Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 15y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/02/16 03:31 AM Author Share Posted 28/02/16 03:31 AM When changing flexplate, I noticed a leak in the radiator (end tank), Cbf sorting that on the day, so I waited until I got back from work and bought a brand new one (rather than using my good condition non turbo radiator) for $137 (rrp $260) winning. I think all the breakages are done with now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 29/02/16 05:50 AM Share Posted 29/02/16 05:50 AM How old is the busted rad? Any idea why it failed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 6m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 29/02/16 06:13 AM Share Posted 29/02/16 06:13 AM did your mate Jack have anything to do with it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 15y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 29/02/16 07:11 AM Author Share Posted 29/02/16 07:11 AM 1 hour ago, -Stever- said: How old is the busted rad? Any idea why it failed? BF era radiator, so could be up to 10 years old. I only noticed it after running Toyota coolant (as when I changed it out, it was running demineralised water, so I wouldn't have noticed any leaks due to no crystalline buildup at the point of leak), so I can't say how long it was there for, but probably can be fixed easy, I just wanted an immediate solution - as they say, or something, a fool spends a pound to save a penny. as you can see with the failure, it is right at the point where the core meets the end tank. 50 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said: did your mate Jack have anything to do with it? nah, didn't need any ramps or jacks. did it insitu on the driveway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 15y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/04/16 03:00 AM Author Share Posted 02/04/16 03:00 AM Beefed up more than Sam The Butcher Bored & torque plate honed. Line honed. Assembly balanced Etc The crank has been checked & re-polished... Supposedly the original (Isotropic) polishing is sh*t for the bearing surfaces. It was like a mountain range. I could have saved money ($700) originally (by avoiding the isotropic polishing) but now since the crank has been addressed, I have a good crank, so that's what matters. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 15y 4m 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 15/04/16 03:08 PM Author Share Posted 15/04/16 03:08 PM 4L DOHC thrust bearing - has anybody got an engine apart / photo of one? As I'm needing to get a 360 degree thrust bearing made (they went to 180 deg from BA onwards), so images would be sweet to show the machining shop as I'm crap at explaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppy_t92 Silver Donating Members 748 Member For: 11y 16d Gender: Male Location: Liverpool Posted 15/04/16 09:49 PM Share Posted 15/04/16 09:49 PM I can't find a picture, but just buy another set of bearings and use the 2nd thrust bearing and put it on your #4 cap and you have 360* thrust... There's no machining to the cap required, I think he just chamfered the ends to ensure oil got down there If that makes any sense.. I think atomic charged the same amount for the thrust bearing alone as what another set of bearings cost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eff xr6t Member 569 Member For: 10y 6m 20d Posted 15/04/16 09:52 PM Share Posted 15/04/16 09:52 PM Pretty sure you should be able to just order a set of AU sohc bearing they are 360* thrust. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eff xr6t Member 569 Member For: 10y 6m 20d Posted 15/04/16 09:53 PM Share Posted 15/04/16 09:53 PM Proabably be correct in saying that atomic just sell you an AU bearing at 15x the price like most of there stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHLAXN Donating Members 932 Member For: 15y 10m 28d Gender: Male Location: north QLD Posted 16/04/16 12:11 AM Share Posted 16/04/16 12:11 AM I have one of atomics here that I never used in my build. Will try and get some pics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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