Howsee Donating Members 785 Member For: 17y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Carindale, Brisbane Posted 05/08/09 04:55 AM Share Posted 05/08/09 04:55 AM That sucks mate, I hope you get it sorted ASAP.Howsee Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/58628-new-short-motor/page/12/#findComment-916916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
qik1 Silver Donating Members 2,720 Member For: 16y 11m 19d Gender: Male Location: Loitering in SEQ Posted 05/08/09 07:23 AM Share Posted 05/08/09 07:23 AM Buggar. As they say sh!t happens. Would be better if it didnt but it does sometimes unfortunatly. I hope Brad can sought it out & get ya back on the road asap. Keep us up to date. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/58628-new-short-motor/page/12/#findComment-916980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHLAXN Donating Members 932 Member For: 16y 11m 7d Gender: Male Location: north QLD Posted 05/08/09 08:15 AM Author Share Posted 05/08/09 08:15 AM (edited) Fark that's no good mate! Did you notice if the seal was pinched at all?nar did not notice it was damaged at all.. looked ok when I put the fly wheel on..That sucks mate, I hope you get it sorted ASAP.Howseeyeah so do I mate its loosing a fair bit of oil..Buggar. As they say sh!t happens. Would be better if it didnt but it does sometimes unfortunatly. I hope Brad can sought it out & get ya back on the road asap. Keep us up to date.yep sh*t does happen lol.. yeah brad has organised to have a look in the morning and get it up on a hoist.. hope its not too bad and can be fixed quick.. everything else is back together and the car is all cleaned up.. Edited 05/08/09 08:16 AM by CHLAXN Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/58628-new-short-motor/page/12/#findComment-917004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Member 178 Member For: 17y 4m 23d Location: Newcastle Posted 05/08/09 08:17 AM Share Posted 05/08/09 08:17 AM MMM very bloody nice looking under the hood!Bad luck about the leak! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/58628-new-short-motor/page/12/#findComment-917005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howsee Donating Members 785 Member For: 17y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Carindale, Brisbane Posted 05/08/09 09:08 AM Share Posted 05/08/09 09:08 AM Look awesome polished up, hopefully for your sake it's an easy fix for you.Howsee Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/58628-new-short-motor/page/12/#findComment-917034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YPURV4 KILL,KILL,KILL,DIE,DIE,DIE, Member 2,813 Member For: 18y 11m 26d Gender: Male Posted 05/08/09 09:16 AM Share Posted 05/08/09 09:16 AM Looks the goods man, dont be a tight ass and buy a garnish lol Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/58628-new-short-motor/page/12/#findComment-917038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHLAXN Donating Members 932 Member For: 16y 11m 7d Gender: Male Location: north QLD Posted 06/08/09 04:42 AM Author Share Posted 06/08/09 04:42 AM took the car to atomic this morning they are going to pull the gearbox out and fix the leak around the seal.. should get it back tomorrow or sat morning.. hope it fixes the problem.. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/58628-new-short-motor/page/12/#findComment-917401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howsee Donating Members 785 Member For: 17y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Carindale, Brisbane Posted 06/08/09 08:30 AM Share Posted 06/08/09 08:30 AM Good to hear that's all it was, I hope it's back on the road soon. Hopefully mine will be early next week. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/58628-new-short-motor/page/12/#findComment-917496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHLAXN Donating Members 932 Member For: 16y 11m 7d Gender: Male Location: north QLD Posted 06/08/09 08:56 AM Author Share Posted 06/08/09 08:56 AM yeah mate same here.. its either the main seal or where the sump joins the block where the seal goes.. sometimes they leak out of where they meet but wont no till the box is off but more then likely its just the seal.. glad to see the motor builder going out of his way to help me out which is a great thing these days..I checked out the new motor they are building for G-Tech that's going to be a machine they are spending 2000 bucks just on main cap bolts and head stud bolts.. some people have too much money lol..sweet as mate bet you cant wait to get it back.. should go good with the new 4" exhaust too Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/58628-new-short-motor/page/12/#findComment-917506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob_xr6turbo Donating Members 433 Member For: 17y 7m 18d Location: Richmond, Melbourne Posted 09/08/09 09:50 AM Share Posted 09/08/09 09:50 AM any news mate? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/58628-new-short-motor/page/12/#findComment-918556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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