Water Pump Went Out And Now Motor Makes Noise

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Well it is a bent pushrod!

 

stykthyn

I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.

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Did you mess up any of the valves?

 

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No he said the valve looked good, lifter looked good. and The rocker wasnt damaged.

 

stykthyn

I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.

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Good deal. May want to look into new springs.

 

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Well the kid is pretty much out of money. It looks like old step dad is gonna foot this bill!

 

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stykthyn

I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.

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MATHEW2172 said:

Well the kid is pretty much out of money. It looks like old step dad is gonna foot this bill!

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You sing the song of my people

 

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Also looks like a small leak coolant leak behind the timing cover gasket, and a small leak from the drivers side steering rack. So add a few more thing to the list for the spring. The steering rack seems pretty easy. And we will do the timing cover gasket also. But that is for another day!

 

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Here is at leats a pic of the money pit! haha

 

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my wife Bedazzled my input shaft

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MATHEW2172 said:

Here is at leats a pic of the money pit! haha

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Looks like a clean fox, make sure you soak the bolts (timing cover and water pump) the night before with pb blaster and label them.

Also with budget minded enthusiast, and broke kid maintenance (bare with me a second).

Sign up for advance auto speed perks and use the code TRT41 when shopping online.

Why online?

You can order your parts online and pick up to your local stores within 30 minutes and that code will give a $40 off a $100 purchase. I abuse the crap out of that code for (parts, rtv, pb blaster, and brake cleaner). Keep the cheddar in your wallet my friend

 

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A5literMan

At least it is lumpy...

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Heads up on the water pump(like Black1987 stated) soak those bolts for at least 12-24 hours before trying to loosen them. They have a tendency to snap.

 

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Well looks like a flat cam.
So rebuild here we come!

 

stykthyn

I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.

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this car sounds all sorts of abused. pro tip- find a mountaineer or explorer in the JY. cost to pull should be under 500. comes with the better intake and heads. swap over the fox oil pan, cam, front accessories, and flywheel. congratulations. you now have a 93-95 cobra spec engine for under a grand.

 

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Kid already picked out a top end kit for about 3 grand. A trick flow kit from late model restoration

 

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At least it is lumpy...

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MATHEW2172 said:

Kid already picked out a top end kit for about 3 grand. A trick flow kit from late model restoration

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While that is a good kit, you still will need to replace the water pump,balancer,and while at it...all gaskets,oil pump and pickup. You also will need a new bigger fuel pump and injectors,MAF,and throttle body. All said plan on 4K on parts and another 1-2k in labor(if not doing it yourself).

 

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Sure hope you got the car for a good price. I hate deceitful sellers. My favorite color though! Good looking blue. Put a wanted engine on our classified site. One of the forum members may have a nice motor , fair price for you.


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Well we thought we got it for a good price. Turns out not so much after finding out we need to rebuild the motor

 

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Save the 3k... Get a jy Explorer motor for $300.. swap the springs , cam, balancerr etc and for less than $1000 you will have around 270 rwhp.. Spend another $800 for a NOS kit and you have 350rwhp with money to spare.

 

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stykthyn

I want to measure mine. It doesn't look that tall.

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You know, all advice on what engine to build aside, I shudder at the thought of my 16 year old driving a 300hp+ fox. That's not a lot of HP by todays standards, but it's mostly all available under 4k rpms which is a blip of the throttle and these cars have all the safety features of a candy wrapper.

 

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Nice look'n money pit though.

 

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Yea we wouldn't let him get it as his first car, He is almost 18 and is a pretty good driver. In fact he drives for the company i work doing deliveries in the summer months. But it appears he has a found a motor, that will need to use his intake, distrubuter and pulleys.