Today everything went pretty well doing the work on my own. I capped of the vacuum nipple, took of the valve cover, put the motor to top dead center (TDC) and realligned the CAS correctly. After everything was bolted back on, I fired up the motor and it was idling much better. Didn't smell rich and no more black smoke. However, there was a little water leak from one of the new water lines out of the turbo. I wonder why it didn't leak last time we fired it up on Thursday night? Possibly because I filled up the radiator.
I started to unbolt some air plumbing but got burnt on the dorsum of my hand as the work needed to be dome was close to the exhaust manifold. The water bolt off the turbo is difficult to fully tighten because it is stuck between the 2 turbo housings.
I'll let the engine cool over night and get up taken care of tmw, then we should really be up and running.
I also start to get the car ready for the road by giving her a wash and replacing the windshield wipers. Silvia is almost alive!
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