I dropped a bolt into the engine and thought I was done for. Cracking the case open to retrieve it is beyond my ability and budget. Then I remembered my inspection camera has a magnetic attachment. I found it. I can't believe I found the fricking thing.
Anyways, I've removed the intake, alternator, and steering pump. Identified where things are leaking and what brittle hoses are cracking. Ordered another $500 in tiny parts, hoses, and seals, and now it's time to set it aside and wait for them to arrive.
If this thing ever runs again (I assume the worst) I'm really going to feel like I've earned it.
Here's a pic of my raccoons when they were babies and when this car was in better health.
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You better not frick this up now that we've all become personally invested in it.
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I'm just imagining the loud bang and burst of white smoke when I start it up for the first time.
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As long as you record it for us.
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The first start of a freshly fitted/rebuilt engine is fricking anxiety inducing lol.
One time I was in the garage all night with the oscilloscope, and called in sick the next day because I wasn't about to let that peice of shit beat me
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A missing throttle body gasket took me a whole night to track down one time before a show.
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Do you even know what you're doing?
Just let the coons finish the job.
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Not really, no.
You just have to make sure to label everything in the order you took it apart and follow the helpful guides on the internet.
I have a 600 page factory parts manual that has exploded views of everything to fall back on.
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I tend to follow the same procedures when getting into shadetree things I'm unfamiliar with.
But lemme tell you: before the internet, all we had was some shifty uncle-cousins and a Chilton's book to rely on.
You're gonna get that thing going. I believe ;)
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The book I bought skipped a bunch of necessary steps like disconnecting the fuel lines.
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That's all part of the leftover-bolts mindset.
It's fine. Only fuel. And if no compression fittings are available at wrap up time, simply use some rotted rubber hose.
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Building shitboxes has taught me that with enough blood, sweat and adderall you can achieve anything
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Doubling my adderall dose is how I got through the head gasket and rethreading job on my sister's Kia. This time I have to stick to my normal dose because I have too much stuff going on this month.
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!animalposters !tradies crossover event of the millennium
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Shit like this is why I bought a Miata.
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racoons are filthy
one time I was helping a buddy pull a 427 out of his boat and I insisted, over his objection, that he tape the intake when the carb came off. He didnt think it was so stupid anymore, after he dropped a bolt and it bounced with a comical PLONK noise off the tape.
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How big is the bolt?
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About 2cm
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I just bought a 997 turbo with 40k miles and I'm scared af to pay for an engine out overhaul. We'll see
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what are those bolt ons on the side of the license plate?
some sort of trailer hitch or smth?
butt clenching moment
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The rubber bumper extensions attach to them. It's the first step in taking the bumper off. I lost the bolts to them for awhile so ran without them until I found them.
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