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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:01 pm
by Brumby Kid
Ok, yeah Daniel said he could get it done really well hot by feel.
So il let him do that.
Speaking of brakes. Mum has raised some concern...
Not doing any conversions, just new parts. Eventually.
Cam
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:06 am
by d_generate
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:55 am
by steptoe
Awsheetyeah it gets hot in there, especially as I'd reheat between sides. Those disposable gloves help - smell burning rubber before burning skin.
That fancy spanner may be 40 years old !!
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:17 am
by Brumby Kid
Its been aproximatly 1 year 5 months since i bought the car.
It's been approximately 1 year 2 months since I shat the head gasket.
And It's been 8 months and 1 day exactly since the engine was removed.
Today we seperate the men from the boys.
Today we find who is the strongest to survive.
This day will be remembered by your children, and your children's children.
Because today, is THE day for greatness!
Just a little motivational speech for today. I'm slightly excited.
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:05 pm
by TOONGA
Pics and video or GTFO
naaahhhh just pics and video
good luck with it Cam
TOONGA
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:38 pm
by Brumby Kid
TOONGA wrote:Pics and video or GTFO
naaahhhh just pics and video
good luck with it Cam
TOONGA
I promise later tonight il get pics, and a video if you want but it won't be of her running.
Next Sunday she'll be running.
Engine is in, just taking it slow.
Cheers Cam
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:48 pm
by Brumby Kid
Here we are, finally a few pictures.
We have the engine in, and connected to the gearbox, just have to tighten up the clutch.
Air and vacuum hoses, a little bit of wiring, fuel and we should be good to go next Monday.
Engine on the crane
Clutch and flywheel in
Easy does it
Stubborn bastard
In!!!
She almost looks like a car again!
I'm super happy and excited. School holidays so I have a bit of time now to do more work.
Once all this is done, we might get round to installing that lift kit sitting in the shed.
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:50 pm
by taza
Looks great mate! Can't wait to see a vid of her running
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:24 am
by steptoe
Before that, can we see something on the carby to stop anything falling in and working its way through to the valves or further ......
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:40 am
by Brumby Kid
steptoe wrote:Before that, can we see something on the carby to stop anything falling in and working its way through to the valves or further ......
Oh, yeah the airfilter is sitting on it.
Didn't really think of that.
Thanks Jonno
Cheers Cam
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:50 pm
by littlewhiteute
steptoe wrote:Before that, can we see something on the carby to stop anything falling in and working its way through to the valves or further ......
Some good advice there.
A piece of leaf litter could be blown into the carb while you're busy doing other things.
(That's another story about a mates RX4).
Looks like a good job so far.
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:19 pm
by Silverbullet
Great work I love the sight of a spotless engine, probably feels like you're nearly there when it goes in
Did you have any frustrating moments trying to get 4 crankcase bolts/studs lined up and engine mount studs through X-member?
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:11 pm
by steptoe
Is anyone else worried about the presence of a rather large rubber mallet ? The only time mine comes out is to knock the heads off on strip down. Is this just a prop Cam or did it get used somewhere in the install?
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:25 pm
by Brumby Kid
Today i played with a heap of vacume lines and emissions stuff.
Sam, yeah ver close now. Love the spotless engine, untill you look at the underside of the gearbox.
steptoe wrote:Is anyone else worried about the prescence of a rather large rubber mallet ? The only time mine comes out is to knock the heads off on strip down. Is this just a prop Cam or did it get used somewhere in the install?
Ahh, yeah it gets used every now and again. Here it was used to help do up the flywheel bolts. (with loctite)
Only problem we encountered was lining up the clutch even with a dodgy tool from supercrap. Apparently a broom handle works too.
So there was a bit of Wiggling and frustration etc trying to force the engine in.
In the end we loosened the clutch pressure plate, and will do it up now through the starter motor hole.
All we had to do was jack the gearbox up slightly and with the crane it was relatively easy.
Hope this answers some questions.
Cheers Cam
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:31 pm
by Silverbullet
Oh bugger, forgot to tell you those "universal" clutch alignment tools from supercrap aren't universal enough; don't fit these engines spigot bearing as I too found out the hard way
And she absolutely will not go in unless the clutch is aligned or loose to do up later...I also found that out the hard way haha
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:40 pm
by Brumby Kid
Silverbullet wrote:Oh bugger, forgot to tell you those "universal" clutch alignment tools from supercrap aren't universal enough; don't fit these engines spigot bearing as I too found out the hard way
And she absolutely will not go in unless the clutch is aligned or loose to do up later...I also found that out the hard way haha
Hahaha yeah....
If you or anyone else wants to make it up to me. I would love some pics of the pcv valve and vacuum hoses around the carby.
The pcv I have no clue, the others I just want to double check mine are all correct.
Cheers Cam
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:50 am
by steptoe
Grammar Nazi likes how you respect the word Wiggle and give it a capital letter - respect for your four mates in coloured skivvies
presence, presence,presence ....spell presence Jonno !
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:03 am
by Brumby Kid
Why thank you Jonno.
I would like to thank Mr Steve Jobs for this one.
Auto correct is a funny beast.
Non the less they deserve a capital anyway, they used to entertain me for hours.
Cheers Cam
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:05 am
by TOONGA
Cam are you using the hitachi or a weber?
this is for PCV info.
TOONGA
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:38 pm
by Brumby Kid
TOONGA wrote:Cam are you using the hitachi or a weber?
this is for PCV info.
TOONGA
Starting with the hitachi then the weber.
So the hitachi.
When the weber is on the pcv will be on but the emissions may or may not be.
Cheers Cam