FTO AUSTRALIA

Let me know when you have the rest of the work done and we will talk, as long as the aliens haven't taken me away

They will abduct you to adjust the tappets on their space ship and demand you to tell them the secrets. "How do we become one with the triangle?"

Shhtuart wrote:If the vibration's still there after you change the mounts then I'd check tires and wheel bearings next.

The vibration happens while not moving, when the car is idling and in gear with the clutch depressed, in neutral it does not vibrate.

Alexplicit wrote:I might be able to do it if we just come get your tool

Watch out, he wants your tool

Vectose wrote:They will abduct you to adjust the tappets on their space ship and demand you to tell them the secrets. "How do we become one with the triangle?"

i wish i knew watfaq was going on...

-Rasmis.

Alexplicit wrote:i wish i knew watfaq was going on...

With the FTO?
or
With the thread?


Could your vibration be coming from the possible absence of a spigot bearing

PHIL069 wrote:

Alexplicit wrote:i wish i knew watfaq was going on...

With the FTO?
or
With the thread?


Could your vibration be coming from the possible absence of a spigot bearing

Good call.

PHIL069 wrote:

Alexplicit wrote:i wish i knew watfaq was going on...

With the FTO?
or
With the thread?

Or with his interpretation of the English language?

hahaah, i meant the thread.... i didnt want to use strong prefaneties so i improvised...

will be getting stuck back into fto tomorrow as long as i dont get called into work

try and sort out as much as i can, and rob i got new plugs and ill go and grab the other coil packs off other engine

What time will you be coming around tomorrow?

i shall call you via mobile telephone in the am

What, has the telegraph operator passed away?

Vectose wrote: What time will you be coming around tomorrow?

Bathurst is on?

Vectose wrote:What, has the telegraph operator passed away?

She has been taken by aliens

ooohhkayyy...

so we spent another few hours on it, here is what we achieved. and also whats new!

flushed the sewerage waste out of the cooling system !

bled the clutch properly.

changed plugs.

learnt how to take intake manifold off.. < P.O.P much easier then i thought it would be.

did the gearbox bolts up, except the stripped one
fixed fog lights

HERE IS WHATS NEW!

the clutch isn't disengaging properly, on a flat surface, with the clutch in, and in first, the car will try to pull forward.

furthermore, even after bleeding it properly, it is still doing the same thing.

so i tried adjusting the pedal. still no good.

the other issue i have noticed, is that there is a vibration at about 1700RPM.

Even after reinstalling the air con compressor, (not gassed) i cant get it to "click" when i press the air con button.

SO NOW MY LIST OF THINGS TO DO

Replace engine mount

Work out Clutch disengage issue

adjust tappets

work out engine vibration.

install thousands of missing interior screws

get screws for engine cover

timing belt, water pump, oil pump.( after everything is running properly )

Do a skid

be merry

Alexplicit wrote:learnt how to take intake manifold off.. < P.O.P much easier then i thought it would be.

Kiz knows all about this one

Alexplicit wrote:Do a skid

Aaaaaand repeat previous steps

ObsidianRadio wrote:

Alexplicit wrote:learnt how to take intake manifold off.. < P.O.P much easier then i thought it would be.

Kiz knows all about this one

Right, i'll watch you do your sparkplugs next time and I won't tell you which bolts to undo, which parts to pull off or even which order to do it in. Then i'll watch you put it back on without any screwups and then you can comment

Until then

snap

big night last night!

so we did the following!

changed control arm, found to be bent from accident
replaced sway bar bushes,
replaced engine mount
rewired stepper motor, and a few other plugs said person broke off
adjusted tappets,, without tool, by feel! lol. it was better then before but certainly not perfect.

now the fun part!!

went to drive home. rattle rattle rattle! something fell down the intake, we had the intake ports blocked off, right up until we put the intake mani back on....

were pretty certain at washer from intake retain bolts fell in.

im a little peeved, but luckily i now have a spare engine at my disposal.

so starting tonight, engine out replacing heads with the ones off my old engine, kinda happy about this as they had NO overhead noise at all. also means, ill do timing belt, and head gaskets.

will probably also paint the block, something fancy.

I'm not sure where the fail starts & ends here. That engine will be f*cked now. That washer will have belted both the head, the piston & most likely scored the bore. You'll have to pull the whole motor.


Here's some pics of what to expect, we've seen it before...