My 1.6td/aaz head and other stuff too.

[zukgod1]

Try using a socket for a gasser O2 sensor. Already has the notch in the side.

[zukgod1]

OH the coillies are too low. I have them set as high as they can in the rear and it's still slammed. I could lower it at least 3 inches more if i had small enough rubber.

I think you need to send the coil overs to me and I'll send you my KYB's and Neuspeed springs.

[Smokey Eddy]

I like my coilies!!!
you didn't comment on the turkey baster i was sure someone would...


I don't have a socket for an o2 sensor. Perhaps one of my friends does though ...

[zukgod1]

you didn't comment on the turkey baster i was sure someone would...

I thought about it but then decided I don't want to know.  :shock:

[saurkraut]

I have turkey basters in my garage.

They're really handy to suck old brake fluid out of the brake reservoir befor using a pressure bleeder to bleed brakes.




I bleed brakes atleast once a year on all my crap so I don't have to deal with blown out wheel cylinders and stuck calipers.

[Smokey Eddy]

i should really bleed mine. Never done it...
I think if i have a working car again that's first on the list.
Then paint  

[Smokey Eddy]

Ok this whole "build" has taken like a year and im sure you've all seen it before many times im just terrified of breaking something so i like to post lots.

I solved my keeper issue by taking an old bicycle seat post and cut it like so...

it's allum. so it wont damage the parts and its easy to make.
Its also a lovely fit. I was very pleased.
So pleased in fact that i took my injectors apart to fix that knockin i had and used a whole can of brake cleaner on them and a bit of 800 grit to clean them up... sorry about the blurriness. They're actually pretty shiny now.
there was one injector that was perfectly clean... anyone had that happen before? it was the hardest to get apart but perfectly clean on the inside.

[Smokey Eddy]

OH the coillies are too low. I have them set as high as they can in the rear and it's still slammed. I could lower it at least 3 inches more if i had small enough rubber.

I think you need to send the coil overs to me and I'll send you my KYB's and Neuspeed springs.

The coil overs are crap. I paid 100$ for all of them.
they aren't "meant" for vw's so they are made for our cars at all. it's a rough ride with only the back in.

[jtanguay]

i should really bleed mine. Never done it...
I think if i have a working car again that's first on the list.
Then paint  

mfg recommends once every 2 years... should come standard with any brake work IMO... most of the population doesn't know this... i think its somewhere in the owners manual, but tucked away.  should be a safety concern, but most new fluids last way longer... and you can also get synthetic brake fluid that lasts twice as long.. so 4 year intervals.  depending on how handy you are, you might want to go this route.  twice as expensive, but lasts twice as long... how long do you want to keep the car?  :lol: bleeding brakes is a PITA IMO!

[Smokey Eddy]

I was taught how to in my mechanics course. Just need a friend to help now.
My master cylinder thing (that big black part) looks very new and shiny so i think the brakes were done just before i got the car. The fluid isn't a weird colour either.

[Smokey Eddy]

bah ok so im a little worried =( and disappointing.

Last time i had the head off (not long ago AT ALL) i cleaned up the cylinders with the pistons still in and there was no lip at all.
Now when i took the head off it was very sooty in there.
It's just grotty where the "lip" would be  i tried to clean off an area but its pretty caked on. how much lip is too much? I've asked this several times and i always get "if you can feel it with a finger nail"
but everyone's nails are different .... some of my fingers i cant catch it but on others i can.... and there are strange lines in one of the cylinders.
i can't feel anything but they're certainly there..
could possibly be from me trying to clean it a bit... but i dont know

I hope that picture is clear enough to see

and i found

which i already knew about but it wasn't completely torn like this ....
do i need a special tool to change out the cv joints?

[blkboostedtruck]

yep a 12point ZXN 8mm
and a 30mm for the outside nut!
Duane

edit yes your cylinders need honed or bored i can see the groves even in those blurry pics.!

[Smokey Eddy]

yep a 12point ZXN 8mm
and a 30mm for the outside nut!

Dang. well i guess that's not going to happen....


I intend on honing

[zukgod1]

be careful when your honing it's easy to go to far.

I'm not going to comment on the condition of your bore without a better pic.

[Smokey Eddy]

I do apologize, i'll take a better one with a real camera not my phone.
In the mean time, How do you measure the piston protrusion? I have feeler gauges... would that work?
anyone shout the three gasket sizes for the protrusion size?

my feeler's say 0.70 mm .... does this make sense?
that's for #1 at TDC (according to the flywheel)