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Postby Okibi » Wed May 30, 2007 2:47 am

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And here's the bad news...

Turned the engine over today and it would start but wouldn't idle or keep running (with some throttle).

I left it with my mechanic as I had a committee meeting.

I've been told that the crank pulley has a wobble.

I'll try and take a look tomorrow after work.

I guess it was lucky I bought the engine from Richard Larsen at MX-5 Plus as it is guaranteed.

The engine was out of an NB that suffered front end damage, wonder if the crank pulley copped part of the knock.

I'll keep you all posted. :(
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Postby StanTheMan » Wed May 30, 2007 7:56 am

ohhhhh noooo..... :cry:
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Postby timk » Wed May 30, 2007 6:16 pm

Bummer dude! :(
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Postby Boags » Wed May 30, 2007 7:05 pm

StanTheMan wrote:ohhhhh noooo..... :cry:


X2 :cry:
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Postby Okibi » Thu May 31, 2007 12:59 am

X 1 :mrgreen:

Well it wasn't as drastic as it may have been.

There's a plate behind the harmonic balancer that the crank angle sensor reads off, that was bent and one of the \"teeth\" damaged and had begun scoring out the sensor itself.

I placed the plate, harmonic balancer and sensor off my old engine in and she's up and running again.

That makes me much happier.

Thanks for everyone's comments, there's still a few little things to do but it's fantastic to have some MX-5 therapy again.

I'll take some more photos of everything soon.
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Postby Boags » Thu May 31, 2007 9:26 am

WOOOHOOO!

Any pics of the smile that \"couldn't be wiped from your face with a shovel\"??? :shock: :mrgreen: :lol:
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Postby Fatty » Thu May 31, 2007 10:49 am

phew! what a relief for ya. i hope it goes as good as it looks, coz it looks bloody great!
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Postby sabretooth » Thu May 31, 2007 3:02 pm

Close call!

WELCOME BACK! :D
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Postby jules » Thu May 31, 2007 4:23 pm

Awesome display of bling. Glad it didn't all need to come apart again !!!


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Postby Okibi » Thu May 31, 2007 5:51 pm

fanx
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Postby Okibi » Sun Jun 03, 2007 1:54 am

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Well it got a good 300 kms or so today planing a club cruise.

The new engine didn't drink any coolant or leak any oil.

So far so good.

Doing the whole thing again tomorrow, fingers are crossed it's all fine.
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Postby Boags » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:20 am

:mrgreen:

*crosses fingers for Dave*
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Postby Alex » Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:42 am

appears as though ur leads arn't plugged in for those pics
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Postby Okibi » Sun Jun 03, 2007 11:06 am

SM wrote:appears as though ur leads arn't plugged in for those pics


Yeah did that to make sure the oil got up to pressure before trying start the engine.
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Postby neil d » Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:47 pm

I just have a :?: about the radiator.

Does it come standard with the oil cooler or do you pay more for it?

ps the car looks hot :lol:

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