Daze's Ph1.5 (Ph2 converted) DTurbo

[Dazecoop]

I daresay a lot of people follow things on here as they are different or interesting or powerful. I really like this thread though. The attention to detail and quality of parts you put on this shows you really like the car and i guarantee it will be good to you if you use the quality parts. So keep up the good work and enjoy it man.

Thanks mate, appreciate that! That's exactly what I'm going for with this car. Not particularly paying attention to performance, just concentrating to keeping the car very well maintained. Perhaps some performance items will come in the future, but at the moment I'm happy with the car as it is

Really nice motor...love the quality pics too...what you using?

May regret the copper grease on the fork bushes though fyi :/

Thanks! Photos are taken using Sony A7II with either Sony 24-240 OSS lens, or my vintage Canon FD full manual 50mm/f1.8 with an adapter. Most are with the 50mm on this thread I think.

And, oh, really? Oh well, I guess time will tell. My friend who did it for me has been a mechanic in the trade for about 20 years and I trust him with all my cars, it was him who did it, so I'm trusting his word. I didn't even think about it to be honest. Time will tell I guess

Good stuff mate, as said i really do like reading your updates with the detail you go to and the pics.

As for the release bearing being in the pressure plate that is how they are meant to be. When removing the gearbox you should take the clutch lever pin out so you can get the lever off and the fork turns out of the release bearing and slides out. I expect the box was a tad heard to pull off?

Im the same with piggy on the copper grease, i tend to make sure all is clean and no grease as my way of thinking is that the clutch dust etc sticks to the grease. Im the same with brakes my that just my opinion. Great stuff any way

Thanks mate Yes, that's correct. Mostly I was taking photos & not paying too much attention with what was going on (lol), but if I remember, the clutch lever/fork pin was very difficult to get out in-situ, although eventually managed it & it came off. To be fair, the mate who did the gearbox/clutch for me said "this is going to be very difficult" when he started putting the new gearbox back on (in regard to release bearing already snapped into place), but actually it only took him/us about 5-6 minutes to get the fork in place & box lined up, so not too bad

Great progress but piggy is right with regards to the copper slip. The bushes are Teflon so are self lubricating.

Ah fair enough. As said above, I trust the guy who did it quite a lot - he's worked on all of my cars over the years. I don't often trust other people with my cars, but him I do. That being said, time will tell I guess to see if there is any issues with using copper grease on the clutch fork & bushes!

Heavy metal? I'm out.

Hahah. Babymetal...