Vacuum job, don't trust myself!
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Vacuum job, don't trust myself!
Hey all,
I'm soon going to do a vacuum job on the FD, but I ain't doing it myself, I'm getting a mech to do it for me! Can you people tell me exactly what size hoses I should buy?? I'm not to fimiliar with this job so which hoses should I buy vacuum hoses or silicone hoses? or both??
I'm planning to order the hoses from this OZ site.
http://www.autospeed.com/shop/catego...msvr=107646430
Can you please pick out which ones I'll need to purchase to do the entire vacuum job. There's is even a silicone hose kit for the FD on this site but it says it only covers the coolant and it costs $360.00AU/$255.60US WTF!
Thanks
Joseph
I'm soon going to do a vacuum job on the FD, but I ain't doing it myself, I'm getting a mech to do it for me! Can you people tell me exactly what size hoses I should buy?? I'm not to fimiliar with this job so which hoses should I buy vacuum hoses or silicone hoses? or both??
I'm planning to order the hoses from this OZ site.
http://www.autospeed.com/shop/catego...msvr=107646430
Can you please pick out which ones I'll need to purchase to do the entire vacuum job. There's is even a silicone hose kit for the FD on this site but it says it only covers the coolant and it costs $360.00AU/$255.60US WTF!
Thanks
Joseph
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Thanks Mahjik. You seem to have a link for everything!
Just one more thing are all these hoses silicone or are some vacuum? And also do you need to take out the engine to do the vacuum job??
Just one more thing are all these hoses silicone or are some vacuum? And also do you need to take out the engine to do the vacuum job??
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Thanks Mahjik. You seem to have a link for everything!
Just one more thing are all these hoses silicone or are some vacuum? And also do you need to take out the engine to do the vacuum job??
Thanks Mahjik. You seem to have a link for everything!
Just one more thing are all these hoses silicone or are some vacuum? And also do you need to take out the engine to do the vacuum job??
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=269111
As far as the last question, the engine does not need to be removed to complete the vacuum hose job.
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man, I personally reckon youre goin about this the wrong way, if you want to own an FD then its such an advantage to know how they tick so my advice would be to do it yourself, there's enough websites ( like maybe ummmm.....this one) with links to the info and procedures on this.
At least give it a go .
At least give it a go .
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I would tend to agree. Even though I had a well-known rotary shop in SoCal do the job, after examining the job, I certainly feel I could've done it myself with enough time and patience. And as spekdah said, you'd know which hose activates what, a huge advantage when troubleshooting.
I just came back from visiting the Sydney area (which is why I'm up at this time of the night), and I was surprised by the amount of modded imports running around, including many FDs, Skylines, Supras, and Silvias. Kinda cool.
I guess they just finished a brand-new dragstrip facility just outside of Eastern Creek Raceway, and they held a big race meet the weekend I was there at Eastern Creek's road circuit testing a new Yamaha. Should be cool for everyone wanting to test out their cars in the Sydney area.
I just came back from visiting the Sydney area (which is why I'm up at this time of the night), and I was surprised by the amount of modded imports running around, including many FDs, Skylines, Supras, and Silvias. Kinda cool.
I guess they just finished a brand-new dragstrip facility just outside of Eastern Creek Raceway, and they held a big race meet the weekend I was there at Eastern Creek's road circuit testing a new Yamaha. Should be cool for everyone wanting to test out their cars in the Sydney area.
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I am a newby to mechanic work but I try and do as much as I can by myself. I have never let anybody touch my car after a mechanic changed my radiator and dropped one of the rubber bushings from the intercooler into one of my fans and didn't tell me. The car started to overheat when I was at lights and it was because my fan was stuck, good things I caught it because I took everything apart myself a week later.
I did my vacuum job by myself but I broke one solenoid because I started to get frustrated but it isn't hard you just need a lot of patience with it.
Good luck with your RX Ripzta.
I did my vacuum job by myself but I broke one solenoid because I started to get frustrated but it isn't hard you just need a lot of patience with it.
Good luck with your RX Ripzta.
