Well, I finally got the engine to idle... YAY! For about 15 minutes, then the garage was filled with white smoke... Boo! I also noticed black soot was dripping from my engine. It was suggested (by the friendly people on SpyderChat), that I may have cracked my head, the short block, or the head gasket... Well... so I started pulling the car apart again.
Sooo much sooot!! Black stuff was being spat out everywhere...
Having a look carefully at the valves, cylinder 1 exhaust valves appears brand new!! They looked like they have just been installed!
Versus, cylinder 4 exhaust valve, which is white, which is the normal colour a properly operating combustion camber exhaust valve should look.
Cylinder 1 valves after I took the head off... Its even still got the installer's pen markings on it, in white! Obviously this cylinder has not been firing AT ALL.
Look at the nice mix of oil and coolant in cyliner 1... Black and red... surprised I didnt have milk shake in my oil or coolant system.
Sooo much sooot!! Black stuff was being spat out everywhere...
Having a look carefully at the valves, cylinder 1 exhaust valves appears brand new!! They looked like they have just been installed!
Versus, cylinder 4 exhaust valve, which is white, which is the normal colour a properly operating combustion camber exhaust valve should look.
Cylinder 1 valves after I took the head off... Its even still got the installer's pen markings on it, in white! Obviously this cylinder has not been firing AT ALL.
Look at the nice mix of oil and coolant in cyliner 1... Black and red... surprised I didnt have milk shake in my oil or coolant system.
2 comments:
Hi Dean,
Ive been enjoying your blog for some time now. I have a 2005 build SMT Spyder with the C65M box and I too want to convert it to a conventional shift.
The main reason is because the hydraulic acutators and pump scare me if I ever have to change them.
Can you tell me where you sourced the conversion parts for the gearbox. As I understand it you are using your original SMT box but with mechanical linkages?
Thanks in advance.
JakeV
Hi Jake,
The conversion parts came from Toyota. Most of the parts actually came from www.toyotaworld.com. Their prices aboout the cheapest I could find. I still havent worked out the total cost the the conversion and the engine build. I will do so very soon because I need to work out how much more to insure it for!
Sorry it took me a while to get back to you! I normally dont look at the comments on my blog!
Anyway, the annoying thing is that the VSC and the TRC lights will always be on, unless you do some rewiring too (or get a manual engine loom, which is quite expensive).
Good luck with it! Let me know if you need any help.
Cheers,
Dean
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