Project C - Also not 56k friendly!

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:27 pm

good word - relentless!!!

if only he could get his car back, then we could have 3 grey relentless sx's on the drift track!!!

good luck with whatever the noise is tobles - i really hope it comes right!

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:09 pm

Thanks! Actually, after all the effort, I found the problem - the idler pulley was loose, and that was what was making all the racket!

Anyway, since the engine is out, it gives us a chance to check the bearings. The sump was clean so I suspect the bearings will be A-OK.

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:12 pm

Oh WOW what a job just to find out the idler pulley was gone

. Anyway while its out give it a clean again, tighten up some bolts and clean engine bay.

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:32 pm

nah - i dont think it would be a hectic job with vlade around!!!

and toby probably is quite handy at that stuff now too.

ah - the joys of learning to do this stuf for yourself!

toby - imagine how much that idler pulley investigation would have cost you if you had sent it to a mecchie!!!!

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:40 pm

Ya and nevermind all the additional problems I would be endowed with by said mecchie.

Yea Vlade is super fast with the engine removal! And 4 hands make light work. I reckon if the crane and mount were already assembled (I'd dismantled it and then had to reassemble it), and we'd removed ALL the bolts before trying to haul out the lump

then it would've been done in about 45 minutes.

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:03 pm

that beats my slow-ass record by many hours!!!

but then i like to take my time, talk crap, smoke a lot, talk crap some more, and then remove bolt number two.

and then the same before bolt 3!!!

LOL - well done!

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:21 pm

Yeah the engine would have been out in 45min if I didn't forget one bolt on the gearbox... My bad... can't blaim me for having half my normal 1/4 my normal sleep and a day of work behind me

At least I got a good workout from violently shaking 300KG's, my arms was lekker stiff the next day

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:24 pm

Vlade wrote:At least I got a good workout from violently shaking 300KG's, my arms was lekker stiff the next day

i dont wanna know about your bathroom habits!!!

also - violently shaking - *puts on scottish accent* what kind of a mechha are you???

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:10 pm

Toby wrote:the idler pulley...

huh...whats that

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:53 pm

It's one of two pulleys the timing belt goes around between the top (cam gears) and bottom (crank pulley). The one is the tensioner pulley (it's spring loaded) and the other is the idler pulley. You only see it once you take the covers off the front of the engine.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:33 am

Oh ok thanx

now i too know what its called

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:59 am

So I hauled out the bearings to check them out and this is what they look like:

Any expert opinions on the condition of these bearings? I see some shiny bits on the main bearings, but on the conrod bearing, there's weird markings and scratches. Pic 1 and 3 are mains, the other two are conrods. All this after only 160km?

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:05 am

I found these, but it still doesn't tell me much about your situation

http://www.sacskyranch.com/eng219.htm
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/bearingwe ... alysis.htm
http://www.hadmac.com/technical_info.htm

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:20 am

Oh shit, did you check the big end clearances matched the bearings??

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:55 am

We don't have the tools to do it, we left it to the engineers, the crank was regrinded to 0.25