Yea, I took her out to get her prepped for a long drive within the next few weeks to Cisco's place for the swap and suspension repair.
So my day went a little something like this...
First I had to get the car out of the backyard and into the driveway, which was a pretty serious chore. First, I had to borrow the neighbors large air compressor and roll it down to my house, then through the snow and dirt in the yard. After that, I had to put air in the tires, due to the fact that the two drivers side tires were completely flat. After a few minutes of stretching the air hose around the car in order to actually get air in the tires, (I was in a tight spot and the air compressor wouldn't fit) I was finished with that part of the deal.
Next it was time to move the car...or maybe not. I had to clear the excess ice and snow off the car before I moved it, and with no ice scraper around, I used my handy dandy CD case. That seemed to work out nicely, as it did the job just as well as any ol' ice scraper.
Now was where it got complicating. I had to actually move the car, which wasn't easy. I'm sure some of you know how hard it is to drive a lowered car through some pretty deep snow. Not to mention it was in the snow, on top of the grass/dirt, with the bad tires that are on my tiny stock wheels, that also make my car sit even lower. So yea, not so fun. Here's how it went, I started backing up and tried to keep a decent speed, but then as I turned to back onto the driveway, my back wheels went off of this big snow pile, leaving my car kind of stuck teeter-tottering with the front wheels not really wanting to do anything but spin and dig into the grass.
Yea, so anyway, the car was stuck. After wasting a lot of time digging, and throwing salt under the tires, I decided to be smart and use a floor jack to jack the car up and put some wood underneath the wheels that I could drive on to get off of the damn snow bank I was stuck on. It took all of five minutes to get my car into the driveway from there, and the hard part was done.
Now from here it was easy, I topped off all of my fluids, fixed my front lip, well, at least got it attached to the front bumper on the passenger side again, then proceeded to fix my broken valve cover stud.
Now this didn't go so well. As soon as I get the valve cover back on, I hit the road wanting to see if I'll notice any difference in performance considering I wasn't spitting oil everywhere inside my engine bay. Well, turns out I get her out on the road and after about a mile, my boy goes, "Holy shit bro, this bitch is smokin' like crazy!" Yea, it was definitely smoking.
I pulled over and popped the hood, then looked underneath the car to see oil dripping off of my exhaust under my engine, and yes, the oil was burning causing a large amount of smoke. So I wipe off around my valve cover so I can determine where the oil is coming from, and I suspected it was somewhere around the valve cover. So yea, wiped everything off and then revved it up a little to find oil spitting out of the back of the valve cover. My valve cover gasket wasn't completely sealed around it, so oil was spitting out of the back of the valve cover and dripping down onto my exhaust where it was burning and making quite the cloud of smoke.
So being the handy man I am, I got out one of my 3 toolboxes I had in the trunk and went to work fixing my error. After all this I finally got the car running as good as it could possibly run, and took it out for a long test drive.
I started on the back streets just peddling along making sure everything was working properly, then when I determined it was all good, I hit the highway. Long story short I brought her up to a decent speed, (I know, not a good idea with questionable suspension problems, oh well) and then I realized the CB was ready for the long trip to Cisco's place.
So the car will be waiting for the trip, and I'll get to experience the F22A6 one more time before the JDM F20A DOHC is swapped in, and I'll have a better idea of the old F22A6 to compare the performance to the new engine and transmission. I can't wait!
Now, if you guys seriously read all of this, congratulations, and thank you for your dedication to my very long thread.
Overall, it was a very productive day.
So my day went a little something like this...
First I had to get the car out of the backyard and into the driveway, which was a pretty serious chore. First, I had to borrow the neighbors large air compressor and roll it down to my house, then through the snow and dirt in the yard. After that, I had to put air in the tires, due to the fact that the two drivers side tires were completely flat. After a few minutes of stretching the air hose around the car in order to actually get air in the tires, (I was in a tight spot and the air compressor wouldn't fit) I was finished with that part of the deal.
Next it was time to move the car...or maybe not. I had to clear the excess ice and snow off the car before I moved it, and with no ice scraper around, I used my handy dandy CD case. That seemed to work out nicely, as it did the job just as well as any ol' ice scraper.
Now was where it got complicating. I had to actually move the car, which wasn't easy. I'm sure some of you know how hard it is to drive a lowered car through some pretty deep snow. Not to mention it was in the snow, on top of the grass/dirt, with the bad tires that are on my tiny stock wheels, that also make my car sit even lower. So yea, not so fun. Here's how it went, I started backing up and tried to keep a decent speed, but then as I turned to back onto the driveway, my back wheels went off of this big snow pile, leaving my car kind of stuck teeter-tottering with the front wheels not really wanting to do anything but spin and dig into the grass.
Yea, so anyway, the car was stuck. After wasting a lot of time digging, and throwing salt under the tires, I decided to be smart and use a floor jack to jack the car up and put some wood underneath the wheels that I could drive on to get off of the damn snow bank I was stuck on. It took all of five minutes to get my car into the driveway from there, and the hard part was done.
Now from here it was easy, I topped off all of my fluids, fixed my front lip, well, at least got it attached to the front bumper on the passenger side again, then proceeded to fix my broken valve cover stud.
Now this didn't go so well. As soon as I get the valve cover back on, I hit the road wanting to see if I'll notice any difference in performance considering I wasn't spitting oil everywhere inside my engine bay. Well, turns out I get her out on the road and after about a mile, my boy goes, "Holy shit bro, this bitch is smokin' like crazy!" Yea, it was definitely smoking.
I pulled over and popped the hood, then looked underneath the car to see oil dripping off of my exhaust under my engine, and yes, the oil was burning causing a large amount of smoke. So I wipe off around my valve cover so I can determine where the oil is coming from, and I suspected it was somewhere around the valve cover. So yea, wiped everything off and then revved it up a little to find oil spitting out of the back of the valve cover. My valve cover gasket wasn't completely sealed around it, so oil was spitting out of the back of the valve cover and dripping down onto my exhaust where it was burning and making quite the cloud of smoke.
So being the handy man I am, I got out one of my 3 toolboxes I had in the trunk and went to work fixing my error. After all this I finally got the car running as good as it could possibly run, and took it out for a long test drive.
I started on the back streets just peddling along making sure everything was working properly, then when I determined it was all good, I hit the highway. Long story short I brought her up to a decent speed, (I know, not a good idea with questionable suspension problems, oh well) and then I realized the CB was ready for the long trip to Cisco's place.
So the car will be waiting for the trip, and I'll get to experience the F22A6 one more time before the JDM F20A DOHC is swapped in, and I'll have a better idea of the old F22A6 to compare the performance to the new engine and transmission. I can't wait!
Now, if you guys seriously read all of this, congratulations, and thank you for your dedication to my very long thread.
Overall, it was a very productive day.
the bolts were barely torqued you could've loosened with two fingers..vibrations and maybe neglect from my car's previous owner probably. So lame. Plus the old gasket looked like it hadn't been replaced in, well...ever.
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