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Hmmm... I'm thinking of doing the job myself now! It just seems like alot of hassles, trying not to break solenoids, lines coming out of everywhere and that!
I still haven't ordered the hoses yet and wondering if this silicone hose kit for a FD ,from this site http://www.autospeed.com/shop/catego...svr=107646430, will cover everything (all vacuum hoses).
Thanks alot guys
Joseph
I still haven't ordered the hoses yet and wondering if this silicone hose kit for a FD ,from this site http://www.autospeed.com/shop/catego...svr=107646430, will cover everything (all vacuum hoses).
Thanks alot guys
Joseph
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Originally posted by Ripzta
Hmmm... I'm thinking of doing the job myself now! It just seems like alot of hassles, trying not to break solenoids, lines coming out of everywhere and that!
I still haven't ordered the hoses yet and wondering if this silicone hose kit for a FD ,from this site http://www.autospeed.com/shop/catego...svr=107646430, will cover everything (all vacuum hoses).
Thanks alot guys
Joseph
Hmmm... I'm thinking of doing the job myself now! It just seems like alot of hassles, trying not to break solenoids, lines coming out of everywhere and that!
I still haven't ordered the hoses yet and wondering if this silicone hose kit for a FD ,from this site http://www.autospeed.com/shop/catego...svr=107646430, will cover everything (all vacuum hoses).
Thanks alot guys
Joseph
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I did my own vacume job and the only real problems I had was breaking solinoids, MAKE SURE YOU USE RAZOR BLADES OR A CRAFT KNIFE TO GET OLD TUBES OFF SOLENOIDS, DONT FORCE THEM, THEY WILL BREAK AND IT WILL **** YOU OFF!!!!!
apart from that the rest is just time. good luck
apart from that the rest is just time. good luck
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Do the hose job yourself and you will learn more about the car's turbo and emissions systems than you even knew existed.
Be sure to read-up, first!
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=129174
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=167287
Be sure to read-up, first!
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=129174
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...hreadid=167287
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READ UP!!
I just did it =P but I did the simplification.
2nd take your time, took me a week on and off.
3 days just taking out the selenoid rack (DONT STRIP THE SCREWS!!!)
I just did it =P but I did the simplification.
2nd take your time, took me a week on and off.
3 days just taking out the selenoid rack (DONT STRIP THE SCREWS!!!)
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I bought my silicon hoses from www.hosetechniques.com
just buy the set for the FD3S model.. run like 118 bucks plus shipping.
just buy the set for the FD3S model.. run like 118 bucks plus shipping.
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High temp silicone was saying there's a difference between the peroxide cured and the Platinum catalyzed. Might wanna check that thread out, do a search on "Platinum catalyzed".
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Duro Blue silicone tubing
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https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...light=Duro+Blue
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There is a HUGE difference between peroxide and platinum catalyzed silicone. Platinum has much better physical properties.
Also that hosetech kit is almost double of what it should cost!
Also that hosetech kit is almost double of what it should cost!
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We are in the process of making one.
The kit will have:
45Ft 3.5MM
30Ft 4MM
20Ft 6MM
5Ft 8MM
I am not sure what everybody likes as far as colors. We focused on Red, Blue and Black. Yellow and Silver will be mixed and extruded in April.
When we make Platinum silicone we need to make sure we take delivery of the compound when we are ready to extrude it. The shelf life once the catalyst is added is less than 12 hours!
Once we have a sufficient inventory, I will talk to the admin about getting a sticky for the community. This will probably coincide with the grand opening of our webpage which means "GRAND OPENING SALES"!!
The kit will have:
45Ft 3.5MM
30Ft 4MM
20Ft 6MM
5Ft 8MM
I am not sure what everybody likes as far as colors. We focused on Red, Blue and Black. Yellow and Silver will be mixed and extruded in April.
When we make Platinum silicone we need to make sure we take delivery of the compound when we are ready to extrude it. The shelf life once the catalyst is added is less than 12 hours!
Once we have a sufficient inventory, I will talk to the admin about getting a sticky for the community. This will probably coincide with the grand opening of our webpage which means "GRAND OPENING SALES"!!
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