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

So, after everything connected and new header tank and cap installed,
started the vacuum leak check on the cooling system.







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Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:07 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: coolant hose, engine refresh, engine removal, header tank, lma, vacuum fill, vacuum leak check

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Not much to report while putting everything back in place……
Just lots and lots of wrenching……





New exh gasket installed at both CATs.









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Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:06 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: engine removal, timing belt

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Finally, the heavily corroded stud bolts at the front CAT came off.

Thank you to member PeterW for sharing his past experience.

Based on his advice, I wanted to use the hammering feature of
the power drill to push out the remaining stud bolt stuck inside the
flange, but due to the fact that the flange was also heavily ...

Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:06 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: cat stud bolt, engine bay, engine removal, fuel filter, stud bolt

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Super busy as usual and addition to other projects,
my boss is now in Japan until early November so
I need to look after the house as well which makes it even
harder to find my spare time….






Not much to report while replacing all of the coolant hoses……




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Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:05 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: cat, cat bolt, cat nut, cat stud bolt, coolant hose, radiator

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As I’m receiving questions and enquires from several people who are not the member here but got my contact through other owners, I decided to post my contact email address here.

It’s kaznsxcb-001@yahoo.co.jp and it is also placed in the right side panel under ‘About Atelier Kaz’.

This email address is one of the disposable one linked to my main email so once I start getting lots of spam, I’ll just change it to a new one.
The latest disposable ...

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