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Rebuiding Inside-out |
bkrantz |
Dec 16 2022, 08:42 PM
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#5981
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
ITBs and cables out.
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bkrantz |
Dec 16 2022, 08:45 PM
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#5982
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Working on getting all the EFI cables disconnected.
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bkrantz |
Dec 16 2022, 08:46 PM
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#5983
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Wires, cables, fuel lines, and other things cleared from the top.
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bkrantz |
Dec 16 2022, 08:47 PM
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#5984
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Starting on the bottom: muffler out.
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bkrantz |
Dec 16 2022, 08:48 PM
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#5985
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
And then the shift rod.
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raynekat |
Dec 16 2022, 11:15 PM
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#5986
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,162 Joined: 30-December 14 From: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Member No.: 18,263 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Ugh....sorry you are having to go thru this.
Hoping it is simple fix. |
nivekdodge |
Dec 18 2022, 08:26 PM
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#5987
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Member Group: Members Posts: 273 Joined: 28-August 21 From: Pittsburgh Pa Member No.: 25,860 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Wow Bob, this is a bummer.
Kevin |
bkrantz |
Dec 18 2022, 09:02 PM
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#5988
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Thanks for the sympathy. But I think my wife is secretly happy since otherwise I might have started another car. Anyway, I will make the best of it.
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bkrantz |
Dec 18 2022, 09:04 PM
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#5989
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
More prep for dropping the engine.
Heat exchangers out. (You can see evidence of oil dripping onto the left one.) Attached thumbnail(s) |
bkrantz |
Dec 18 2022, 09:05 PM
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#5990
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
A view of the right cylinder head. Leaking pushrod seals?
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bkrantz |
Dec 18 2022, 09:07 PM
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#5991
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Half-shafts disconnected and CVs bagged.
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bkrantz |
Dec 18 2022, 09:08 PM
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#5992
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Everything underneath ready for the engine drop. Maybe tomorrow?
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bkrantz |
Dec 19 2022, 07:36 PM
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#5993
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I got out my trusty 914 motor-trans support.
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bkrantz |
Dec 19 2022, 07:37 PM
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#5994
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
And my HF motorcycle lift.
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bkrantz |
Dec 19 2022, 07:38 PM
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#5995
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
And after removing the cross-bar bolts and the trans mount bolts, I started to lower.
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bkrantz |
Dec 19 2022, 07:40 PM
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#5996
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Of course I found one forgotten connection: the cable to the electronic coil. Fortunately, I spotted that before it took any tension.
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bkrantz |
Dec 19 2022, 07:43 PM
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#5997
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
And the oil dipstick, which was the highest component at that point.
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bkrantz |
Dec 19 2022, 07:46 PM
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#5998
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Anyway, I got the motor and trans fully lowered. But the rear sheet metal is about 3/4" too tall to clear the rear valance.
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bkrantz |
Dec 19 2022, 07:48 PM
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#5999
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Time to elevate the jack on one side.
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bkrantz |
Dec 19 2022, 07:49 PM
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#6000
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Success! (and also the 6000th post in this thread)
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