EFI refurb kit and sway bar
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EFI refurb kit and sway bar
I bought an EFI refurb kit that said it was for Jaguar V12s off EBay. 12 hoses, 24 brass ferruels, 12 O rings.
The hoses were too long, about 4", so they had to be cut down.
The O rings are my question.
The O rings were much thicker and taller than the little ones that I kept when I removed the EFIs.
They fit over the injector nipple and inside the manifold 'cup' but do cause the EFI to sit up higher. The hold down plates are now about 3/16" above the flat base and the spray nozzle would also be higher up in the manifold. The question becomes is this an issue? Do I need to go back to the much smaller O rings?
On another note I am still fighting the sway bar install. Today I am going to try using a pry bar to get the ends compressed enough to have the nuts catch on the link ends with the new bushings. I am now using rubber bushings rather than poly bushings to get a little more compressability I can't believe how difficult this has been for something that should be straight forward.
The hoses were too long, about 4", so they had to be cut down.
The O rings are my question.
The O rings were much thicker and taller than the little ones that I kept when I removed the EFIs.
They fit over the injector nipple and inside the manifold 'cup' but do cause the EFI to sit up higher. The hold down plates are now about 3/16" above the flat base and the spray nozzle would also be higher up in the manifold. The question becomes is this an issue? Do I need to go back to the much smaller O rings?
On another note I am still fighting the sway bar install. Today I am going to try using a pry bar to get the ends compressed enough to have the nuts catch on the link ends with the new bushings. I am now using rubber bushings rather than poly bushings to get a little more compressability I can't believe how difficult this has been for something that should be straight forward.
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Are you trying to put the sway bar together with the suspension at full drop? That’s going to be a challenge. Jack up the hub to the center point. Then find something to support the other end of the sway bar so that it’s level.
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I have tried to install it both with the car up on a lift and down on the ground. The sway bar does not fit down on the links with the new bushings far enough for the cap and nut to catch. I assume once I can the nuts to catch I can just crank on them to get them fully seated on the posts.
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I bought an EFI refurb kit that said it was for Jaguar V12s off EBay. 12 hoses, 24 brass ferruels, 12 O rings.
The hoses were too long, about 4", so they had to be cut down.
The O rings are my question.
The O rings were much thicker and taller than the little ones that I kept when I removed the EFIs.
They fit over the injector nipple and inside the manifold 'cup' but do cause the EFI to sit up higher. The hold down plates are now about 3/16" above the flat base and the spray nozzle would also be higher up in the manifold. The question becomes is this an issue? Do I need to go back to the much smaller O rings?
On another note I am still fighting the sway bar install. Today I am going to try using a pry bar to get the ends compressed enough to have the nuts catch on the link ends with the new bushings. I am now using rubber bushings rather than poly bushings to get a little more compressability I can't believe how difficult this has been for something that should be straight forward.
The hoses were too long, about 4", so they had to be cut down.
The O rings are my question.
The O rings were much thicker and taller than the little ones that I kept when I removed the EFIs.
They fit over the injector nipple and inside the manifold 'cup' but do cause the EFI to sit up higher. The hold down plates are now about 3/16" above the flat base and the spray nozzle would also be higher up in the manifold. The question becomes is this an issue? Do I need to go back to the much smaller O rings?
On another note I am still fighting the sway bar install. Today I am going to try using a pry bar to get the ends compressed enough to have the nuts catch on the link ends with the new bushings. I am now using rubber bushings rather than poly bushings to get a little more compressability I can't believe how difficult this has been for something that should be straight forward.
Post a photo please so we can properly understand.
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