the head of the bolt got ground down, so probably a pita to put back on and take off, and bending it back would only make it weaker if that was a worry.

 

Dealership said they could overnight the new bolt so I can wait a day, is this bolt loosening a precursor to anything else that I should check before I take the car off jacks?

 

nah, they come loose sometimes, vibration and undertightening generally.. torque a new one down with some blue loctite for piece of mind but make sure the captive nut at the top isnt just spinning , do a bolt check whilst youre down there to be safe.

 

Haha I’m glad, I turned up the boost the night before to 170kpa and I thought it was 100% my five speed finally shitting itself

 

thats like 10psi at sea lvl right? I dont think thatll blow ur 5 speed unless ur mechanically abusive but i suppose thats subject to lots of variables.

 

more like 25 psi i think 😬

 

silly me was thinking absolute

 

Finallt recieved the right ppf bolt (dealership ghosted me….) but for some reason it’s not catching the threads in the hole, the bolt has to be pressed in quite tight and it never starts tightening. Any ideas?

 

New problem, the clutch has become super hard to manage in 1st. It feels like there’s wheel hop even when I start really slow and sometimes smoke comes from the trans tunnel. Burnt clutch?

 

sounds clutch chatter esq. old advice i remember was dumping the clutch in 3rd. Anyone else have any idea about this?

 

Clutch worn down to rivets

Clutch material broken off from beneath rivets

Slave cylinder not fully disengaging clutch

Damaged throwout bearing

Leaking rear main seal or trans input seal putting oil on clutch friction material

Internal transmission damage (multiple gears trying to engage)

^ just off the top of my head. Could be other things also.

 

That's a fun one. Had a failure with a Ducati ST2 years ago where 3rd and 4th tried to be engaged simultaneously. 3rd won.

 

Your chatter sounds particularly bad, which makes me suspect an oil leak or something. Hotspots on the pressure plate of course are the normal culprit, but in my experience that chatter is possible to live with. My current clutch pulses/chatters more than I'd like but it's still completely livable even for daily driving. I've been trying to smooth it out by slipping the **** out of it (see the other comment about a 3rd gear clutch slip to bed it in), which seems to help a bit. I definitely didn't try it in 3rd gear though, maybe I should give that a shot. I blame the used lightweight flywheel that already had a bit of hotspots on it. I got it for cheap so it is what it is.

Unfortunately if it's as bad as you say things are going to have to come apart to fix it. Oh, the joys of project cars!

 

Well, it caught on fire. Part out coming soon

 

Awh jeeze. What caused the fire?

 

Holy heck, yeah more exposition please