FINALLY - Especially for JMDigital - LilMissMkIII's Build

[LilMissMkIII]

So... About to head home armed with about 20 pages of print outs from threads and posts on here, along with articles from Cygnus...

Sam is out right now getting a couple tools that we forgot about.

Am freaking out a bit, but hopefully thanks to SM, this won't be too bad.

*FINGERS CROSSED*

 

[upgradedsupra]

Lol!

It took Sam 10 minutes to get the outside packaging off!!! You packed it VERY well!

We haven't taken it out of it's Toyota packaging yet.

HG and Toyota packing? Something sounds funny. Wrong spelling, I think.

 

[LilMissMkIII]

What do you mean?

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Soooo...

This is what I get for being an optimist:

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

 

[jugodegolf]

Just think how it's going to run when you get it back together. It does suck though.

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Don't know if that is going to happen...

Kinda needed it to make it to Nationals next Friday

 

[IJ.]

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Thanks

 

[MA70AEROTOP]

doesnt look to bad.....clean old gasket off check for warpage and if it requires welding up and bobs your uncle..............or swap in sams engine :evil2::naughty::biglaugh::sarcasm::aigo:

 

[jugodegolf]

I got faith. Plus your a positive thinker.

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Considering the aim is to have the car running in 7 days, I'm very hesitant to just mask up a potentially large problem.

I firstly would like to know what causes that to happen to the water jackets?

Secondly, any of the Aussies lurking in here, how much would it cost to weld it all up, and is it a permanent fix, or is a temporary one?

 

[IJ.]

"Stray current" is part of the cause

Welding is ok if the head is still hard, if it's soft it's a total waste of money.

 

[MA70AEROTOP]

when I got it done it was $20 per weld..after that they have to skim it aswell

 

[GC89]

I always thought that if the head wasnt already anealed, welding it would create so much heat it alone would do it?

 

[upgradedsupra]

What do you mean?

No HKS gasket?

 

[LilMissMkIII]

No.

This was meant to be a quick and lovely just so I could get it to Nationals.

I bought a stock Toyota hg, which is why I was referring to Toyota packaging

I have a Titan 2mm sitting here, but who knows what will happen with that.

I am so incredibly frustrated and upset at the moment... I have absolutely no idea when (if ever) this car will be done.

 

[Clueless]

No.

This was meant to be a quick and lovely just so I could get it to Nationals.

I bought a stock Toyota hg, which is why I was referring to Toyota packaging

I have a Titan 2mm sitting here, but who knows what will happen with that.

I am so incredibly frustrated and upset at the moment... I have absolutely no idea when (if ever) this car will be done.

at least your not like me and owned a mk3(or two) for a combined 2-3 years and never driven them because they don't work.

 

[LilMissMkIII]

What shits me is that none of these issues are from anything Sam and I have done.

 

[Poodles]

Looks fine.

If you look, you can see the marks from where the gasket was pushed out towards the water jacket, that spot is from the headgasket leaking and will probably clean up fine with a resurfacing.

I should get some macro pics of my bad head in the garage for comparison...

 

[upgradedsupra]

No.

This was meant to be a quick and lovely just so I could get it to Nationals.

I bought a stock Toyota hg, which is why I was referring to Toyota packaging

I have a Titan 2mm sitting here, but who knows what will happen with that.

I am so incredibly frustrated and upset at the moment... I have absolutely no idea when (if ever) this car will be done.

Still would have put a metal in.