It was snarfing mad oil through the rings or valve stem seals after my last oil change. A bottle of ring sealer later (yuck) and I put 400 miles on it this weekend with no issue. Just has to last until I have all the parts I need to build the dang thing lol
Hendo's EF hatch project
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Success on the rebuild, took about two hours including warsh time for the parts.
Billy movin' slow in the morning on Saturday lol
The dirty snail:
Needed some gentle persuasion to get the two cast pieces apart, note the rust chunks everywhere lol
Gross burnt nastiness on the shaft.
Parts washer ftw
Cleaning em up
The blades cleaned up nice. The intake one, anyway lol
Can see the nice clean shaft in this one
Ready to go back together
All back together
Gonna have to align the oil intake/outlets properly , but that'll take 5 seconds of squeezing one circle clip and giving it a spin to the right position. DAMN it I need nice tools like these. Makes this s**t so easy. The brass bearings were pretty worn, the shaft is in there nice and snug with the new bits. Gonna paint the cast parts silver and call it good for now.
Billy movin' slow in the morning on Saturday lol
The dirty snail:
Needed some gentle persuasion to get the two cast pieces apart, note the rust chunks everywhere lol
Gross burnt nastiness on the shaft.
Parts washer ftw
Cleaning em up
The blades cleaned up nice. The intake one, anyway lol
Can see the nice clean shaft in this one
Ready to go back together
All back together
Gonna have to align the oil intake/outlets properly , but that'll take 5 seconds of squeezing one circle clip and giving it a spin to the right position. DAMN it I need nice tools like these. Makes this s**t so easy. The brass bearings were pretty worn, the shaft is in there nice and snug with the new bits. Gonna paint the cast parts silver and call it good for now.
Success on the rebuild, took about two hours including warsh time for the parts.
Billy movin' slow in the morning on Saturday lol
The dirty snail:
Needed some gentle persuasion to get the two cast pieces apart, note the rust chunks everywhere lol
Gross burnt nastiness on the shaft.
Parts washer ftw
Cleaning em up
The blades cleaned up nice. The intake one, anyway lol
Can see the nice clean shaft in this one
Ready to go back together
All back together
Gonna have to align the oil intake/outlets properly , but that'll take 5 seconds of squeezing one circle clip and giving it a spin to the right position. DAMN it I need nice tools like these. Makes this s**t so easy. The brass bearings were pretty worn, the shaft is in there nice and snug with the new bits. Gonna paint the cast parts silver and call it good for now.
Billy movin' slow in the morning on Saturday lol
The dirty snail:
Needed some gentle persuasion to get the two cast pieces apart, note the rust chunks everywhere lol
Gross burnt nastiness on the shaft.
Parts washer ftw
Cleaning em up
The blades cleaned up nice. The intake one, anyway lol
Can see the nice clean shaft in this one
Ready to go back together
All back together
Gonna have to align the oil intake/outlets properly , but that'll take 5 seconds of squeezing one circle clip and giving it a spin to the right position. DAMN it I need nice tools like these. Makes this s**t so easy. The brass bearings were pretty worn, the shaft is in there nice and snug with the new bits. Gonna paint the cast parts silver and call it good for now.
pretty good pimp
Thanks. It feels great to do work. Bill's my only "car buddy," other than the body guy I can't seem to convince to get started on helping me lol
I know the feeling. most of the people i know and work on cars with are still in the military and else where in the world
Alright, I think I may go with a new crank. One of my goals is being able to rev the s**t out of this thing, but with the asstastic rod/stroke ratio of the A6 block (and all 1.6L D-series, actually), I'm seriously considering de-stroking it and using custom length rods for a shorter stroke. Larry Widmer at Endyn did this when he supercharged his EF, and I believe they have a rod/piston/crank de-stroking combination for D-series motors in stock. With upgraded springs and valves and a vastly improved rod to stroke ratio, should be able to rev that sucker up to 10k without everything flying apart.
This is going to be really expensive ($1500+), not to mention I'd like to use his Bump-Stix cam, which is another $550. Thankfully, when I can afford it, the head can get sent in and worked on (that guy's a wizard with a grinder) and I can keep driving the car. So at least the order of things I need to do is coming together.
Thoughts on de-stroking for a better ratio, anyone?
This is going to be really expensive ($1500+), not to mention I'd like to use his Bump-Stix cam, which is another $550. Thankfully, when I can afford it, the head can get sent in and worked on (that guy's a wizard with a grinder) and I can keep driving the car. So at least the order of things I need to do is coming together.
Thoughts on de-stroking for a better ratio, anyone?
Ebay's a good thing, just not for no-name brand turbos XD
Came home to the new rockers on my doorstep:
Got two small packages yesterday, valve stem seals and a rear wiper block off plug:
I'd rather having a working arm than a block off plug, but whatevs for now. Going to get some new wheel arches next if the paycheck allows. Gonna focus on making it look good, that is, while the motor holds out lol
Came home to the new rockers on my doorstep:
Got two small packages yesterday, valve stem seals and a rear wiper block off plug:
I'd rather having a working arm than a block off plug, but whatevs for now. Going to get some new wheel arches next if the paycheck allows. Gonna focus on making it look good, that is, while the motor holds out lol
Well the wife forced the issue regarding my cloudy as hell projection tv, so the last batch of cash went to a new 50" 3d plasma. New wheel arches are up next, as is a front bumper filler.
Oh, and I picked up a used rear bumper filler (finally). $75 shipped and I can say bye bye to the rustiest piece of crap on the car lol
Oh, and I picked up a used rear bumper filler (finally). $75 shipped and I can say bye bye to the rustiest piece of crap on the car lol
BoostN_ED7
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how much were the rockers, and what bay store did you get them from, my ED7 is hurting in that area
Nice....those blades were ok? They look weird to me. I saw a ebay turbo mess a few days ago about the thin blades being melted almost close from heat and it kinda looked like the way ur blades are starting to look. Maybe its just the angle of the pic.
jaycr48 is the name, Lake Erie Trading Post is the store. Still says more than 10 available.
Everything fit together great, after they were cleaned up the blades looked like every other picture I've seen of them online. Nothing was warped or uneven about them. If it doesn't end up working those parts come apart and can be replaced, but there's nothing about it up close that indicates anything is wrong. What do you think you're seeing exactly?