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 Mar 8 2010, 05:27 PM
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 Eats and sleeps DSM jargin.  Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389  |
Finally got back to working on the Talon Sat.
After I put in the replacement trans, I developed a leak and parked the car again due to the weather. I thought it was the transfer case seal so I pulled it out. Transfer Case was full of oil, so that wasn't it. The inside on the trans housing was all wet when I pulled the clutch fork boot off so apparently one of the trans seals is leaking. Looks like the output shaft for the transfer case may be the culprit. It seems to be seaping just sitting in the driveway. Thing is, why would it be wet up by the clutch fork?? The input shaft seal shouldn't be leaking that much because it's above the oil line in the trans, at least I think so. I hope it's not the input shaft seal, I'd have to disaasemble the trans to replace that. I did remove the inoperable cruise control since I picked up a no-cruise cable over the winter. Need to finish hooking that stuff up. -------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Mar 15 2010, 06:16 PM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
Ordered another ACT 2600 pressure plate. Need to tear town the car again.
I guess I'll find that leak when I pull the trans again. I got a couple lead on some manual belts, hopefully the pan out. -------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Mar 25 2010, 10:39 AM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
Got my new pressure plate and got the trans pulled. Inside of the bellhousing is wet everywhere. Trying to figure out if the input seal is leaking or the output shaft seal. Since the splines are wet on the clutch disk I'm guessing it's the input seal. Time to take the trans apart.
-------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Mar 29 2010, 08:30 AM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
Little catch can I welded up to replace the bulky Summit one I had. This one is going to be mounted on the firewall where the cruise control used to live.
Anybody recommend something I can pour inside to keep it from rusting from the condensation water/oil mix that will be going in it?
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-------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Mar 29 2010, 11:55 AM
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QUOTE (black92_tsi_awd @ Mar 29 2010, 09:30 AM)  Little catch can I welded up to replace the bulky Summit one I had. This one is going to be mounted on the firewall where the cruise control used to live. Anybody recommend something I can pour inside to keep it from rusting from the condensation water/oil mix that will be going in it? Nice work man. Theres probably something that you can coat the inside with that will rust proof it, not sure what to use though. |
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Mar 29 2010, 12:33 PM
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 DSMCentral Freak Group: Admin Posts: 490 Joined: 15-September 08 From: East Peoria, IL Member No.: 8,716 |
you could probly just use some paint/primer and swish it around in there. wouldn't be the most uniform, but should work. other than that i'm sure there's some rubberized sealer of some sort available.
-------------------- 1978 Mustang II King Cobra
89 5.0HO, Stock Short Block, Ford F303 cam, 1.7:1 Crane Roller Rockers, Holley 650 Doubler Pumper, MSD 6AL, Pocket Ported stock heads, Hedman Long Tube Headers 5 spd Manual Full roll cage, 9" full floater w/Currie trac lock/373 gears, RCI Fuel Cell Project Page: http://www.brandttuning.com/projects.htm |
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Mar 29 2010, 06:47 PM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
I intially thought fuel tank sealer...but figured it would be kind of expensive for a 6 oz "tank"
 Paint is a good idea, maybe thin it down and swish it around. I want to have one made out of aluminum, one I make sure this one works ok. I built some baffling in it to keep some oil blowing out like the old one did. -------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Mar 30 2010, 08:32 AM
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DSMCentral Freak Group: Admin Posts: 490 Joined: 15-September 08 From: East Peoria, IL Member No.: 8,716 |
if you're going to make a new one before too long, then I wouldn't even worry about sealing it. Just take some regular oil and swish it around to protect it as well as possible. It shouldn't rust out in less than 6 months - a year.
-------------------- 1978 Mustang II King Cobra
89 5.0HO, Stock Short Block, Ford F303 cam, 1.7:1 Crane Roller Rockers, Holley 650 Doubler Pumper, MSD 6AL, Pocket Ported stock heads, Hedman Long Tube Headers 5 spd Manual Full roll cage, 9" full floater w/Currie trac lock/373 gears, RCI Fuel Cell Project Page: http://www.brandttuning.com/projects.htm |
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Mar 30 2010, 01:42 PM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
You don't know me very well...
 This will probably be on my car until I get rid of it! A guy at work might have a little left over gas tank sealer, that should work great. I ordered all my seals for the trans, transfer case and a new TOB from MItsu. Now I just have to get enough energy to get the trans apart. Just got confirmation of a set of manual seat belts get sent to my house today too! Losing more weight!!! Got faster! -------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Mar 31 2010, 06:23 PM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
Took my flywheel into Kalina to get it resurfaced. They can't get the dowl pins out! Even with heat. WTF?
