peteretep Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 what kind of engine/car are we talking about here? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 17 hours ago, tortron said: But it's portibke KY, and if you can't fit a hoist it's probably ok Its not much more to get a brand new QuickJack. https://mytools.co.nz/products/quickjack-2-268kg-capacity-quickjack-longer-model-bl5000slx I love my quickjack. Also good for dropping gearbag or diff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 7 hours ago, peteretep said: what kind of engine/car are we talking about here? Some form of Ford Flathead V8 I imagine. They run two water pumps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 11 hours ago, Nominal said: Some form of Ford Flathead V8 I imagine. They run two water pumps Yes but its much older than the one in this pic^ and dosnt have mismatched pulleys Never use Dennis Carpenter gaskets for fucks sake 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get it done Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Do forget the bolt in the middle like my work mate , i can confirm the casting is really thin when you forget to undo it then lever it off lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Iv had tridon gaskets doing the same thing. 0/10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Heated seat pad kits Yay or nay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Yay. In saying that I'm only familiar with transplanting the units from a car that had them as stock, into an older car. Seemed to work out well for him though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Yeah I feel that OEM would be better quality, but I also don't want junk seats clogging up my life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Eh? I mean he just removed the factory upholstery from the seats, yoinked the elements out and stuck them down onto the foam in his existing seats. Ran them off a rotary 4 position switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Yeah, I mean to say I can't buying and hauling some OEM seats and then dumping em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Pick-A-Part? Takes about a minute to grab each element... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTERUS Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 http://s.aliexpress.com/fAFnIvey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOHC Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 BW 55 auto seems to be leaking fluid from somewhere, I did the sump gasket, but I think its coming from in the bell housing, it even empty's when the car sits around and is not driven. Should I dare to put in some seal conditioner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carsnz123 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Probably not. I'm a believer of fixing shit properly (most of the time). Seal will be fucked so I'm sorry to say but you'll have to pull the bitch out and replace shit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Was parked in my car the other day, with the car idling looking at a map with the outside weather at about 30C. After about 15mins I saw the water temp had gone way up to the 'high' zone of the gauge, who knows what temp that might have been. Anyway, decided I should move and turned the AC up to hot and the temp dropped real quick back to the colder side of normal temp. After we got home I checked the oil and water levels and they were fine, but the air intake pipe had fallen to bits so realistically it was drawing in engine bay air. I have since ghetto rebuilt my intake hose so it should draw in from outside now, but I wonder if hot air intake air would make the water temp/general engine temps increase? /I have not checked to see if the radiator fan turned on, I will check that next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carsnz123 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 electric or visco fan? car make/model/year? At idle engine bay temp air shouldn't make any difference. Radiator could be in need of a clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 its an electric fan, I'll have to check its working/working properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 hmm, fan seems to be working properly, need to wait and see if it does it again and see if fan is running, maybe there is an intermittent problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Possibly dumb question depending on car, but are you sure the radiator actually has coolant in it? Had an identical issue on my BMW Mini when there was a coolant leak, so the radiator was super low on coolant, but the hose to the overflow tank was blocked.... so when i did a quick check, the overflow bottle was full, but it couldn't get any of that into the radiator. Ambient temps were high, and it would rise into the red at idle, but was fine driving. Radiator fan was operating but couldn't cool it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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