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Nov 5, 2008 | 11:14 PM

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rogrx7

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Originally Posted by Turbo II Rotor

Why is this thread back from the dead?

Why do cats have nine lives

Nov 6, 2008 | 11:35 AM

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dkwasherexd

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Originally Posted by bl00dlust

Alright everyone, We got the car up and running today, idles great, strong motor. Sounds great... but we ran into one little bump in the road. The clutch not disengaging fully, it's not the slave or master cylinder and we've bled all the air out of the line, it's either the clutch disk is binding or the pilot bearing is binding, so we're gonna have to drop the transmission to find out tomorrow....

So in the mean time, here is a picture of the engine bay and two videos for your enjoyment.

Video of it idling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fExg8soVBv8

And a quick walk around:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9XiWWuTvnM

you ran into the same problem as me after my rebuild. I couldnt get out of neutral while idling... I pulled the tranny and found my clutch fork popped out of theball joint and spring..

Last edited by dkwasherexd; Nov 6, 2008 at 11:41 AM.

Nov 6, 2008 | 11:37 AM

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dkwasherexd

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Originally Posted by bl00dlust

im so sad. i hope we can get this finished today.It was his doing on using the bolts to put in the motor.. we tried moving it and pushing it and everyway to get it in and it wouldnt go, it took like three hours. It was a last resort move i guess.

yeah its hard to get the right angle, when its close I just kept humping my engine on the front pulley and cover and it went in. lol my friends were guna record it to make a GIF...

Nov 6, 2008 | 12:21 PM

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bl00dlust

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sheesh. put this thread back to rest.

car is up and doing good... just for a fun update i madea video last night...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB0qeCuthiE

enjoy.