#3894713 - 07/12/09 07:44 AM
Quick mod/repair to the Wagon
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CommonGutterTrash
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Registered: 09/16/02
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Loc: Boston MA
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A few weeks ago, I jacked up the wagon, and through an unfortunate experience, the car slipped off the jack, and the oil cooler, intercooler, and a/c condensor all got crushed:
So, I picked up a good, used oil cooler, and pulled the crappy stock IC out. I pushed the a/c condenser back, against the radiator, and put an Ebay IC I had kicking around for a while, on the Wagon.
I ended up cutting some of the brackets on the car, and bending some new ones from some home depot Aluminum Stock, and everything fit, perfectly.
Things fit so well, that I was actually able to re-use the original hose from the turbo to IC. All I had to do,was cut up some pieces of an old IC pipe kit to get from the IC to the upper pipe.
so, It's all zipped up: The IC looks a little low, but it's only about an inch below the bumper. once I replace the aero lip that the p/o smashed, it'll be completely hidden by the bumper. I ordered a black coupler for the front, and I need a couple small pieces to finish the the IC-to-upper-pipe hose.
so.. yeah. it took a few days of dicking around, moving things, and bending funky brackets, but I turned a repair from stupidity, into a bit of a power-mod.
I'm also doing my best to keeping the engine bay looking un-molested. I've used duplicolor wheel paint to clean up all the super-oxidized aluminum pieces under the hood, and I'm VERY careful about putting it back together as well as it was in Sweden
I also managed to remove the stock airbox, and replaced it with a filter I had kicking around. all seems well, but I need to section it off, so it's a little less open to the elements.
So.. this seems to be moving along a little quicker than the alfas AND the turbo neon project Really, all that's left is the tune, and tint.
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Craig R. 2000 9-5 Gary Fisher Wagon 1995 850 T-5R 1996 Galant AIM = gclipse96
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#3894923 - 07/12/09 11:39 AM
Re: Quick mod/repair to the Wagon
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silentfurymm
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Wait, the car fell off the jack? Glad you where not hurt.
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#3895132 - 07/12/09 02:26 PM
Re: Quick mod/repair to the Wagon
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CommonGutterTrash
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yeah. the Ebrake was on, and the jack was stuck in a rut in the garage floor. (either the car, or the jack HAS to move when you jack a car up) I was jacking... and then.. WHAM. nobody was under it. I was in the process of raising it.
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Craig R. 2000 9-5 Gary Fisher Wagon 1995 850 T-5R 1996 Galant AIM = gclipse96
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