*Sigh
As opposed to every other post I start this way, this time its because I'm tired.
I got a stupid amount of stuff done.
The tiny wheezer is mounted. He basically went right in place of the Chinee..I just had to tweak some of the clamps. I Dont know what you guys have to do to mount your turbo,, but I have to take the whole damn thing apart to get to all of the base mounting bolts.
The big issue was the down pipe. If I was gonna fix the exhaust, I had to start with the wonky V band flange at the bottom of the pipe
It always had a leak at the base flange, so this time around, I bought a male/female v band pair so it would seal better
And one that was done, I wrapped that down pipe, and put that dude back in place
It was this menagerie that I wanted to fix.
Obviously an after pic. The thing is full of wonky. The catalytic converter is hollow inside, there's pieces cut and sectioned. It's just a cobbled mess.
So..I fixed it.
That is what I had to do first so I could finally get around to mounting the crossmember...which you can see that Ive done that....but that torque arm wouldn't go into that thing from a radical angle.
I had to remove it, put the rear of the torque arm into its mount, and get forward enough so I could leg press the damn crossmember onto the male member.
Once its on,..it slides fairly smoothly.
Its a beast.
But, its all good, everything lined up, the bolts went in like they're supposed to.
Im calling the day a win..
On Sunday, I have the panhard mount ( still) the GPS speedo sender to wire in, and carpet to install...after that, I can put it back on the ground...
And beat it.
As opposed to every other post I start this way, this time its because I'm tired.
I got a stupid amount of stuff done.
The tiny wheezer is mounted. He basically went right in place of the Chinee..I just had to tweak some of the clamps. I Dont know what you guys have to do to mount your turbo,, but I have to take the whole damn thing apart to get to all of the base mounting bolts.
It always had a leak at the base flange, so this time around, I bought a male/female v band pair so it would seal better
And one that was done, I wrapped that down pipe, and put that dude back in place
It was this menagerie that I wanted to fix.
Obviously an after pic. The thing is full of wonky. The catalytic converter is hollow inside, there's pieces cut and sectioned. It's just a cobbled mess.
So..I fixed it.
That is what I had to do first so I could finally get around to mounting the crossmember...which you can see that Ive done that....but that torque arm wouldn't go into that thing from a radical angle.
I had to remove it, put the rear of the torque arm into its mount, and get forward enough so I could leg press the damn crossmember onto the male member.
Once its on,..it slides fairly smoothly.
Its a beast.
But, its all good, everything lined up, the bolts went in like they're supposed to.
Im calling the day a win..
On Sunday, I have the panhard mount ( still) the GPS speedo sender to wire in, and carpet to install...after that, I can put it back on the ground...
And beat it.