Build Or DIE Trying! a 1993 FD story by Tem120

3-7-2014

some updates not the good kind unfortunately , Trans took a poop on me on wed , would not go into reverse . So took the car to a shop I know that rebuilds FD trans . decided to go with that rather then another used trans .. as I'm tired of picking up other people's mistakes . 

These are sports cars and get abused so do the trannies , and if the owner does not care for the synchros 

things well end up badly .. so off it goes honestly i was somewhat pissed haha so didnt bother with pictures . But we'll see Supposed to pick it up tomorrow .

3-12-2014

Got the car back ! Trans is perfect . Glad I went this route vs a JDM trans it was bit more pricy but i think well worth it! 

shifts are so much smoother all the gears go in so crisp i dont know if its the difference between the royal purple and the junk that was in there before but trans and owner are both very happy .

3-13-2014

Found the Last hose to Complete my Dual oil cooler setup . Plan is to get it installed and Fix that GAP in the front bumper thats been driving me crazy for the last few months . 

I wanna get it done before the next autox event to see if I see a difference in temps .

3-22-2014

Finally GOt around to starting the dual oil cooler install 

started with draining the oil , removing the bumper , removing anything that might get in the way . 

Unfortunately I under estimated this . THe Oil cooler hose that needed to be replaced would not fit between the hardline , so I had to remove the powersteering , and ac compressor .in order to loosen it also went ahead and loosened that hard line from the Oil cooler pedestal since it was leaking oil from there 

sanded down the crush washers so they would lose their grove , and heated them up so they would expand and be reusable. 

I know generally you would get new ones . but this little trick works well .