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the b234 has a different block than a b230. the balance shafts have dedicated oil passages to and from the block.
the b234 doesn't have holes to oil the turbo like the b230ft does. just pointed it out. if you had all the answers, why ask and get po'd when you don't like the answer. don't bother responding, i'm done here, chuck.
Car was a big hit at the wedding. Glad I had the new engine and transmission working smoothly enough to use it. Loads of hand polishing to get the tired paint looking this good. Tons of honks and thumbs-up on our drive to the hotel.
The bolt pattern is the same (5 x 108mm).
The backspacing of the rim is quite a bit different (i.e. the offset, or centerline of the rim, is deeper into the hub for FWD wheels.)
You need wheel spacers and longer studs, or wheel adapters that bolt over your existing studs.
Take a bare rim before you put a tire on it, and try it on your hubs, front and rear. You'll see what I mean. Backside clearance will be too tight, especially on the sides of the trunk box.
Now, pull the rim out about 3/...
In my case yesterday, after trying everything I could think of, I looked closely and saw that the hood was misaligned a little. I pried the font of the hood toward center, and it popped loose of the lower latch (which was already all the way open).
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jds
If it's a fiber gear you don't want to re-use it anyway. Those are wear items, like belts, and it's pointless to re-use 'em except in Very low mile situations.
So, if you're anywhere near as lazy as I am, you can just block the motor rather than holding the cam gear. Obviously you don't jam the teeth of the gears themselves. If you haven't got a flywheel stop tool, just stick the car in 4th, chock the wheels, brakes on, long cheater bar, you'll get it done.
Since you're already replacing th...
You should make a tool to restrain the cam gear, similar to the SVO tool. I made mine out of heavy section angle iron, and welded two 5/8 inch diameter pins on it to engage two of the three holes in the gear. The angle iron is just over two feet long. With that installed, the nut can be removed/tightened. It's possible to leave the crank and cam gear meshed, and then block a crank counterweight to allow the nut to be undone or tightened, but that's only an option with steel timing gears. W...
Small cracks are not a big deal, paint a white line across the metal parts and see if the line separates. Replace it when it does.
Dan
I'm not sure about your '90, specifically, but let me offer two suggestions that I've used in my '93 and '84 (and earlier cars) -- one of these will certainly fit:
On my '93, there's a dedicated conduit (meant for an optional cruise control, which I don't have). If you look under the brake's master cylinder, you might (if your '90 has it) a plastic conduit, ribbed, with a conical rubber cap. If you pull off the cap, you'll find that it offers a 1/2 inch internal diameter conduit into the pas...
Goatman - you have contributed some good technical knowledge in the past to the BB in response to poster's questions. This has been helpful.
Lately you seem to be on a trend to chide posters for the form or manner of their questions. This constitutes criticism, although you may think you are merely being tongue-in-cheek. This is not helpful.
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Bob: son's XC70, dtr's '94-940, my 81GL, 83-DL, 89-745(V8) and 98-S90. Also 77-MGB and some old motorcycles.
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