blower rebuild
Hi All!
Has anyone here actually successfully rebuilt the blower? I bought my sister's '90 sight unseen when she intended to trade it (for peanuts) in on a new car. I flew to NY. Started it up, and the supercharger was rattling like hell. Im like, "Thanks for telling me it was making a godawful noise..." Checked the oil in the case. There was no oil in the case. Just burnt muck. I had no way of getting "supercharger oil", and it was trashed anyway, so I filled it with 90w synthetic gear lube. It is a gear, after all.. And then I drove it to Florida like that, heel toeing to keep it off low idle, where the rattling was worst. Made it, no problems. Anyway, pressed it apart after finding no rebuild parts sources. Bearings are fairly standard. The rear ones are the same as a common Ford pilot bushing size. Couldn't get seals. Magnuson (rebuilder)said they don't replace them. Bull. That's the most common problem! Leaks. So I had some made. Cost a fortune (for seals!) I think it was $130 for two of each. They fit. looked good. I put it together and it sounded decent. Obviously, the gears were a bit noisy since they had..ahem, "clearanced" themselves somewhat during their unoiled life. It ran good. It ate oil. It began to get aluminum in the oil. I took the belt off and drove the car for 6 months like that. (Talk about NO power!) Found a used one and put it in. Old one's on the shelf....Rebuilds...who has done it??! Not I said Scott! Cheers!