Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer

The parking brake cable was stuck inside the L-shaped bracket on the
brake caliper.
And the two bolts holding this bracket were heavily corroded so
I had to be really careful not to sear them off.

I’ll replace them with the new one on installation.
If I have the time, will try separating the cable from the bracket ...

Updated 14-04-2014 at 10:53 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Added parking brake cable photo.)

Tags: eng removal, exh back box, exh manifold, exh pipe, exhaust, oil cooler, parking brake cable

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Bleeding of CL Hyd Sys.

Unlike the brake master cyl that consists of twin piston tandem system with
criss-cross flow, CL master cyl is just a single piston/line.
As long as you can prime the master cyl enough, air bleeding is fairly easy
and can be done with just hand operation.

After priming the CL master ...

Tags: brake bleeding, cl hyd sys, clutch master cyl, exhaust

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TB/WP/Valve Service , Clutch Master/Slave Cyl , Brake

At #1 and #3 INJ base, noticed some sort of marking.
#2 was dry. It's the 2nd photo ...

Tags: a/c, a/c compressor, cat, compression check, compressor, eng refresh, exhaust, heat shield, inj, injector

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TB/WP/Valve Service

Just keep removing the parts in preparation for taking the engine out.








Once the engine is out, it’s not easy to apply huge torque at the
crank pulley bolt so loosen it at this stage.







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Updated 30-10-2012 at 11:16 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: a/c compressor, air con compressor, cam cap, cat, compressor, exhaust, heat shield, spool valve, timing belt

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TB/WP/Valve Service

Replaced all three coolant hoses under the header tank with new clamps.

In the process of vacuum leak check on the cooling system.
Left it over 40min to ...

Tags: cat nut, coolant hose, exhaust, exhaust leak, exhaust nut, vacuum fill, vacuum leak check

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TB/WP/Valve Service