"Chairman Kaga" (mike-mckinnon)
06/29/2015 at 11:05 • Filed to: None
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"Chairman Kaga" (mike-mckinnon)
06/29/2015 at 11:05 • Filed to: None | 4
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I got the new water pump installed, thermostat housing and couplers in, timing belt on and tested (went three full cycles and no skipped teeth), exhaust valves adjusted, oil pan dropped and cleaned out (found several brass nuts, a twist tie, a cockroach, and about a pound of Permatex) then reinstalled with a new gasket, and replaced four broken Bosch electrical connectors. This week I’m repainting the valve covers, then testing compression, replacing injector seals, and if I’m lucky dropping all the accessory parts back into the engine bay.
I really have no idea what I’m doing. Just following the engine manual and learning as I go.
The “enthusiast experience” segment of last night’s Top Gear was so on the nose it hurt. That might also have been because my wife was kicking me and going, “See?!”
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> Chairman Kaga
06/29/2015 at 12:26 |
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How does one get a cockroach in the oil pan exactly?
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Chairman Kaga
> norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
06/29/2015 at 12:29 |
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I suspect it went down one of the oil drains in the head before I plugged them with towels, but who really knows. It’s an alfa. Could be a Milanese roach for all I know!
Ciao!
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norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> Chairman Kaga
06/29/2015 at 12:53 |
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OR it somehow got sucked in the air intake, and because those fuckers don’t die it survived combustion in the cylinder, then crawled down the bore when it was smacked by the piston into some oil return into the pan and then drowned/boiled to death. That sounds much more entertaining, no?
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Chairman Kaga
> norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
06/29/2015 at 14:32 |
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I hope that’s what happened. Hate those little fuckers.