Hi all, Recently while replacing my angle gear collar sleeve, I damaged the front propshaft CV joint (probably by bending/hammering on it to separate it from the angle gear output flange). Not knowing at the time how bad it was, I freed it up, put some fresh grease in it, and reassembled everything....

Fresh out of Submarine School, I reported aboard Pearl Harbor on December 6, '69, for assignment to the Pacific Fleet. On the morning of the 7th, the air raid sirens sounded to commemorate the date. I lived in a barracks on Ford Island, and had to take a launch to Main Base every day. We went past t...

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None the less I couldn't do it without you all here at the forum .Thanks for all your help and guidance. Happy Holidays!
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It's 50 ˚F here today! The long bolt with red loctite residue is a factory drive shaft bolt - those go in the flange from the front. On the short bolt that you can use from the back of the flange for driveshaft removal, I think its 12 mm long, you can see the threads are mashed in from using it to d...

I was able to clean up the threads and get the proper bolt back in there using a tap and y'all's advice. Picked up a tap & die set. Did a practice run on the old turbo to verify I had the right tap size and pitch and to get a feel for the technique. I happened to have the downpipe off which gave...

Very early look at the data comparing a dull reflector , a 3m taped reflector , and a new TYC LAMP. all measurements with same battery and bulb. Exposure on integrated aperture priority , shutter speeds indicate approximate light out out was 25% dull 75% taped 100% reference TYC Conclusion. You can ...

Your disconnects are Remove heat shields from exhaust system Oil banjo, oil drain line ( tough clearance on all AWD) Coolant banjos x2 You can hack these by leaving the hard lines on the turbo and working it up with the lines on, As always, the exhaust bolts are the ones that will make or break thi...

scot850 wrote: ↑14 Dec 2021, 16:38 Feel free to PM me if you need any help or just a shoulder to cry on!! LoL!

Neil.

decided to keep it for a little while longer, but pm me if your friend's interested!

Chay, when you dropped the pan & cleaned everything, did you update the oil pickup tube? Guessing you replaced all the various seals & o-rings, but in addition to these things there is a newer updated version that supersedes the original metal ones. The new plastic ones have a trumpet/bellmo...