Well here are some updates on project fc or otherwise called the skittle

1- I have the seals ordered and they should be in withinn a few weeks...(Yippppie)

2- I plan to remove the engine tommarow after school... lets hope that the weather is decent....

The problem-- unfortantly i start drivers ed in school this week at school.. therefore i will not have much time after school anymore to work on it... so my date i hope it running again is april 1st yes its a bad day to choose but i dont care... so wish me the best luck......o and btw im using new OEM coolent seals...



peace


Dustin

 

what are you using for apex seals, just 2mm?
where you getting the kit from?

best of luck

 

ummm well this is a update to a previous post i rebuit my engine and the coolent seals failed.. so im re rebuilding it.. but i used 2mm RA apex seals..

 

it's good and all that you've started young and you pretty much know your **** for your age and all, but....... do you have a girlfriend? or did she dump you already cause you were spending this much time and money on the skittle instead of her?

 

no girl friend, and dont plan to have one till i can find one that will be willing to work with me...

 

Youll get it done. And good luck finding a chick thats into 7's.
This chick I know well just got her first car. She got a red 88 vert, and she loves it. Just wait, you'll meet a girl with a 7.

 

there is a senior at my school with a 88gxl auto(yuck) she just drives it as a car.doesent understand it... and she is going out with the tuffest guy at school so im scared to talk to her.. she may have graduated earily too i havent seen her latley... but lest try stay off the girlfriend thing before the mods get mad and close it

 

April Fools Day would be a perfect day to finsh and fire up your project. That way you are the one fooling the powers that be.

 

Please start new posts if you have problems with your FC or want help (post in the regional section) not in someone elses thread.

And good luck Dustin.

 

i just finished my rebuild yeterday and i have the same setup as you dustin, just all t2. i used all ra everything. ill let you know when i fire it up if i get the same problem. hopefully not. I triple checked all my combustion seals to make sure that i wasnt going to pinch a line, and i made sure all the breaks were in the right place a 100x.

 

lmao good luck with that kid.

Glad to hear you got your spirits back and are back at er again. Good luck, don't **** it up this time


You know, before you seal the housings together with the seals, take some pictures and make a post just asking for any pointers before you start the torquing process. Just in case someone remembers something you didn't by looking at the pics to assure a clean and reliable engine build.

lates.

 

will do black plage

 

well im out in the garage as i speak working put a laptop out there the engine should be out tonight..if u wanna hear some progress just shoot me a aim felixwankel88

 

Cant wait to see how it goes for you, I have no idea how it would feel to have to rebuild your already rebuilt engine. But after 3 1/2months of my vert off the road (driving a toyota corolla ) my swaps finally done and I'm very happy, I hope everything works out for you.

 

engine is out yipppieeeeeee... ill post pics later onnn

 

update.. when remooved i looked at the exhaust mani and guess what GREEEEEN.... therefore she had a coolent leak... i will prob be dissasembling it this weekend

 

so I dont understand when your coolant seal went out was everything destroyed

 

no everything wasent destroyed but it overheated and the coolent bubbled,,, but i have to dissasemble the whole engine to change the coolent seals... if u want more detaled info just send me a pm with maddddd questions and ill be happy to respond...


peacdeeeeeee


dustin

 

well last night I ordered the basic rebuild kit and the o ring kit also the gasket kit

 

Your coolant seal didn't fail. You did.

 

hahaha, ill admit i FUCKED UP really bad ill post the pic in a second

 

ok finnaly the pics have uploaded on teh slow dial up

START




Engine out tooo about 1hr 30 mins alone..



ME and engine



UMMM there shouldent be any coolent in the exhaust mani



Damm i guess that coolent seal really go messed







Well parts ordered,, will prob crack open this weekend.....

 

holy ****. how bad can one mess up those inner water rings?

 

Obviously pretty damn bad! Damn kids!

 

Give him a break. It's pretty balsy doing a rebuild by yourself...............................at 15 years old.