well, after getting the afm problem fixed and the car running. after a weeks worth of on and off work, in the cold cold nights, after tons of brusies and cuts. i removed and put in a newer turbo.

i then had the afm problem above and something im still not sure of, a leak around the turbo manifold. i had to recover from all that work last week, and starting removing everything again today. bac, acv, airpump, sap, pre-cat. got the 3 bolts off the turbo to manifold and the one on the right side the hard one everyone is always talking about is stripped!!! i yelled F*ck and threw the wrench in my garage.

so i decided to take off the whole manifold....when i found that my switching acuator laying on the cross member....****!!! well theres my loud obnoxious "exhaust leak". i forgot to bolt the bracket on the first time. i was so pissed. luckily all the hard stuff is off, but i cant find my 10mm wrench hehe. one after another **** is going wrong. im going crazy.

i packed up my tools and shut the garage for the night...need to cool down and drink some caffiene.

if anyone wants to help me out im in oregon. i could use an extra laborer

brandon

 

pulled the turbo and when i reinstalled had a leaking oil in line, took the line back off made a new gasket out of a head gasket, put the line back on, but forgot to go back and tighten the b-nut after torqueing down the two bolts on the turbo. Started car up for leak checks and in a matter of seconds, pump all the oil out of the car, luckily there was about a half quart left in the motor, didn't screw anything up, but could have. Good luck tomorrow.

 

at least you have a aftermarket dp

 

Man, if I was in Oregon id be there helpin your ***. Too bad im in Missouri. Ive had my turbo off and on like 5 times since I got the car in March. I can do that **** in 1 hour. All you need to remove is the: TID, downpipe, airbox, and Airpump. I didnt take off the BAC or the ACV. Nor did I drain the coolant, I just stuck a fluid catcher under the turbo. You can manuever it out, toward the airbox .

 

it took me like 45 min

taking the **** off is easy. i just ran into a stripped bolt
stress fawking ****

yea it we be cool to have someone over here to help. and when we got done we could go race on my cool roads around my house. long straightaways. hehe

 

Hey, where in Oregon do you live?

 

portland, mt. scott/happy valley to be exact. if you dont know where happy valley is. you start to get there by going around 122nd and foster. and then up the hill!

why ya have a turbo too? your welcome to come and help. i already know what i need to do but too stressed to work.

 

i had the pre cat on when i took the turbo offthe first time, had to cut thatbottom inboard nut off with a dremmel. that sucked. You can also pull the manifold and turbo as a unit without pulling the bac, already had acv and airpump gone. I'm not a very patient person.

 

I live in Bend, Oregon. If I had the gas money I'd help you out this weekend.

 

Hey, I live out by Hillsboro, only about 30 minutes away from ya. I might be able to give ya a hand if you want this weekend. I don't know much about T2's, but I'm pretty handy with my NA.

 

cool, its glad to have some support

im going to start wrenching on it today, and if i can't get it off im going to give it to someone in oregon ....jk but i'll get in touch with one of you and maybe you can help me loosen stuff

 

Actually, I don't own a 7... I'm a sophomore in high school, and the 7 is what i want to be putting the money i get into.

Anyways, I live in Camas, WA.... just wondering where in oregon you lived so i could see how close ua were. I don't see many RX7's around here.