repeater is a saint, and he can press control arm bushings in under 20 seconds
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repeater is a saint, and he can press control arm bushings in under 20 seconds
after some torching and cutting the control arm bushings is pressed out with a air chiezel, then new "frozen" bushings is pressed with a ball joint press using a torque wrench. the arm is held by a vise.
after my control arm bushings are done, we took it for a test drive, he killed my car lol.
after checking EVERYTHING, we ruled ignition as the only possibility and swapped a ignition coil. still no good, we tackled the distributer for the hall sender.
the ground for the hall sender was loose and looks cut by the distributer plate. after several attempts to remove the pin that holds everything together we decided solder is the only way.
the hall sender wires are tiny, about 1cm long and 1000000 guage thick, with some silver solder and mad soldering skills, repeater pull off the impossible, and sucessfully solder the tiny wire together w/o and problems, then moved the wires back under the dizzy plate and soak the entire area with silicone. also glued my distributer plug back together.
well, my car drives fine now and my drivability issues is solved. the way home i stayed at 75-85mph and got 30 mpg avg so its all good. on the way to south bend, i buried my needle (135mph)
next step, rear tie rods, either torch em or get new ones, since my rear alignment sucks now. front alignment was done on the spot at his house.
thanks repeater, the m4d mechanic
after my control arm bushings are done, we took it for a test drive, he killed my car lol.
after checking EVERYTHING, we ruled ignition as the only possibility and swapped a ignition coil. still no good, we tackled the distributer for the hall sender.
the ground for the hall sender was loose and looks cut by the distributer plate. after several attempts to remove the pin that holds everything together we decided solder is the only way.
the hall sender wires are tiny, about 1cm long and 1000000 guage thick, with some silver solder and mad soldering skills, repeater pull off the impossible, and sucessfully solder the tiny wire together w/o and problems, then moved the wires back under the dizzy plate and soak the entire area with silicone. also glued my distributer plug back together.
well, my car drives fine now and my drivability issues is solved. the way home i stayed at 75-85mph and got 30 mpg avg so its all good. on the way to south bend, i buried my needle (135mph)
next step, rear tie rods, either torch em or get new ones, since my rear alignment sucks now. front alignment was done on the spot at his house.
thanks repeater, the m4d mechanic
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Yes it was much fun.
Soldering wires that have no business being soldered! Other than one pesky bolt on the rear control arm that was frozen to the bushing sleeve, everything went good - right up to the point when I blew up Inferno's car, that's when the soldering came in!
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