Owner apoligised...said they never had this happen. Anybody got a good 6 bolt flywheel to sell? -------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Apr 1 2010, 08:58 PM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
Took the day off of work and worked on the Talon and some woodworking projects.
Fabricated up a mount for the new breather tank and mounted everything. Welded up my broken prop rod mount. Torn down the trans. The input shaft seal was the culprit. It was torn to hell. Still hunting for another flywheel. -------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Apr 2 2010, 07:40 AM
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DSMCentral Freak Group: Admin Posts: 490 Joined: 15-September 08 From: East Peoria, IL Member No.: 8,716 |
that's pretty crazy that they couldn't get the pins out. never heard of that either. course you probably can't heat the flywheel itself to get them loose, without warping it... sucks
-------------------- 1978 Mustang II King Cobra
89 5.0HO, Stock Short Block, Ford F303 cam, 1.7:1 Crane Roller Rockers, Holley 650 Doubler Pumper, MSD 6AL, Pocket Ported stock heads, Hedman Long Tube Headers 5 spd Manual Full roll cage, 9" full floater w/Currie trac lock/373 gears, RCI Fuel Cell Project Page: http://www.brandttuning.com/projects.htm |
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Apr 3 2010, 08:26 PM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
I found a Fidanza 8lb AL flywheel for $85 unused.
Anybody running a lightened flywheel on their street rides? Any issues? -------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Apr 4 2010, 07:58 PM
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DSMCentral Godfather Group: Admin Posts: 3,823 Joined: 10-January 01 From: Washburn Member No.: 26 |
Mine is an oldschool Fidanza like the one that Darryl twisted into two pieces. I've had to replace the friction surface before, but otherwise no mechanical problems. The engine obviously picks-up and loses RPM quicker so I found the engine loses RPM so fast when the clutch is depressed and you are coasting or coming to a stop that it wants to die. That's really the only negative side effect I've had to deal with and we were able to improve it a lot with tuning.
-------------------- In Loving memory of David T Crebo
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Apr 5 2010, 08:48 AM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
Well, I guess I didn't notice any differance when I drove your car home from Cordova that night mine broke, so hopfully it won't make a big differnance on mine.
-------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Apr 5 2010, 08:26 PM
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 Person of Wisdom Group: Members Posts: 229 Joined: 8-July 09 From: mapleton Member No.: 18,894 |
Yea i agree. Mine used to want to die but it got tuned not to.
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1991 TSI AWD 1997 GST (wifes) 1995 Chevy k 2500 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan (chick magnet) |
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Apr 5 2010, 08:40 PM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
NCgalant I assume!
-------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Apr 5 2010, 08:58 PM
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Person of Wisdom Group: Members Posts: 229 Joined: 8-July 09 From: mapleton Member No.: 18,894 |
Yes Sir
-------------------- 1991 GSX
1991 TSI AWD 1997 GST (wifes) 1995 Chevy k 2500 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan (chick magnet) |
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Apr 8 2010, 07:42 PM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
Got my Fidanza flywheel today! Looks pretty good after I cleaned up the little bit of surface rust. Going to go take it in and get the step height checked. I read somewhere some of the older ones have a bad step height sometimes.
Can I assume that the flywheel bolts are torqued to the standard amount? -------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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Apr 9 2010, 07:27 PM
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Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
Never going to Kalina again! I asked them to check the step height on the new flywheel. Long story but I leave pissed.
Head over to Mullvain's and they measure it and it's perfect....and free! I go to install in and everything goes great until bolt the clutch on. One hole is buggered up. Take it all back out and put an ez-out. Check the other holes and the bolts don't go far enough in to get the clutch mounted flat! The threads are messed up halfway down the hole. So out come a tap and I tap all the holes. So instead of putting in the trans today I spent 2 hours dicking with a flywheel and clutch that are still not on the car! The good news, I went to picked up another axle and found out they have a lifetime guarentee and I got a free replacement. -------------------- 92 Eagle Talon TSI AWD "The Black Golfball" How fast can a 14B go???
91 Chevy C1500 "Problem Child" **SOLD** 01 Impala DD 07 Trailblazer Wife's new DD Cars run on blood, sweat, and horsepower... Without the first two, you can't get the last" SOB Racing "Sitting On Blocks" |
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