Touring International

[frink84]

beautiful!

[12vsex]

totally love how everything is so new and clean . Coming together great and looks so sick man !

[drifte]

so fresh, so clean. (much wow)

Love the build, especially the abundance of pics.

[Earl]

I then wiped down the friction surface of the flywheel (don't mind the two stains, happened when the flywheel was cleaned after being resurfaced) and installed the clutch


Put the clutch fork and throwout bearing in the trans


Laid out the new hardware


Then slide the trans on and bolted it down without any hiccups




Trying to plan out what to do next. I want to get my battery cable routed to the hatch and my pressure gauge lines ran so that I can throw the carpet back in the car. I also want to get all of the brakelines routed in the bay before the motor goes back in. I would also be doing the rest of the brake lines at this time.

[Earl]

Finally an update worth sharing.

Two weekends ago I pulled the motor from the stand and set it up on the floor to do the rear main seal and mate the trans.

Started by doing the rear main seal





I then went to install the pilot bearing but had an issue. I had not thought to check if the pilot bearing was different for a g250 and g260. Obviously it was. I then went through two different non-OEM pilot bearings and they were undersized and would not interference fit into the bore of the crank. I was trying to get the trans on quick so I didn't want to wait for an OEM one to arrive at the dealer. I ended up taking that route and the bearing fit perfect. I'm not sure what it is but aftermarket pilot bearings are not as thick as OEM and they are undersized, making them useless haha

Here is the original one vs the g260 one and one of the undersized ones


While I was was waiting for the OEM pilot bearing to show up, I tried to install the flywheel. I ran into another issue here. Some how I ended up with dual mass flywheel bolts instead of the shorter m20 flywheel bolts. I should have noticed this before installing them but hindsight is 20-20.


I ordered the correct bolts and picked them up, as well as my OEM pilot bearing. I then was able to get things to go smoothly for once=)

[aLaFleur]

It's looking so good man. Still the only ti I've EVER liked.

[Earl]

Finished cleaning up the back half of the inside




needed the steering wheel off of the work bench so I threw it in=)


also needed the rear seats/cards out of my living room so that all went in too=)




I really like the look of the rear head rests from the back. Also threw the MHW's on the other day as you can see.

The passenger side seat/foot well area is pretty much cleaned up and about half of the drivers side is done.

Should be doing the antiseize on the engine in the next few days and putzing around on miscellaneous other things.

[SnazzyQ]

Motivation boost huh.





there you go, now hurry up and finish the car.

[Earl]

Started cleaning all of the dust out of the interior Friday



Got about 75% of it clean up but it was dark out by the time I finished up for the day. Need to do some touch up on the motor this week as well as anti-seizing all of the stainless hardware.



I missed working on this but I really need to get my motivation boosted so that I stay at it

[Earl]

A big package arrived yesterday


I have a rear main seal, starter rebuild kit, and all transmission mounting bolts and washers enroute from Gutenparts. I need to apply antiseize and retorque every piece of stainless hardware I have put on the motor since I was unaware of it's reaction in other metals. After I do that and install the rear main seal the engine and trans can go together and I should be able to put them in the car.

I need to clean out the whole inside and figure out some miscellaneous hardware that is sitting in a cup on the passenger floor board as well.

[frink84]

OMFG MHW's!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[244Brick]

(hands in air) not waving like i don't care

[Earl]

More goodies arrived from Germany



Thanks again to my friend Kitty for all of the help finding and importing items. It is a set of MHW tail lights, a euro console, and alcantara to repair my drivers bolsters.

The MHW's are in pretty excellent shape. One thing that puzzles me on how to solve is this dead spider stuck between the lenses


He left a crystal sort of reside inside with him too. I think the only way to get him out is to heat the lights and pull off the lenses, but I don't want to risk damaging the lights=/

They look great otherwise=)


The console is basically the same as the US console, but does not have the holes in it for the stupid cup holder insert.


I also finally found a spot where I can bring the car to work on it. My parents offered to let me work on it in their garage so I cleaned that up a little and started reorganizing. I should be able to fit with room to spare around all sides=)


Going to see when I can get the car delivered and then go from there

[Earl]

Scaley maybe? haha

[244Brick]

Crusty is an understatement