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caprixpack

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Good to hear on vibration.
Sorry = my OCD = and along with the subframe= Sump needs a good polish.

And even more , even though ,wood in between = on the sump!!
Sorry but , ( yeah I sore jack stands =great ) , but , dude = place jack some inches ,back and on the K frame = way , way better and no sump issues !!!
The jack and wood was there to support the engine while the engine mounts were removed.
 

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Good to hear on vibration.
Sorry = my OCD = and along with the subframe= Sump needs a good polish.

And even more , even though ,wood in between = on the sump!!
Sorry but , ( yeah I sore jack stands =great ) , but , dude = place jack some inches ,back and on the K frame = way , way better and no sump issues !!!
Need to jack the motor up like that to replace the engine mounts
 

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Need to jack the motor up like that to replace the engine mounts

Yeah I know .
I'd had a few beers and wasn't thinking straight when posted.
My story anyway Ha ha,( true but).
Edit. while I read the post I didn't connect the dots !!!.
 
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A few bits arrived in the post today.
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Hopefully we'll get some ok weather this weekend.
 

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Two new ball joints?
New slide pin seals?
Now most of the suspension and mechanical bits are sorted I'm working my way through replacing all the sensors so everything is new.
I've got a new reverse switch as the original is temperamental, sometimes the reverse lights come on sometimes they don't and getting random constant tone from the parking sensor. A new map sensor, air intake sensor and coolant temperature sensor. I've already got new camshaft and crankshaft sensor from a previous order.
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I spent some time on the Monaro today while the weather was ok.
I started replacing some of the sensors, started with the map sensor.
Old one.
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New one.
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The new one has a different part number but they're both 2 bar and after a few posts on LS7 based pages reassuring me that the new part is the same as the old and the new number superseded the old.
Then moved onto the coolant temperature sensor as it's easily accessible and engine being cold meant no burns.
While at it a decided to give the OTR intake a go, so started pulling the old intake off and removing various bits and measuring up stuff.
And fitted.
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It had started to go dark at around half 4 as we're still mid winter here so had to brake out the work light.
Old air box thing removed, I'll give it a good clean in the morning.
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One thing I noticed when removing the old intake was the air intake sensor was missing the plastic cage bit over the end? No sign of it anywhere and it doesn't look like a fresh break so hopefully it was broken a while back when being removed?
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