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F!@king Auxiliary Shaft!!!!

Well, I thought that the turbo was going in my Thunderbird again, but I was wrong! On the way to work, the 2.3 decided to eat a auxiliary shaft on the way to work! Well, I guess that it my be time for an Esslinger Aux shaft now (for the record, every 2.3 I've own has eaten at least 1-2 of these  things!!!!)
So you have a V8.......isn't that cute.

F!@king Auxiliary Shaft!!!!

Reply #1 –
Hey, good to see you around, whats been up?

Bob Myers

F!@king Auxiliary Shaft!!!!

Reply #2 –
What do you guys do to eat those? I've had 52 2.3's and NEVER eaten one! This is coming from the guy who wallpapered his garage in blown HG's and speckled the floor with piston chunks!

F!@king Auxiliary Shaft!!!!

Reply #3 –
Too much oil pressure....

F!@king Auxiliary Shaft!!!!

Reply #4 –
Nope, sometimes not enough oil pressure. All of them have been stock engines (bottom ends).

Hey Bob! not much, just in the process of redoing the full suspension on the 86.....and killing Aux Shafts!:D

Areobird, I have so any blow head gaskets, I just started throwing them out do to no room. I also drive about 70+ miles a day, so, I'm tough on the bird.
So you have a V8.......isn't that cute.

F!@king Auxiliary Shaft!!!!

Reply #5 –
Mine went a few years back when I had a TC. Don’t know why it went other then about 100-200 miles after I changed the distributor the gears sheared.  After changing the shaft I put the ditrib back in w/ the old gear. If I remember right the metals where different, but I learned that too late.

F!@king Auxiliary Shaft!!!!

Reply #6 –
This is a new one on me, what is a auxiliary shaft.  I don't think they have these on Cadillac engines; or small block fords.

TED

F!@king Auxiliary Shaft!!!!

Reply #7 –
It connects the timing belt to the distributor.

F!@king Auxiliary Shaft!!!!

Reply #8 –
...and the oil pump!
So you have a V8.......isn't that cute.

F!@king Auxiliary Shaft!!!!

Reply #9 –
over at turbo ford they have wright up on how to modify the Aux shaft to help prevent the aux shaft from breaking.
84 Turbo coupe 2.3T Modded with 88 upper and lower intake, 88 injectors, E6 manifold, T3-4 AR.60 turbo, 31X12X3 FMIC, Homemade MBC , Greddy knock off BPV.
4 eyes see better than 2! 
Da Bird!

FreeBird

F!@king Auxiliary Shaft!!!!

Reply #10 –
Where is it at? I have a couple of ideas, but a couple require having the engine out of the car.
So you have a V8.......isn't that cute.

F!@king Auxiliary Shaft!!!!

Reply #11 –
Quote from: Cad-T-Bird 500;168667
This is a new one on me, what is a auxiliary shaft.  I don't think they have these on Cadillac engines; or small block fords.

TED


It's a stumpy little shaft fitted into the lower left front and spins in two bearings... As already mentioned it drives the dist and oil pump instead of driving them from the cam(remember it's on top of the engine)... They are rather soft and generally failure is related to high oil pressure... In the 40 or so 2.3s I've owned, I've never had a problem...