Adjusted the valve clearance today. First time since the rebuild and holy shit it's so much better.... I'm sure there is some placebo effect involved here, but the engine noise is Definitely much quieter and the thing just gets on it so smooth. I always noticed a little hesitation between shifts, but now it's like no problem at all. 5th gear is actually usable and my cruising mpg went from about 25 to 30 range. Very pleased.
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Nice! The rear is stupid easy, you can do it while you drink your beer don't even need to take a breakLeave a comment:
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Success! The new shocks make a huge difference. I can't wait to do the rear sets. Also pleased with how smoothly everything went. Between breaks and fucking around, took about 4 hours.
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It was close, but it fit like a glove. Here is my passenger side insert. 😂
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Hmmm thats weird. The early 84-85 models had the smaller tube strut housings. I hope yours works, you might need different strut housings. Worst case you can re-order the correct smaller diameter and sell the larger ones, but I would want the bigger ones personally.
The fun things to go through when fixing an old car, are all the surprises you find when fixing the old crap
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Progress shots. Moving up to 40mm. I thought the ES came with these larger shocks already, but I guess I'm getting an upgrade.
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Finally putting the "new" Bilsteins on today :)
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Went to bleed my brakes today and nothing came out of the rear calipers.... Fronts bled just fine so what's the deal?? I also noticed that it almost looks like the rear line isn't even hooked up, it's like taped up. Why would someone do that? I haven't noticed a problem with braking, but maybe I've just been using my front brakes only?? E brake works but that is mechanical so yeah.
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New joints are going in. I left the original stake marks visible so I could match the bearing depth on both sides. I plan on tack welding a washer in place to keep everything retained. I also ordered a replacement CSB. Went with Febi instead; no Üro parts.
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Went to the vintage road race today. God I love these cars.... Though the 510's we're killing it on the track. Another love of mine....
Anyways, nothing much new to report other than I'm in process of rebuilding my driveshaft/U-joints. Knocked out one joint and got measurements for replacement. Need to talk to one of my machinist co-workers about fixturing the yolk so I can cut a retaining ring groove it. Shouldn't be too difficult.
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Yeah, that was an early purchase when I was still naive [emoji17] . Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check em out!
I should say that my U-joints are pretty stiff. I'm going to replace them while I've got everything out. I can feel/hear a noticable knock from 1st-2nd. Probably didn't help the cheap parts.
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you shouldve known better. Uro parts are garbage. Order your parts from Bluntech. Hes a forum sponsor and is known for his artwork. Win winLeave a comment:
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