"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
04/27/2020 at 14:01 • Filed to: The Hot Mess
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"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
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Topo chico for scale
I can’t say I’ve made steaming progress on Jag stuff, but the work has been slowly marching forward. As of last writing I’d just got the water pump out and was eyeing the changing the supercharger oil as the next gambit.
Well, first I put the water pump back in, which makes sense. After that I did indeed attack the supercharger oil. The problem with doing this is twofold: access is almost non-existent and there is no drain to speak of. Apparently Jag claims the supercharger oil never needs to be changed, whereas Eaton claims it needs to be done every 60k.
Either way, after removing the thermostat housing (which was also a phenomenal pain in the butt) and a sensor bracket, I managed to get to where I could almost get a hex wrench into the fill/drain plug.
But I couldn’t get it to engage. The 5mm seemed just a little too large, but I couldn’t be sure because of the odd angle and lack of room to properly get a tool in. 4mm was way too small though, so it had to be 5mm....
Yeah no it was 3/16". Because reasons .
After wasting an embarrassing amount of time on that and even more trying to find my SAE hex tools (my entire tool kit is metric focused at this point) I finally got the plug out.
Next you need to vacuum out the old oil using a syringe and piece of tube. Again, long story short the tubing I bought (1/4 OD) was too large to get far enough in to get more than a few ounces of fluid. With the ‘rona messing up store hours, I couldn’t just go pick up some smaller hose, sadly. Luckily I remember we used some tiny hose for a project a few years ago and as luck would have it I found some of it.
I grabbed my Mightvac and some fittings, and soon enough I had 7.4 oz of the most foul smelling oil I have ever encounter sitting in a solo cup.
What I was supposed to pull out vs what I got. A less than 0.5 oz difference I think I can live with.
I made a mess.
Seriously... it is difficult to describe how bad this stuff smells. Sort of like a school of fish died inside a cow’s butthole at the bottom of a dank well. It wasn’t as pungent as something like gear oil, but the smell itself was so sharp it really was quite repulsive.
Anyway, that over, I pumped the recommended 7.5 oz of supercharger oil back into the hole and spent the next hour trying to get the plug back in.
Seriously. I think the reason Jag doesn’t recommend service on this is because they know how much of a pain it is and just didn’t want to have to do it. Easier to charge customers for a new supercharger. Hell the total service bill might be cheaper too...
Next on the list was to look at belts, tensioners, and pulleys. Unfortunately the project went a bit off the rails at this point. I’d already decided not to replace the serpentine belt tensioner as it felt and sounded fine and looked like it was going to be a pain to replace.
Then I “tested” the supercharger idler pulley and tensioner.
They both spun well but sounded gritty.
Oh dear.
Does that mean what I think it means? :checks google:
Yes it does.
Unfortunately one does not simply buy a supercharger idler pulley and tensioner. Apparently one has to appeal to the automotive parts gods to source these.... but tl;dr $300 later both of those are on order.
RIP my wallet.
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Since I was kind of stuck on engine stuff until those arrive, I moved on to brakes. The Jag is getting all new pads on all six calipers. I had the front wheels off to remove the bumper, so away I went.
First off, these are, by far, the largest brakes I have ever seen, let alone worked on. I guess this is what I get for buying a “performance” car! Unfortunately the calipers were so large and so deep, my fancy new caliper piston compressor couldn’t even come close to getting a bit on the pistons. Instead I had to rely on the old “wood clamp and vice grips” method. However, eventually the pads were in on the driver’s side.
Brake pads are bigly.
Hand for scale
15" VW wheel for scale
The passenger side was even easier once I realized the pads could, in fact, be removed without removing the caliper. In my defense it did honestly look like you couldn’t do that even though it seemed like you should. They are just a tight fit.
Both sides done, I called it a night. Next up will be the rear brakes, then a full system bleed and hopefully parts will be here by then.
The spend on this project is certainly exceeding my expectations, but luckily there are fewer things on my TODO list than there are getting added.... for now.
ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
04/27/2020 at 14:07 |
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Are you planning to install a smaller supercharger pulley?
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
04/27/2020 at 14:12 |
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Yes.
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ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
04/27/2020 at 14:14 |
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Good! Smaller pulley and a cold air intake make superchargers whine like crazy :)
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
04/27/2020 at 14:31 |
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After wasting an embarrassing amount of time
Welcome to the wonderful life of British car ownership and maintenance.
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
04/27/2020 at 14:37 |
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I am beginning to realize that. The FSM is pretty mum about a lot of it too. It is just like “remove these three bolts!” Ok yes, that is the goal... but HOW!? There is like no way to access one of them! Usually a Saab or even Land Rover manual would be like “oh you need special tool blah-blah-blah” and then you can google that number and find out a shaved down 13mm 12-point socket works just as well. But not Jaguar...
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TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
04/27/2020 at 18:28 |
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They also don’t mention that on the X-Type you have to drop the T-case to get to the last bolt on the sump pan. Imagine me staring
up at the last bolt thinking to myself. “Well. Fuck”
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
04/28/2020 at 00:17 |
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Started working on the MINI today - new front brakes and put the summer tires on. I spent a stupid amount of time just getting the first brake disc retainer screw off. Including going to the store for a hand impact driver tool that didn’t even work as well as I hoped.
Then found one of the summers was a little wavy on the inside edge. Fortunately tire rack still has them.
Put the one wheel back on and called it a night.