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Sakke
Posts : 12
Join date : 2011-11-22
Age : 41
Location : Finland
| Subject: The way I spent my summer holidays  Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:42 pm | |
| Don't know if this is the right place to post this...or if anyone cares, but I post this anyway... Spent almost all of my summer holiday this year doing this. I ordered c-clip elimininators, because rear wheel bearings were bad, started to put them on I realised they don't fit. They were ment rear axels diameter about 35,5mm, mine was about 41mm Tried to order right ones, I was told they are not available, Axle Repair Bearings that size not available, New axels that size not available... So I bought bearing that nearly fits, and did the c-clip eliminators myself...   I also put on hooker headers shortys and made stainless dual pipes      | |
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81X11
Posts : 9876
Join date : 2010-06-23
Age : 50
Location : Round Rock Texas
| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:55 pm | |
| Nice work! Looks great and bet it sounds good too! | |
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200OZ
Moderator
Posts : 1745
Join date : 2009-08-06
Age : 50
Location : Farmington NY.
| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:02 pm | |
| Looks good, nice job on the exhaust, and axle bearings.
Mike | |
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jayoldschool
Posts : 2728
Join date : 2009-06-14
| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:06 pm | |
| First time I have seen flex pipes on our cars. Do you usually work on imports? <edit> oops, I just noticed your location.
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silverfox103
Moderator
Posts : 3371
Join date : 2008-11-05
Age : 75
Location : Littleton, NH & St. Simons, GA
| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:13 pm | |
| Nice work on your wagon "Sakke"! We have quite a few Europeans that are members, word must be getting out.
My oldest daughter, who now is 31 was an exchange student in Turku Finland for her senior year in high school. Doing that put the traveling bug in her and shaped what she studied in college and what she is doing today, Historical Preservation.
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:01 pm | |
| You sure have been busy Sakke and it looks great!How about a vid of your wagon running with
your foot on the gas. |
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BigBlackBeaSSt
Posts : 4560
Join date : 2009-08-01
Age : 59
Location : Sanford, NC
| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:28 pm | |
| Great work, love the ingenuity.
The system you bought was likely for the sedan's. The wagon has a larger axle. | |
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brokecello
Moderator
Posts : 3478
Join date : 2009-05-28
Age : 46
Location : Greenville, SC
| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:05 pm | |
| Wow! Great work!!  | |
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Sakke
Posts : 12
Join date : 2011-11-22
Age : 41
Location : Finland
| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Wed Aug 22, 2012 2:25 am | |
| Thanks everyone.
Probably I wouln't needed flexpipes, but there was two reasons I used them.
1. People have been scaring me about how easily stainless cracks, I thought flexpipes might help?
2. With 2,5" pipes it was quite tight fit, especially driverside so I thought engine wouldn't move
the pipes so much so they don't hit anything.
I try to get the video later. | |
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sherlock9c1
Posts : 2399
Join date : 2009-05-28
Location : Huntsville, AL
| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:43 am | |
| I could not see in the pictures, but make sure you are supporting the exhaust at the back of the transmission. The factory put that bracket there for a reason. If it is not there, a lot of weight is hanging from the exhaust headers every time you drive over a bump in the road. | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:38 am | |
| Guess they have outdoor exhaust shops in finland too.Way cheaper than having to buy and run
the wiring for the exhaust fans and the ducting. |
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Sprocket
Posts : 6141
Join date : 2008-11-04
Location : Palm Beach County
| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:16 pm | |
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Sakke
Posts : 12
Join date : 2011-11-22
Age : 41
Location : Finland
| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Mon Aug 27, 2012 4:01 pm | |
| - sherlock9c1 wrote:
- I could not see in the pictures, but make sure you are supporting the exhaust at the back of the transmission. The factory put that bracket there for a reason. If it is not there, a lot of weight is hanging from the exhaust headers every time you drive over a bump in the road.
Both sides exhaust is supported by the original three places (back of the transmission, at the rear axle and rear bumber). - Flasheroo wrote:
- Guess they have outdoor exhaust shops in finland too.Way cheaper than having to buy and run
the wiring for the exhaust fans and the ducting. Not 100% sure what you mean't but my dad has quite long forks for the forklift and I used them. You drive car onto forks and lift it, then you put supports under the forks... handy. | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: The way I spent my summer holidays Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:17 pm | |
| Just went back and saw the blades and that must be a GIANT forklift to have blades that long
and far apart.Now thats a portable exhaust shop and a whole lot more.Very ingenous Sakke! |
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