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    New clutch not disengaging

    in Gearbox and Drivetrain

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    1 hour ago, Dre said:

    I had a car that had same problem.Didn’t replace the spigot bearing in the crankshaft after engine came back from a rebuild.You can also damage the bearing if the clutch plate isn’t aligned properly when installing the gearbox.It’s a cheap part which is generally overlooked.

    We replaced that. The old one was more or less seized and grindy. Everything was aligned

    What have you done to your car today?

    in General Vehicle Discussion

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    4 hours ago, Individualities said:

    Come to the conclusion that my time has come with my S401. It'll be leaving my hands in the coming months, as I simply cannot afford to own and run it with my other half wanting to do lots of road trips, as she's seen a lot of the world, but barely any of NZ (I'm the opposite lol).

    I've already found its new owner, which is a good friend of mine. He'll be continuing what I set out to do with it, which is tastefully mod it, namely on the suspension side - he's not too keen to change the engine up.

     

    What will I be replacing it with? Well... a motorbike for starters - a 2019 Royal Enfield Continental GT, and as for the car, a 2010-2013 Mazda 6 GSX wagon (the update one, as they get a lot of extras standard vs the release model). Having one of those will enable road trips for the both of us, and also her to drive it, as she's not a confident manual driver, and the Mazda will be auto.

     

    I do plan to own another Subaru in my future, but the time is not now. Probably when my grey hairs start to develop lol.

     

    Must have been a hard decision to make

     Atleas it will still be in the family more or less. 

    Spigot Bearing Dunedin

    in General Vehicle Discussion

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    Yea. Was kind of desperate the other night just wanted to get the clutch change done since there had been a few delays already with getting the wrong clutch and when we realised the bearing was stuffed it was too late and everything was closed. But got a new one and the engine is finally back in just need to finish putting all the things back on. Intercooler and what not

     

     

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    11 Dec - Grass Autocross #4

    in Canterbury

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    On 07/12/2016 at 2:52 PM, SpeedySub said:

    Looks like I may have at least 1 day off this weekend now. Thank god for external consultants holding things up!

     

    Anybody got any good tips for a total novice?

     

    My first auto cross was awesome my advise is to take it easy the first few times and the more you learn the track the more you learn about where you can push harder and where to take it easy.  My first time of the day was 2.02.23 last time of the day was 1.43.49 and for me beating my own personal time was better than trying to beat anyone else out there.  

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    What have you done to your car today?

    in General Vehicle Discussion

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    20 hours ago, KwS said:

    Lol, I bet you're probably glad to have missed out on it with the neglect it's had. Sadly it's not as it was described, but it's nothing terminal. It'll be back to its rip roaring self again soon. 

    oh well atleast its in the clubsub family. i really do want to get an S401. one day lol. will be good to see it when its up and running properly again

    What have you done to your car today?

    in General Vehicle Discussion

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    @thewabbit1 i sanded the chromed part and part of the other bit where it was some of the paint was flaking/chipped. primed and painted the entire grill. i ended up leaving the foam strip on it so didnt get fully sanded. i was a bit pressed for time trying to get it ready for the auto spectacular this weekend. but now that i have more time i will probably take it back out and re-do it full sand new foam strip etc

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