What have you done to your car today?

[Rosssub]

Was given some LED park lights, so I pulled a head light out to see if they fit. No, they don\'t. But damn am I glad I pulled the drivers side out. Found something I missed when I put the manifold back on, been hiding under my cold air pipe. Blown HG in waiting, that\'ll teach me for rushing : Or it would have ;D

Don\'t even know why I moved the clamp, don\'t think I pulled the hose off anyway...

[Kiwi_Fozze]

car is currently sitting in the driveway, gearbox oil draining out. unbelievably clean oil, and only a small amount of sludge on the sump bolt, no metal shavings wahooo!!!!

but f**k me that gearbox oil is some nasty s**t.

next up, refil gearbox, and drain rear diff. she\'s getting some loving atm, got a set of wheels for it, and some michelin pilot sport 3\'s for a good price, waiting for my tyre guy to spin up the rims and whack on the tyres then she\'ll be sitting pretty. quite happy

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 boon']

[quote name='boon said:

Pro tip, the Link IAT sensor is flimsy as sh!t.

I changed mine out for a brass-bodied one from a Holden/GM (they\'re like $4 at pickapart, go take a bunch off some manifolds) they just require a much larger thread.

/quote]

Got the GM one new. Was $50 odd then just had a boss made.

Wish we had a pickapart. What models had them?

VN Commode V6, Some Astras and Vectras around that era. Easier to get from a 4-pot motor, the V6\'s you have to remove the drivers side fuel rail and injectors (claw hammer, lol pickapart) to get at it. They also have a GM map sensor bolted to the middle of the firewall. Thread is M14x1.5

So would be on all 3.8 v6 jobs up to VY then. Is that the 3bar map? If so I would love 2 and a loom plug to match. ;)

[Kiwi_Fozze]

got myself a little stuck. got the bottom drain bolt out of the dif, drained all the oil out, but now the top bolt won\'t come out.... ffffffuuuuuuuu

[Rosssub]

Is there a breather hole you can fill it through till you get the filler bung sorted?

[loganrasti]

That\'s why I take the top one out first lol

[Kiwi_Fozze]

 Rosssub']

Is there a breather hole you can fill it through till you get the filler bung sorted?

nope

[quote name='loganrasti said:

That\'s why I take the top one out first lol

yeeaahh....

NASIOC recommend chucking a jack under the end of a breaker bar, might give that a shot.

[94 Leone]

Woohoo, Heads on, torqued down, just cams and junk to go back on yay. Also found out I have mismatched rocker covers lol. Successful day!

[Kiwi_Fozze]

Got it undone. Had the whole back of the car off the ground before the bolt cracked. Finally got it undone, i\'ll be able to sleep now LOL

[DRFVDR]

 kwi_fozze said:

Got it undone. Had the whole back of the car off the ground before the bolt cracked. Finally got it undone, i\'ll be able to sleep now LOL

I use the rattle gun on its and some times a bit of heat

also always undo the filler first

[Kiwi_Fozze]

No rattle gun for meeee.... need to go buy one lolol

And yeah... after that little moment, will be opening the filler first!!!!

Gearbox and dif oils were both remarkably clean... little bit of sludge but that was it. Stoked

[funkytown]

measure gear / diff oil not by its \'cleanliness\' but by its smell..

the more stinky the worse it is.

as there is no combustion blow by like engine oil it doesn\'t contaminate like engine oil

[Roo]

Picked up engine and box

[Kiwi_Fozze]

yeah, it stunk something spectacular. think it was the original oil in both... well, judging by how dificult it was to crack the bolts... lol

new oil in, sooooo nice to drive, nice crisp smooth gearchanges, slightly quieter g/box.

washed it, cleaned it inside and out, vacuumed it all out etc etc, looks gooooooooood

[albaru]

Fixed rear windscreen washer the longest way possible...

Tried rear windscreen washer, no washey.

Got replacement pump from pickapart, plus assorted other stuff for the other cars. Good mission.

Unplugged power lead to pump, connected to multimeter, turned on, got 12v - eliminated power issue.

