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Timing cover came in. Gonna be replacing it soon. Removed my crank pulley, that thing was hard as hell to remove. Had to heat it up a good bit to soften the lock tight.
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Timing cover installed and sealed up. Took a little longer to do since i worked on it just a little every night after work. Have a few things on the way that i ordered. Everything starting to come together.
On another note, glad i got new engine mounts. My drivers side fell off the work bench and broke in half. Only had about 15k on it.
Sprayed my cam covers black with some black to make it a little cleaner looking. Looking good overall. Think since my front end is off, i might revisit my heat shield that I made and make it a little better.
On another note, glad i got new engine mounts. My drivers side fell off the work bench and broke in half. Only had about 15k on it.
Sprayed my cam covers black with some black to make it a little cleaner looking. Looking good overall. Think since my front end is off, i might revisit my heat shield that I made and make it a little better.
Looks good. Dont give into the ricer gold temptations m80
Timing cover installed and sealed up. Took a little longer to do since i worked on it just a little every night after work. Have a few things on the way that i ordered. Everything starting to come together.
On another note, glad i got new engine mounts. My drivers side fell off the work bench and broke in half. Only had about 15k on it.
Sprayed my cam covers black with some black to make it a little cleaner looking. Looking good overall. Think since my front end is off, i might revisit my heat shield that I made and make it a little better.
On another note, glad i got new engine mounts. My drivers side fell off the work bench and broke in half. Only had about 15k on it.
Sprayed my cam covers black with some black to make it a little cleaner looking. Looking good overall. Think since my front end is off, i might revisit my heat shield that I made and make it a little better.
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Finally got to start it last night to check for any leaks. Good thing is, no leaks. But battery is so bad it won't hold a charge. Put a charger on it over night and it wouldn't charge. Let the car warm up and did some revs. So far so good. I can def notice a difference in the solid mounts already on how the car idles and revs. It does have a bit of vibration just idling. Also have an exhaust leak under the car. But main concern was leaking timing cover.
Finally got to start it last night to check for any leaks. Good thing is, no leaks. But battery is so bad it won't hold a charge. Put a charger on it over night and it wouldn't charge. Let the car warm up and did some revs. So far so good. I can def notice a difference in the solid mounts already on how the car idles and revs. It does have a bit of vibration just idling. Also have an exhaust leak under the car. But main concern was leaking timing cover.
If the battery dropped below 6v or so then your "auto" chargers typically only charge to that. Did you jump start? If so...let your alternator charge the battery up a bit.
leaking timing cover? That sucks royally.
leaking timing cover? That sucks royally.
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Yeah had to jump it to start it. Car would start to die as soon as I removed cables. Let it sit for about 10 min to try and charge it, but it would die. Only reading 12 volts on gauge, battery light on. I forgot what it was when we measured with multimeter. Checked the connections on alternator also. Seemed fine. Checked fuse.. Battery been goin bad for a while though.
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Looks like I might of found someone to trade my my carbon caps for his billet caps.. Don't want to risk blowing the carbon caps out at high psi. He is in Minnesota, what's the best way to go about this. He's on driver as Young1tran..
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Don't know yet. Hoping to be high in the 20s. The more the better. Haven't even bought cogs or sent out my pulley yet. Figure I'll go ahead and get the 27t for the blower.