Tech Spam thread - because 1/4" BSP gets 5 hand spans to the jiggawatt

[Evan]

55 minutes ago, Yowzer said:

RE003s on everything

I saw RE003s on a flat deck hilux the other day.

[ajg193]

Goodrides I had in the past weren't even round, so there's that aspect too

 

I'd say the #1 most important thing is the behaviour of the tyres in moist/wet conditions. Nothing worse than not being able to steer or stop safely when you really need to

[cletus]

Yeah that's the worst thing about china tyres, I have some cheap 265/30/19 on my falcon which are terrible in moist conditions 

[SOHC]

I saw a woman driving a brand new Volvo SUV with snow tries all round the otherday

[kyteler]

42 minutes ago, SOHC said:

I saw a woman driving a brand new Volvo SUV with snow tries all round the otherday

Probably not brand new then, most likely a Japanese import. 

[SOHC]

Just now, kyteler said:

Probably not brand new then, most likely a Japanese import. 

I will point it out to her on Thursday 

[kws]

2 hours ago, SOHC said:

I saw a woman driving a brand new Volvo SUV with snow tries all round the otherday

Might be marginally better than the wanker I saw in the BMW SUV speeding and cutting up traffic, with canvas showing on his rear tyres.

Maybe she was on her way to the ski fields..... for some mad offroading in her Volvo.

[cletus]

Must be a bmw thing , saw a woman driving a bmw SUV yesterday with wires hanging out the edge of the front tyres  

 

[SOHC]

35 minutes ago, cletus said:

Must be a bmw thing , saw a woman driving a bmw SUV yesterday with wires hanging out the edge of the front tyres  

 

They get them on tick and cannot afford new tires

[Nominal]

2 hours ago, SOHC said:

I will point it out to her on Thursday 

Is it your wife?

[SOHC]

1 hour ago, Nominal said:

Is it your wife?

Yes it’s #3

[Roman]

Dear people-who-know-things, 

Any advice on a valve spring removal tool? 

I've never done it before but I see there are a few tools that look easy to use but maybe they're shit and theres something better. 

Wanting to use for a 3SGE and 2NZ/1NZ and maybe some other Toyota heads for hopefully easy in and out. 

@Yowzer any thoughts? 

[Ashkellybarr]

There’s a Honda tool on Ali express that can be made to work. Bolts where the cam

caps go.

 

been told a small amount of compressed air down the spark plug hole will help hold the values in with the head on too

[kpr]

I made this abortion to do 20v stem seals in place.   then promptly modified it to fit 16v.     double banger 2 springs at a time

[ajg193]

I've seen rope used in cylinder to hold valves up when air isn't available

[Raizer]

Rope worked better than air in my shitty old 4g63 when I did the stem seals.
Was just lucky I had the piston at TDC and it caught the valve that wanted to drop lol

[Roman]

I remember on a forum ages ago a guy tried the rope thing, and it tied a knot in itself and he couldnt get it out haha. 

Eventually got it free but something to be wary of.

[RUNAMUCK]

On 20/11/2020 at 17:57, Raizer said:

Rope worked better than air in my shitty old 4g63 when I did the stem seals.
Was just lucky I had the piston at TDC and it caught the valve that wanted to drop lol

Is that because Mitsubishi rings/valve seats couldnt seal well.enough to hold the valve up?

[SOHC]

9 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said:

Is that because Mitsubishi rings/valve seats couldnt seal well.enough to hold the valve up?

Yes the air goes right past the rings into the sump and then back up past the rings on the next cylinder and out the exhaust 

[RUNAMUCK]

Linger, but when I helped @dirty_leppa do the valve seals on his/ @Brock-Lee old 910 wagon, when hooked the air line up to the plug fitting on number 4, and green wees starting coming out the radiator overflow.  (Nothing a dose of chemiweld didnt fix)