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The Coil Tower strengthening kit arrived today. A tough, looking bit of kit. Gotta go and speak to a mate about using his hoist and a bit of muscle to install it.
To help water proofing the engine, along with the dipstick clip, the timing belt cover hose nipple and the air breathers, I have also raised the Thermal Vacuum Valve inlet and added a filter to it.
Sounds like a road trip is on the cards. Gotta get hold of an air horn pump so I can pressurise the timing belt cover and distributor. The Fuel Miser dissy cap already has a moulded in nipple so that will be easy.
Sounds like a road trip is on the cards. Gotta get hold of an air horn pump
I've already got one plumbed up to the dizzy. Never used it though, always been worried about the dizzy being too well sealed and blowing the plug leads off haha. Also, I need to mount the air horn somewhere better, back of the engine bay probably won't be much good to me. Just a shame they're so noisy.
The Coil Tower strengthening kit arrived today. A tough, looking bit of kit. Gotta go and speak to a mate about using his hoist and a bit of muscle to install it.
here a pic of one already welded in hope it helps
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
I've already got one plumbed up to the dizzy. Never used it though, always been worried about the dizzy being too well sealed and blowing the plug leads off haha. Also, I need to mount the air horn somewhere better, back of the engine bay probably won't be much good to me. Just a shame they're so noisy.
I am thinking of installing it under the dash, or maybe using the ARB compressor with a regulator turned right down. I have extended the compressor inlet up to to a quarter panel trim so it wont suck water.
What a mongrel job. The first hurdle has fitting the brace to the top of the coil tower. The LH tower was warped and the holes didn't line up so I had to drill a few out.
The arm that attaches to the rear cross member uses a U bolt. I recommend trimming the threads a bit before fitting it as trying to do the nuts up takes bloody ages.
The brace arm has bent while trying to tighten the adjusting bolt. I don't know if that will cause it to flex or not.
The RH tower has a few small bolts holding the brake hoses and the tabs holding these were broken but some multigrips clamped them, just!
As the tower was bent up I was able to force the brace in without damaging the brake and fuel lines, by the barest of margins.
The rear arm is gonna be almost impossible to tighten unless I remove the fuel hoses.
I thought I could fit the braces in a couple of hours, but It will be a 12 hour job. The main criticism is that the adjusting bolts supplied are too short by at least 15mm..
Last edited by mudnut; 10th September 2016 at 11:16 AM.
A 12 hour job that is gunna end up being an 18 hour job. I straightened the LH side by undoing all the bolts on the arm and using a hefty G clamp and 12mm thick piece of steel across the bent piece. With the clamp in place, I set the adjustment and torqued the three bolts FT then removed the clamp.
I tackled the RH side and found it easier to tighten the U bolt nuts up, with the arm dangling down then lifting it up and bolting it to the brace, which meant I only had to torque U bolt nuts.
After I had positioned the springs and the supplied urethane spacers, I struggled to get the bastards to stay in position. Even with Mrs mudsane operating the trolley jack, I found it extremely hard to get the springs to sit over the urethane. I eventually gave up, removed the offending bits and used a hoof trimmer to cut a bevel on the rubber. After a few goes I finally got the springs in and the shockers and panhard on.
I decided to check everything and noticed that the two centre bolts of the brace were long enough to interfere with the brake and fuel lines.
I had to drop everything, remove the RH spring and centre bolts. I cut 8-9mm off the bolts, replaced them and fitted the springs and suspension again.
Last edited by mudnut; 5th October 2016 at 11:15 PM.
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