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Hello AI friends, it has been a minute since I have posted things in a thread. Aside from the occasional post in various other people's threads and to Slack, I have let my previous thread sunset. Since then I have done some probably AI things.  I bought the Gorester. I made my own transmission jack.   I put the transmission into the 4.6 4v 240SX:    I discovered the enemy. Rust:  I broke a subframe bolt, re-welded it, window welded the subframe bushings, and put that SOB back:  The Gorester ate the hood latch. gently caress that:    Got new fenders to pass inspection next June. NC is dumb about side marker alignment: Electric power steering for the 240SX, but I need to fix the floor first:  Measure twice, insert once:    The Gorester eats a clutch. So I pulled the intercooler to figure out what clutch to get. The Gorester's daddy informed me what cold hard metal he gave it last time.   I may have started a fire while tacking the brake booster in. The studs were too short to use a fastener. Also, tar insulation removal sucks.     Frame rail status: Not Bad: 
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HI GORESTER I LIKE YOUR NEW HOOD PINS
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Sep 15, 2017 02:34
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You're pulling the motor for the clutch swap, right? I'm pretty sure there's at least a couple bellhousing bolts holding it to the trans.
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Sep 15, 2017 02:36
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I was planning on dropping the trans.
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Sep 15, 2017 03:39
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Motor is way easier and doesn't require any lifts or jack stands or really any under-car work at all aside from the two motor mount bolts.
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Sep 15, 2017 04:41
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Agreed, dropping the transmission on a Subaru is not a lot of fun and probably 5x as hard as pulling the engine.
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Sep 15, 2017 11:59
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I thought dropping the trans was the easier way to do it? There's so much more poo poo that has to come off to pull the engine. (I'm spoiled by having a 2-post lift)
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Sep 15, 2017 15:26
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Engine route: crawl under for motor mounts - 2 bolts stay under for downpipe to midpipe - 2 bolts intercooler - easiest 2 clamps ever, no bolts on Gorester downpipe off turbo - 5 bolts (more like 3 on Gorester) starter - 2 bolts and 2 electrical connectors clutch slave - 2 bolts, pop the arm out fuel - 3 clamps alternator - 3 bolts, leave bracket on for hoist A/C compressor - lol what A/C compressor power steering pump - 4 or 5 bolts bellhousing - like maybe 3 bolts on Gorester engine harness - 2 big connectors on driver side radiator - 2 clamps, no bolts on Gorester Bolt up a chain on the alternator bracket and the bracket where the heat shield for the turbo used to mount, pull the mount studs out of the subframe, go super forward, and it's out. It literally no poo poo took me 54 minutes last time I did it.
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Sep 15, 2017 16:42
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Yeah, trans is the basic engine to trans stuff you do either way (IC, slave cylinder, bellhousing bolts, etc) plus 4 driveshaft to diff bolts, two bolts for driveshaft center support, 3 roll pins (axles and shifter) and 4 bolts for trans mount and one electrical plug. No screwing with wiring, not even breaking any fluid connections (I just sorta left the starter flopping around).
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Sep 15, 2017 17:03
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You have to remove basically all the intake and wiring crap to get at the bellhousing bolts anyway. It's so much easier to just move the engine forward a few inches at that point.
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Sep 15, 2017 18:30
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... no...? Intercooler sure, but the rest I got either from on top or underneath. Mind you, I might also be biased because it was the choice of do it with the garage door closed and the car on the lift, or with the door open to use the engine hoist, and it was -20F out when I was doing my clutch.
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Sep 15, 2017 18:33
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My big thing is I hate working under a car on my back and dropping the trans is basically all under car work. The engine can be pulled without spending more than 30 seconds underneath it. Hell you don't even need a jack if you're skinny enough. Not my pig not my farm though.
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Sep 15, 2017 19:46
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I do have my wonderful bastard transmission jack, but I need to pull the stocker downpipe off anyway...
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Sep 15, 2017 22:37
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I prefer to go the transmission out route rather than eingine out when there is a five speed. Six speed..... well. THAT'S a oval office of a gearbox to heft around.
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Sep 15, 2017 22:52
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I thought the Gorester was an autobox? Clearly I'm out of date here too.
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Sep 16, 2017 00:22
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IOwnCalculus posted:I thought the Gorester was an autobox? Clearly I'm out of date here too. The Gorester has killed too many transmissions for it to have been a slushbox.
