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The vibration dampner comes off with the smaller bolts... If you want to remove the big crank bolt to remove the timing cover, you could jam the crank with a piece of wood between the crank and crank case.

They already have huge seawater ballast tanks. Using fuel as ballast is actually quite convenient. Just dont run it up on some rocks...

Im not sure a chopper would handle getting blown around in those winds, especially with a container hanging underneath it. They cant move it off the reef, you can't just drag it off, and if you could it would sink. It's going to break in half, and then its going to sink, and then sh*t will go everywhere and there is nothing anyone can do about it.

It is, its not like normal oil that most people are thinking of.. You cant just go there and pump it out, it needs to be heated first.

Picking it up on friday / saturday, then a little bit of wiring and then some road tuning

cheers glenn

70 containers have also fallen into the sea over night.

I agree the paper work is PC bullshit, but you have to have it to cover your ass in case something happens. I also agree it has taken longer than it probably should have, but who knows what other implications there are. All we know is what the media is telling us, and they are sh*t at the best of times. I'm sure if we had all the expert stay at home mums from the trademe message boards running this it would all be sorted out by now

NZ does not have the equipment to remove the containers. A ship with a crane is on its way from Australia. The amount of planning and paper work that needs to be done before work can even start is crazy, you need to plan every step, document every hazard and account for it etc and have procedures in place. - If this is not done and someone gets hurt or killed OSH will have a field day on you ass and you may end up in prison for manslaughter - I dont think any company would risk that.

You want someone to go and stick their finger in the hole and stop the leak?

Skipper was probably drunk. Not un-common.

It's f**ked. Looks like its gonna break up on the reef. Mayday has been called and crew trying to get off. Even if they did manage to get it off, the closest dry dock of taking a ship this large is in singapore.

I have a M50B25 block (non vanos), you're welcome to measure it to see if it would suit your pistons.

That seems rather expensive. Tryed pick a part? Maybe there is something there suitable?

It might not even be locked. Throw a XT sim in it if you have a spare one and see if it goes. (You'll have to cut it down to micro sim size)

I don't think the bad weather will help get it off, it will only make it worse and possibly break the ship up, or containers fall off. It went up on a spring tide, so she is well and truely stuck. 4 Days is a long time, but who knows what else had to be done in that time to prep a tanker to go down and pump it out.

It really might seem that way, but there is a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes that the media dont show. NZ has no equipment to deal with this kind of situation. They will begin pumping the oil off shortly, and will take about 2 days to pump it all out. Hopefully the weather holds out so they can finish pumping it out un-interrupted.

If it continues to leak and the wind turns, the beaches will get raped. That thing is high and dry on the rocks, gonna be a mission to get off, I think there is about 2500 containers on there and the ship has no cranes on it.

*rena Dad was out there the other day taking the mayor and sh*t out to have a look. He reckons you couldn't get it more stuck if you tryed, 50 meters either side and it prob would of been sweet. Gonna be a big f**k up.

Cheers Kerry.

Cancers a bitch.

Yep can sell the throttle cable, not sure what a reasonable price for this kind of stuff is. $25 + postage? Dont really want to hack up the wiring harness as I intend to sell it with the engine.

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Whats the best way to go about replacing an E36 key? Car is EWS, still have original key, only problem it is worn out and will rarely open the doors. Is it possible to get a blank and have it cut and swap the EWS chip from the old key over? Best place to get it done, and approx price? Cheers.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=412814875 Still in car, comes with gearbox etc. Wiring loom + ecu etc. Can also include most other parts from E32. $800