Been a while since my last update. Done a few things to the car since my last update. Firstly i changed the brake pads on the car i went for a set of Textar which i'm glad i went for:
I have had another set of strut tops fail in a couple of thousand miles. I looked around at different options but the only one i fancied trying was standard strut tops with a set of Lago Blue strut top savers. The were easy to install and Lago Blue has been very helpful in answering any questions i had about them:
My alternator was not giving steady voltage. After investigating the pick up ring and brushes were badly worn. Parts were hard to find but i managed to source both a pick up ring and a set of brushes for the bosch alternator:
I noticed that the car was smoking on start up after it had been sitting a while. After cleaning the crank case breather system out and having no luck i did a compression test on the engine and each cylinder came out at about 11.5 to 12.5 bar:
I knew it would be the valve stem oil seals. I bought a kit to do the valve stems with the head in place. It took alot of patience but after a couple of days swearing i had all 20 valve stems replaced:
As you can see from the photo the valve stem seals were well worn:
While i was doing the valve stems i decided to replace the timing belt. I made a crank locking tool to get the bottom pulley bolt out:
only problem was that i couldn't for the life of me loosen the bottom pulley bolt. I ended up having to order a 3/4" breaker bar, get a bit of pipe on the end of that and me standing on it before i came loose:
As you can see in the photo someone had used locktite on it:
The reason i think for this is that the diamond washer was missing from the bottom crank bolt. This was causing the bottom crank pulley to rub. I had to find a diamond washer before i could fit the new billet pulley i had. I managed to find one:
While i was fitting the billet pulley i decided to fit a new water pump and pulley while i was in there:
New belt:
New water pump:
New timing belt tensioner pulley:
New thermostat:
I also took the opportunity replaced the hall sensor while i had the cam pulley off:
I then put the car back together and ran it for a few months instead of my of my motorbike. I noticed that i had an oil leak coming from the bottom of the bell housing. So i removed the gearbox and the rear crank seal was leaking. So i got the car back on the ramp and replaced that:
The old one:
The new one:
While in there i had space with the gearbox out to repair the rubber hoses that someone had used to patch the fuel lines. I has always bugged me so i removed the hoses and replaced them with copper pipe and compression fittings:
I also replaced the wastegate gaskets that were leaking while i had the downpipe off:
While the car was off the road i replaced all the CV boots on the back drive shafts and new exhaust hangers at the back. I decided to replace the engine, gearbox oil and spark plugs:
After the car being back on the road for a week or two i noticed the car had another leak. After a good look around i found that the washer on the hydraulic pressure sensor was leaking:
I managed to get a copper washer the right size from Eurocarparts that was the right size:
As some of you know i will be putting this car up for sale soon. I fell its time to move my attention to one of my other projects. I have BMW e36 thats been waiting 6 years to finish and i have got my Ducati track bike i'm looking at doing an engine and suspension swap on. I have had my ups and downs with this car as yous can see from my build thread over the years but i'm know someone will be getting a well sorted S2 whoever ends up with it!
I have had another set of strut tops fail in a couple of thousand miles. I looked around at different options but the only one i fancied trying was standard strut tops with a set of Lago Blue strut top savers. The were easy to install and Lago Blue has been very helpful in answering any questions i had about them:
My alternator was not giving steady voltage. After investigating the pick up ring and brushes were badly worn. Parts were hard to find but i managed to source both a pick up ring and a set of brushes for the bosch alternator:
I noticed that the car was smoking on start up after it had been sitting a while. After cleaning the crank case breather system out and having no luck i did a compression test on the engine and each cylinder came out at about 11.5 to 12.5 bar:
I knew it would be the valve stem oil seals. I bought a kit to do the valve stems with the head in place. It took alot of patience but after a couple of days swearing i had all 20 valve stems replaced:
As you can see from the photo the valve stem seals were well worn:
While i was doing the valve stems i decided to replace the timing belt. I made a crank locking tool to get the bottom pulley bolt out:
only problem was that i couldn't for the life of me loosen the bottom pulley bolt. I ended up having to order a 3/4" breaker bar, get a bit of pipe on the end of that and me standing on it before i came loose:
As you can see in the photo someone had used locktite on it:
The reason i think for this is that the diamond washer was missing from the bottom crank bolt. This was causing the bottom crank pulley to rub. I had to find a diamond washer before i could fit the new billet pulley i had. I managed to find one:
While i was fitting the billet pulley i decided to fit a new water pump and pulley while i was in there:
New belt:
New water pump:
New timing belt tensioner pulley:
New thermostat:
I also took the opportunity replaced the hall sensor while i had the cam pulley off:
I then put the car back together and ran it for a few months instead of my of my motorbike. I noticed that i had an oil leak coming from the bottom of the bell housing. So i removed the gearbox and the rear crank seal was leaking. So i got the car back on the ramp and replaced that:
The old one:
The new one:
While in there i had space with the gearbox out to repair the rubber hoses that someone had used to patch the fuel lines. I has always bugged me so i removed the hoses and replaced them with copper pipe and compression fittings:
I also replaced the wastegate gaskets that were leaking while i had the downpipe off:
While the car was off the road i replaced all the CV boots on the back drive shafts and new exhaust hangers at the back. I decided to replace the engine, gearbox oil and spark plugs:
After the car being back on the road for a week or two i noticed the car had another leak. After a good look around i found that the washer on the hydraulic pressure sensor was leaking:
I managed to get a copper washer the right size from Eurocarparts that was the right size:
As some of you know i will be putting this car up for sale soon. I fell its time to move my attention to one of my other projects. I have BMW e36 thats been waiting 6 years to finish and i have got my Ducati track bike i'm looking at doing an engine and suspension swap on. I have had my ups and downs with this car as yous can see from my build thread over the years but i'm know someone will be getting a well sorted S2 whoever ends up with it!
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