Pulled the down pipes as I want to move the O2 sensors to the manifolds in the PAIR position.
Luckily the bolts on the cat were new and came of without effort.
Having luck again one O2 sensor looks pretty much new, the other looks original and so did the nuts!
I broke out the carbide burr and sliced through easily
Just checked valve clearances, intake all between .008-.010”. Exhaust all between .012-.014”.
All within spec and I am happy exhaust are closer to max clearance vs min clearance
Stuff arrived
Both front 1/2 shafts, birfs, basically everything to put it back together
Except I forgot to order intake manifold gasket on cyl head side. I originally never planned on removing lower intake.
My buddy made me a axle seal installation tool, work of art and it works absolutely perfectly. Seal goes in straight and ends up being perfectly flush all the way around.
I installed new axles so when they wear I can have the tool machines down to overdrive the seal.
Just pulled the power steering reservoir apart to clean the filter inside. 20 minute job from start to finish. It was pretty dirty inside with sludge and super fine particles in the filter. All clean now. I rebuilt the PS pump yesterday so i figured just as well clean the reservoir.
Painted down pipes with VHT flameproof along with the stone shields and installed. Blocked off the O2 sensor ports on pipes and moved them to the PAIR ports. Also installed a Sunsong PS hose, fit perfectly, only drawback is the hose that goes into the box is 18mm instead of factory17mm.
Finished reassembling the TB and reinstalled repainted air filter box.
Flushed a litre of brake fluid through the brake system.
Back together and purring! Cold start use to be 15-1800 rpm, now it’s about 1100 and idles smoothly at 625-650. Idler bearing replacements make it incredibly quiet.
Only problem is CEL, aft sensor is dead! Guess the removal and reinstall killed it. The other sensor looks brand new, no faults on that one.
Zero ohm reading on dead unit.
Did the lid clamp back to the body of the reservoir satisfactorily? What is the condition of the steering box? Curious if cleaning the filter results in functional improvement when (if) the steering box is an unknown.
I think the carbon removal from the throttle body and IAC seat. There was quite a build-up of carbon between the throttle plate and the bore. I literally had to scrape it off with a dental scalpel.
I have also read others had a smoother idle after EGR delete also.
Did the lid clamp back to the body of the reservoir satisfactorily? What is the condition of the steering box? Curious if cleaning the filter results in functional improvement when (if) the steering box is an unknown.
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, it’s drying
. I originally never planned on removing lower intake.
