My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)
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Earl said:
I did this all while waiting for Jake to show up, and swap some tires with me. Once him and his friend Brian arrived, my neighbor arrived home. He went into the garage and grab a bag of chicken feed, spreading it across the driveway. I found it quite odd to do that in winter. He might have better luck in Spring. We did not see any chickens arrive.
After that we decided to test out the tires by putting the MK3 through a snowbank. We succeeded in the fact we had too much fun....but we got it stuck really good. I'm glad that I had a spare extension cord. It worked very well for pulling me out with Jakes e46=) We decided to do that only after about 15 minutes of trying to rock the car while pinning it to win it......it's a race car doe!
We wanted chickens... we got no chickens....
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So I was not in the mood to do wiring today. I then decided to go pickup an engine stand, and tear the motor down.
I started off by picking up, and then assembling, this engine stand from Harbor Freight. $50=)
I then finished removing the wiring harness from the engine.
Once that was done I started removing the accessories (alternator, power steering pump, a/c compressor) This led me to find most of my oil leaks as well.
I noticed a wet spot by cylinder 4 under the head. I'm going to do a compression test Wednesday. I also went to take off the trans and realized that I do not own any e-torx sockets=/ My bushings are still stuck in Polish customs, and my COP kit first shipped yesterday.
More updates to follow after Wednesday.
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My rear bushings arrived today from Silver Project. It takes a bit for a package to come from Poland.
I asked them if they could draw a picture of anything they want on the box, to see how down to earth they are. I like doing this when I order parts:) Here is what I was welcomed with.
My COP kit got ordered to my parents by accident. I should have it Thursday. Tomorrow I will be at the shop getting things done. Hopefully ill have another update.
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I managed to get my transmission and flywheel off yesterday. I then went to mount the motor on the stand, and found out the top transmission bolts are too short to use to mount it=/ I picked some longer bolts on the way home. I won't be able to make it out until Sunday, since Saturday is my mums birthday.
I also have some other exciting news. I officially sealed the deal on the Breytons. Now I'm looking at lips to order. Hopefully I'll have everything to build them as soon as they hit stateside. I'm currently waiting on the purchaser to pay for the Style 5's still as well. Hopefully that gets cleared up by the end of the week=)
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I got out to the shop yesterday=)
I started off the day mounting the motor on the stand.
I then removed the coolant lines and sensors from the intake side.
At this point I got a phonecall from a potential buyer for my wheels. I meet him and his grandfather in a grocery store parking lot, and arrived back to the shop with this.
I spent some on gas=) It was $1200. I just wanted them gone to fund building the Breytons. I also took that picture because it is obligatory when you have trap house money.
I then returned to the shop and Jake had arrived. He got to cleaning the block a bit more and I tackled removing the rear subframe.
Diff looks like it was leaking a little 0_o Jake also only took one picture of the motor. The other side is clean too...
I will hopefully be dropping the subframe on Wednesday. All that is left and the lower subframe mounts.
Tah Tah for now.
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Yesterday proved to be a successful day at the shop. (for how little time the girlfriend let me stay there)
I got the rear half of the driveshaft off and started to drop the subframe. I took an hour working from side to side, pounding the subframe down with a hammer and woodblock. The bushing sleeves weren't stuck, but the subframe was at a slight angle so they didn't want to just slide down=) All of that work provided me with this:
I then removed the diff, trailing arms, and brakes from the subframe. That took a while, since I couldn't figure out how to keep the diff from turning while I removed the axle bolts.
I also tried removing the axle from the hub, but couldn't get a socket to sit on the nut far enough. I found out after I got home that there is a locking plate that goes around the nut......I felt stupid, but will be removing it today.
The diff was definitely leaking. Hopefully it is okay. That will get cleaned up today, as well as many other things=)
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Snap Understeer said:
Very nice progress!
What was your method for removing the diff mount.
Did you mark the front half of the driveshaft in relation to the rear before separating them so that it will still be balanced when reassembling it?
I did not......hopefully I'll be okay.
I just pushed the bushing out by hand. lol It seperated from the metal sleeve. You can still see the steel sleeve in there. I tried hammering it out with a chisel with no luck=(
Edit: I just remembered that PO replaced the guibo. He would have had to remove the front half to do so. Hopefully his marks are still there. I never had any vibration issues. How much does it cost to get rebalanced?
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Earl said:
I did not......hopefully I'll be okay.
I just pushed the bushing out by hand. lol It seperated from the metal sleeve. You can still see the steel sleeve in there. I tried hammering it out with a chisel with no luck=(
Id recommend finding the balancing alignment marks (painted dots, sometimes a sticker with arrows on a reman. shaft) sooner than later. There may be grease, scrapes, or some other clue that will help you line them back up/make your own balancing marks now before the driveshaft gets moved around/wiped down etc. just in case the factory balancing marks are gone.
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I removed the front Sunday I believe. Put it on the ground, picked it up, and set it over by my transmission. I did the same thing with the rear yesterday. So I know I didn't wipe it off if it is there=) I will look. I reckon getting it rebalanced is costly ?
Edit: I felt so proud of myself removing all of this all alone. Now you make me feel stupid=P By the way, do you like being called Snap, or by your name? Your name is Brian (sp) right?
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