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No Turbo Install For A Few Weeks
And no working car for a few weeks either. I was getting some clutch chatter after Cris and I installed the new clutch and flywheel. Turns out that the clutch/flywheel is not the problem...the engine IS!!! There was a problem in the 99 Miata engines that affected a very small percentage of the engines. I'm in the small percentage. There is a thrust bearing that keeps the crankshaft from moving front-to-back. In the bad engines, that bearing is machined incorrectly and allows the crank to move back and forth until the bearing wears out. The crank then starts hitting the engine block and ruins the engine.
The endplay (the distance that a crankshaft can move forward and back in the block) should be about .08mm...8 hundreths of a milimeter. Check out the endplay on my crank...http://www.sallerson.org/video/endplay.wmv I'm surprised it still runs. I have ordered a new used block and I already have a head being machined. I should have all of the parts here by next weekend. I'm pulling the engine and tranny this weekend if anyone wants to learn about pulling engines. |
that sucks... no recourse from Mazda possible?
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Ouch...that sucks.
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Originally Posted by rob209
that sucks... no recourse from Mazda possible?
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it's worth a call, i'd say.
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Originally Posted by scoobybri
And no working car for a few weeks either. I was getting some clutch chatter after Cris and I installed the new clutch and flywheel. Turns out that the clutch/flywheel is not the problem...the engine IS!!! There was a problem in the 99 Miata engines that affected a very small percentage of the engines. I'm in the small percentage. There is a thrust bearing that keeps the crankshaft from moving front-to-back. In the bad engines, that bearing is machined incorrectly and allows the crank to move back and forth until the bearing wears out. The crank then starts hitting the engine block and ruins the engine.
The endplay (the distance that a crankshaft can move forward and back in the block) should be about .08mm...8 hundreths of a milimeter. Check out the endplay on my crank...http://www.sallerson.org/video/endplay.wmv I'm surprised it still runs. I have ordered a new used block and I already have a head being machined. I should have all of the parts here by next weekend. I'm pulling the engine and tranny this weekend if anyone wants to learn about pulling engines. |
Originally Posted by ensmuns
Whew! So I take it we did a good job! I hope the new block will work, but like Rob said, I'd try Mazda to see if they'll replace the powertrain (isn't it 100,000 miles?)
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Originally Posted by scoobybri
Yup, you and I DID do the job right! Don't forget I owe you dinner. You gonna make it to a BWW meet soon? I'll pick up your tab.
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are you getting your motor from seth?
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Originally Posted by turbo_jimbo
are you getting your motor from seth?
Here's what I spent the day doing... |
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good luck bro... hope it goes well for ya
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Topless and no engine??? you betcha! ;)
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