jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 1m 1d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 26/08/08 09:17 AM Share Posted 26/08/08 09:17 AM Driving down the south east freeway the traffic came to a standstill.... I stopped and heard the loudest clunk clunk I have ever heard... I shiat myself and was certain the engine had let go.... anyway I rang dynowog who suggested it might be the flex plate ( I already had it diagnosed elsewhere in brissie and was advised the engine needed to be rebuilt).. so hoping for the best and that nicks over the phone diagnosis was correct, I had a friend come over today to have a look, we drove the car onto ramps, lifted the rear up on car jacks dropped the tailshaft, exhaust and dropped the gearbox by using a trolley jack...... what do we find??? a lose flex plate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! refitted everything, tightened bolts with locktite and put her alltogether... and no more clunk clunk!! all this done on my driveway lol. I spent most of the time lying on my gut, on the driveway, just watching sam hard at it!!geez.. it sounded like the piston was coming through the block!!! Thanks to nick for the phone supprt, thanks to Sam for taking time out on his holiday to fix the farker!!..... at least I didnt fork out for a new engine as per prior recommendation from a local.problem solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! phew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic Donating Members 1,725 Member For: 17y 1m 12d Gender: Male Posted 26/08/08 09:24 AM Share Posted 26/08/08 09:24 AM its highly unlikely that the engine would spit a rod out at standstill champ, or coming to a hault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBR Yaris member Member 4,486 Member For: 18y 8m 9d Gender: Male Posted 26/08/08 09:25 AM Share Posted 26/08/08 09:25 AM that'd be a good tune to do it at idle :biggun: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 1m 1d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 26/08/08 09:28 AM Author Share Posted 26/08/08 09:28 AM its highly unlikely that the engine would spit a rod out at standstill champ, or coming to a hault.ask goldie when his spat a rod..... slowing down to a hault at a roundabout on his way to a wedding lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 10m 5d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 26/08/08 10:01 AM Share Posted 26/08/08 10:01 AM Yeah true....well that's what he told the wife anyway :biggun:I wonder how many people would blindly just go with the new engine option That's scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic Donating Members 1,725 Member For: 17y 1m 12d Gender: Male Posted 26/08/08 10:08 AM Share Posted 26/08/08 10:08 AM "Really, that's all it is ? Just a broken engine ? And $10,000 ? Phew, I thought it was my glove box." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETM Member 1,194 Member For: 17y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: syd south Posted 26/08/08 10:08 AM Share Posted 26/08/08 10:08 AM It sounds like a full death rattle doesnt it!I take it you had some loctite laying around on the driveway when you refitted it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 1m 1d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 26/08/08 10:13 AM Author Share Posted 26/08/08 10:13 AM yeah tab that's why I shiat myself lol...... pays off getting a 2nd opinionETM.... death rattle lol, yes it does!! went to visit the friendly repco dealer for the loctite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsmith Donating Members 712 Member For: 17y 4m 6d Gender: Male Location: Blacktown Posted 26/08/08 11:02 AM Share Posted 26/08/08 11:02 AM Really HATE to be be the bearer of bad news but I have found in my years in the trade that loctite on flywheel/flex plate bolts is a bit of a bad thing.The ONLY times I have ever seen either come loose is when the bolts were done up with loctite. (surprising I know but bear with me)When you do the bolt up the loctite gets squeezed out between the crank and the f/plate. Over time the vibrations cause this loctite to break up and then causes the f/plate to come loose again.For your sake I hope it doesn't happen to you. You prob don't want to do that job again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETM Member 1,194 Member For: 17y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: syd south Posted 26/08/08 11:11 AM Share Posted 26/08/08 11:11 AM when mine came loose there was nothing on the threads, I put loctite on when I reinstalled and havent had a problem touch wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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