FTO AUSTRALIA

Shhtuart wrote:

Daniel2019 wrote:Bought some of that super blue gasket stuff for my rocker cover as Vectose suggested. Also grabbed some sikaflex (as I had none - sikaflex fixes all!) and some Shell 10w40 oil. Will do it tomorrow as I have to go out soon and dont wanna be working while the engine is still boiling hot

The previous owner was lazy and used the blue liquid gasket on my rocker covers.

Lasted 20,000kms.

He tried to convince me FTO's had "liquid gaskets" and no rubber ones were available. I smiled and said nothing

But did he put the sealant onto the old rubber gaskets or just used the sealant with no gasket? If it was the latter, I can understand why it only lasted 20,000kms.

Vectose wrote:

Shhtuart wrote:

Daniel2019 wrote:Bought some of that super blue gasket stuff for my rocker cover as Vectose suggested. Also grabbed some sikaflex (as I had none - sikaflex fixes all!) and some Shell 10w40 oil. Will do it tomorrow as I have to go out soon and dont wanna be working while the engine is still boiling hot

The previous owner was lazy and used the blue liquid gasket on my rocker covers.

Lasted 20,000kms.

He tried to convince me FTO's had "liquid gaskets" and no rubber ones were available. I smiled and said nothing

But did he put the sealant onto the old rubber gaskets or just used the sealant with no gasket? If it was the latter, I can understand why it only lasted 20,000kms.

Yeah, it's just the blue stuff, no rubber gasket.

I'll be changing them soon though, only a minor leak on the right side.

Many things were done today on my fto will post in my ride thread no point in posting it twice

Shhtuart wrote:

Vectose wrote:

Shhtuart wrote:

Daniel2019 wrote:Bought some of that super blue gasket stuff for my rocker cover as Vectose suggested. Also grabbed some sikaflex (as I had none - sikaflex fixes all!) and some Shell 10w40 oil. Will do it tomorrow as I have to go out soon and dont wanna be working while the engine is still boiling hot

The previous owner was lazy and used the blue liquid gasket on my rocker covers.

Lasted 20,000kms.

He tried to convince me FTO's had "liquid gaskets" and no rubber ones were available. I smiled and said nothing

But did he put the sealant onto the old rubber gaskets or just used the sealant with no gasket? If it was the latter, I can understand why it only lasted 20,000kms.

Yeah, it's just the blue stuff, no rubber gasket.

I'll be changing them soon though, only a minor leak on the right side.

Ah, yeah mine has a rubber gasket, Its just a bit old factory? so yeah, will chuck that on tomorrow morning and see how it goes.

finished installing turbo

vipfto wrote:finished installing turbo

and the FTOAus award for understatements goes too...........

SchumieFan wrote:

vipfto wrote:finished installing turbo

and the FTOAus award for understatements goes too...........

lawso wrote:

*brainsplosion*

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Silver FTO needed a new alternator, so changed that over. While doing this, noticed a shredded CV boot and broken sway bar. Ended up having to do these as well. Hate changing alternator and sway bars. Both a bugger of a job. Anyway, car running well now. Pretty much ready for a blue slip and then on the market...

dstocks wrote:Silver FTO needed a new alternator, so changed that over. While doing this, noticed a shredded CV boot and broken sway bar. Ended up having to do these as well. Hate changing alternator and sway bars. Both a bugger of a job. Anyway, car running well now. Pretty much ready for a blue slip and then on the market...

How the hell does one "break" a swaybar? Droplinks, I can understand, but the actual bar?...

fraz91 wrote:

dstocks wrote:Silver FTO needed a new alternator, so changed that over. While doing this, noticed a shredded CV boot and broken sway bar. Ended up having to do these as well. Hate changing alternator and sway bars. Both a bugger of a job. Anyway, car running well now. Pretty much ready for a blue slip and then on the market...

How the hell does one "break" a swaybar? Droplinks, I can understand, but the actual bar?...

we changed a broken one on Draz's car.... what a pain!

I broke one on my blue FTO as well. Didnt hit anything prior to it breaking. Im guessing there is a bit of a design flaw there somewhere. Maybe the width just cant take the constant pressure and slowly develops hairline fractures.

Happens when the bushes wear, snaps right on the pivot point. I've swapped a few out that have had that happen.

woaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Bennoz wrote:Happens when the bushes wear, snaps right on the pivot point. I've swapped a few out that have had that happen.

Ouch. Good thing my car is on the hoist at least once a week

Today, I gave the Triton a long-overdue wash. Last time was the Sydney 4WD Adventure show, so it's been a while.

Got underneath with the karcher and sprayed all the mud off the underside. Also cleaned the mud off the wheels, hopefully getting rid of my 110km/h wobbles

fraz91 wrote:

Bennoz wrote:Happens when the bushes wear, snaps right on the pivot point. I've swapped a few out that have had that happen.

Ouch. Good thing my car is on the hoist at least once a week

Today, I gave the Triton a long-overdue wash. Last time was the Sydney 4WD Adventure show, so it's been a while.

Got underneath with the karcher and sprayed all the mud off the underside. Also cleaned the mud off the wheels, hopefully getting rid of my 110km/h wobbles

Also contributing to weight reduction like a true race car driver

Every bit counts!

Went in for my warrant of fitness, unsurprisingly failed on tyres
So off for new cheapo tyres tomorrow... $500 or all four fitted and balanced.
They will do until I buy new rims and tyres for them

Changed oil, fixed leaky rocker cover gasket (Vectose I told you they were too loose from tappet day! )

Lol, yeah that's one torque setting in the manual that you can double.

thought bout cleaning it but then realised black ops was out result=clean fail

Bennoz wrote:Lol, yeah that's one torque setting in the manual that you can double.

I think the leak wasnt even from a sh*tty old gasket, I think it was just the fact that the bolts were incredibly loose. Nevertheless, I used a f**k tonne of the blue gasket sealant stuff on it.. no more leaks