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{USERNAME} wrote: That sucks to hear Ev  Hope you can get it sorted out asap! When's the clutch arriving? Would it be worth waiting until the clutch arrives if the engine has to come out to change the sump? Either way I hope it's fixed soon! Btw I think I saw the xr parked in your driveway/grass this afternoon too if it was your house? Cheers, Luke Clutch won't be happening for a while as I won't be getting paid until the 13th of January. Gotta love salary... Can't really wait that long to fix it, I've got places to go, you know lol. I'm lucky that the missus has a car too, so we'll be rocking the '92 323 for a few days. Yep, and it's still there feeling sorry for itself, waiting for surgery. |
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{USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: That sucks to hear Ev Hope you can get it sorted out asap! When's the clutch arriving? Would it be worth waiting until the clutch arrives if the engine has to come out to change the sump? Either way I hope it's fixed soon! Btw I think I saw the xr parked in your driveway/grass this afternoon too if it was your house? Cheers, Luke Clutch won't be happening for a while as I won't be getting paid until the 13th of January. Gotta love salary... Can't really wait that long to fix it, I've got places to go, you know lol. I'm lucky that the missus has a car too, so we'll be rocking the '92 323 for a few days. Yep, and it's still there feeling sorry for itself, waiting for surgery. I know how that feels, been on holidays for a week now and have already spent so much money.. Because i'm only casual I don't get holiday pay either which sucks haha! Yeah that's fair enough, I'd be lost without a car.. I'm sure you'll have it all sorted soon, Good luck! As always if you need a hand just give me a yell! Cheers, Luke
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Hey BenJ! Remember this part?
  It's the same gungy, rusty, crusty part we pulled off this afternoon. I've got up to whatever the step is after disconnecting the handbrake cable (which is what I was gonna check in the first place!) in your Gregorys for those playing at home. I just got to the stage of 'Can't brain today...'  That screwdriver is to prevent the full tank of fuel from siphoning out. Got 22km from the service station.  Driveshaft away!  BenJ is gonna help me with the engine crane tomorrow morning. With the sump, he also gave me an oil pump just in case. I think we might be ok with the oil pump, on closer inspection. Pick up tube probably bit the dust. Both are soaking in kerosene at the moment. I will say that the best investment in car ownership is a service manual. The best $50.00 you will ever spend. Thanks, Evan. |
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LOL, looks almost new!!!!!
Wagon is loaded with engine crane, new engine mounts, board to protect A/C Condenser, ready for me to go in the morning. Cheers BenJ
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{USERNAME} wrote: LOL, looks almost new!!!!! Wagon is loaded with engine crane, new engine mounts, board to protect A/C Condenser, ready for me to go in the morning. Cheers BenJ how good is it to meet people like benj who are full of knowledge, dont mind lending a hand or lending out tools. friends for life i say!
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Saw this in the air again today while driving past and got excited
 Good to see its getting sorted quickly !! Best of luck tomorrow, hope it all goes well 
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{USERNAME} wrote: Saw this in the air again today while driving past and got excited Good to see its getting sorted quickly !! Best of luck tomorrow, hope it all goes well Why didn't you stop lol? Just kidding. Car is 85% back together thanks to BenJ and Snap's help. I will put pictures up tomorrow morning. Happy new year everybody! |
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Happy 2012 everyone! Hope everyone is well and didn't get into too much trouble last night.
As promised some photos of my engine adventures. I started at about 8am and was ready to start engine extraction when BenJ arrived at around 9am. We set up the engine crane, undid the engine mounts and removed the bonnet and in no time really, the engine was out. We decided that we didn't need to take it all the way out to do what we had to do, so we just rested the transmission on the radiator support.   Once the engine was out, BenJ left me to it. I took off the sump and thanked my lucky stars, the oil pump was fine. The pick up however, was bent. Not as badly as I thought it was though.   I took out the oil pump, removed the pickup tube. Turned the driveshaft to check operation. Oil went everywhere, this pump is all good. Refitted the pickup tube from BenJ's wagon's original engine and installed the pump to the engine.  Found this yellow crayon mark on the log manifold. Must be a QA mark.  After that I gave BenJ a call and told him I was ready to fit the super sump. Having never fitted a sump gasket before, I thought I could use his expertise. Very shortly he arrived with Snap and in no time, the engine was ready to slot back in.  And by 2:30, the engine was sitting on the K-Frame. I thanked BenJ and Snap profusely and they were on their way. Found this:  Where the spanner is hanging from is the muffler mount from the original twin exhaust. Thats right, early XR6's had twin exhaust... sort of:  And by 7:30, I was told I had to be social. This is where I stopped.  Thanks, Evan. |
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Great work guys!
Cheers ToranaGuy
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Is it alive yet?
Cheers BenJ
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{USERNAME} wrote: Is it alive yet? Cheers BenJ No, not yet. I haven't touched it since yesterday. I am just waiting for the shadow to move over it. I got pretty burnt yesterday . It should live and breathe tonight.
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Yep, I got burnt over the last couple of days too.
Hope all goes to plan tonight for you. Cheers BenJ
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You have done well Evan. Benj can be helpful if you crack the whip occasionally
. Remember next time to use stands hey  . Hope all goes well with the fire up.
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{USERNAME} wrote: You have done well Evan. Benj can be helpful if you crack the whip occasionally . Remember next time to use stands hey . Hope all goes well with the fire up.I do believe he was still in the process of jacking it up when it slipped, and stands were ready to be placed. Just one of those things that go wrong occasionally. Cheers BenJ
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{USERNAME} wrote: {USERNAME} wrote: You have done well Evan. Benj can be helpful if you crack the whip occasionally . Remember next time to use stands hey . Hope all goes well with the fire up.I do believe he was still in the process of jacking it up when it slipped, and stands were ready to be placed. Just one of those things that go wrong occasionally. Cheers BenJ Got it in one. Just have to file that under s**t happens. |
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