Blog Title: blcknspo0ln
Part 11
Posted 09-23-2008 at 11:24 PM by blcknspo0ln
back to the turbo, here's my FP manifold, PTE 5031RE with PTE housing, and NT water pipe. No beating up this time to make it fit.
I put grease on the Oring on the dip stick tube and had to bend it to nearly straight to make it fit. The bracket bolts to the bottom of the power steering bracket, as seen where my socket is.
Almost done
Some bling! SS bolts and powdercoated radiator brackets.
Ever have mini-throw up? Or felt that sinking feeling in your stomach? Well, that was my Merry Christmas EVE
I filled up the engine with some regular pennzoil 10w-30 non-syn and was ready to prime the engine before putting the tbelt on. I go and grab the air ratchet and put on my 14mm wrench. All of a sudden while I'm letting the pump spin and looking for oil to plumb to the head, my hand gets wet with oil. W...T...F...?? I look down to see this. A nice HUGE crack at the castle plug area. Wait, did I over torque it? No.. I have no idea why it split like this and it lead to another 2 hours of down time pulling off the oil pan, crank pulley bolt, etc. and finally removed the front case. I'm going to call extremepsi on wednesday and hopefully they can work out a warranty or something. I wouldn't mind buying a new one if it was my fault, but I can't see how any of the work I did caused this thing to crack.
Sigh, so my entire engine is sitting upside on the stand in the garage and I literally started throwing stuff around. What a crappy way to end a day.
Front case : take 2
Got the new one in from extremepsi; here we go again..
A lot of people have suspected that the first case front case gave because of excess pressure and/or contact with the castle plug and BSE stub, but to be sure, the bolt has to be on the inside lip. I did that the first time, but it doesn't hurt double checking.
BSE parts:
Castle plug installed. Again, hand tightened with high temp sealant and then hammer/flat headed into place.
Replacing the balance shaft seal with the plug:
I put grease on the Oring on the dip stick tube and had to bend it to nearly straight to make it fit. The bracket bolts to the bottom of the power steering bracket, as seen where my socket is.
Almost done
Some bling! SS bolts and powdercoated radiator brackets.
Ever have mini-throw up? Or felt that sinking feeling in your stomach? Well, that was my Merry Christmas EVE
I filled up the engine with some regular pennzoil 10w-30 non-syn and was ready to prime the engine before putting the tbelt on. I go and grab the air ratchet and put on my 14mm wrench. All of a sudden while I'm letting the pump spin and looking for oil to plumb to the head, my hand gets wet with oil. W...T...F...?? I look down to see this. A nice HUGE crack at the castle plug area. Wait, did I over torque it? No.. I have no idea why it split like this and it lead to another 2 hours of down time pulling off the oil pan, crank pulley bolt, etc. and finally removed the front case. I'm going to call extremepsi on wednesday and hopefully they can work out a warranty or something. I wouldn't mind buying a new one if it was my fault, but I can't see how any of the work I did caused this thing to crack.
Sigh, so my entire engine is sitting upside on the stand in the garage and I literally started throwing stuff around. What a crappy way to end a day.
Front case : take 2
Got the new one in from extremepsi; here we go again..
A lot of people have suspected that the first case front case gave because of excess pressure and/or contact with the castle plug and BSE stub, but to be sure, the bolt has to be on the inside lip. I did that the first time, but it doesn't hurt double checking.
BSE parts:
Castle plug installed. Again, hand tightened with high temp sealant and then hammer/flat headed into place.
Replacing the balance shaft seal with the plug:
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