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Allmaz Thankyou for your spotless welds!

Postby wun911 » Wed Aug 03, 2016 7:37 pm

So I'm doing the timing belt again after 300,000 km.

I remove the strut brace radiator cam cover etc.

Then I remove the 21mm crank bolt...

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My woodruff key has been welded into place!

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Re: Allmaz Thankyou for your spotless welds!

Postby manga_blue » Wed Aug 03, 2016 7:56 pm

Holy crap, Wun! Did they weld the drive pulley onto the crank nose as well? How did you manage to get it off?
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Re: Allmaz Thankyou for your spotless welds!

Postby wun911 » Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:14 pm

Yeah its stuck, so I can't get behind it to replace the front main seal.

I like how Allmaz say "no warranty provided"
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Re: Allmaz Thankyou for your spotless welds!

Postby manga_blue » Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:38 pm

:evil: :evil: :evil:

At this stage I'd just give up any thoughts of servicing, put it back together again and drive it until the timing belt breaks or the seal fails. That could be another one or two hundred thousand Ks. Given the milage on it already I'd be starting a long leisurely hunt for a younger motor.

edit: ah, I notice you have already started that. :frown:
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Re: Allmaz Thankyou for your spotless welds!

Postby hks_kansei » Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:42 pm

That sucks, really bad.

I thight they were better than that.

They've always been good to me, but sh*t that's not just cutting a corner, that's skipping he whole road.


I'd be calling them and asking for an explanation.
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Re: Allmaz Thankyou for your spotless welds!

Postby Steampunk » Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:46 am

Take them all the way to tribunal. That's gotta be about 30grams of extra unnecessary weight right there.
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Re: Allmaz Thankyou for your spotless welds!

Postby Mr Morlock » Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:41 am

That's just rubbish and they ought to be told - and the cost for diagnosing the fault is well overpriced. . I would not be giving out any recommendations for this crew. i.e. remove from list.

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Re: Allmaz Thankyou for your spotless welds!

Postby 93_Clubman » Thu Aug 04, 2016 12:37 pm

Crikey $554 for the diagnostic & that fix! :shock:

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Re: Allmaz Thankyou for your spotless welds!

Postby KevGoat » Thu Aug 04, 2016 12:46 pm

Wow that even makes my complete lack of welding skills look good!

I'd be slapping that down on their counter and asking wtf?!

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Re: Allmaz Thankyou for your spotless welds!

Postby wun911 » Fri Aug 05, 2016 12:40 pm

Yeah I can stick weld better than that (and I'm half blind genetically)

So my goal is to new crank pully new woodruff key and new boss hub oh and new crank bolt. The welds were too brittle and the boss hub spins freely on the crank nose. I was tempted to put it all back together with just a new belt...

Will probably go down the loctite 660 road. At 300,000 I guess the engine has had a good life, a new engine will be my summer project. I'm happy if my fix lasts untill the end of the year.

What shits me is I need to replace that oil-seal at the front, it's leaking quite badly probably damaged from welding heat. Need to cut out the welded woodruff key. (No job is complete without an angle grinder at my house)

The other thing that shits me is at over $500 I can do a better job. And I'm not even a mechanic Im a weak nerdy Asian.

I won't be going back to allmaz...
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Re: Allmaz Thankyou for your spotless welds!

Postby alexbwang » Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:33 pm

That's terrible news, wun... Have you considered sending them a reciprocating tax invoice for "providing vehicle to train allmaz monkeys"


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Re: Allmaz Thankyou for your spotless welds!

Postby smy0003 » Sat Aug 27, 2016 11:09 am

Any follow up to this, Wun?
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