yeah everything is being done right on the parking lot but the office and workers are not here sundays and since that was my only day off i was getting away with it nobody noticed until i removed the engine lol. and i got a sticker saying i was getting towed but i told the office thats why i parked like 5 spaces away from my house in the visitors section so i was taking up any actual parking spots they said it was ok

 

not to much, a little on 35, 410 is just about done, they need to do something around the 1604 and 281 area, that place is a parking lot every day of the week with all of the development outside of 1604.

 

lmao If I can get some ramps made up, Id put my car right on my porch. Sure management frowns on that but it wont be in anyones way. lol

 

haha at least you also get shade that way i wish my apartments had garage access or at least those permanent tents i miss having a garage don't you feel weird working on your car with people staring out the window looking at you... i do lol

 

Yeah its wierd, I had to change a caliper on my mr2 last week and I had it on jack stands and people kept giving me the stank eye. And im used to having a garage, our heat out here is terrible, Id like to be able work without a shirt on but that doesnt go well anymore. lol

 

some girls like guys working on there cars sweaty with no shirt on... to bad none of them live here =( lol

here is a video of when my car had the engine running kinda

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a little atf can fix that problem lol

 

lmao yeah not here. Its a little dark here if you know what I mean. haha

Thats a pretty rough idle. it actually sounded like it was about to die if you let off the throttle. good time for a rebuild. or give it to me. haha

 

and here is the compression test results some body told me to do this test with the valve open sorry but i feel like a noob since i have no idea wtf that means

first video compression is for the front rotor (leading)
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second video is for compression test on rear rotor (trailing)
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which problem the girl problem or the idle lol jk i tried it got the car running but this is what happend after just won't idle on its own and has no power i floored the gas pedal and got up to like 5 miles an hour lol

 

i know what you mean shadows fallow you every where lol

yeah it would die if i let of the gas and its weird cause one moring i turn on the car and bam idle on its own and had power i go get my camera start recording press the gas pedal and dies!

 

LMFAO thats so true. I worry whenever I leave some wrenches outside or when I leave a wheel off next to the car and go inside for a minute.

But its deffinately a good thing that your replacing it. I automaticly assume that you actually have an engine hoist seeing that your engine is in your hatch. lol

 

ok so i had a spare minute and decided to paint my car and buy new rims check out the difference




haha just kidding photo shop not bad right more progress coming up "yay"

 

got it stored in my room lol



any body else store parts in there closet?



and under the bed lol

 

ok so intake manifold and exhaust manifold out it was pretty easy except i think i broke something




ok on the intake manifold there where two lines attached and i could not unbolt them so i tried to turn the little tab i thought holded the whose but i think it just broke the lines =( what do you guys think i'm holding the two i broke and there are two more still attached in the back ground



here are more pictures of the ports

 

Your apartment ROCKS!! lol

I wish I could help with the hose lines... lol

but those ports really do show you that only one rotor really is moving. lol

 

on the compression tester there is a valve that you press to release the pressure or zero it. that valve should be held open to watch each pulse of compression. then it will bounce to zero between pulses, if it goes 90-40-40 you know you have a problem.
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now this one here is pretty weak, could be a stuck seal or cracked corner seal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB4bk...eature=related

 

quick update i just need to remove a few more things of the block i removed the power steering pump just need to remove a few pulleys and this thing whatever its called

 

a bracket?

 

haha yes thats the word i need lol

 

oh thats what it means i guess i should have asked what it meant before i took the engine out oh well too late i can use that for next engine

 

more updates
thats what i came home to the other day stupid tiburon trying to look better then my fc


made a trip out to pick up some stuff


yay "new" engine and t2 hood


and a few fluids and paint and paint remover


only reason i bought this was because i didn't have any pedals at all

 

"new" engine



notice how its shorter


well thats cause the rest is inside the engine


got to fix this too


i cleaned the engine wasn't to hard with engine degreaser

 

I would've kicked you out if I was the manager but being a fellow rotary owner...I'd grab some beer and watch you work cause I'm lazy and tell you how you're doing everything wrong LOL jkjk totally kidding

Seriously tho...I commend you on your efforts. Its not easy doing all of this "basic looking" stuff... given you have the right tools, its still a pain to do a lot of work to our cars. Cant wait to see it finished...I spied a TII hood