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Went to put the radiator in this weekend. I tested the fans. I have a dead primary fan. Yet another reason why the car died. I'm picking up a used radiator with fans on Tuesday. We'll see how good that one is.

 

Man, the price for a new primary fan is ridiculous.

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I might have a good primary fan laying around if the used one you pick up is bad. Just let me know if I can help you out.

 

Thanks!

 

Just a heads up, the fan motors for the primary and the secondary fans are interchangeable if you can find a secondary fan.

 

Interesting, then why do they have different part numbers?

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It runs great. as far as cool it seems to run same as stock.

I also have 2 primary rad fan sensors. I also run a 180 T-Stat.

i am going to probably go back to a stock t-stat soon.

when it kicks on you can see the gauge on the dash drop at a noticeable rate.

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Got the gasket on the right from my friends at GNT peformance products. Thanks GNT!

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Transmission/GNTcontrollevergasketandMitsubishigasket_zpsb33846a4.jpg

 

 

Modified it for the control lever gasket.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Transmission/ControlLeverGasket_zps7e909a87.jpg

 

Checked how level the car was before I filled up the transmission.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Transmission/levelcar_zps87575eca.jpg

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Transmission/levelposition_zpsb127f48d.jpg

 

I was putting the Sta-lube GL4 oil in when I noticed that I got 140 SAE weight. Noticed two quarts to late.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Transmission/Sta-lub140SAE_zps8989c830.jpg

 

 

I removed the intercooler to clean it. It has been open and also the turbo compressor housing was full of oil.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Intercooler/intercooler_zps673d1776.jpg

 

 

The rubber hose was very stiff. Softened it up with a heat gun.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Intercooler/removingtheintercoolercoupler_zps07c8b6aa.jpg

 

How it looks before cleaning.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Intercooler/oilinintercooler2_zps8226ce49.jpg

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Intercooler/oilinintercooler4_zps704bc8a5.jpg

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Intercooler/oilinintercooler_zps45e3b5dd.jpg

 

I purchased some injector clips from Engine Machine Service.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Fuel%20System/Dormaninjectorclips_zpsc340934c.jpg

 

What they look like. I have read from PQ that you should get the rounded edge connectors and these are rounded.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Fuel%20System/Dormaninjectorclips2_zps73fb1c77.jpg

 

Also I got the factory heater hoses. MB527569 No longer available in the U.S.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Heater%20Hoses/MB527569_zpsa092ab97.jpg

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Heater%20Hoses/heatercorehose4_zps1c8d54fb.jpg

 

Check out the rub guard.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Heater%20Hoses/heatercorehose1_zpscc134ef9.jpg

 

Shape of the factory hoses

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Heater%20Hoses/heatercorehose2_zps4e084e90.jpg

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Heater%20Hoses/heatercore3_zpsbc3ed5c6.jpg

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Transmission oil is in. What a mess. A word of caution with the Sta-Lube oil pumps and our transmissions. The manual transmission requires 2.4 quarts. The nozzle on the Sta-Lube pump fits in the fill hole very snug. As I was filling up the trans I wondered why the trans was able to take more than 2.4 quarts as oil was not seeping out of the fill hole. After I put in three quarts I pulled out the nozzle and 90 weight spewed all over the floor. What a mess!
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I can't remember if it was this car, or my truck when I did that transmission .... but I kinda think I filled my trans inside the car with the shifter assembly removed. That way I could just have a pan under the trans and the fill hole open. When it starts seeping out the fill hole, it's full. Might have been my truck ... but I'm thinking it was the Quest. Nice little trick.
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Filled the car up with five gallons of gas and flushed the supply and return lines with the fuel pump test jack. Started to install the new engine bay fuel filter and that is when I noticed I didn't order the copper gaskets for the rubber supply lines.

 

I also put the air cleaner assembly in to see what I have to order. Cleaned the oil separator with kerosene too.

 

My big problem is what do with the oil cooler. I have two and one has copper shavings in it and the other has a lot of silver metal shavings/flakes. I may do what SFBMX88 did with his car.

http://www.starquestclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=128455

 

So even if I am ready to start the car I need to get the oil cooler problem resolved.

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  • 2 weeks later...

First Start!

 

http://s1069.photobucket.com/user/tsi_tom/media/The%20Missouri%20Project/First%20start/FirstConquestStart_zps76b53c6c.mp4.html

 

 

I haven't heard a Conquest run in a long time. What do you think? I am nervous about the tinny sound.

 

Time for some Warsteiner beer to celebrate!

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/First%20start/TimeforsomeWarsteiner_zps2dba0c13.jpg

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  • 3 weeks later...

There is some knocking going on in the engine. I am trying to isolate it. I have a VM topic about it: http://http://www.st...howtopic=143103

 

Summary from VM topic

  • The noise gets louder when under a load.

VM responses suggested it might be the lifters. So I took the rocker assembly off to inspect.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/rockerassembly_zps4b500c4c.jpg

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/cylinderhead_zpsf0f5b5ee.jpg

 

I noticed one lifter was a little banged up but very tight. I don't think this is the issue,but I replaced it anyway with a new one.

 

Banged up lifter

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/lifterwithissues_zpsbde19dfa.jpg

 

 

I setup to clean and bleed the lifters. The machine shop had moved cam and rockers over to the new head from enginemachineservice.com.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/readyforliftercleaning_zpsad51f890.jpg

 

Three pans. A B and C like the TSB calls for filled with diesel fuel.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/setupforliftercleaning_zpse7d97fca.jpg

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/setupforliftercleaning2_zpsd930b050.jpg

 

 

I cleaned and bled the lifters. They were very clean. So this isn't the cause of the knocking noise.

 

I didn't have the special hydraulic lash adjuster holding tool so I used a paper clip to hold them for installation.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/papercliplifterholdingtool_zps44729d17.jpg

 

 

The paper clip worked great!

 

I started the car. Now I have a lifter tick!

 

 

I got a Snap On stethoscope and started to probe around to see where the knocking noise is coming from.

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/snaponstethoscope_zpsba04c138.jpg

 

 

 

The noise is coming from the front of the engine around the number one cylinder.

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  • 1 month later...

First oil change. I wanted to see if the knocking is the engine eating a bearing.

 

Oil filter dump out

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/oilfilterdump_zps80022fd0.jpg

 

 

 

Material on the oil filter

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/oilfilter3_zps691ddea2.jpg

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/oilfilter2_zps677f86f7.jpg

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/oilfilter1_zps9e3f954b.jpg

 

Magnet- Material is magnetic

 

http://i1069.photobucket.com/albums/u467/tsi_tom/The%20Missouri%20Project/Motor%20Issue/magneticmaterialinoilfilter_zps8484d061.jpg

 

Maybe this knocking noise is just the forged pistons.

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