drill it on the car. Easy ****" posts, surely we overlooked something. Otherwise, it can wait until I do the clutch.
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You just cannot fit a drill in there to do it in that position. My guess would be that you are hitting the subframe with the drill. When the motor is out of the car, then I think it is a perfect place to install the fitting.
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Did they have power steering and AC? On the NB the power steering has 2 hard lines that I think are for cooling in the way, they are not there on NA's. Then you still have the normal AC lines and another PS line in the way. With a drill that had a 1/2" chuck it was just to big to fit in around the lines and still be reasonably straight. I will try to get a picture in the next day or so of everything that is in the way.
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The answer is in the first post. That's how I did it. Still was tight and I scarred up the chuck a little. Sorry, I have no pictures of the operation.
Then I used, IIRC, a racheting box wrench to turn the tap, very gingerly.
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Then I used, IIRC, a racheting box wrench to turn the tap, very gingerly.
At Home Depot
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The answer is in the first post. That's how I did it. Still was tight and I scarred up the chuck a little. Sorry, I have no pictures of the operation.
Then I used, IIRC, a racheting box wrench to turn the tap, very gingerly.
At Home Depot
Then I used, IIRC, a racheting box wrench to turn the tap, very gingerly.
At Home Depot
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The drill bit that I received from Begi and the one I just got from JeffBucc both require a 1/2" chuck to fit into. When I am home tomorrow taking pictures of engine bays I will take some pictures of the drill bit and tap and some sizes to go along with them.