Lifted out washer bottle, plugged in existing washer motor, unplugged hose, turned on washer, sprayed filing cabinet in garage with stupendous amount of water - eliminated washer motor.

Unplugged rear end of hose in boot, put bucket under hose, turned on washer, sprayed boot with water - eliminated car body hose.

Fired up compressor, put compressed air into windscreen washer nozzle and other end of last piece of hose - heard air coming out.

Plugged back together, turned on washer - now working and washing rear window...

How can such a simple thing take so much fricking effort???

[Rosssub]

 Al_baru said:

Fixed rear windscreen washer the longest way possible...

Tried rear windscreen washer, no washey.

Got replacement pump from pickapart, plus assorted other stuff for the other cars. Good mission.

Unplugged power lead to pump, connected to multimeter, turned on, got 12v - eliminated power issue.

Lifted out washer bottle, plugged in existing washer motor, unplugged hose, turned on washer, sprayed filing cabinet in garage with stupendous amount of water - eliminated washer motor.

Unplugged rear end of hose in boot, put bucket under hose, turned on washer, sprayed boot with water - eliminated car body hose.

Fired up compressor, put compressed air into windscreen washer nozzle and other end of last piece of hose - heard air coming out.

Plugged back together, turned on washer - now working and washing rear window...

How can such a simple thing take so much fricking effort???

So a blocked nozzle?

[albaru]

 Rosssub']

[quote name='Al_baru said:

Fixed rear windscreen washer the longest way possible...

Tried rear windscreen washer, no washey.

Got replacement pump from pickapart, plus assorted other stuff for the other cars. Good mission.

Unplugged power lead to pump, connected to multimeter, turned on, got 12v - eliminated power issue.

Lifted out washer bottle, plugged in existing washer motor, unplugged hose, turned on washer, sprayed filing cabinet in garage with stupendous amount of water - eliminated washer motor.

Unplugged rear end of hose in boot, put bucket under hose, turned on washer, sprayed boot with water - eliminated car body hose.

Fired up compressor, put compressed air into windscreen washer nozzle and other end of last piece of hose - heard air coming out.

Plugged back together, turned on washer - now working and washing rear window...

How can such a simple thing take so much fricking effort???

/quote]

So a blocked nozzle?

Yes

[Rosssub]

Didn\'t do much today (cleaned it lol) but I know exactly what I\'m up to tomorrow. "Merry Christmas Ross". "Nawww thanks RHD Japan, it\'s just what I wanted.

[WRXONP]

Made downpipe and half of exhaust happy to be that much closer to starting it up

Can\'t wait to hear this animal

[les666]

Today I changed both front and rear sway bar links to alloy ones. What I thought was going to be a quick job turned into a good couple of hours as one of the old links had fused to the bolt. I think I may have to invest in a grinder and maybe a dremmel cos cutting the bolt off with a small hand saw sucked!

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[lachlan]

inside of lights same (ish) colour as body . head light is good . not sure about park lights

[Munkvy]

Got some wheels:

[Codex]

 les666 said:

Today I changed both front and rear sway bar links to alloy ones. What I thought was going to be a quick job turned into a good couple of hours as one of the old links had fused to the bolt. I think I may have to invest in a grinder and maybe a dremmel cos cutting the bolt off with a small hand saw sucked!

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I got an okay dremel last year in boxing day sales for like 100 and it\'s been magic to have for all those awkward jobs, definitely recommend

[Joker]

Bought Rego

[94 Leone]

So, I went to go put the cambelt on, and when I put the tenaioner idler on, thought the bolt had snapped when I heard a massive crack, turns out it snapped out the spring thread thingy that someone else had put into the tensioner bracket... was about to steal the one.off the ej22 sitting out back but its the older type of tensioner(also broke the cam cover Cos most of it went brittle. ) any who, will have to get a new tensioner bracket.

On another note, decided on selling the ej22, it ran before we took it out and I have a full seal kit for it somewhere, suitable for a rebuild, will make a fs thread with pics tomorrow.

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