ok guys. have a weird problem. im trying to bleed the clutch. im doing it vac style thru the res. when i get pedal pressure that feels about right. i start the car and try to put it in gear. it will not allow me to get the car in any gear when the engine is running. now heres where is gets really odd. if i rev the engine i lose all clutch pedal pressure. then im back at square one.

so. things im looking at.
1. bad tob
2. leak in the system some where. (although i hold vac at 20hg at the res)
3. Bad clutch pipe
4. air bound master/slave cylinders...

any other ideas before i drop the trans and replace the tob and clutch pipe?

p.s. the system does not leak. i have had the car over cardboard for a week there not a drop of anything.
if i have the car running and depress the clutch and try to put it in first. the car tries to creep forward. not much but it does.

 

ok. some nice things got delivered this week.

powder coated fuel rail


and my rims.



car is up on new jack stands. ready for trans tear down tomorrow. the parts from ced should be delivered today. so i should be off and running tomorrow.
i got new pressure plate bolts, tob,clutch elbow/bleeder,hard line from the master to the bleeder and clutch pipe. so we should be good to replace anything and everything i see a problem with. wish me luck.....

 

you gunna have everything in order for your tune tomorrow?

love your build

cant wait to finally drive my car tomorrow

 

i was trying to get a head start on it today. i got the suspension and the fuse box and pcm bracket all out. then it started to rain on me. since i had the cars main fuse connections out i didnt really want them getting wet. so i wrapped in a plastic bag and shut the hood. calling it a day.

hopefully its not raining in the morning and i can jump into it early. couple bolts and the intermidiate shaft is off then the front and rear motor mounts then the steering input knuckle thingy. next drop the sub frame. then get a jack under the trans and remove the driver and passenger motor mounts. then bolts to bell housing. lower the drivers side of the engine so i can slide the trans out.

then do it all back wards lmao.... where is paul tuning u guys. he might come out to my house after he is done with you guys. if u are in bohemia u can come and stop by. pm me if u want. ill shoot u my address.

 

got her running and driving today. now time to break in the motor....

 

When's paul tuning this

 

guess i forgot to update this thing. spun a rod bearing. rebuilt motor and installed it today. only thing left is bleed clutch and install fuse box.

 

You know what the cause was?

 

yup. to much gasker maker got into oil and clogged up the #2 rod journal on the crank. took it apart and fished the **** out with a pic from the oilling hole. journal was to far gone to be fixed. so i threw it out lol and started with a new crank for rebuild. machine shop hot tanked the block and blew all the other hit out of the oil passages.

 

sweet man glad u got the block issues figured out

 

yeah my machine shop had to do a bunch of work to fix what bates sold me....

 

Glad to see you aren't letting it get you down and that you are pushing forward with this Phil!

 

i want to see this balt IN ACTION

 

that means the silicone had to pass through the oil filter and I don't see that happening

 

with a filter that looked like this. when it was removed. tells me thast it wasnt seated in there properly and allowed the the stuff it didnt catch flow past it.


can u see it hapening now?

 

glad to hear from ya infra. yeah im still playing with her.

its a ion redline

 

no I still don't see it

 

Then what do u see

 

left overs

 

Left overs for breakfast this morning?

 

Lol

 

from the last time you went through it most people do not remove all the oil plugs and wash the block out and that can leave left overs in the block and then there are times you do it perfect and **** still ***** up

 

Every time my block comes out it get complete hot tank and cleaning. Plugs and all removed. Cleaned and blown out. New rings and hone.

 

first drive..... lol steering wheel. fix that this weekend....

 

Steering wheel is just a weeeee bit off haha. You get that booger out at 0:50?