Dumb Question Thread!

[GC8E2DD]

^^ english?

[patrickc22]

 GC8E2DD said:

^^ english?

Sorry about that one

Don't know how my mate got it off

But trying to remove the bolts at the bottom of the strut snapped a strong arm and spanner so have stopped

[Guest]

Rattle gun for shaft nut.

Soak the bolts in inox overnight. Will make a world of difference. Crc wont work it dries off where inox longer you leave it the better it penetrates.

[slystiguy]

19mm spanner and sock set/breaker bar

Should come out quite easy...

if you're talking about the top nut that holds the spring in then it's similar to the sway bar links in that you need to put an allen key into the top and twist the nut with a open end spanner while holding allen key in place.

[GC8E2DD]

Rattle gun is definitely the easiest. A friendly shop should do it for you for nothing if they're not busy - takes 3 seconds. I haven't seen an Allen key slot on factory struts before? You'd need a fricken long Allen key if so - those nuts are tight!

[Koom]

 GC8E2DD said:

Rattle gun is definitely the easiest. A friendly shop should do it for you for nothing if they're not busy - takes 3 seconds. I haven't seen an Allen key slot on factory struts before? You'd need a fricken long Allen key if so - those nuts are tight!

The bilstein's in my gtb had the allen key hex but I had to weld a bar to a deep socket to be able to use it as I don't have those fancy pass through sockets and the nut was too deep for a spanner. Haven't seen that allen key hex on non-bilstein's though.

[BINKZ]

What is the correct place to T a vacuum line for boost gauge installation?

I swear mine doesn't read right, car only boosts to like .7-.8bar but should be closer to 1.0 given its a stock STi?

[Andy_Mac]

BOV line for anything other than the TT Legacy setups.

[BINKZ]

 Andy_Mac said:

BOV line for anything other than the TT Legacy setups.

Ok so i shall have to fix this, i just used the existing T which is in a different location.

What is the stock vacuum hose size, as i will need to buy some new stuff to replace the cut one.

I've read 3mm and 4mm depending on what website you go to?

[Andy_Mac]

I used whatever the imperial is thats between 3 and 4. Better to be tight than too loose.

[BINKZ]

 Andy_Mac said:

I used whatever the imperial is thats between 3 and 4. Better to be tight than too loose.

For all your vacuum lines?

[BINKZ]

 BINKZ said:

For all your vacuum lines?

Nevermind i got it sorted.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

Are the be/bh legacy bilstein struts the same as the BP/bl ones?

[Andy_Mac]

Pretty sure Rosssub knew the answer to that, think it was just the rear top hats that needed changing from memory.

Thats fitment though, wouldn't have a clue if the struts themselves are any different. Imagine so. even just individual years had very different feel for the BL/BP models as they realised they didn't need to be rock hard so progressively got softer each year

Edited December 20, 2015 by Andy_Mac

[Rosssub]

Different front top hats.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

Mean, thats an easy fix!!!! Cheers, all 4 of mine are rooted, so was tossing up between good s/h struts, earlier model ones rebuild or new

S/h earlys it is!!

[Kiwi_Fozze]

Also answers the question re: strut braces LOL

[94 Leone]

so; swapped an engine (engine + turbos ) for a mates b4, had done a HG , new engine in: now I need yet to bleed the clutch so I haven't clamped any of the tmic piping so it can come off when I have some fluid to bleed it. first start up smoked like a cünt (white smoke) then it died down, still a bit of smoke, correct me if I'm wrong, but that's more than likely from all the unmetered air getting in? slüt whistle on it works fine though, so that's a plus.

[boon]

Unmetered air = runs lean, not runs rich.

Smoke = rich, or coolant getting in, or oil getting out.

Run it for a while at idle, see if it settles down or gets worse.

[94 Leone]

thought so, smoke died down a fair bit to not too much after it warmed up.

[McDoof]

White smoke is probably oil. The initial hit could have been from oil somehow getting into the combustion chamber while it out of the car. Being moved or stored at the wrong angles or just something that some used to clean the intake with so I wouldn't worry too much about the initial startup smoke. If it carries on though there could possibly be issues. Maybe rings or valve seals. I had an old Vectra that had leaking valve seals and it would smoke a bit every time I started the car for about 10 seconds and that was about it.

[94 Leone]

 McDoof said:

White smoke is probably oil. The initial hit could have been from oil somehow getting into the combustion chamber while it out of the car. Being moved or stored at the wrong angles or just something that some used to clean the intake with so I wouldn't worry too much about the initial startup smoke. If it carries on though there could possibly be issues. Maybe rings or valve seals. I had an old Vectra that had leaking valve seals and it would smoke a bit every time I started the car for about 10 seconds and that was about it.

yeah, my worries were rings or my mate having bought a dud.

[Andy_Mac]

My turn, is this more movement than it should have?Seems to be almost no movement when pushing vertically but when applying a twisting motion, not the direction of twist to turn the wheels, there's quite alot.

[McDoof]

What exactly are we looking at?

[Joker]

axel into G-box (froont?)

I'd say normal

edit also this :

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Edited December 21, 2015 by Joker