Rosscos GQ Rejuvenation

[Rossco]

Nah he painted it, asked weather I wanted it silver or black. . . No brainer! Hopefully you can get the Nissan decal if not out comes the texta

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[Winnie]

Maybe time for a new inlet manifold while it's out too Rossco, I don't reckon you've spent enough time or money on this car yet.

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[Rossco]

NO enoughs enough, time to enjoy it i reckon

Not going to crank the bejesus out of it either just be happy with something that cruises nice can pull the Jayco without too much stress and has a little bit of power under the old foot if needed . . .

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[Rossco]

So got a little bit of shed time in today with some much appreciated help from Mudski, Nicko & AB cheers heaps dudes.

Motor is ready to go back in the car now, manifolds and turbo is on. Had a bit of a drama with the exhaust manifold, didn't think that I had to remove the studs in it to put on the adaptor to suit the BorgWarner. Anyway tried to get them out and they wouldn't budge even with heat a welded nut so had to drill out & tap 3 of the 4 but they came up alright in the end. . .



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[Bacho86]

Looks noooice Rossco!


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[Wine_maker]

Looks great, Mate!
Sure it will have a great thrust!

[MB TD42]

bit of get up n go never bothered anyone...

[Rossco]

So motor is now in and getting close. A few minor dramas along the away but all good. Cheers again to Markie (Mudski) & AB, dropped the motor in last night although wasn't completely smooth sailing. Seemed to take a while to line up then were having trouble getting bolts in. Had a look at the sandwich plate and noticed wasn't lining up with the bolt holes which didn't make sense at all, anyway pulled motor out and drilled the plate out a bit then put it back in easier this time.

Came back to it this morning and noticed things still weren't lined up right then worked out what was going on. Felt a bit silly but lesson learnt and I guess it was getting late & tyred etc but reason holes weren't lining up was because the bracing mounts on both sides had been removed and put back in again were out of line. Loosed those then all good.

Next oh s#!t moment was when I lowered it down into the mounts, with the turbo outlet facing down to work with the safari intercooler, it hit the chassis big time. Thought i was going to have to totally re think intercooler piping but rotated housing so outlet was facing the block a little more & dropped in with about 10mm clearance so hope this is all good.

Decided to get it towed to the exhaust shop to get the dump pipe done so is off there tomorrow then will be close to firing up. Hope the thing works . . . Should do. . .



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[Throbbinhood]

Damn, I've loved this rebuild. So nice to see.

[Rossco]

Damn, I've loved this rebuild. So nice to see.

Cheers mate, yeah enjoyed but looking forward to enjoying it soon.

Got the dump pipe done today also had to get a new pipe made up from airbox to turbo cos the old Millweld one did didn't quite fit nicely with the new setup and was hitting badly on the back of the alternator. Anyways Lilydale mufflers & towbars did a really good job on it. Had to get it towed there & back, had it booked in twice before and had to cancel so think would have been pushing my luck postponing again lol. A few little things to finish & check over everything then might try starting it tomorrow sometime . . Bit scary tho !

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