Started to take out the drive shaft seals and bearings. I am replacing them with new ones.
Now how did I get a Ferrari part? (Funny name for a bearing)
Made sure that the tunnel where the pinion and driveshaft meet was clean. Used air brake cleaner fluid to get rid of all the oil and debris. I will repack the bearings by the pinion gear side before I assemble.
I had to take my pinion gear off and one thing I learned about Lamborghini is that their tolerance is a bit too tight on some parts. I had to heat the differental casing where the pinon gear slides in to let the metal expand just a tad bit so the pinion gear wpuld go inside.
I used a ready heater to do the job. Worked well.
I am getting very close to assembling the engine which should not take too long to do. But I ran out of time today.
I got a little bit done today, not much, but still making progress.
I put my header bolts in a tumbler that polishes stones. I am hoping it will do the same for the bolts. We will see the results later.
Next, I needed to take off the box that holds both the phase sensors to access a bad gasket. I marked the box so that way it would be position right when I installed it.
Yeah, lots of work yes...but there are somedays I want to quit! LOL!...But it should pay off down the road. I think this is better than having reciepts if I ever sold the car.
I am working out some details on a dvd with another lambo owner. It will be much, much more in detail than what I am doing on DVD.
Thanks guys for the nice comments..it's hard work and very time consuming, but it should really pay off and I can be proud to open up the engine compartment. I have new seals going on the engine everywhere. I am sending out my injectors to RC engineering to get them ultrasonically cleaned and tested. I won't have any updates until two weeks from now. I am on vacation next week til Thursday.
I went out and snapped a few soon to come previews of what the next step will be. It paid off getting things cleaned up and powdercoated. Nice thing about powdercoating its that oil will be easy to wipe up. I even went to the point of getting new acorn nuts to put on the car. These acorn nuts are expensive! But it will help set off the engine. Details! details! make a difference.
