"Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious" (shour)
12/19/2016 at 19:11 • Filed to: None
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"Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious" (shour)
12/19/2016 at 19:11 • Filed to: None | 0
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As many of you have read prior, the Shourmobile needs an uncracked exhaust manifold on the passenger side. Some of you might even recall that I discovered that new manifolds could only be sourced from Lexus to the tune of $600+. Several of you suggested hitting the junkyard as a far more affordable alternative, and I am ready to do so. With two weeks off of work proper, and living in the city of a thousand you-pull-its (seriously, it feels like El Paso is the junkyard capital of US when you drive around), I am ready to undertake this task.
*Peter Falk trenchcoat* Just got this one thing.
I’m not really a wrencher. Sure, I can change a tire, swap a battery or an air filter, replace fuses and bulbs...once, I managed to remove the passenger seat of my MX-6 to put in a new seatbelt connector. But generally speaking, wrenching is not my wheelhouse (I felt accomplished when I gutted a toilet and replaced a garbage disposal...two household repairs that are pretty much on the same level as changing a light bulb). Once I have a manifold, I will be paying someone smarter than me to install it. I just don’t really know how to uh...uninstall it...from a junked LS, should I find one. Heck, I don’t even know that I could visually inspect one to make sure it doesn’t leak like the one I currently have does. How hard is it to get it out? How do you get it out without a lift? Do I save the bolts? Would the junkyard put it on a lift for me?
This is very foreign territory for me, and all I want to do is to take care of the stupid exhaust leak because stupid CEL because stupid Texas has stupid vehicle inspection that stupidly instafails with stupid CEL.
And not pay $600+.
EDIT: This is how paranoid I can be. Rust and Dust suggested searching car-part.com (awesome site), which shows a junkyard in Phoenix that specializes in Lexus dismantling, and they have the manifold for $100. They even do installation on some parts. I seriously gave thought to driving seven hours each way just to have it installed, instead of just having them ship it and having it installed here, which ANY RATIONAL HUMAN BEING KNOWS is cheaper and more convenient.
DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
> Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
12/19/2016 at 20:13 |
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Bring PB blaster and a breaker bar. Just go ahead and install it yourself. Just be careful with the O2 sensor.
Oh, you’ll probably need a socket and box end wrench to separate the manifold from the next pipe as well.
Don’t forget the PB blaster.
Edit: Your O2 sensor might not even be on the manifold.
Tazio, Count Fouroff
> Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
12/19/2016 at 22:32 |
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There’s probably step-by-step DIY’s on the Web, maybe even pics or on YouTube if you like to watch. In case this is of help...idk, maybe you looked already.
best wishes tho, bruh
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
12/19/2016 at 23:30 |
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Hey, my old MX-6 with a KLZE that got totaled by a driverless, runaway tow truck seven or eight years ago is in the U pull it in El Paso.
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Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
12/20/2016 at 01:18 |
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Funny, about 10 years ago, I blew up the KLDE in mine, had in replaced with another DE from a rear-ended 626. I actually had my mechanic look for any ZEs nearby, but the closest he could source were on the east coast, and shipping would have been nuts. Did you do the swap before you blew your original DE, or was it pre-emptive?
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ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
12/20/2016 at 11:14 |
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My swap was after the original DE threw a rod. It turns out the car was suffering oil starvation in a certain corner during trackdays. I really wanted to build a motor for it, but there was no way I could justify the cost over a ZE. A ZE wasn’t really much more expensive than a used DE locally, and just a new set of pistons and hydraulic lifters for a KL motor costs as much as a ZE. I got the ZE from one of the East coast importers while I was still living in ABQ. The shipping wasn’t outrageous. I think shipping was only $195 from the East coast, but that was because I had it sent straight truck freight to the hydraulic shop I was turning wrenches for at the time with access to the shops multiple forklifts and loading dock. If you or your mechanic need lift gate service to receive an engine (or any other palatalized freight), that basically doubles the shipping cost.