2009 m. gegužės 9 d., šeštadienis

Assembly and further repairs

I have fixed the gearbox oil filler plug and changed the oil to mobil mobilube gx.
Finished assembling front and rear underfenders, and after few testdrives I noticed slight rattle in front passenger side - first I changed both front swaybar links (with poly bushings for links and swaybar), but the rattle did not go away. It seemed that strut was out of order, but I noticed loose strut bearing, so I changed it with another used one. For my surprise rattle did not go away, so I had to change the strut itself. It took about 4 hours to sort that little problem.
I got strange rattle from the front of the engine during testdrives - it could be heard earlier but now it got worse than ever. It goes out on load and mostly is heard on idling - it might be a belt tensioner or idler, so I will change timing belt with everything to check if it will solve the problem. I was planning to change it anyways. Will remove water pump and alternator belts just to make sure if that sound does not come from them.

BTW I received aluminum bushings for rear subframe, custom made solid metal bushing for steering column. Also got front swaybar poly bushes (already fitted), and steering column bushes that bolts to the crossmember (not fitted yet).

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