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White:

Gearbox is in.
Car feels like it has been fighting me to stay dead.
Well.......tuff!

The saga so far.....
Friday:
Went to drop engine in, no engine crane at work. Think its locked in a cupboard.
All bolts recieved with the car were lumped in together.
No ac bracket.
Found charcoal canister missing.
Sensor in heater hose missing.
Cant find tail shaft bolts.
Cant find front tail shaft bolts.
Cant find all gearbox bolts.
Bolts I ordered for front brake calipers were incorrect.
The one positive thing on the night was this. I only got 1 engine mount with the engine. Thought I would need to borrow one from my other car. But, there was one in this car, still bolted to the subframe.
Went to my bosses house and collected key to the cupboard.

Saturday:
Open cupboard to find.........engine crane not there(not the one we normally use). There was a different crane we dont use. Ended up having to up end it just to get it through the door. With load on it, the hydraulics leaked.
Engine dropped in!(yay!)
Mounts done up.
Clutch fitted and aligned.
Found rear tailshaft bolts and nuts.
Both front driveshaft fitted and bolted.

Monday(today):
Gearbox in(struggled. First time working with a pull clutch).
Attessa line connected.
Rear tailshaft bolted up.
Only have 2 of the top bell housing bolts. Found bolts to fit all the lower holes.
Clutch slave fitted.
Throttle cable fitted.


Theres still a LOT of work to be done. But, it feels more complete.

Another positive was finding the exhaust I have had the same diameter as my dumps. I thought it was smaller and was looking to get it modified to suit. That's one less hassle.

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White:

Fitted new heater hoses.
Still dont have the sensor, but did have a joiner I can use for the interim.

Also found that I am missing the wiring loom that has the plugs for the knock sensors.
And there are no plugs for the injectors.20180522_162343.jpg20180522_162404.jpg20180522_171253.jpg

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Good work, keep it up. So how long till 1 of them does skids?
Thanks mate :)
Too long......

I'd say the gold one will be done first, as its bolt together and drive.
White one still requires parts.
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White:

Heat wrapped down pipes and installed on car.
Due to planning to see track use, I went with the most heat resistant stuff I could find.
2000°F continuous......20180526_073710.jpg20180526_073256.jpg20180526_120239.jpg20180526_121026.jpg20180526_122526.jpg20180526_122551.jpg20180526_130013.jpg20180526_130322.jpg

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White:

So, a while ago I purchased some lmgt4's with the intent of putting them on my gold car.
Then I got the white car and thought they could go on it.
Wasn't sure if they were genuine or reps as they had been recoated and no stickers fitted. They seemed genuine at the time.

Finally stripped the tyre off, as I want to get them redone in gloss black. Picked them up off the machine after removing the rubber and was shocked.....

They're so light! Have to be genuine.
I'm pretty sure they're lighter than the current lmgt4's that I have fitted to the gold car that I know are genuine.
Very happy with this. Cant wait to get them redone and fit them to the car.

Anyway, heres some pics.......

Ps, had the maaaad stretch fit tyres on the front. It will NOT be getting this kind of treatment from myself.20180531_162612.jpg20180531_162619.jpg20180531_165947.jpg

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They should still have machines markings on them saying made in japan and such
They do, but wouldn't surprise me if they copied that as well.
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White:
Recieved the charcoal canister and ac bracket the other day, should be fitting them this weekend!
Along with a knock sensor loom I got.
Cant wait to get more done.

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White:

Finally purchased more parts.
After finding out the knock sensor loom I recieved wasnt for a 32, had to add that to the list of purchases.

So, now have the following;
Knock sensor loom
Coil pack loom
Ignitor module
Heater temp sensor
Ac compressor bolts
Ac comp bracket bolts
Clutch booster hose and check valve

Have most of the stuff now.
Feeling a lot closer.

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Gold:

Fitted:
Sump
Head studs
Head gasket
Head
Cam backing plate
Cam gears
Water pump
Crank gear
Timing belt and pullies
Timing covers
Exhaust manifolds
NS engine mount
Ac comp bracket
Power steer bracket
Turbo oil lines
Cam covers

And today:
Spark plugs
Coil packs and loom
Valley cover
Intake manifold
Throttle bodies
Plenum
Dump pipe to front turbo.

Found a small hole in the rear dump pipe and a weld sitting a little too close to fit a nut, so will fix that tomorrow at work, then fit in the afternoon.

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