Lewis7789 2002 Protege5 build thread (tons of pics)

[Lewis7789]

John and Justin, Wes and Ivan tried loading the suspension to tighten the nuts to the ball joints but no dice. I warped the stud when I punched it out of the hub with the BFH and the castle nut is probably warped too.

I just said "**** it" and ordered both control arms for both sides and had them overnight them. It was about $308 but I need a car to drive and I'm sure my roommates would like their parking spots. My GF was like "Well at least you aren't spending twice that much taking it to a shop.". She has a good way of making me feeling better about dropping big money on stupid parts. haha.

Thanks for the help though, guys!

Tonight I'm going to swap oil pans and fill motor oil, drain/re-fill the tranny (all 8.5 quarts! holy crap), check which fuel lines are send/return and hook them up, finish connecting the coolant lines and fill with anti-freeze, hook up the tranny and TB cables, hook up the wiring then turn the key and drive around grandpappy style, yO! Hopefully I'll get any CEL/codes sorted and get it e-checked, then registered without many more problems.

Then the P6 will go back into the garage for hibernation and giving the Milly the evil eye for using up some of her mod money. muhaha...

 

[fishdonotbounce]

We tried to do that but it kept spinning. It looked like the top of the stud was actually warped so that might be why. Wes pointed it out and it looks like the castle nut can't thread past a certain point.

EDIT: Too late lol

 

[THE Phen]

No worries Evan... I kinda got used to someone else's car being broken and hanging out at the house for who knows how long...

 

[JKPgt96]

John and Justin, Wes and Ivan tried loading the suspension to tighten the nuts to the ball joints but no dice. I warped the stud when I punched it out of the hub with the BFH and the castle nut is probably warped too.

I just said "**** it" and ordered both control arms for both sides and had them overnight them. It was about $308 but I need a car to drive and I'm sure my roommates would like their parking spots. My GF was like "Well at least you aren't spending twice that much taking it to a shop.". She has a good way of making me feeling better about dropping big money on stupid parts. haha.

Thanks for the help though, guys!

Tonight I'm going to swap oil pans and fill motor oil, drain/re-fill the tranny (all 8.5 quarts! holy crap), check which fuel lines are send/return and hook them up, finish connecting the coolant lines and fill with anti-freeze, hook up the tranny and TB cables, hook up the wiring then turn the key and drive around grandpappy style, yO! Hopefully I'll get any CEL/codes sorted and get it e-checked, then registered without many more problems.

Then the P6 will go back into the garage for hibernation and giving the Milly the evil eye for using up some of her mod money. muhaha...

Tip for getting the oil pan off easily..block of wood along the front of the pan. Hit the block of wood with a hammer and it should pop right off.

 

[KZL_99ES]

No worries Evan... I kinda got used to someone else's car being broken and hanging out at the house for who knows how long...

(peep) (sad2)

 

[princess peach]

no worries evan... I kinda got used to someone else's car being broken and hanging out at the house for who knows how long...

lmao...

Bazinga!

 

[PrinceValorum]

Tip for getting the oil pan off easily..block of wood along the front of the pan. Hit the block of wood with a hammer and it should pop right off.

Don't forget to take the bolts out, Evan.

I think the stud on that ball joint bent a bit where it has the holes drilled through it for the pin to secure the castle nut. At least that's what it looked like.

 

[PrinceValorum]

Evan, when '07 TL Type-S's come down in price, I would highly recommend checking them out. To sum up the car, it's everything that the Milly should have been. Cody brought one home from work last night, and I rode in and drove it and I was nothing but impressed. It was even an auto, and you know how much I hate autos (and luxury), and I was still impressed. It would be downright baller with the 6 speed manual.

Well, how bout some piktars?

Donor

Recipient

Five agonizing thumb-twiddling hours later...

Pablo and his MJ hand

They should have never let me touch the tape! The blurry one says "hood prop thingy"

Yummy! Gotta make sure to save that to run in the new engine!

Lulz, the Milly has the shortest front endlinks I've ever seen

LmAO Kevin's such a goober and hung his mudflaps so that he can be in the slammed thread now, y0!

Old and busted in the back, new hotness in the front

Better view of old and busted

"Harde Har, I are going to be Grandpa!!"

"There's an odd sound coming from my engine bay..."

Oh sh00t, straight up G-baller "now I can finally afford a proper transmission for the Milly!"

Why one seat? Because daily driver race car!

Pablo getting down and dirty in his forensics garb to investigate the ATF-soaked crime scene

I figured this would be a prime time to get a shot of both the 2-bolt and 3-bolt intermediate shaft housings. I've never seen pictures like this, so hopefully this will be useful to someone.

It would be awesome to make this into a gif and animate the next two pictures, but the lazies are strong in this one...

We salute this poor impact wrench, who served the garage well for quite some time.

Like 14 days later...

Crazy storm outside! We were all thankful to be in the garage, despite how leaky it is.

Awesome team work putting an axle in! (notice how I never actually have to do anything and just take pics? (naughty) )

 

[CheeseHelmet]

Christ that looks like fun, good work guys!

Also, save me some of that chocolate milk from the milly engine, it looks mighty tasty

 

[justanothermp5]

wait....why are you swapping that motor into the milly? what motors going into the P5?

 

[HKPRO5]

So how much would it cost to bring a group down to Hawaii to do a V6 swap for me. =)

 

[fishdonotbounce]

So how much would it cost to bring a group down to Hawaii to do a V6 swap for me. =)

The cost of a round trip ticket, food and a bed.

 

[princess peach]

The cost of a round trip ticket, food and a bed.

add a few trips to the beach and around the island and I'm in, and forget the bed, I'll take a hammock

 

[Bastian]

I'll take a hammock

Hopefully that comes with a spine realignment

 

[princess peach]

Hopefully that comes with a spine realignment

I still have one in my room in Colombia, they're not too bad

 

[PrinceValorum]

So how much would it cost to bring a group down to Hawaii to do a V6 swap for me. =)

I'll take my payment in teenage girls

I'll take a hammock

Hopefully that comes with a spine realignment

No spine realignment necessary, he prefers the banana hammock (naughty)

 

[KZL_99ES]

I'll take my payment in teenage girls

No spine realignment necessary, he prefers the banana hammock (naughty)

(boom06) ...oh my... oh all accounts!

 

[HKPRO5]

Haha. Teenage girls. I believe Hawaii has the most beautiful girls in one place at any given time. lol lots of chicks.

 

[princess peach]

I'll take my payment in teenage girls





No spine realignment necessary, he prefers the banana hammock (naughty)

didn't we agree you weren't gonna tell? now you won't get to see it again

and I'll take some teenage girls as well if you're getting some for Wes, any chance you can get Grace Park when she's not filming 5-0?

 

[ajkulish]

why not while she's filming?