Good news!
I installed the new erling gasket because this is what I had laying around and there is no leaks for now. I didn't replaced the filter because it didn't arrive on time before me going on the vacation. I just replaced the transmission fluid because I used the yellow atf to get the car back home. I ordered the wrong type fluid and didn't had time to wait for correct type to arrive.
Now for the bad news. I wanted to get the drive shaft sorted and indeed the u-joint is bad, also the center bearing was starting to go bad and I already replaced it 40kkm ago. Now I bought the SKF bearing. We will see how long it lasts, the rubber support is still looking brand new so I just reused it again.
I wanted to get the u-jont replaced at the same day, so I drove 200km to get it fixed and the guy told me that they will not get it done today and I need to wait few days... I called them the day before and they told me that they can do it on the same day, so I wasted 5h to deliver the drive shaft myself. Now I need to wait for it to arrive by mail. I hope it wil arrive in one piece and correctly assembled. I really don't trust anyone to do anything nowadays.
Now for the really bad news. I wanted to finally replace the o2 sensor because I had the exhaust out of the car. Sadly no matter how much heat and wd-40 i used the o2 sensor wouldn't move. I finally used the impact gun and o2 sensor finally moved and I got it out with threads... I wanted to use the recoil and fix it. Nothing easier I did it many times before, so I grabbed my 18.5mm drill aaaand nothing. Drill burned and I didn't accomplish anything so I bought cobalt drill and finally drilled the hole to make threads for the recoil. Sadly the hole was probably destroyed after my first drilling attempt and when I cut the new threads I somehow did it at an angle that is not 90 degrees. So when I screwed the new o2 sensor is was crooked really bad. Now I'm waiting for the new o2 sensor bung and will get it welded...
Lastly this is how rear febi exhaust hangers look like after 10 years. I bought the MB hangers now, the rest I replaced with MB long time ago.
I installed the new erling gasket because this is what I had laying around and there is no leaks for now. I didn't replaced the filter because it didn't arrive on time before me going on the vacation. I just replaced the transmission fluid because I used the yellow atf to get the car back home. I ordered the wrong type fluid and didn't had time to wait for correct type to arrive.
Now for the bad news. I wanted to get the drive shaft sorted and indeed the u-joint is bad, also the center bearing was starting to go bad and I already replaced it 40kkm ago. Now I bought the SKF bearing. We will see how long it lasts, the rubber support is still looking brand new so I just reused it again.
I wanted to get the u-jont replaced at the same day, so I drove 200km to get it fixed and the guy told me that they will not get it done today and I need to wait few days... I called them the day before and they told me that they can do it on the same day, so I wasted 5h to deliver the drive shaft myself. Now I need to wait for it to arrive by mail. I hope it wil arrive in one piece and correctly assembled. I really don't trust anyone to do anything nowadays.
Now for the really bad news. I wanted to finally replace the o2 sensor because I had the exhaust out of the car. Sadly no matter how much heat and wd-40 i used the o2 sensor wouldn't move. I finally used the impact gun and o2 sensor finally moved and I got it out with threads... I wanted to use the recoil and fix it. Nothing easier I did it many times before, so I grabbed my 18.5mm drill aaaand nothing. Drill burned and I didn't accomplish anything so I bought cobalt drill and finally drilled the hole to make threads for the recoil. Sadly the hole was probably destroyed after my first drilling attempt and when I cut the new threads I somehow did it at an angle that is not 90 degrees. So when I screwed the new o2 sensor is was crooked really bad. Now I'm waiting for the new o2 sensor bung and will get it welded...
Lastly this is how rear febi exhaust hangers look like after 10 years. I bought the MB hangers now, the rest I replaced with MB long time ago.
