getting her back on the road

[fj11.5]

did you take out the drain plug under the engine at the front, hex head, buy has a Phillips head screw in the center , thats the magnet ,, or you can remove the left side lower oil cooler line

[ribbert]

why the hell does the oil drain so slow.

Are you draining the oil from a hot engine?  If the oil is not at running temperature it will be slow and a lot will stay in there. Also, if the motors just been run and is hot all the crud is suspended in the oil.'

Noel

[Klavdy]

In a similar vein,,,

[Zwartie]

In a similar vein,,,

Klavdy,

That's hilarious! That being said, it struck me funny that an anagram for "wgirvine", the author of that response is "we virgin". Just sayin' I don't think he gets laid too often. Oh, gotta go - my wife is telling me I need to get the cookies out of the oven...

Zwartie

[Pat Conlon]

I've got to meet you Ben.......God you are funny.....and clever......and you ride a FJ....

[Goetz]

The front half of the fender came off! Crap. There arent any on ebay, but there is a rear half. Can i just flip that around?

[1tinindian]

The front half of the fender came off! Crap. There arent any on ebay, but there is a rear half. Can i just flip that around?

No.
You can order new ones from RPM.

Leon

[Goetz]

That was great. Im  looking for a woman who will help in the garage

[Goetz]

Couldnt find a fender on rpm website, you have a link?
Re the oil thing, i have the kerker 4 1 2 so i have to drop the exhaust to get to that plug.
I used the allen head drain plug on the right side. Tok forever, next time i will drop the exhaust or use the left side oil cooler fitting. Yes, the engine was hot, i ran it around for 20 minutes, With some seafoam in the crankcase.

[racerrad8]

Couldnt find a fender on rpm website, you have a link?
Re the oil thing, i have the kerker 4 1 2 so i have to drop the exhaust to get to that plug.
I used the allen head drain plug on the right side. Tok forever, next time i will drop the exhaust or use the left side oil cooler fitting. Yes, the engine was hot, i ran it around for 20 minutes, With some seafoam in the crankcase.

I just got fenders in last week and have not gotten them posted up yet. I will be doing that this weekend.

You have to drain the sump using the drain plug in the bottom of the pan or the left oil cooler outlet fitting at the pan. Since you have a header covering the plug, the oil line needs to be removed or the header has to come off.

If you removed an allen cap then you only drain that specific oil galley and not the sump.

Randy - RPM

[Goetz]

Thanks The spin on filter adapter is great, btw.

[racerrad8]

Thanks The spin on filter adapter is great, btw.

Thank you and glad you like it, it makes the oil filter changing portion much easier, now you just have to get the header issue resolved so you can drain the sump easily...

Randy - RPM

[Goetz]

Just going to have to drop it, the collector sits directly below the drain plug, no room for a wrench. That will have to wait till next week.

[Goetz]

Exhaust dropped, sanded, and painted.
On way home from work and chain completely ate front sprocket, look

20121016_205219 by goetzjordan, on Flickr

[Goetz]

Ordered new chain, 18t front and 42 rear. Chain was way stiff, probably all the metal shavings.... po.. Rear was pretty gnarly too