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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:37 am
by TOONGA
Gee thanks guys

It is official by the way, that the engine has either blown a head gasket or a cracked head, as the oil cap now has the dreaded clag glue coating.

TOONGA

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:39 am
by steptoe
or a welch plug like one of my 9 water leaks

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:09 pm
by RSR 555
TOONGA wrote:Gee thanks guys

It is official by the way, that the engine has either blown a head gasket or a cracked head, as the oil cap now has the dreaded clag glue coating.

TOONGA
Iz can help out with a EA82T engine if required??

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 4:42 pm
by TOONGA
RSR 555 wrote:Iz can help out with a EA82T engine if required??
curious me has sent a pm

TOONGA

bugger

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 4:59 pm
by coupe
Sorry Jules.
Holler if you need a hand.
Cheers Pete

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:49 pm
by TOONGA
Not a problem Pete going to nurse the motor until the new one goes in.

TOONGA

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:28 am
by RSR 555
TOONGA wrote:curious me has sent a pm

TOONGA
PM replied

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:38 am
by TOONGA
Seems with the 14's are too close to the rear guards. occasionally the dreaded rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr of tyre wear in the wrong place rears its ugly head.

I have a solution and when I've either succeeded or failed I will post pictures.

It involves the suspension and the twin holes in the trailing arms but as well a little experiment

TOONGA

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:53 am
by coupe
Aaah me thinks the jet car is heading skyward lol

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:55 am
by steptoe
your side - or your passenger side, or both? Does look a little low in the rear for a 4WD Vortex

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:59 am
by TOONGA
My side of course (waiting for the jokes)

especially when I ferry the kids to school

either later this weekend or monday it will get changed

TOONGA

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:57 am
by guyph_01
Since you know the engine has a blown head, Did you consider cemweld? A friend of mine bought a charade with a blown head gasket and couldn't pay to get it fixed a week after he bought the car. We poured a bottle in and it gave him about 4 months of daily driving.

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:35 am
by TOONGA
nope as it fixes leaks that are not leaks. the heater and radiator are in good condition, I want them to stay that way.

the engine will get replaced after its next slow drive to Perth.

The harness is done, Thanks big time to Subarino ( I just need to divert funds for the payment) and soon I will have a hybrid EJ/EA AWD box with a diff lock (once again the need to divert funds to pay) :)

Then I have to organise a 2 inch lift kit, but until then the rear suspension fix is the first thing to deal with.

Once again anyone wanting to donate an EJ exhaust system or anything else that might be needed it would be much appreciated.

TOONGA

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:27 pm
by coupe
Im a fan of Cargo "Sealup".
This product was suggested to me by a mech head who used to have to retreive broken diesel toyotas from the outback.
It doesnt fill up the cooling system or anything else but the leak.
I have used it on a ford 4.0 it lasted 4 years, on my auto vortex. 7 years and still going.
on a Hyundai Scoupe to fix a leaking heater and leaking radiator, two years.
When i finaly fixed the ford head. there was no blocking or filling up of anything other than the hole in the gasket.
It is only finely ground metal particals in a bonding solution. Copper, aluminum etc.

Cheers Pete

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:31 pm
by coupe
geeze Jules lol im wider and heavier than you and it didnt bottom out on me,,,,,, ( Pete ducks and runs from the thown shoes and black board dusters .) ....lol

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:11 pm
by TOONGA
coupe wrote:geeze Jules lol im wider and heavier than you and it didnt bottom out on me,,,,,, ( Pete ducks and runs from the thown shoes and black board dusters .) ....lol

remember that was with 13s not the 14s i have on it now :)

and what is this blackboard duster you speak of we use interactive white boards now.

No pens, no erasers... just a computer and some really annoying technology hung on a wall

TOONGA

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:56 am
by El_Freddo
Keen to hear what you're up to with this mod for the rear.

In the mean time, thought of nabbing a set of front springs from a parked honda accord/prelude/civic/accord? Leave a block of wood cut to the right length in the strut to make it all look factory :rolleyes: This should keep the cost of the springs down ;)

Cheers

Bennie

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:34 am
by TOONGA
so this is what the vortex looked like when I put the 14's on

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with this suspension setting

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and this is what it looks like now

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with the suspension back where it should be

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I know it doesn't look like much but with the shock set on the first setting the spring did nothing and spun in its seat.

Now I can actually drive jetcar and not dodge potholes and lumpy bits of truck corrugation

Plan B is still up for the taking but it will need a 2 inch lift kit for it to work :)

TOONGA

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:23 pm
by RSR 555
Why stop at 2"? :)

Looks good though Jules.. Love to see it EJ'd and on the beach :mrgreen:

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:08 pm
by TOONGA
Well the EJ is coming soon :)

as for the lift kit...

TOONGA