I Blew My Engine, See What I'm Doing About It (teardown and build thread)
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My parents remodeled thier house a few months ago. My dad thought it would be a good idea to save a mirror....why, I dunno. My dad asked me to help him move it to his basement one day...I came over and we could barely lift the bitch, so that's where it has sat since.
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cleaned the bay where you can see it. I cleaned the **** out of it, and then tapped it with some paint I have that's a very close match....looks good in person, will probably last 5 minutes after it's running again.
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got the head back on the new block
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just a pic of the oil return location
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got the head back on the new block
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just a pic of the oil return location
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only one update for today. clutch and timing belt back together. head torqued.
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tonight will be testing the resistance values of my CLT temp sensor.
tomorrow shall be putting tranny/starter back, valve cover, & return fitting. Then it's ready to go all back in on saturday
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tonight will be testing the resistance values of my CLT temp sensor.
tomorrow shall be putting tranny/starter back, valve cover, & return fitting. Then it's ready to go all back in on saturday
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seriously, it's f'in hot out.
but i feel stupid I took the belt off at least 10 times trying to get 16 teeth in between the marks, not 19. Finally I gave up and figured it HAD to be right...turns out it was, and i could have stopped on the first try.
but i feel stupid I took the belt off at least 10 times trying to get 16 teeth in between the marks, not 19. Finally I gave up and figured it HAD to be right...turns out it was, and i could have stopped on the first try.