seriously ralliartevoVIII... i would only go to mechanics who have experience with evo's

 

yea once again, that was my mistake. I didnt know the evo was THIS hard. I have learned my lesson. I am gonna just put the tranny back onto the engine, have him complete the job, if the car runs fine, then its ok, if not, then im gonna either sue him for damages, or have it taken to the dealer and have him pay for whatever they charge me.

 

Ok, I'm confused...he's a mechanic right??? WHY DOESN'T HE HAVE A TORQUE WRENCH?!?!

I did my clutch and flywheel install myself and it WAS a bit*h the 1st time...but damn bro. I hope you learned a lesson here.

Good luck with her man...

-B

 

Holy Chit!!!!

:Subscribes to thread:

 

You might be able to get the out case of the transmition from the dealer, and put your gears in to the new case.....Just don't have the same guy do it........I ad the same story with my Supra, but in my case the Michanic went out of business and my parts ( altornator, power stering pump...and dozen other things were thrown out.......) Good luck

 

You do know that the A/C has to be recharged now. Man, I really wish you the best of luck, I had Mitsu take my engine apart when it blew and then give it back to me in pieces once they denied the warranty, I know how you feel. Just take a good look at the service manual Chris sent you and make your friend PAY ATTENTION to it! He has already proven that he needs help, and if he does not have a torque wrench then he is really not much of a mechanic. Theat may sound stupid, but those who work on cars a lot know what I am talking about, it is just one of the things that a serious mechanic has to have.

 

Ok ... from my comments above, take it with a grain of salt. I don't mean to be condecending or pointing the finger and laughing. It sounds like you 'really' want to make sure things go right from here on out, I'm sure you'll be ok.

Let me say that the EVO is 'stout' enough, and I don't think there should be any 'hidden' problems. Just be very, very, very careful putting the engine back into the bay.

As a funny aside, once we had another 'friendly' neighbor help take out an engine in an Astro Van. During one afternoon before my father made it home to suck the engine out, the 'neighbor' disassembled, the drive train on the van, and took out the supports under the tranny and put a jackstand under there. He wanted to take the tranny out with the motor. Now, normally the Astro, after taking out the 'front' grille and such (which is just time consuming, but not really hard) the engine unbolts and you suck it out in about 15min. As the neighbor had 'done' all this work for 'free' the 'men' decided to take the motor out 'with' the tranny, just so Mr. X wouldn't feel like his contribution was in vain :O.

As the motor got about halfway out, and was not entirely supported on one end, the whole assy. slipped! We got lucky and didn't hit anything like air cond. hoses etc ... but it dumped like 5 qt. of tranny oil all over the 2 mo. old freshly poured garage floor! I could see my father ball up and get sooo red, I thought it was worth at 'least' a few explatives, but him being the new 'pastor' in our volunteer community church and this 'guy' as one of the church's members, he just went away for about an hour. We used like 50 lb. of kitty litter to control our own Exxon Valdez oil slick on the new floor. It did get cleaned up pretty good, except for the light red tinge, from the tranny oil color.

We still use that as a lesson to 'plan' well in advance what is going to be done in 'any' car repair.

Cheers,

jcnel.

p.s. oh! please, please, please at least use the torque wrench on the flywheel and clutch nuts and boltz.

 

Exedy twin disc =$1250.00
Welding ear back onto transfer case=$200.00
Having a "friend of the family"ruin a $30,000 car=PRICELESS
there are some things money cant buy,but for clutch install on an evo there is SUPERZ (aka.Gil).
Good luck on having your vehicle run again,sorry for the lame attempt at humor as this is a perfect example of how Not to do a clutch install.Please forgive me as well as your friend of the family as his ignorance lasted but a moment,but a lifetime his Goodwill.He was trying to help,just didn't know what he was getting into.Sorry.............

 

it gets worse....as i stated the clutch/flywheel is installed, but guess what? yup u guessed it, no torque wrench, just the classy elbow. Time to go uninstall it and torque it down to specs. This just keeps gettin better doesnt it? Also whats this about charging the AC?

 

WOW he installed the clutch without torque specs. NOT GOOD!! Ya unless you pulled the compressor off the engine before you took it out and left all the lines connect you will have to go charge the AC agian. Becouse most likly he took out the hard lines that runs to your compressor when he pulled the engine out in doing so he let all the coolant out with it ****TY!! But thats no biggie just a little more money out of your pocket.

On a side note he could have pulled the compressor off the engine before he took the engine out but i really dont see how the tollerences are so tight it would be a pain in the ***. WELL GOOD LUCK keep us updated!

Chris

 

I'm sorry but that is the funniest damn thing I have ever seen.

I wish you would hav estopped him-kicked him in the *****-shot him in the head-something!!!!! He killed your car.

 

There's only one engine mount left holding everything up after you remove the tranny. He probably figured it was easier to pull it out then just hold it up with a cross bar from the stop and use a jack on the bottom.

Installing a new clutch isnt as hard as it seems, i am very astonished someone screwed it up this bad.

 

Torquing the flywheels down is REALLY IMPORTANT. Any mechanic will tell you that. Do it like you do your wheels in a star pattern.

Recharging A/C? Oh God, dont tell me he took that out too......

 

OMFG!!..
i did my clutch w. my friends about a month ago....it took awhile cuase we couldnt get the tranny up..that was the only part that took so long...if it went up the 1st time..it would of taken me a day...thats being really carefull w. everything...

man o man..he has to tq the fly wheel and clutch down...please do that or else you'll be in a world of hurt after...w. everyhting out like that...even after you put it together i dont think your car will ever be the same...i dont know who to feel sorry for, you or the car...gl man..keep us posted...

 

luckly did'nt take mine to local shop guy.took it back to dealer instead,even though i'm gettin rape on labor..it's worth it.**** i would be pissse