chris r

You have probably said somewhere but where is the fan pulling the air from? could the source be heating up the incoming air?

I put the water pump on the churbo motor and then put on and took off the timing belt 3 times because I forgot stuff. First time I forgot the engine mount bracket, Second time I had forgotten the plastic stone/dust shield and 3rd because I hadnt torqued any of the cam cap/bearing bolts

Just drive it no plates/if you get snapped with wrong plates you'll still get in shit

So in order to fix one potiental fuel leak I now have created two. I forgot to ask for a fitting that uses a crush washer instead of the taper seal. I remembered after I found the leak. So of course now the fuel rail is ugly and if I get the correct fitting it'll still leak. Oh and the filter end leaks too. I'll try new crush washers and a correct fitting on the rail end and see how it goes. Update: I popped in to enzed and got some crush washers, talked to the guy and he suggested trying a o ring. As soon as I got it finger tight it pinched the o ring and spat it out one corner. I have tried loctite in the threads instead of thread tape so i'll let that cure and try tomorrow. Failing that I'll be rangi/a rough cunt and use that metal epoxy stuff to seal it once and for all. It says its fuel resistant on the box so It has to work right?

Oh I had a bigger heavier block but thought the Ali (motor) block wouldn't like the weight hanging off it. I will be supporting the oil feed as much as possible

I have made the ef9 pump bracket work and have a pump but who knows how good it is. I'll swap the rack over and see how it goes.

Collect my hoses today, they were a bit more spend than I expected. The hose Barry said the oil line wasn't crimped properly and would of burst. It looks less shit now and shouldn't leak

The 202 in the Hz took HEAPS of flushing for all the rusty crap to come out. I spent a lot of time just getting the block and heater core to have clean water coming out. I'm interested in how you find it post cam swap. I'm also thinking about a mild cam for my 202

I'll have a squizz when I drop the stuff off I had no idea on garden trailer size tbh. Just making up figures I remembered he built one but didn't look enough at the thread to get sizes etc I'll double check

Still working that out tbh. I have a big 200L fish/chilly bin so Ifigured that on one end and a bench/sink on a side/end and enough space for tents,wheels, tools etc. I was thinking about a battery and possibly water tanks if I go really stupid. Our friends have a poptop caravan thing and its not that practical, all the bad points of a tent and none of the convenience of a caravan. And we can pack up the tent way quicker Edit: possibly 2x3 mt or similar. not too big really

Thanks. I'll have to sort my shit out and work out what I need

Maybe noob but does the 50x50 come in different wall thickness or just go for gold with it?

I was thinking about some sides/walls but still finalizing it.

I'm looking at making a trailer for my big arse chillibin, camping/putting wheels and tools in. I guess garden trailer sized thing ish. What size steel will be good? 70x50 50x50? what wall thickness? Thanks in advance

I was looking for something else in the garage today and picked up a bracket and thought that looks familiar. Turns out it was a power steering pump bracket for a B series ef i've done a quick test fir and the profile is correct but the lower bracket is too high as the B18 block is slightly taller than the B16.. Luckily the brackets are only held together by a 10mm bolt so I'll whip that off and test fit the pump another day. Now i have all the parts sorted engine side. The subframe is out of the parts car so fingers crossed the rack fits and I dont need ef8 specific tierod ends as they are discontinued Edit: can A mod change the thread title to chrisrs gay hondas or something?

Pulled out the rangi fuel line and figured out why it was weeping... I had not tightened up one of the bolts enough. Monday I'll see about getting one made up so it fits nicely. Fuel coming out is still nice and clean so I call that a win. When I see if the shop has the jack I'll get them to make up a nicer version of this

I finally started a thread on the Honda forum and a guy had a photo of it before it was black. From my wire brushing in the engine bay it looks like it's been sprayed over the original paint has anyone got tips/tricks for removing the black layer? I've splashed some acetone over it and it softens it but I think I'll need heaps to make a dent in it. I was thinking about making up a heat shield for the extractors. Yes I could wrap them but that's the easy way right

Because I am a rough cunt and don't like water dripping on my head I siliconed up the sunroof panel gaps. I could take it out but on the off chance one turns up I'd like it to work. Picked up a crank pulley so I'll try swap that around tomorrow and figure out mounting the power steer pump. Yes I'm putting it back in but when I end up takin it on the track less effort and less turns lock to lock will be nicer, And my shoulder is going to take months to get back to where it was before the accident. The shuttle got some attention today too. I slapped some clear coat on the guard yesterday afternoon and bolted it up today. The colour match isn't perfect but I am happy the overall job considering I painted it on the lawn with a rattle can. There is a couple of small dents and flakes in the guard but meh. Where are you going to find parts for this?

I realized I didn't have a photo of the bay after the hours of work (not that you can tell :P) And I founda video of it when it was for sale this time last year (possibly the guy who initially built it)

Fresh painted concrete floor is so good to work on. I swear I'm sweeping our garage out 3 times a day

so no garage skids then just drive skids

I wondered how long itd take untill you moved this into the shed. Looks good and I'm so jealous of the shed

It's funny what you find when you tidy up the hoard. I had a spare gearbox with the right sensor all along. I'll have another spare now. Chucked a few layers if clear on the guard and it looks really good from a few meters away so I'll bolt it up tomorrow and call it a result

I started to paint the spare guard for the shuttle. Yes it looks shit and the colour match isn't perfect but for a rattle can job it'll do for now.

After a quick test on a friends car and a check of a diagram I had the sensor connected wrong. Easy fix. I've got a non fucked sensor on its way. The ass of this is quite light. It just drags the back wheels along while doing a single peel. But nankangs smoke good. Just need to fix muffler, fuel leaks, hunting idle, fill coolant, put trim in, replace crank pulley, Mount/finish battery tray, fix sunroof leak, get heater working, get passengers mirror working and I can see what it fails a wof on. Then dyno and pull the gearbag out and put a lsd in and ditch the puk clutch. Then hopefully do a skid with both wheels