11-07-2016, 06:54 PM
HUGE thank you to FixKick, -- many many tabs open on my browser the last two weeks after we brought home a '93 4 door 16v we bought off Craigslist sight unseen ... (1st time ever done such a thing, but hey .. a $700 car you can DRIVE?)
A quick peek under the timing belt cover and I grounded the car.
Hot lug nuts after drive home from ferry indicate sticking right parking brake.
Clutch feels funny .. new cable already installed. Will test after engine going again.
Engine covered with year's worth of oil and crud. Crank seal way gone, cam seal pretty bad.
So, timing belt off, didn't read FixKick admonition to heat up crank cog rather than big lever, but wasn't TOO bad I hope (Wifey held big lever, I pulled on the other, POP) seemed fine, only messed up the ridges on the pulley a little ..... rem belt, then found I got the cog off too easily .. expecting to have to create the custom puller as pictured, but the cog basically came off with a nice pull.
Looks good though .. key is straight and tight, keyway is square and straight, cam nose shiny.
I can slip the cog back on. If I wiggle (rotation) it I'd guesstimate a degree of play in either direction.
Recommend absolutely replace cog before torquing to 94 ft lbs? Or will it last an easy winter so I can get the 'kick out of the garage before we get snowed in ... it's so easy to access why not plan to rem cover and check things out after winter passes ... to make sure the new seals are holding, etc, and can install new cog then?
Yes, timed to E, crank mark up, cyl. #4, made hose to breathe in, stopped breath (in fact as I was turning engine, it tried to inflate me) so feel good about timing. Not removing valve cover this time .. engine actually sounded great and ran fine, so after I fix the biggies, later I will finesse. TPS on the way, but not sure if it will work ... Error 44.
Other than that, and some rust and cosmetic stuff, it's a great car for $700.
Plus, the heater works ... which will be nice here in Southeast Alaska where we've been driving a '66 aircooled VW bus in winter with Toyota truck as backup .. heater didn't work in the pickup, and the VW .. well, it's aircooled ...
Thanks again for the huge informative writing and enjoyment!
A quick peek under the timing belt cover and I grounded the car.
Hot lug nuts after drive home from ferry indicate sticking right parking brake.
Clutch feels funny .. new cable already installed. Will test after engine going again.
Engine covered with year's worth of oil and crud. Crank seal way gone, cam seal pretty bad.
So, timing belt off, didn't read FixKick admonition to heat up crank cog rather than big lever, but wasn't TOO bad I hope (Wifey held big lever, I pulled on the other, POP) seemed fine, only messed up the ridges on the pulley a little ..... rem belt, then found I got the cog off too easily .. expecting to have to create the custom puller as pictured, but the cog basically came off with a nice pull.
Looks good though .. key is straight and tight, keyway is square and straight, cam nose shiny.
I can slip the cog back on. If I wiggle (rotation) it I'd guesstimate a degree of play in either direction.
Recommend absolutely replace cog before torquing to 94 ft lbs? Or will it last an easy winter so I can get the 'kick out of the garage before we get snowed in ... it's so easy to access why not plan to rem cover and check things out after winter passes ... to make sure the new seals are holding, etc, and can install new cog then?
Yes, timed to E, crank mark up, cyl. #4, made hose to breathe in, stopped breath (in fact as I was turning engine, it tried to inflate me) so feel good about timing. Not removing valve cover this time .. engine actually sounded great and ran fine, so after I fix the biggies, later I will finesse. TPS on the way, but not sure if it will work ... Error 44.
Other than that, and some rust and cosmetic stuff, it's a great car for $700.
Plus, the heater works ... which will be nice here in Southeast Alaska where we've been driving a '66 aircooled VW bus in winter with Toyota truck as backup .. heater didn't work in the pickup, and the VW .. well, it's aircooled ...
Thanks again for the huge informative writing and enjoyment!