FallinApartBoys Timing belt GTG in Columbus. 7/21/07

[Growler]

ok, its Official.

I am opening up my two car garage to Myke for the installation of his timing belt.

I know others wanted to come and lend a hand. (or just to shoot the breeze etc.)

Myke is gonna be getting to my place by 9am so his car can cool off.

work to begin around lunchtime or so.


Here is my house. Well, my driveway is actually 2 driveways EAST of the arrow.. but close enuf.

you can get directions from your place at your lesiure.

post up here if you wanna come.

Aaron +5 (whole family will be around)
Myke (At least I HOPE he is gonna be here since its all for HIM anyways!!)

[Don_n_Herbie]

Originally Posted by Growler

ok, its Official.

I am opening up my two car garage to Myke for the installation of his timing belt.

I know others wanted to come and lend a hand. (or just to shoot the breeze etc.)

Myke is gonna be getting to my place by 9am so his car can cool off.

work to begin around lunchtime or so.


Here is my house. Well, my driveway is actually 2 driveways EAST of the arrow.. but close enuf.

you can get directions from your place at your lesiure.

post up here if you wanna come.

Aaron +5 (whole family will be around)
Myke (At least I HOPE he is gonna be here since its all for HIM anyways!!)

I will be there to turn a wrench or two

myke will be getting there at 9 i will be ther around 11 unless im needed earlyer then i can come sooner

[FallinApartBoy]

ill be there!! at 9. sounds like fun.

[Growler]

Hey all, Just got a PM from DON_N_HERBIE and he says that he will be here at 9am to get started taking off some of the periferals from the motor.

so if you wanna all get here by 9am thats fine with me!

Anyone else thinking about coming?

[Don_n_Herbie]

just brining this back to daylight

see you guys on the 21th

[dan]

see y'all there! Should I bring anything?

[Growler]

anything is fine.

no alcohol plz.

[Don_n_Herbie]

OK GUYS

GETTING READY FOR SATURDAY

AAROAN GOING TO BE BRINING DOWN MY LIGHTS, MISC SOCKETS AND RATCHETS, TOURQUE WRENCHES. iS THERE ANYTHING ELESE YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO BRING TO MAKE LIFE EASY JUST LIST IT HERE.

DON

[Growler]

bring down whatever you like to drink

and Ill have a cooler for it to be in

[Don_n_Herbie]

Ok Are We All Set For Saturday

Myke Wht Time Are You Going To Be At Aarons So I Can Get There At The Same Time

Don

[Bugman]

im stopping in to watch , after working on my cars so much to get ready for the trip ,, it will be nice to see someelse bust a knuckle
besides i have to bring don his antenna base

[wawalker]

I was waiting until the last minute to see if my schedule would clear, but it hasn't. Have fun!

[Growler]

See you all in the mornin!

[dan]

Once again, a big thank you to Mrs. Growler for some awesome food and to Tom for runnin the grill

Michele and I made it to Ashland by 5:30and got some Ohio Cheddar, some Meunster and a bag of Honey Beef Jerky

Hope everything is going OK there

[Growler]

We are still going at it BTW...

Had issues with the tensioner and then the timing was off 4 teeth

so.. had to remove the motor mount and the tensioner again.. reset the timing (removing spark plug to verify TDC since the flywheel he has on the car has no TDC mark.

after resetting the timing it was fun fun fun re-installing the tensioner (PITA!!!) then removing the alternator to get to the thermostat
we ar ein the middle of reinstalling the alternator and soon to be filling it with the pink stuff.

wish us luck!

[Growler]

Myke & Don & Theo (dons Son) Just left.

car was running well and the thermostat housing was not leaking. (it was installed too loose the first time and puked a lot of coolant onto the floor) (oopsiE!)

Mykes N249 Valve is appparently bad because it keeps throwing a mechanical malfunction code.

otherwise trhe car is running well and he has some extra coolant to top it off on the way iff needed. (he has a 1.5 hour drive home to Dayton area)

Don & Theo have a 2.5 hour drive home, hopefull ythey will check in here when they get home.

I am going to bed. its wayYYYY past my bedtime

Had a great time., Glad I could help, And Amanda is glad you guys liked the cookies. she wasnt able to make them properly and you guys didnt even care.

Night@!

[wawalker]

Originally Posted by Growler

...(removing spark plug to verify TDC since the flywheel he has on the car has no TDC mark....

Um, well, why didn't you guys use the mark on the accessory belt drive pulley? It's a heck of a lot easier to use than trying to read the flywheel. Glad you got it done!

Long day.

[Growler]

Bill,

we DID use the mark on the accessory drive pully, but me being me just wanted to PHYSICALLY verify TDC with a stick on the piston top to make sure the pully wasnt installed 90^ out or something.


basically I wanted to do a reboot and start over to make DARN sure the timing was right after getting it all together and having the cam timing 4 teeth off. it was off from futzing with the motor mount bracket/tensioner/tension pully for hours trying to get them all to play nice in the cramped bay.

my question is is there a way to get the mount bracket ON after we get the belt and tensioner all together? does the motor jack up high(or low) enough to just pop that mount bracket on that Bracket was the brunt of the problem trying to work thru it. it can only be in like ONE place to get it all together when its all in there

[FallinApartBoy]

why werent the cookies right? i thought they were amazing. makes me want to buy another timing belt just so i can come get some more. kidding, kidding

[Lnzbug]

Did no one take pics?