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[Barbbachello]

Do ya olds have guns in da house ??

 

Good progress with the build !

Not that i know of. Will let you know once they get home lol

 

Looking good, wouldn't worry too much about having cam positions perfect. Just as long as they're fairly close and not 10 degrees around or something you'll have enough wiggle room to position them correctly once the gears are on.

Noted

[Miguel]

Meant 180 not 10, keyboard likes to skip keys often :/

[CRUISN]

Funn times. If i dont post anything else its because my parents have killed me when they find out im doing it in the drive way lmao
 

 

This made me chuckle.

[aekOne]

haha yep.

 

good luck with the rest of the reassembly and your olds!

[CodeBurn3r]

Haha i told you that shit has a warning about birth defects or something..

Going really well nick!

 

You know where my place is.. while I'm away, if you need tools or anything just head over man..
everything is where the foz is..

 

Ash is guarding the place... 
I pretty much imagine him sitting on the porch rocking in a chair beer in hand...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

if ej255 is assembled and installed in XT when i get home..... that would be greaaaaat

 

Good luck with it man..
pretty confident you will have it complete and running fine for the cruise

 

 

[Barbbachello]

pretty confident you will have it complete and running fine for the cruise

Running hopefully but registered and road worthy is another story haha. Its got a split rack boot and those tyres are rooted as you saw, thats all ive noticed so far

Cheers for the encouragement though guys. I told dad about it earlier this evening. Surprisingly he was ok with it no idea what mum thinks about it though lol

[Barbbachello]

Im still alive. Parents are confused about the whole deal with me and Ty but also impressed that i sort of know what im doing. Still need to get the engine back in the bay asap as Id rather not push my luck. This morning I picked up some genuine subaru gaskets and a bolts for the cams. Then went to the wreckers and got a valve cover and some more bits and pieces. Should have all I need to get the engine back together and back in the car

[Barbbachello]

Drivers side valve cover take 2. Still needs some wrinkle time

 

[Beckers]

The cam covers look really good Nicko.

 

Are you cruising tomorrow ??

 

If ya are, what time are you leaving home ??

[Fungry]

Awesome build! So much progress since I last looked. Makes me want to buy a project car. 
The valve cover looks mint!

[Barbbachello]

The cam covers look really good Nicko.

 

Are you cruising tomorrow ??

 

If ya are, what time are you leaving home ??

Check my post in the thread

 

Awesome build! So much progress since I last looked. Makes me want to buy a project car. 
The valve cover looks mint!

Every B4 is a project car . Cheers though

[AB501UT!0N]

Great build thread Nick and it has been a great read and I hope you can keep sweet with the parents for a little longer!

 

Good luck putting it back together and you done a top job so far and that wrinkle paint looks the business

[Barbbachello]

Big ish day on the tools today. Old man river came round in the morning and got the broken cam cap bolt out with no dramas. Mad. Put the cams into the passenger side head and then had a oh crap moment when i thought i put the cams in the wrong sides. But consulting the manual proved i was ok. Managed to get the cam gears all lined up with some anxious effort.

My mate Will came round again and we resealed the rear separator plate with a donated alloy one. I put in the rear main and then discovered it isnt meant to go all the way home . Good thing Subaru USA dun goofed and sent us like 5 for some reason lol. (Ash ill be coming to Tys place soon). We then torqued down the cam gears once we remembered the cams themselves have a hex section to clamp them down.

Then the battle with the timing belt began. I think we did it about 5 times. We'd get the last gear on and then see its 1 tooth off. Etc etc you know how it goes.

ing cubt

Cant imagine having to do it with the engine in the car. Passenger side valve cover isnt sealed up because i lost the spark plug gaskets so they will be done in the car.

Engine will hopefully be going in the car tomorrow then can put it all back together. Aiming for first start on tuesday.

[AB501UT!0N]

Thats some good progress and hopefully it fires into life on Tuesday And your using the same engine stand as me... haha

[Barbbachello]

Best kind there is

[Beckers]

Good progress brother.

 

Did ya remember to compress the cambelt tensioner with a g clamp, keeping in vertical.

 

Don't rush it. 

[Barbbachello]

Good progress brother.

 

Did ya remember to compress the cambelt tensioner with a g clamp, keeping in vertical.

 

Don't rush it. 

We did compress it yeah, although not vertically. Do i have to buy more things now?

[Barbbachello]

The engine is in!!!! Ended up replacing an idler that was a bit dodgy and put in new tensioner that we compressed properly. Re timed it and gave it a few cranks with a socket, no grinding or bad noises and still has compression so thats a relief. .Got the rear main seal out that i put in too far which was a real pain and replaced it with a spare from me and Tys US order. Then put the fly and clutch back on.



Ended up having to rent an engine host, $66 for 24 hours so quite reasonable. Getting the damn engine back on the gear box was a real pain as expected. Had to giggle the tail shaft to get everything lined up but some good swear words and a lot of fiddling got it all together. We bolted the exhaust headers on and the up thing as theyre a pain to do when the engine is bolted down. Tomorrow the puzzle of putting it all back together begins. Also went to super cheap and got osme new hoses for things that snapped. Hopefully we can start it tomorrow. Wish me luck.

[Jberg89]

Love it mate....good luck for tomorrow dude.

[Matt]

Awesome progress mate!! Fingers crossed you get it all running tomorrow!!!

Ill have my first go at putting an engine back in, in a week or so if all goes to plan