My Clean up thread

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bennza

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Hey guys I thought i would start one of these even though I'm not rebuilding or doing anything drastic yet, just cleaning it up and trying to get the car running smoothly.

I hardly post here but I do a lot of reading and follow everyones build threads.

This is my dads old car he got it back in 97 and I took it from him my junior year of high school. Now I'm in my sophomore year of college without a car lol. Its a 87 turbo pearl white burgundy interior.

Things that have been done before are HKS catback, K&N are filter, hardpipe kit, hoses were replaced over the summer and the rest of them are getting done now

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Well that all i got so far, hopefully the rest of my parts get in this week so when i get back to houston i can start putting her back together.

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Now on the the work I've recently started

Dropped the tank and changed the fuel pump(wont ever see the purple so dont hate :icon_bigg)
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Then i moved on to the engine and decided to replace most of the gaskets and replace all the vac lines
(unfortunately i never got a pic from the starting point)
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Tried cleaning up the engine bay it was pretty bad
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Hopefully the rest of my parts get here this week so I can start putting her back together when i get home.
 
bennza

bennza

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Thanks I'm in the northwest side of town around 249 beltway 8. But I got so SHSU so I only have a chance to work on the car on weekends.

jdmma70: Thats what im banking on so far I've just degreased it.
 
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Time for an update. I started putting it back together got the gas tank in and connected and started bolting everything back on the head. The EGR is in a ridiculous spot i guess i just dont have the right tool but it took me all day to tighten it up. I ended up using the fuel rail that i kinda messed up I just have to wait and see and hope that the fpr doesnt leak fuel. As long as everything thing works it should be running tomorrow.

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Thats what it looks like right now I just need to clean up some oil stains and fill her up with gas. I'll post some real pictures tomorrow after i clean it up.
 
bennza

bennza

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Thanks poodles I did that instead and saw that the pulsator i think thats what its called was leaking but the fpr seemed to be doing fine.

Well I got the car running after a couple cranks it finally turned on idled great and steady at 650 rpms. Let it warm up for a while and took it on a test drive. Everything seemed fine all the gauges were where they should be and bam! it freaking dies. I started it up again and it turned on fine. but its dead again and it wont turn on. I was thinking it could be a low battery had it tested it was a 89% so i had it charged anyways and brought it back and still nothing. Im not sure what the issue is.
 
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Carlos you were freaking right! it was the cps wire. Its running good now a lot better then it was before at least.

thanks brgrubb all i need is a built motor like yours!
 
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Nope it pulls fine all the way through just keeps going. Never felt that before lol. But i still have to see how it does on the highway.
 
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