Flaminsam Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Cheers for the comments guys. I will be honest and I used hammerite smooth! Awesome skills. Yea its come on a long way since I first got the shell. Hopefully have it ready for japfest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funny onion Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Ready for japfest 2 you mean? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnboy GT Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Thats alright, thats what i was thinkn on using! Brush on or spray?John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flaminsam Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Yea I mean japfest 2 won't be able to make Jap fest. And I just used brush on stuff. It came out alright, but I think spray on would be better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flaminsam Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 Well I have some good news and some bad news. Good news the shedlet passed its MOT yesterday. Headlamp aim was out but I said I would sort it while it was still on the ramp. It drove well, gearbox was sound, engine was good also. Now to the bad point. The car refused to boost past 0.2bar. Not good. I got the starlet back to the unit and had a good look around. No boost leaks, clips were tight and the shaft of the turbo spun freely. I decided to remove the turbo from the car. I then checked the turbo and found the shaft on the impeller side has been bent. The impeller blades were fubar and I needed another turbo. Going to the scooby breakers on Tuesday/wednesday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pick1 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Glad to hear it passed mate but shame about the turbo 😓 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starbuck Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 What a shitter. But great about the MOT. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shorty Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Minor set back in the grand scheme of things. glad it passed mot though bud! Good build and damn fine progress Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flaminsam Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 Cheers for the comments. Yea MOT went better than expected. I'll get some pics of the turbo up when I strip it down. Hopefully have the car rebuilt with new (or replacement) turbo on weds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 that sucks about the turbo but the mot bit is good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flaminsam Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Well I got another turbo from the breakers yard for exchange of the old td04l. Took it to work, stripped and cleaned both housings and rotated them to suit the starlet. Fitted the new turbo and it ran fine. Took it down the road and found to be now boosting 0.6bar. Spot on. Then I left the car idling outside my unit. Came back outside and blue smoke from the exhaust. Not excessive though. Now I know the engine is good ( did another compression test just to be sure ) so that means the turbo seals have gone. So I'm thinking of having it rebuilt. New seals, bearings and thrust plate. Next question, where is best to get it rebuilt? I've heared AET turbos are good in wakefield. Any feedback from them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 SamRicky offers a re build service along with these people, Liam D and his brother work here http://www.midlandturbo.com/?gclid=CKKsoJKi9a8CFUsMtAodf34lDgJohn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pick1 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Mate your not having much luck with these tdo4's at the moment but at least if it's only a little puff off smoke mate it will be fine for a while till u get funds to re-build glad all is running ok now mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flaminsam Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Cheers for the link john. I'll get a quote from them and see what they van offer me. Yea not having too much luck with these td04 turbos at the moment Adam. On the upside though it now boosts up mint and goes like a bullet. Hopefully getting it insured this weekend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnboy GT Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Try CR turbo engineering in Hampshire mate, see what they offer too. Good progress aswell bud!John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pick1 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Glad u happy with its performance mate what it sound like with beast of an exhaust u got ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flaminsam Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Cheers johnboy. Yea its defo made a lot of progress. I'll shop around and see what people can offer. Adam it sounds awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pick1 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Sweet cant wait to see this bad boi on the road pm coming your way aswel mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Give us a ring buddy, and we'll see what we can do for you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flaminsam Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 Well the saga continues. Turbo number 2 has blown its oil seals as above. So I've rang around a few conpanys and I've had quotes around 200 to repair my turbo. Thing is I can get a new cartridge for 180 delivered to my house. That's a new core, bearings, shaft, oil seals and impellar. The unit is fully balanced and ready to go. So its a wait until pay day now till I can get a new cartridge and actually get the car taxed and insured. Its first show should be japfest 2 all being well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I completely forgot bout u n charlotte! Gutted u didnt come to the japfest! Thats shit dude... Looking forward to seein it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flaminsam Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 Yea kinda bit far for us really and charl was working. Fingers crossed will all be done for japfest 2. Plus its only at donnington. can't wait to actually get it mapped and stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pick1 Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Ayup mate u sort the turbo out Is she running smoothlyNow mate ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flaminsam Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Hey Adam, yea she runs well now although I think the oil seals have gone in the turbo. As above I'm waiting for pay day to sort out a new/recon unit. I may have come across another problem now though. The drive shaft oil seal on the passenger side has failed and is leaking oil pretty bad. So I'm going to get one from camskill soon. Also a question if any one can answer it for me. The banjo bolt for the oil on top of the turbo, am I correct in saying it should only have a small hole in it for the oil? One small single hole about 1.5mm in diameter? If so I think my turbo may be fine as I have a banjo with two holes and about 3mm diameter at the moment. Oops. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Banjo Bolt shud havethe tinyest of holes!Any bigger it can force oil past the seals.... Which may have damaged the unit... (this is how I understand it) as it came up in convosation when we did kidv's td04 setup! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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