Armen's Build Thread
07-16-16, 04:06 PM
#53
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Hah. That's my buddies old T2. Nice buy, lots of good parts came with it and he totally lost his *** on it lol. Sorry to hear about the turbine troubles.
07-18-16, 11:49 AM
#54
Update: 07/17/2016
I ordered a set of low mileage turbos on Saturday, 07/16/2016 so I decided to remove the turbos this weekend. I was luck enough to have a covered space to work under since it was very hot weekend. As always the components before getting to the actually turbos was a piece of cake to remove but the turbos.... that was a different story.
I sprayed the bolt with WD40, which helped, however, I ended up with 3 issues that I need to fix before putting the new turbos in. I need to remove two broken studs and re-tap the one smaller stud treading located on the bottom of the manifold.
I ordered a set of low mileage turbos on Saturday, 07/16/2016 so I decided to remove the turbos this weekend. I was luck enough to have a covered space to work under since it was very hot weekend. As always the components before getting to the actually turbos was a piece of cake to remove but the turbos.... that was a different story.
I sprayed the bolt with WD40, which helped, however, I ended up with 3 issues that I need to fix before putting the new turbos in. I need to remove two broken studs and re-tap the one smaller stud treading located on the bottom of the manifold.
07-26-16, 02:34 PM
#57
VW, Mercedes, BMW, Volvo, Volkswagen, Audi, Ford, Dodge and other Tools for Specialty Applications Remover and Extractor
You may want to try to heat as well
07-26-16, 04:55 PM
#58
This worked on my downpipe studs with only PB blaster
VW, Mercedes, BMW, Volvo, Volkswagen, Audi, Ford, Dodge and other Tools for Specialty Applications Remover and Extractor
You may want to try to heat as well
VW, Mercedes, BMW, Volvo, Volkswagen, Audi, Ford, Dodge and other Tools for Specialty Applications Remover and Extractor
You may want to try to heat as well
08-06-16, 05:26 PM
#62
I have not had a chance to try it on my car yet (its at my brother in laws house since I don't have space to work at my apartment complex) but I tried it on some old turbos I had laying around that had a few studs in them. Took them right out!!
I am hoping it will do the same on the manifold. I will give a update on Monday.
08-15-16, 06:14 PM
#63
I received my Stud Extractor in the mail last week so I decided to tackle the stubborn studs on the manifold. I huffed and I puffed and I broke the stud in half...half of it was int he extractor and the other half in the good old manifold!
I decided to ditch the manifold and bought another manifold from a forum member. The only issue with the new manifold was that it had one broken stud on the bottom of the manifold. The member I bought it from tried to take it out before mailing it but had no luck. I decided to take it over to SilverTRD's shop (his garage) and he worked his magic.
Next Day: August 14, 2015
I installed the new manifold, the turbos, the downpipe, the midpipe, heat shields, and basically everything that needed to be done from underneath the car. I think I have about 2 or 3 hours of work left to do (I work like a snail when it comes to my RX7).
I also accidentally put my elbow on the passenger side light cover while leaning to tighten something and let's just say I will be needing some JB weld for the bracket on the bottom of the light cover.
I decided to ditch the manifold and bought another manifold from a forum member. The only issue with the new manifold was that it had one broken stud on the bottom of the manifold. The member I bought it from tried to take it out before mailing it but had no luck. I decided to take it over to SilverTRD's shop (his garage) and he worked his magic.
Next Day: August 14, 2015
I installed the new manifold, the turbos, the downpipe, the midpipe, heat shields, and basically everything that needed to be done from underneath the car. I think I have about 2 or 3 hours of work left to do (I work like a snail when it comes to my RX7).
I also accidentally put my elbow on the passenger side light cover while leaning to tighten something and let's just say I will be needing some JB weld for the bracket on the bottom of the light cover.
Last edited by ArmAnirx7; 08-15-16 at 06:18 PM.
08-20-16, 12:03 PM
#65
I figured instead of trying to figure out what happened to the turbo I might as well move on and get it replaced.
08-20-16, 02:44 PM
#66
It's a mystery. Somehow the turbine wheel got damaged and started to scrape the black plastic around the turbine housing (the black plastic is only on the 99 spec turbos). All the debris you see in the intake pipes is the black plastic shavings.
I figured instead of trying to figure out what happened to the turbo I might as well move on and get it replaced.
I figured instead of trying to figure out what happened to the turbo I might as well move on and get it replaced.
08-30-16, 10:28 AM
#68
Quick Update.
I ended up buying a new PC680 odyssey battery since my last one was not holding a charge any longer.
I got the car started up and from the initial inspection there was not fluids leaking, not exhaust leaks and not vacuum leaks.
Took the car for a spin and the temps on the gauges looked good so I drove it home 35 miles with no issues.
I will hopefully have this back to the tuner soon for round 2 of tuning. Fingers crossed!!
I ended up buying a new PC680 odyssey battery since my last one was not holding a charge any longer.
I got the car started up and from the initial inspection there was not fluids leaking, not exhaust leaks and not vacuum leaks.
Took the car for a spin and the temps on the gauges looked good so I drove it home 35 miles with no issues.
I will hopefully have this back to the tuner soon for round 2 of tuning. Fingers crossed!!
