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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

PostPosted: Sat Apr 20, 2019 10:59 pm
by cis6409
Got to finally take off the windscreen washer fluid cover and after putting up a big fight with more spinning rivnuts - have I mentioned them already! :roll: .
Very hard to access the bolts on one side cause of the weird shape of the resovier cover and the body as it slopes over it. Even with a dremel it was tough to access it properly, but patience it finally gave way..

Now I know why I have a modified aftermarket washer pump the original one must have given up as one of the power wires was disconnected from the 2 pin plug - that's a 17 year wonderment solved :D
I'll test the motor and see if it ll come back to life

Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

PostPosted: Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:08 pm
by cis6409
Gave the washer cover a good clean out, came up pretty well I thought.
Might be an idea to make the bottom drain holes a little bigger to help with drainage and stop them clogging - maybe :?

Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

PostPosted: Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:25 pm
by cis6409
Was on a bit of cleaning spree after that so next up was the gearbox. Complete New clutch and fix the leaky driveshaft seal is definitely needed here as a minimum that's for sure.

I painted this years ago myself with a rattle can and I made an absolute pants job of it :oops:. Lesson learned there, I should have left it as it was ..

Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

PostPosted: Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:34 pm
by cis6409
Some Various bits that are going to need cleaning or freshening up as best I can..

Time to start making another list ;)

Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

PostPosted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:10 pm
by cis6409
It's been a while hamburg trip, work etc and the months fly by... Anyways got the gearbox back after a complete strip down, rebuild and overhaul of seals and gaskets etc. Nothing major at fault internally: diff, gear synchros etc all good thankfully. Just a new set of seals, gaskets, half bushings and all roll pins reinforced. The second gear one wasn't even there anymore nothing left of it :lol:
Happy with the end result and a major tick done on one side of the engine equation anyways :dance:

Next up will probably be the cv joints amongst others, never done them before so 'fun, messy' Lesson I expect lol!

Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

PostPosted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:24 pm
by cis6409
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

PostPosted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 4:00 pm
by Domi
Wow, gearbox looks brand new, amazing job done :thumbsup:

Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

PostPosted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:17 pm
by bandit
Lovely job :thumbsup:

Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:37 am
by mec
that looks familiar ! very nice indeed !

Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

PostPosted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:02 pm
by cis6409
Thanks guys much appreciated :) :thumbsup:


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