Anyone volunteering to sort it for me? we need to do something about poor @Erikn89nl too
I'd like this finished now please. Anyone volunteering to sort it for me? It feels good to be making progess again at last. I've got this month to source all the parts I need, then October will be annual leave month, and I'm determined to get it back on the road!
Once this is done we need to do something about poor @Erikn89nl too. The poor bloke has been incredibly patient waiting for me to get this sorted so I can help him with his too!
Can chain his leg to my old gearbox, he won't be running too fast that way...Unless you keep Tuffty chained up in your pit till its done
1. Get his car sorted.You haven't posted a to do list in a while.....
I'd say 'go full ******', you've already changed everything else, why not this? Excessive body roll is easily identified and easily fixed, should it occur.Front ARB – New drop links. Remove, replace for stock 19mm?
If it had no issues, why risk a new one failing out of the box?Fit water pump – Old one has done 1000 miles. Reuse or replace?
That your turbo has come back from a holiday in Poland?And what could this possibly mean.......
24 hours and no reply
Is this POS still off the road?
Pull your finger out Nick
I am quite sure this isn't everything, but here's what I've come up with so far:
On Car jobs pre engine:
Fix drivers side CV Joint
Rebuild front discs with new bolts and anti rattle shims - shims and bolts now here
Refit front discs + pads
Remove caliper spacers for 335mm discs
Covers on front shocks – Need to buy
Dust covers on rear shocks – Need to buy
Fit oil temp / pressure gauge
Front ARB – New drop links. Remove, replace for stock 19mm?
Change steering rack hardline and crush washers.
Additional heat shielding – need to confirm requirements
Pressure wash engine bay
Engine Jobs:
Degrease /clean cylinder head
Fit valve stem seals
Lap in 1 ex valve plus check all others
Fit exhaust valves and springs
Fit inlet valves and springs
Fit followers
New cam seals – Need to buy
Fit NA cams + VVT tensioner
New VVT tensioner gasket – Need to buy
Fit CatCams Vernier pulley with friction shim and ARP bolt
Fit head to block – Need gasket + bolts
Fit water pump – Old one has done 1000 miles. Reuse or replace?
Fit cambelt and manual belt tensioner setup – Need to buy
Fit flywheel – Need new bolts
Fit clutch – Clutch with CG motorsport
Fit gearbox – Gearbox with Darkside Developments
Fit exhaust manifold – Need to buy studs and nuts
Fit turbo to manifold – Turbo now back from Dan
Fit Oil / water lines – Lines Arrived from Bill
Fit Oil filter housing – Need to buy gasket
Fit Ancillary bracket – Needs cleaning up
Fit alternator and PAS pump
Fit engine sensors
Fit coolant hoses
Happy birthday sun and air. I know where I was all those years ago. Holding a blue and purple small person who has grown into a white big person. Have a great day with your own small person.
They also only take 2-6 hours, get a move onMarathons are run one step at a time
They also only take 2-6 hours, get a move on
NiceWith the turbo assembled on Saturday, I decided that I'd sort out the front discs on Sunday.
After a few years of abuce, the bells were looking a little filthy. A basic degrease hadn't cleaned them up much at all, so I decided to try using a very fine sanding block. I tested it on a small area to see if it'd damage the annodising, and to my surprise it made no marks on the annodising at all, so I decided to use it to clean them up a bit more.
Front faces, left before cleaning, right after cleaning:
And the back faces:
Happy with how those have come out
Next up was to clean up the bobbins. I'd previously dipped these in phosphoric acid, but to be honest I wasn't too impressed with how they came up. They cleaned up fairly well, but seemed to discolour and start to corrode again within a few days, even inside the dry garage.
I went back to basics, and wire brushed them as best I could, 6 at a time threaded onto a bolt to speed up the process!
30 mins later, I was left with 24 clean and largely rust free bobbins:
I then gathered together all the bits I'd been collecting, and put them all into my high tech brake disc assembly area, which Victoria calls the 'kitchen'
This was my first time using anti rattle shims. These don't offer any performance gain, but as my bells have worn the discs now rattle a fair bit. Performance is uneffected, but they do sound terrible driving at low speeds rattling around!
The AP bolt kit comes with a washer for each side of the bolt. Using the anti rattle shims I wasn't sure if these replace the washer, or go in as well as the washer:
A quick check on the Reyland website shows they appear to replace the washer on the front face:
First few bolts in. Rattle shims only every other fixing.
One disc finished, and bolts torqued to 14lbft:
And the second disc finished
Again, not the most involved of jobs, but it's another one ticked off!