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altspace said:
don't be beaten on her now!!(glare) you'll have to let me drive her into town next sat!!
What have you done to your P5 today?
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don't be beaten on her now!!(glare) you'll have to let me drive her into town next sat!!
Photos of my Protege's hell:
http://picasaweb.google.com/clauretano/EngineBlockHeaterRearMotorMountHELL
http://picasaweb.google.com/clauretano/EngineBlockHeaterRearMotorMountHELL
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dude..it's not hard to do a rear motor mount. i took mine off and put it back on in a matter of an hour. UNDER the car. just prop up the car on jack stands, prop the motor up w/ a jack, and use some tools to pull off the WHOLE motor mount. including the bracket holding it on. and adjust the motor w. the jack.Kansei said:
I didn't want to have to take the bracket attached to the subframe off since I was just doing the inserts. I don't see how that would even help at this point. I just can't maneuver the engine to get it lined up properly. I need to move the engine up 2mm and back 1mm. No matter what I do with the jack under the engine I can't seem to get that right. I can jack it up higher, and then it isn't far back enough.. I lower it down, and it still isn't back far enough.
When I get back from work today (will take a long time since I'm on bike and it'll be dark when I get out.. 26 mile ride back home ftw) I'm going to try a few things. First I'll try detaching the front motor mount to see if that gives me some more range of motion.
If that doesn't get me anywhere I'll loosen the bolts holding the motor mount bracket to the engine and see if I can wiggle something into place without removing the bolts that I already have attached.
When I get back from work today (will take a long time since I'm on bike and it'll be dark when I get out.. 26 mile ride back home ftw) I'm going to try a few things. First I'll try detaching the front motor mount to see if that gives me some more range of motion.
If that doesn't get me anywhere I'll loosen the bolts holding the motor mount bracket to the engine and see if I can wiggle something into place without removing the bolts that I already have attached.
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try placing the jack somewhere else on the motor. it'll work. SOME way. i know that for sure. but taking the bracket off and putting thebolt in the mount THEN putting the braket bolts in seemed easier for me..Kansei said:
bad ride for you man..bikes..that long...WOW>..sorry to hear.
Bought a Sony from Crutchfield. They included the wiring harness, dash kit and shipping. The dash kit fits great, and looks really nice, but the radio sits back a little further into the dash than I'd like. I want to take it out and figure out a way to bring it forward and flush to the rest of the dash.
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aMaff said:
haha..(glare) ...from the peanut gallery..(GA peanuts?)....where's my bear?????
boostdprotegelx said:
well if you look at the sequence of pictures, I actually did try that.. but then the bolts for the bracket didn't line up.
yeah I'm thinking jacking up closer to the actual mount might work better. I'll try jacking up the flywheel/clutch area or the tranny.
The bike ride wasn't bad though.. really refreshing. It's the ride home that may suck. I have and LED headlight and strobing taillight so I should be safe and all, but with temps probably getting back down into the 30s it may be a bit nipply.
I'm dyin to drive my car again, haven't driven it since going out to get lunch on Saturday.
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well. try again, it's all about the placement of the jack i believe. good luck man. be safe.Kansei said:well if you look at the sequence of pictures, I actually did try that.. but then the bolts for the bracket didn't line up.
yeah I'm thinking jacking up closer to the actual mount might work better. I'll try jacking up the flywheel/clutch area or the tranny.
The bike ride wasn't bad though.. really refreshing. It's the ride home that may suck. I have and LED headlight and strobing taillight so I should be safe and all, but with temps probably getting back down into the 30s it may be a bit nipply.
I'm dyin to drive my car again, haven't driven it since going out to get lunch on Saturday.
RedHotP5 said:
Thanks. I'm optimistic that I should be able to get the motor mount bolted back up when I get back from work.. I have a few hints/tricks/tips to try out. After that, it's just a matter of putting my intake manifold back together (zomg so many bolts, I guarantee I'll have "extra" when I'm done) and putting everything back together.
oh and I'm hoping I tightened the engine block heater enough. You have to tighten it with an allen wrench, and I don't have a way to use my torque wrench with that. I filled the car back up with coolant and it didn't seem to leak out any.. but of course it wasn't being pumped and won't be until the car is totally back together so I'm screwed if it starts leaking.. I'll just give up at that point and for the first time in my car's life take it to a mechanic to get fixed.
I gotta remember to finish cleaning my air filter.. so far I just sprayed it with the cleaner and nothing more. I need to rinse, dry, and oil still. I'm going to take my CAI piping and SRI piping and rig up a SRI that doesn't rub on the brake master cylinder so that I can run an SRI for now. I'm sick of having to take apart the fender liner to check on the filter.. and plus CAI filters get dirty soo quickly.
I've been pulling a code for cyl #1 misfire so this weekend I changed the oil, PCV, removed the EGR valve and cleaned it out. I was going to remove and clean the IAC valve but I got called in to work so I didn't have time to fiddle with it. Still have the rough idel and it stalled durring the cold start up this morning but it's a little better than before. If cleaning the IAC doesn't work I'll swap out the #1 cyl injector with a spare I have laying around.
