Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 09:05 am, by: Andrew Smith(Bt1323)
morning guys and girls! anyone done the shim's on there celsior? was it a hard job? i'm gonna be doing this shortly because i cant stand the noise they are making! it makes it sound like a piece of •••••
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 06:30 pm, by: Mat Shiels(Smokeyvip)
i've heard that it is not a hard job, IF you have some idea what you're doing and have the right tools. you need all different sized shims to get them right as not all will need replacing. from what i've read, the ones closest to the firewall are the ones that play up.
mine ticks a bit. but i'm just planning to throw a big exhaust on it to drown it out. doesnt affect the performance of the engine, just sounds a bit ratty!
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 03:47 pm, by: Mat Shiels(Smokeyvip)
yeh i know what you mean, mate. i hate the way mine ticks. the car looks mint, it has an amazing presence - but you pull up to someone at the lights and the sound bouncing off their car just makes it sound like an asthmatic taxi. hence, straight through stainless 2.25" with X-pipe and mufflers.
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 04:51 pm, by: Andrew Smith(Bt1323)
lol rather keep the stock exhaust not one for much noise lol i sound old as lol what are you from i'm from melbourne wouldnt mind organising something like a carwash meet and greet sorta thing
Monday, February 15, 2010 - 08:59 am, by: Andrew Smith(Bt1323)
yea ill give it ago i've done most of the things on my car, i just need to know where to start lol its starting to piss me off to no end! i'm tempted to catch public transport its that bad lol
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 07:09 pm, by: Mike Beck(Gold_40gt)
Sorry I didn't get around to doing this.
It's not that bad of a job, You can do it with the Cam shafts still in but you need the shim removal tools to push the cam bucket down.
If you look on planet Soarer Peter Scott covers this really well.
I got a feeler gauge and tested the clearances between the shims and cam lobes, You need a workshop manual as this covers the procedure well.
There are certain tolerances you must have for intake and the exhausts, mine were all good accept for a rear exhaust shim which I replaced with the correct thickness (from Toyota ex Japan) on my last Soarer to stop the tick you could hear while passing parked cars.
Was quiet after that.
Check out the shim work on Planet Soarer it's good!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 09:32 am, by: Mat Shiels(Smokeyvip)
Yeah, i have done some more reading up and while it does look reasonably straight forward, i think it's the kind of job you would not attempt if you didn't have the right tools. i saw someone creat a makeshift tool for the shim removal, but the also need a very very accurate digital gauge, which if you didnt have would be quite expensive i'd imagine.....i'll watch this space though! looks like the same ones fail on most cars. passenger side bank, closest to firewall exhaust cam side.
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