It just doesnt end ...
04-06-10, 06:24 PM
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It just doesnt end ...
So I've clocked about 57 miles on my car since the rebuild nearly 8 months ago due to a **** load of problems that I've been having to fix (yes its been that long ... )
Anyway there was always a small coolant leak when I got the car back after the rebuild, which I attributed to a hose or something. Well I got the car on a lift to give it a good once over, and there's no washers on the tension bolts .. there's a shitload of sealant on three of the bolts, but it looks like a hot mess. So tada .. found my leak.
Now I have to ******* drop the trans, clutch, pp, and flywheel just to put some ******* washers on.
Sorry for ranting, but it just really pisses me off.
Anyway there was always a small coolant leak when I got the car back after the rebuild, which I attributed to a hose or something. Well I got the car on a lift to give it a good once over, and there's no washers on the tension bolts .. there's a shitload of sealant on three of the bolts, but it looks like a hot mess. So tada .. found my leak.
Now I have to ******* drop the trans, clutch, pp, and flywheel just to put some ******* washers on.
Sorry for ranting, but it just really pisses me off.
04-06-10, 07:01 PM
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He had Don Charlie from Rotary Clinic do the work on BOTH his 3rd gen and his 2nd gen... Waited a LONGGGGGGGGGGG time to get his cars back and BOOM.....
His 3rd gen didn't last but a couple of months and now this.....
I would take it back to him and make him do the job the right way... Probably have to wait a year though
maybe ask for some $$$$$ back to have a better Rotary mechanic do the job...
His 3rd gen didn't last but a couple of months and now this.....
I would take it back to him and make him do the job the right way... Probably have to wait a year though
maybe ask for some $$$$$ back to have a better Rotary mechanic do the job...
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04-07-10, 01:34 PM
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I feel your pain.. I spent much of the fall piecing my single turbo project together and completely installed it all myself. Got the car done in time for tuning and it performed well. I have had a messed up diff. for a while so that was the next issue to tackle. I know zero about rearends so I purchased a turbo II pumpkin and found out it was from an S5. Only S4 works for FD's. Then I bought an S4 and all new bearings and seals for the build. Took it to a shop and they opened my carrier and replaced everything. Took it for a ride and it sounded terrible. Tore it back down and they said buy a new ring and pinion to solve the problem. They put it back together a second time and sounded worse than the first. I'm like WTF? Come to find out the they reused the crush collar ( a big no no) and the pinion bearing is whining. Now I am out $$ and it has to be opened again. Probably didnt even need the $500 gear set in the 1st place. By a different place (said hell w/ the 1st guy.) Now I have no funds to take the car to DGRR. All the work and $$ I did last year has amounted to zero because my goal was DGRR. I am missingthe event for the first time in 5 years because someone else fucked up my ****! Moral: Learn.. Do it your Damn self!!
04-19-10, 11:13 AM
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hurleysurf24, You & I talked over the phone about two years ago we were working out me rebuilding your engine but you never got back to me. Sorry to hear about your CARS +1 with what G's 3rd GEN said and another Moral To Learn is -You Don't Always Get What You Pay For, But You Will Always Pay To "Get IT" (meaning to learn) Chris.
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