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Eng Refresh + LMA, Brake OH, etc 33

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Kaz-kzukNA1
, 03-02-2017 at 12:57 PM (3344 Views)





















Before placing the Eng/Gbox assy back in place, cleaned the engine bay as much as possible.
Some of the before/after photos.










Centre floor coolant pipes replaced.
The crank shaped hose was really soft so it was good time replacing all of the coolant hoses.











I think I’ll replace the FR brake pipe before replacing the Rad.
Really tight space and although we are going to replace the master cyl any way, previous leakage caused big rust at the booster housing.
Also, the owner already told me that one of the brake line was replaced in the past.
Probably it was pressed against the body work without being noticed, scratched and started leaking after many years.
As always, very important to check whenever worked inside the front compartment as there are many Hyd lines inside there.







I think I'll have fun dealing with these rusty bolts on the rad fan shroud....





Hope to fireup the engine very soon.


Kaz









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Cooling , Brake , Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Comments

  1. nikey22's Avatar
    Kaz, when you put the subframe back on, the passenger side mount and driver's side transmission mount need to be bolted back on. Since you haven't interrupted the integrity of the rear mount and front mount, do you need to go through the full sequence of tightening the mounts? Thanks!
  2. Kaz-kzukNA1's Avatar
    The mount rubber gets tired over the time and exposed to heat so in my view, if you touch any of the mounts, I would carry out the full sequence of tightening the bolts/nuts in specific order.

    When taking the eng/gbox out, in order to shift the A/C compressor without disconnecting the refrigerant lines, one has to remove the front cross beam which holds the centre bolt of the front mount so I must carry out the full sequence any way.

    After all these careful adjustments on the engine through the Eng Refresh, you don’t want ending up with NVH issue from the mounts.

    Unlike other production cars, the sub-frame is connected directly to the chassis frame without any bushes or active mounts and the eng/gbox assy is ‘hanging’ on the sub-frame and the main frame through the four mounts.

    Kaz