OK cool. I might as well do the water pump also. Thanks for the info everyone. I will work on this tonight.

 

Got some work done. Took off most of the top hoses and the air pump. Doing a lot of labeling and picture taking. What a mess of hoses this thing is. I found one plastic hose that was a little worn from rubbing. I see what you mean by replacing some of the hoses. I'll tackle the PS pump tomorrow. I'm going to take my time with this, it isn't much fun.

 

I need to get mine done as well! There is a shop in SLC that can do it if you don't want to tackle it yourself!

 

Keep us posted on how it goes. Did you drop the motor.

 

I did mine without removing the engine, not the easiest job but neither is removing the engine without the proper facilities.

I replaced every radiator hose(there are tons of them) on the car and cleaned out the radiators while I was at it, as well as all of the seals and o-rings involved with anything I took apart. I didn't touch the water pump or t-stat, if I was to do it again I would for sure replace them. They are hard to get to and requires significant coolant to be replaced.

If you don't track the car I'd wait until a clutch service or some other reason that the engine had to come out to do this work. I don't think it's as common a problem as the internet makes it out to be. Also ensure you remove and clean out the radiator mine where jammed full of road debris.

 

I have my engine out. Took a few things off today. Taking my time and labeling every hose and writing down every detail. There are so many hoses and sensor plugs, I'd never remember what went where. Took off the alternator, air pump, throttle body, AC pump, and PS res tank. This is not fun!

 

Sounds like a big job! I would like to come check out your car sometime but won't be back in Boise until mid February! Hope all goes well!

 

With the repair manual and the parts catalog you will be fine. All the information you need for rebuild is there. Of course taking pictures is a very good help also and some of us can help you also. Keep the faith

 

I was about to start a thread asking about that. Where might I find these manuals? Do they have torque specs also? Thanks.

 

We'll have to meet up sometime. Hopefully by the time you get back I'll be pretty far along on my project. Still shopping around for parts and seeing what I can get second hand.

 

a competent welder is definitely #1.. Even with pressure in system the pinholes in welds wont show a leak until it reaches temperature.. Trust me i have seen a tiny tiny pin hole in a weld i pumped full of air with 30+psi and not a drop of coolant came out overnight but once motor was running it seeped.. luckily it was an easy one to access and repair with just alternator out..

 

Thanks, I got my kit from you guys 2 weeks ago. I'm planning on going to a high end racecar builder to do the welding. I'll explain the situation to him fully and pressure test. I'm also thinking about coating the welds with JB weld once they are done. If there are any leaks, that stuff will keep it plugged. It's really amazing stuff.

 

I am surprise! You don't have the repair manual??? Yes, you will found all the torque specifications and also some drawing of the sense lines routing.... You will get it here from $manager: https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...p-manuals.html

 

Ok, have not been working on this much lately because of the miserable cold temps, but I got the coolant parts off. Working on pulling the tubes out and will be off to the welder early next week. Cant wait to get this done, still not having much fun!

 

Who are you using for the welding?