you and fredster live close to each other eh?
pm me your address plz - i wanna come see.
first i'm gonna see if anyone's drifting @ Lesbank, but then afterwards i wanna see some sx-action
freddie, you home tonight? PM me too if youre not nervous...
Thanks Widow, wise words there, will definitely follow it...
The parts that are lying around are all new, never been used, they where just wrong sizes or never returned, that kind of thing.
VeeCee if i might ask who's car is it? Isn't Ero his car is fine, so that only leaves Dr G / Jinx
You know what Duane didn't do bad work, the work he did himself, its all the work that monkey mechanic (Jannie) did... that ou must not come near a spanner, let alone a car. Unfortunately like with most tuning shops the bigmac can't attend to everything, but it was bad management not to check up on his work....
Same thing last night I'm removing my exhaust the thing has blerry steel bolts holding the exhaust to the turbo, one can't fucking do that, cuz they seize in, struggled like a mother fucker getting the stuff loose. And using self tapper screws to hold stuff into place on my body, where one could just have used a normal fine thread bolt, since the thread was there, but noooo lazy lazy, now the thread is stripped.
I had big footed nuts for my engine mounts, now they are all different sizes and sommer has washers there, where is the originals? Ja I got really fired up last night about the quality of the workmanship... Glad I'm doing this my self again.
Enough bitchen'
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* Removed radiator
* Removed oil cooler
* Removed exhaust
Engine is ready to be pulled, will do that on Saturday morning, must just organize my block & tackle with Freddy I know he probably wants to drop his engine in on Saturday.
Yip....as I said...you can't trust them....
i'll let the owner tell you guys himself who it was, but i will whine about the dodgy DODGY workmanship!!!
it took the car three days to go from haveing an apparent 140rwkw's to barely being able to pull off from standstill. the intercooler wasnt mounted, the mounts were built, put in place but not attached???
so the intercooler was just balanced on the lower plastic lip of hte bumper???
WTF???
the clamps on the hoses were not tight at all??? WTF???
and he said the engine is fine, but that it might need a rebuild soon, because piston 1 has "so much" percent damage, and piston 2 "this much" percent damage etc - how do you quantify something like that??? WTF???
so apparently the engine is fine, but the crank-key has broken off while eating away all the key-ways that it has to fit into???
my god???
anyway - once the car is at my place, i will start. also rebuilding this weekend!!!
lemme know if you need anything - i'm gonna have two of everything in my garage soon!!! if you do, i can put you in touch with the owner of the donor!!!
lata
VC
Thanks VC... Good luck with the pulling as well
Tonight I'm cleaning my workroom / shed
If anyone needs help just let me know, I've got my bosses wedding on Saterday but I'm free on Sunday.
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Thanks Jon, think we got it 😉
I've got some garden work on Sunday... 😂 😮 😉
holy oops 😂
don't know what happened there, mods, please delete extras, sorry about that 😂
ag its ok it can stay... Cool i'll let you guys know about the date I'm thinking of the 27th... But i can only say about a day or 3 before the time.
20 Oct 2007
Motor pulling went quick, once again I spilled the damn gearbox oil, just not quick enough there, luckily I covered the garage carpets this time round "in case".
21 Oct 2007
My goal today is to confirm my what I believe is the reason for oil entering the combustion chamber.
"Oil usually enters the combustion chamber past worn valve guides and seals, and also past worn or broken piston rings and worn cylinders."
I've done compression tests, these indicate worn piston rings, but I'll double check the valve stem seals as well.
Geez dude, what happened to 27th? What happened to the fix 'n braai? Don't you EVER ask for help?? 😕
hehe 27th motor is going back in! (if all goes as planned) we drop motor in, start it and braai! 😂
Store room cleaned... off to stripping the rest... 😉
Vlade wrote:
hehe 27th motor is going back in! (if all goes as planned) we drop motor in, start it and braai! 😂
Store room cleaned... off to stripping the rest... 😉
Good Luck! Had to do some work this morning as well, reattaching a boost pipe. Stupid boost pipe. 🙄
i remember the very 1st time one of my boost pipes decided 2 climb off during a run.
I thought my engine blew up 😳
Daniel wrote:
i remember the very 1st time one of my boost pipes decided 2 climb off during a run.
I thought my engine blew up 😳
It was fine on the way to my destination, lekker boosting. Left there when I was done, much later, drove fine and when I finally decided to floor it after a while I felt fokkol turbo. I was thinking, for fark sakes what's broken now. I'm glad it was just the pipe. 😀
hey vlade,
nice work there mate!
hope it all goes well this time.
i also pulled CA18det this weekend. twice!!! LOL - i mean that i removed two CA's and gearboxes (also spilt oil, cos i couldnt get a drain plug out!!!) from two sx's this weekend, and rebuilt my mates beetle's brakes. its been a busy weekend.
now to some parts/systems (PS, alternator, injectors, belts, turbos, etc) transplants, and then on the 27th it can all go back in!!!
so sorry broo, cant join the spanner'n'braai!!! would've enjoyed it though!!!
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