On Jul 24, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > That said, I recall a Citroen DS21 that took about 22 hours to change > a left side motor mount too. A nightmare.
22 hours is a bit excessive. I've done it in a lot less. The difference is that if you follow the official shop manual procedures, doing anything on a Citroën takes twice as long as it should. I think the shop manuals were written to maximize mechanic's pay. There was always an alternate, simpler way to do things. The rear motor mounts on DS cars always collapse in a few years, so some friends and I developed an alternate procedure for changing them that didn't require pulling the engine out of the car. We also figured out a way to change piston rings without pulling the engine. The other thing you figure out from official shop manuals is that mechanics are supposed to have foot-long fingers the diameter of pencils! Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
