GeGe6 Donating Members 1,980 Member For: 12y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth, SOR Posted 06/09/14 12:03 PM Share Posted 06/09/14 12:03 PM Bomber, you must be close to winning mate, the law of averages must be on your side now. Fingers crossed for ya. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76642-in-the-club/page/75/#findComment-1497615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Captain Retard" Member 1,417 Member For: 11y 12d Gender: Male Location: Shellharbour NSW Posted 06/09/14 02:51 PM Share Posted 06/09/14 02:51 PM BOMBER take this with a grain of salt because I'm very pissed at the moment but......... You maybe overthinking this...... Just sayin!!!!Cheers!!! 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76642-in-the-club/page/75/#findComment-1497637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 15y 3d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 07/09/14 03:27 AM Author Share Posted 07/09/14 03:27 AM Well, my young fella got me a new creeper for Father's Day so I jacked the car up with the intention to take the dump off and have a look. Before I got that far, I checked the actuator. Straight away, I noticed I could wiggle the shaft forward and back slightly with bugger all resistance so I was thinking no preload. Then I looked a bit harder. Pulled the shaft forward to simulate operation and found the problem. The back nut on the rod had come either come loose or hadn't been locked off. It was fouling internally on the fkn actuator bracket. Pushed it sideways and bit by hand and clunk, back to stop. Can you fkn believe it! Yeeessss!!!Took it for a quick run and as expected I've got all my bottom end back. Obviously, the 'two stage' boost thinghy which I always suspected was mechanical, was when it was catching and didn't quite return to stop. It got worse with the new housing because the OEM connection is on the inside of the lever arm, not outside as MTA does them. The shaft had been offset a little to accommodate this but it meant the nut ran even closer to the inside hole on the bracket. When it was catching fully, it meant the depth of the nut (approx 4mm) was keeping the flapper open by presumably a similar amount. No wonder it wouldn't build boost. Can't describe the level of relief guys. Bit hard to fix on the ground plus the preload will need to be checked so it will be done at the shop tomorrow.So, there you have it. A fkn piss ant 20c nut was the root of all evil. 15 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76642-in-the-club/page/75/#findComment-1497686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeGe6 Donating Members 1,980 Member For: 12y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth, SOR Posted 07/09/14 03:30 AM Share Posted 07/09/14 03:30 AM Happy those averages swung your way finally!Relief! 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76642-in-the-club/page/75/#findComment-1497687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 15y 3d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 07/09/14 03:37 AM Author Share Posted 07/09/14 03:37 AM ^^^ thanks mate. Sometimes you've just gotta not give up. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76642-in-the-club/page/75/#findComment-1497690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeGe6 Donating Members 1,980 Member For: 12y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth, SOR Posted 07/09/14 03:40 AM Share Posted 07/09/14 03:40 AM Yeh mate agree. That little step back and taking a look with a fresh set of eyes, is all it takes sometime.Enjoy now FFS! Lol. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76642-in-the-club/page/75/#findComment-1497691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_mate Member 767 Member For: 19y 3m 1d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 07/09/14 03:55 AM Share Posted 07/09/14 03:55 AM Im going to be the first - was this checked prior to retunes and dyno time? I would be pissed off if I had paid money to find a problem then work it out myself... 5 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76642-in-the-club/page/75/#findComment-1497695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeGe6 Donating Members 1,980 Member For: 12y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth, SOR Posted 07/09/14 03:58 AM Share Posted 07/09/14 03:58 AM Can say I was thinking this also, but didn't want to kill the joy. 3 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76642-in-the-club/page/75/#findComment-1497696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 11m 13d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 07/09/14 04:35 AM Share Posted 07/09/14 04:35 AM Happy to take pot shot at your issues until there fixed lol Good to hear mate 2 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76642-in-the-club/page/75/#findComment-1497700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 15y 3d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 07/09/14 04:39 AM Author Share Posted 07/09/14 04:39 AM Car only had a slight tweak after the housing swap. I think it's a classic case of not looking for the obvious first. I'm a loyal customer and the boys do right by me. I don't expect it will be any different this time around. It was my decision to do the housing swap. True in the end there was nothing technically wrong with the MTA one, but I still don't regret swapping it.I've learnt as I get older that doing your block when mistakes are made sometimes isn't in the best interests long term. I'm just totally relived that I will finally get to enjoy the car running spot on once the little fix tomorrow is done. 2 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/76642-in-the-club/page/75/#findComment-1497701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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