Benzo4gT
Operator
Today I decided to get the clutch pivot ball shimmed, I thought I'd take the drivetrain out the bottom as I really only needed to crack the box, undo the ball, put a washer in and put it all back together.
Sounded simple to me. I've lost count of how many engines I've taken out the top, and I'm adept at spannering and fabricating car stuff, but this was the first time I've taken an engine out this way.
The whole thing fell off the jacks I was using, destroyed my CAS, an engine mount, busted the sump and ruptured a power steering line, snagged a bunch of wires on the way down, not to mention
an engines worth of oil all over the shed floor. A rookie mistake because I thought I'd save a bit of f$%king around doing it that way, I should know better
Building on a limited budget is a bad idea.
This is the straw that broke the camel's back.
I don't think I'll be doing much, if anything on it for a while, it's cost well over $11k so far and at least another $4k to go for other stuff that needs doing to it before it's built properly, it's just not worth it.
I'm shutting it down for a while to consider my next move.
The whole thing will more than likely be stripped and the chassis taken for scrap, I might get a HSG and transplant all the goodies into it at some stage if one comes up in about 6 months until then I'll
just hang on to everything.
Sounded simple to me. I've lost count of how many engines I've taken out the top, and I'm adept at spannering and fabricating car stuff, but this was the first time I've taken an engine out this way.
The whole thing fell off the jacks I was using, destroyed my CAS, an engine mount, busted the sump and ruptured a power steering line, snagged a bunch of wires on the way down, not to mention
an engines worth of oil all over the shed floor. A rookie mistake because I thought I'd save a bit of f$%king around doing it that way, I should know better
Building on a limited budget is a bad idea.This is the straw that broke the camel's back.
I don't think I'll be doing much, if anything on it for a while, it's cost well over $11k so far and at least another $4k to go for other stuff that needs doing to it before it's built properly, it's just not worth it.
I'm shutting it down for a while to consider my next move.
The whole thing will more than likely be stripped and the chassis taken for scrap, I might get a HSG and transplant all the goodies into it at some stage if one comes up in about 6 months until then I'll
just hang on to everything.
