M54 manifold swap

[Perfectjake]

Just like to thank you to @gookah for selling me the manifold at Santa pod last week.

I bought a new CCV set and went about changing the manifold yesterday.

6 hours of headscratching and swearing at the thing, it is finally fitted. There was a sigh of relief when it started 1st time.
Had to change a few of the vacuum lines as 2 of them snapped when removing them.

Feels like a new machine after 4k revs!


(Also thanks to my dad @MRH1966 for helping out...a bit)

 

[gookah]

You didn't hang about then.... 1 week later.

and 6 hours is great for a first time, I still took 4 hours and I have done this job 3 times now..
First time start means you plugged the throttle body in fully then... unlike some.

how many nuts/bolts did you drop and have to search for? because they never reach the floor. They always ledge somewhere.

As you say, 4k revs onwards its a different car.

 

[Perfectjake]

No time wasted!

Luckily we didn't drop a single one! Though we did have 2 bolts left over for cable management on the passenger side, but we assumed they didn't line up as the throttle body adapter pushed everything out an inch or so

 

[gookah]

did you also adjust the throttle cable some more? otherwise the throttle flap doesn't open fully.
You need to screw the cable adjuster (on the idle control valve bracket) out some more, to take up the slack that is now in the cable, because the throttle body is now further out in comparison to the ICV bracket.

 

[Perfectjake]

I didn't adjust the throttle cable, but there didn't seem to be any slack on it. Though I will check it to make sure...

 

[MRH1966]

Helped a bit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gookah]

son's always appreciate the little bit we do......

 

[MRH1966]

They sure do!!..............and then they think they know more than us

 

[Perfectjake]

says the man that gets lost trying to get into his emails

 

[g8jka]

They sure do!!..............and then they think they know more than us

Son's do know more, that's why we get Dad to do all the work. How else are you going to learn, the best way is to get stuck in and do it for us

 

[Sean d]

Son's do know more, that's why we get Dad to do all the work. How else are you going to learn, the best way is to get stuck in and do it for us

You guys are so lucky to share such a big interest as father and son and obviously have a great relationship

 

[gookah]

You guys are so lucky to share such a big interest as father and son and obviously have a great relationship

but he's a little sh*t.....