Forum: Help! My car died!
10-12-2015, 08:15 PM
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Chinese nozzle question
The nozzles I ended up getting turned out to be Bosch original equipment. They were stamped "made in France". That may or may not be the actual site of manufacture but that's what was on them.
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Forum: Help! My car died!
09-20-2013, 04:39 PM
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Forum: Help! My car died!
08-03-2013, 07:48 AM
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Forum: Help! My car died!
05-03-2013, 07:30 AM
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Forum: Help! My car died!
05-02-2013, 09:25 AM
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Forum: Help! My car died!
05-02-2013, 09:20 AM
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After acquiring a clutch kit from Autozone,...
After acquiring a clutch kit from Autozone, O'Riely (AP pressure plate with Valeo disk) and AutohausAZ (Sachs) I decided to go with the Sachs pressure plate and disk and returned the other two.
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Forum: Help! My car died!
05-02-2013, 09:13 AM
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Forum: Help! My car died!
05-02-2013, 09:10 AM
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On the road!!
So I "stole" the plates off my '85 Jetta and took my 745 out for a 30 mile drive to burn the oil off the manifolds and see how it ran and I was impressed! It was at night and initially I was leaving...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
05-02-2013, 08:33 AM
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-21-2013, 07:28 PM
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And finally the pilot bearing and tranny shaft
Here's one of the pilot bearing. Part number from various sites is Kolb 046105313D. Also National F85706. I have not verified the fit on either of these bearings but I will once one of them...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-21-2013, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 56
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Clutch continued
This one shows the other side of the clutch disk with the splines and spring setup. I've never seen a disk with this type of spring setup. Since I can't seem to find this exact one, will the...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-21-2013, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 156,718
Clutch details
One of the administrator's suggested moving this to a new thread. I agree, move it if you can.
Now that the engine sounds good I'm moving on to the clutch. I took several pictures that will be...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-16-2013, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 156,718
Nozzles
I called Kaia at Mercedes Source and she said they couldn't get the Monark nozzles anymore. I didn't push her too hard but I found a Chinese source, Pyder Power, for the Bosch equivalent to the...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-16-2013, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 56
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-15-2013, 09:11 AM
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Engine sounds strong!
I haven't driven the car yet but the engine sounds strong. The head was rebuilt by Portland Aluminum Heads (Thanks Anders!!) and they did some quality work (except for the oil port plugs, but I'm...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-15-2013, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 56
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The actual leak found!
And now the rest of the story. After replacing the front crank seal and putting everything back together I started the engine and it sounded pretty good. I looked under the car and oil was pouring...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-15-2013, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 56
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-15-2013, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 156,718
Front crankshaft seal details
I replaced the front crankshaft seal this past weekend in an attempt to solve the oil leak and it turns out even though the seal wasn't the correct fit the leak was elsewhere, see the details below. ...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-09-2013, 07:51 AM
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Good idea 745.
I have the correct 17mm injector and fuel line wrench coming from ZDMAK Tools so I can leave them clamped together in the future. That was a real waste of time and I won't repeat it again. On my...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-08-2013, 12:19 PM
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Firing sequence and fuel delivery pipe routing.
Note to self and others: The firing sequence (firing order) in the Chilton manual is NOT correct. It says: 1,5,3,6,4,2. The correct sequence, per Mr. v8volvo, as posted on this site is:...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-08-2013, 12:07 PM
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Familiarity with the process.
I also doubt it's the valve cover gasket, just hoping (praying??) for a quick fix.
Now that I have the proper tools and understand the process it will be much easier this time. Just having all...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
04-07-2013, 09:31 PM
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Head replaced. Now major oil leak.
So I put on a new head and was going to start the car up. Prior to starting I wanted to prime the pump and get the oil circulating so ...... before I put the injectors in I spun the engine over with...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
03-27-2013, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 56
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Cam bearing damage photos.
So here's some pictures of the cam bearing cap mount that was ripped off. I cut the broken cam so I could insert it into the cam bearing to test the fit. I also clamped the cap onto the base.
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Forum: Help! My car died!
03-27-2013, 08:29 AM
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Pre-chamber crack photos
The prechamber wasn't "loose" as it still required a punch to tap it out and there was no visible mark on the piston, nor was the gasket deformed from any prechamber movement. See the photos for the...
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Forum: Help! My car died!
03-24-2013, 08:31 PM
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Bottom end is fine!
Thanks for the input. A picture does tell the story. I agree v8 that the head would have gone anyway. I only drove the car about 60 miles when I purchased it and there was no coolant leak or loss...
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