Well, it is now officially 2010, and a new year brings new mods!
I got a Walbro 255lph pump, then went to install it, only to find out that my fuel tank has a bout a 2cm layer of varnish crud on the bottom of it. I got the tank boiled and sealed up with an epoxy liner. I also discovered that the reason my fuel gauge does not work is simply because I do not have a fuel level sender installed on the FP mount.
Pics:
Showing the Tank, and the transmissions I have: Turbo II on the right, N/A on the left.
I know it still looks like there is shit in there but it would not come out no matter what, so it got sealed in under the liner.
I also had a new clutch laying around, and I just bought all sorts of seals and gaskets, shifter return spring, pilot bearing, etc. I decided to finally tackle the project, and managed to remove the transmission from the car in about 1.5 hours once it was all jacked up and ready to go.
I replaced the clutch, resurfaced the flywheel, replaced pilot bearing, rear main seal, throwout bearing, rear transmission seal, transmission pan gasket, shifter return spring. I ended up having to take the transmission half way apart in order to get it all sorted out.
Havent gotten the trans back in yet, but otherwise it's all ready. I also got some new Stainless Steel lock washers for the clutch bolts. Really important to replace those. On the last note, as much as mazdatrix says a normal pilot bearing tool is worthless and you need to buy a rotary one, I managed to get the old pilot bearing out with a regular off the wall removal tool, not too hard, just need to know how to use it properly. :P I ALSO managed to remove my flywheel with an electric impact.... yes, electric! Seeing as it's torqued to 300lbs, and the rattle-gun took it off, I am now a firm believer in my christmas present!
Finally replaced my ghetto ass exhaust section with an RB Silencer:
Boost Gauge:
Some modded spindles, and brand new oem Mazda ball joints! @ $50 each, I love the dealership employee discount!
They will be going on when I get a poly bushing kit.
I sold my S4 turbo, and got an S5 unit as part of the exchange for my old vert shell. Here's the differences in the manifolds between the series, the S4 has a flapper twin scroll (deleted) and the S5 mani has a full twin scroll setup.
