deception9

i would be. i have a two post asymmetrical lift as well. would be down for a tech day. i'm on the west side of austin

i need to do a retainer replacement and valve adjustment after that too. next time i change my oil i need to drop the pan and replace the oil squirters/jets as well.

Ian i trust that you know your shit. hearing about your experience with carbon fiber alone told me that much.


question is who else?


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UberDuper

I'd like to, but I have very little free time these days. I can't commit to anything.
Most likely I'll end up doing it in my garage one night. I've given up on finding somewhere to drop it off to get done.

bananaz

I am down Deception. I also have to do the jet bolts, I just haven't had enough time to not drive it (the cure time on the sealant).

UberDuper

Finally did mine. With the help of a friend it took two long afternoons.
Lost a lot of time due to the air compressor hose not working. Having to cutting down the valve spring compressor. Ended up using a hacksaw. Stuck keepers holy crap. And finally losing a new keeper and spending easily 45 minutes searching for it. It was behind my driver side tire.

All 8 on the intake side were cracked. Seems like the more cracked they are, the more stuck the keepers are.

deception9

eeeee that's not good. glad you changed them all out. i'm afraid to see what mine look like. but i'm more afraid of having a failure. if you don't mind me asking, how much did you spend in parts getting the retainers? did you reuse your keepers or replace them as well?

UberDuper

The ap2 retainers require ap2 keepers AFAIK.
I got all my parts from Majestic Honda. Got a couple extra keepers just in case.

8 retainers - $2.45 each $19.60 total
18 cotters (keepers) - $1.97 each $35.46 total.
So $55.06 plus a surprisingly large shipping and handling charge of $26.20. But I did get other parts in that order.

You might want to have a valve cover gasket and spark plug tube seals on hand as well.

whitebrad25

Bummed that no one knows of a good S2000 familiar shop in the general Austin area.

sqwsqw

Same here. Maybe I will try with Flamingo as suggested above and see how they treat me. Last place I talked to said I needed entire new engine and I am just shocked at this point.

UberDuper

I saw your post about your engine. Sorry I still don't know of a place for you to go. You need a leakdown test before you do anything and any shop should have an easy time doing that on an S. If you've got a compressor, you could do it yourself with a borrowed leakdown kit.

Mr.SweetRoll

If anyone needs help with their S2Ks let me know. I do all of my own work and just rebuilt an entire Land Rover Discovery. I have a lot of tools to do most any job. Most I would charge is gas. I live up in Killeen. (616)644-2351

-Jacob