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Sep 16, 2017 02:20
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I've already pulled the radiator. I was very careful draining it because the coolant is only 3 months old. I did use my oil drain pain. A bit of dirty oil isn't going to hurt anything, right?
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Sep 16, 2017 02:57
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Extra lube for the water pump.  What electric power steering setup did you go with on the 240, and how will it be controlled? I'm only familiar with GM Delta platform columns when it comes to EPS, and that definitely doesn't look like the one in my car.
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Sep 16, 2017 03:56
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IOwnCalculus posted:I thought the Gorester was an autobox? Clearly I'm out of date here too. Nope it's had 8 manuals
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Sep 16, 2017 16:26
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STR, it's a Versa unit. Has a default power level Fail-Safe. All you needed to do is give it power. I'm at the 2.5 hour mark. Unless it's something very simple I'm glacially slow partly because I'm prone to misplacing bolts/nuts, and partly because I tend to break poo poo if I go fast. I'm about ready to crack the two halves.
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Sep 16, 2017 18:05
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loving gently caress this clutch replacement has turned into a goddamn fiasco. I'm now 18 hours in and my body hurts. Engine and transmission do not want to make sexy.
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Sep 18, 2017 03:32
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They don't want to meet back up? Did you absolutely positively align the clutch disc to the pilot bearing?
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Sep 18, 2017 03:51
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Wrar posted:loving gently caress this clutch replacement has turned into a goddamn fiasco. I'm now 18 hours in and my body hurts. Engine and transmission do not want to make sexy. This is the part that sucks. I've had some luck lubing the very end of the transmission input shaft to help make it easier to align but you can't use too much.
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Sep 18, 2017 04:54
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Wrar posted:loving gently caress this clutch replacement has turned into a goddamn fiasco. I'm now 18 hours in and my body hurts. Engine and transmission do not want to make sexy. Maybe one of them is gay?
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Sep 18, 2017 06:11
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Maybe light some candles, put on some Barry White, and pull out the biggest fuckin hammer you got.
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Sep 18, 2017 06:17
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Rhyno posted:Maybe one of them is gay? That would explain why the motor keeps rejecting transmission suitors.
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Sep 18, 2017 08:18
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Wrar posted:STR, it's a Versa unit. Has a default power level Fail-Safe. All you needed to do is give it power. That's pretty awesome, and a much better approach than GM took. "Oh, there's an issue with the power steering? gently caress YOU YOU'RE DRIVING A FULLY LADEN 18 WHEELER WITH MANUAL STEERING NOW". I was lifting myself out of the seat trying to get it into parking spaces, and even changing lanes at highway speeds was painful.
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Sep 18, 2017 08:41
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Any progress? Oh also I have a
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Sep 19, 2017 16:52
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Adiabatic posted:Any progress? No. I got home and made dinner, but I'm finally not Sore As gently caress, so tomorrow morning before I work from home for the day I will probably take a crack at the accursed thing. Yes. This sounds wonderful.
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Sep 20, 2017 01:44
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I think I got the sob back together. I just need the engine mounts to slot in.
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Sep 21, 2017 02:31
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I like to put the slip yoke of the ds on the back of the transmission and have somebody jiggle it back and forth while trying to mate up the input shaft. Usually just needs a little of that and it slides right in. Easier than trying to rotate the whole goddamn trans.
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Sep 23, 2017 01:32
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Pro tip. Use a 2x4 and sledge to seat the engine mounts.
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Sep 24, 2017 13:48
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Wrar posted:Pro tip. Use a 2x4 and sledge to seat the engine mounts. I was about to suggest kicking the poo poo out of the oil pan, since that's my usual method, but yeah block of wood and a BFH works a treat.
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Sep 24, 2017 15:37
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gently caress me I did not install the clutch correctly 
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Sep 24, 2017 17:43
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Wrar posted:gently caress me I did not install the clutch correctly How?
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Sep 24, 2017 19:09
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Its binding. I can't put the car into gear while running.
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Sep 24, 2017 19:35
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Seriously? Remove the motor? BOX out is an hour job if you pull the shafts first! And that's crusing! (It's a 1/2 hour job pull/ replace with 3 service crew...) But I pride myself on the 7 minuite driveshaft swap...
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Sep 25, 2017 07:48
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Wrar posted:Its binding. I can't put the car into gear while running. Pull or push clutch?
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Sep 25, 2017 07:48
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Push
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Sep 25, 2017 08:18
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I mean this is the Gorester. Start it in gear and sidestep that bitch 
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Sep 25, 2017 15:49
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