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I did the poor mans resurface on my flywheel because we were hurrying through the clutch install after work. I ended up with alot of clutch judder It may look smooth but when under pressure I'm sure it's like a mountain range ^^^^^^^^^

 
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u tickle me, this has been a great read. i am cheerin for you foos

 
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wow! you guys crack me the **** up...lol. at least you got it as far as you did with the help that you got clint! gl with the rest of it bro.

 
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LOL - tks folks. I ordered the bearings Sunday night, so hopefully they'll be in my PO box on Monday. I don't fly back home until Friday night and my post office isn't open on weekends.

 
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nice clint...tommrow i ecu goes out for kpro, and i get all my new control arm bushes and motor mounts this week...woot...next up for next week, aem peak and hold box with new injectors.

 
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still no rods eh clint?

 
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nope, but i'm in Germany right now, so I don't mind!

 
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Buh bye.

 
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backyard ingenuity at its finest....

looks good, and functional

 
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Thanks Tony! Plus no more cutting myself on that SOB as well.

 
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its still ghetto..... idc what u say, good work tho, its actually a pretty smart move, when r the bushigns supposed to comein

 
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Haven't even ordered bushings yet man. Bearings should be here by Monday though. Oh and since I just got home this morning and the temp is decent, I should be able to respray the VC tomorrow Adam.

 
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yea thats what i meant man, bearings, not bushings, im dumb.... great news about the VC tho, im stoked!!! how was the trip?

 
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Damn, Speedfoos. I leave England for a while and you go and blow a bearing! That's some crazy ****. I wish I was able to help out. I should be back in April. If you need a hand hit me up. Also, things are going great with shipping my car and I should be dropping it off at the port in about a week.

 
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Yeah, it's uber rainy, windy and shitty out today Adam, so no paint. First nice day we have and I'll finish it out and clear it too since it's taking so long. I don't even want to go outside.

Good deal on shipping the car Scott! I go on a 90-day TDY starting 26 March so we'll have to play with your car when I get back. Header and catback are still yours if you want them. Cheap.

 
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Buh bye.

 
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hey foos, now that you got all that power your going to need a brake upgrade.

ive got a 5 lug rear disc conversion with your name on it.

 
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Trust me, that's on my list of things to do when I get back to the states. Shipping would be stupid stupid to get it over here to me now though. I'm sure yours will be sold by the time I get back, but I appreciate the offer!

 
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Bearings are here!

Note. When you order one bearing, you get one half of a complete bearing. Not the whole circular (2-piece) bearing like I thought. Oh well, at least I have half the bearings I need to do all of them and I have what I need to replace the one.

 
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Well, six hours later and the car is back together. I was all ready to go, had rotated the engine over by hand a few revolutions, topped everything up, just needed to put the wheels on. Looks like I re-assembled my blingtastic starter incorrectly. As soon as I touch the positive cable to the battery, the solenoid spins. Too tired to mess with it tonight. I'll take it apart again tomorrow and see what the deal is.

 
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Lazy Bum!

 
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Fixed the starter solenoid, car started up just fine and ran normally.

As soon as my thermostat opened the noise came back. How ****ing frustrating is that!

So **** on it. When I get back this summer, oil and water pumps will be replaced, plus crank bearings, rods (and bearings), pistons, and all 5 crank bearings. It's good enough for now especially since I leave in a week anyway. Gah!

 
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sorry to har about that clint!

 
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starter looks sick

 
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Yeah, too bad you can't see it all once it's in the bay. Oh well.

 
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wooosah clint...woosah, you need to breathe, we dont need you to ballistic on your car. i can understand how frustrated you are. thats why you need to get back stateside so we can help you out.

 
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Yeah, I haven't really gone ballistic on it yet. It's more apathy than anything Edwin. I've been beating on it a little since replacing the bearing and it's been just fine. Bottom end is disposable at this point anyway.

I did hear from some of my V8 buddies that I should get the new crank assembly balanced before installing it though. This is a first heard for me. Is this something we need to do with the D17?

 
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if you spin a rod or main bearing on a v8 crank that weighs more than a d17 block and crank combined...sure. most machine shops (in my area at least) will just measure the journal thats damaged, if it's worth salvaging, it'll get polished and that'll be the end of that. provided that it was well balanced to begin with, and your pistons and rods (both ends) all weigh the same, you should be pretty balanced overall.

 
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dam foos everything in your car is so clean, even your starter. i need to clean my block especialy since i have a rear main seal leak and oil is starting to spread all over the block. good luck with dat squeek.

 
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Thanks Edwin, that' s what I thought since none of you cats had ever mentioned having to balance the rotating assembly as part of the standard procedure.

Lately it seems that the engine stays clean because I don't drive it much though!