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What did you do WRONG on your 914 Today |
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Apr 14 2013, 09:10 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,497 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California |
OK, I'll start. I don't expect that this thread will catch on because, after all, we are men (most of us) and we don't need instructions nor ask directions, right? DD's admission to using the wrong screw on the interior door handle made me realize there may be place for FU's like this and that it could be used in a preventative manner. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
I can't remember all my FU's (and there have been many) but this one is fresh in my mind as it happened yesterday. After bragging about my new shop press I must point out that it only works as well as the idiot operating it. After re-installing my trailing arms I noticed a very noticeable amount of slop in the hub as I put the wheel back on. I pulled the arm off and found that I had not placed a back up behind the bearing, rather the bearing receiver, when pressing in the hub. As a result the bearing separated appx 1-2mm. Placed it back on the press with the proper back up and 2 seconds later is was properly pressed in. I've come to the sad realization that you can't fix stupid. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) |
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Apr 14 2013, 11:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 430 Joined: 8-January 12 From: OK Member No.: 13,979 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I rebuilt my engine and everything looks right. It takes a week to hook everything up especially the Bursch exhaust that doesn't fit quite right.
But finally I crank it and it doesn't even try to start. I can hear fuel pumping back into the tank so I figure no spark. Timing light confirms this and multimeter shows 12 volts at the coil...hmmm, maybe dirty points despite my best efforts to clean them after distributor teardown. Pop the dizzy cap off and clean the points....but whatsthis???!!! somehow the points arent even connected.....SURELY they came undone somehow. Yeah, right. So, connect the points, put cap back on, oops, take cap back off, put rotor back on, put cap back on and it should start right up. Loud exhaust pop but no start. hmmm, maybe some fuel was sitting in the exhaust so try again. Loud pop and trying to start but only on a couple of cylinders. Rule #1 is always think of the worst most complicated thing I could do wrong......do I have a valve WAY too tight or something So I jack one side up and take the wheel off. When I see how impossible it is to get at the valves now that the HE's are installed I remind my self that no matter how insecure I am, I set those valves three times and I can hear that there is plenty of compression when I cranked it. Why did I go this way anyway? So wheel back on, jack down, and just why didn't I check my plug wires before I did any thing else? So I found #1 and #2 switched. Obviously someone has been in here just trying to mess with me....even tho I am 10 miles out of town....Anyway, I set that right and of course it started right up. Now I have 100 miles of on and off the throttle in 4th gear and I find oil leaks from the front and rear of the case. Oil pressure sender, oil cooler, oil pump areas are dry. I hope those front and rear seals tighten up. And oil pressure reads low. I have to hope its the new VDO double pole sender and gauge I installed giving faulty signal/reading. Hope I didn't do anything REALLY dumb. |
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