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

The TB drive pulley looked to be rusty as well.
I have ordered new one just in case.




Having really big time trying to remove the bolts at the heat shield.
Always the ones at the rear bank will cause ...

Tags: eng cleaning, exh bolt, exh heatshield, ig coil cover, tb drive pulley

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Once the Eng is out, first thing is to check the state of the engine.





Further investigation revealed that the oil leakage was even more severe
than originally thought.
With the state of nearby coolant hoses, etc, already agreed with the
owner to replace all of the nearby coolant hoses, cramps, etc. ...

Tags: cam disc seal, front mount, oil cooler, oil press sender, tb back cover, tb back plate, tb tension adjuster bolt

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Eng is already out of the bay and I’m about to start washing it so
doing another catch up updating the blog......




I don’t think I will be re-using these banjo bolt and bleeder plug at
the brake caliper.



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Tags: banjo bolt, bleeder plug, eng removal, gbox gnd cable

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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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In order to take the engine out of the bay, I need to disconnect the
RR wheel speed sensor connector that is located behind the boot carpet.

I just couldn’t stand the awful smell of the boot carpet and also it was covered
in grass and mud (probably, the owner loves playing golf).

As the weather is getting better, decided to take the entire carpet out from
the boot and going to pressure wash it followed by IPA ...

Tags: battery gnd cable, boot, boot carpet, gnd cable, wrapping

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA