aussieakito's '05 Stivo

aussieakito · Aug 28, 2015

Just a small update, yesterday they shut down the freeway to melton so i decided to try take a short cut...
My car doesnt like bumps or mud.

aussieakito · Aug 29, 2015

So who is coming round to mine and helping me change the clutch? lmao

Sabbath' · Aug 29, 2015

aussieakito said:
So who is coming round to mine and helping me change the clutch? lmao

Too many 4k clutch dumps?

aussieakito · Aug 29, 2015

Possibly :doh:
Nah its done just under 150,000km so its about due ide say, i cant rev past 3k when driving as it just slips :C

aussieakito · Aug 31, 2015

So thought i may aswell do it bit by bit during the week rather than trying to smash it out over the weekend.... and im glad i did.
1 driveshaft is split and needs to be reconditioned, the other. welllllllllllll..... It didnt want to come out and i uh... broke it
So yes 2 reconditioned drive shafts to come.

The cup of the driveshaft is still stuck on the box, going to attempt to get it off once the box is out as ill have a lot more room.
Everything was going so smoothly until that moment :bang:

Have some pictures

EDIT: oh and yes i bought the clutch, and the tools... ended up going with a Clutch Industry Heavy Duty clutch, also bought all the bearings to go along with it.

aussieakito · Sep 1, 2015

Up bright and early to finish this job.

Box out.

The thrust bearing is actually crusty and hard to turn, lucky i got to it in time. It started putting some nice big grooves in the pressure plate springs.

I was able to get the remainder of the drive shaft out once the gearbox was out.
so it was time to head off to M & S driveshafts to get them reconditioned.

(Shout out to my misses for letting me borrow her astra for the week :spot on: )

Fully reconditioned drive shafts

Good old Toyotas, dry rear main unlike every single holden ever created.

last job is to get the flywheel machined so off to Brakeswest Sunshine to get that sorted, and here it is.

Oh and of course it just wouldnt be right if the clutch actually fit. nope still never received the correct part first go for this car.
So now im waiting for the correct clutch to be to get delivered hopefully with in the next hour.

rory · Sep 1, 2015

Damn that is some bad luck or poor part checking going on. Gearbox looks like its come our of a Barbie car too... Hope it goes together more smoothly than it came apart.

yZoH · Sep 1, 2015

Love your progress shots, Reminds me of when I was building my cars. Photo stories are the best haha

Batca · Sep 1, 2015

Good photos and reading. Reminds me of all those hours I used to lay under my Torana back in the day.. Good old Aussie four speeds!

aussieakito · Sep 2, 2015

Well last night i had put most of the car back together: Flywheel, clutch, gearbox, driveshafts are all back in all that was left was to change the oil in the gearbox, fit the slave, bleed the system, fit the airbox and battery.

I got as far as trying to put the slave in and guess what, i managed to strip the thread on the line...
So this is how she looked this morning