I have just followed srhutch' post on modifiying your CDV. I have just spent an 2hours in the poring rain and darkness stupidly trying to do the CDV mod, i had the car jack upped to replace a broken foglight after hitting a pheasant which broke the mounting bracket and i thought its as good as time as any to do the mod. However i forget that it gets dark at 1600 so stupidly i decided to start at half three. 2 hours later fog light and CDV was done, despite a reluctant girlfriend helping me bleed the clutch in the poring rain and freezing cold. I have just returned from driving the car and the results are instant, despite in the back of my head thinking i hope i have done everything up tight enough and hope nothing is leaking. I was very thorough and i am quietly confident that all is well.
A few points to not would be that although its a easy job on ramps, its not quite that easy on a jack, also dont do it in this weather which is just common sense !!! ( mmmn) Its a easy job to modify the CDV but ensure it all goes back the same way as its quite easy to get carried away and forget which orientation the piston or insert was in.
All in all its a time consuming job for someone to do at home with there original CDV, however upon ramps its an easy job probably 15mins, however with a jack on your drive its not quite as easy grabbing your tools from underneath a car when you cant even move your head.
I dont believe in the extortionate fees the dealers charge, and i knew it was within my ability however its not nice when you think you have £20k's worth of car to practice on and get right.
For anyone who is thinking of doing it, its a must, however if your not condident buy a new one but dont modify it as the one on the car will be lubed up and very easy to modify so in case it goes wrong you have a new one to replace it with.
If your only option is to do it on your driveway just make sure you have some axle stands just in place in case the jack gives way and someone in the house checking up, as i have heard the horror stories of jacks failing.
All in all a good mod and thanks for the how to srhutch, the second addition to the drawing certainly helped with the correct orientation.
Many thanks
Chris
A few points to not would be that although its a easy job on ramps, its not quite that easy on a jack, also dont do it in this weather which is just common sense !!! ( mmmn) Its a easy job to modify the CDV but ensure it all goes back the same way as its quite easy to get carried away and forget which orientation the piston or insert was in.
All in all its a time consuming job for someone to do at home with there original CDV, however upon ramps its an easy job probably 15mins, however with a jack on your drive its not quite as easy grabbing your tools from underneath a car when you cant even move your head.
I dont believe in the extortionate fees the dealers charge, and i knew it was within my ability however its not nice when you think you have £20k's worth of car to practice on and get right.
For anyone who is thinking of doing it, its a must, however if your not condident buy a new one but dont modify it as the one on the car will be lubed up and very easy to modify so in case it goes wrong you have a new one to replace it with.
If your only option is to do it on your driveway just make sure you have some axle stands just in place in case the jack gives way and someone in the house checking up, as i have heard the horror stories of jacks failing.
All in all a good mod and thanks for the how to srhutch, the second addition to the drawing certainly helped with the correct orientation.
Many thanks
Chris
