Fetching to pieces has commenced :o

Clarkey

Clarkey

Clarkey

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Started work on the 300zx today, having never done any real mechanics before some would say i'm insane starting on a car like this, but what the hell, its not too bad.
Progress made today..
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(lower covers and radiator removed)

Upon removing the lower cover I discovered where the PAS fluid is leaking from, and boy is it bad, pretty much soaked the cover through with oil and covered everything down there :/

Lost my 1/4" ratchet and the 1/2" 10mm wont fit on the bolts in the fan, so thats where I had to call it a day, next stop Halfords.
 
currently, restore it. Currently it likes leaking oil, from one of the rocker covers, the rear main seal, and the PAS system dumps quicker than I can refill it. So strip down the engine to bare heads, replace the rocker cover gaskets, remove the failure-prone intake manifold watercooling, timing belt swap along with new tensioner, water pump, ancilliary belts, replace knackered a/c compressor, fix the PAS leak, once all that stuff is apart i'll clean it all up. After that, headlights out for a thorough clean of the internals (dirty lenses are the main reason why the lights are so poor), fit an autobox fluid cooler, then strip and rebuild the brake calipers and put fresh fluid in.

Nothing particularly exciting, but everything should be working well for a good amount of time after its done, upgrades will come when more money comes :p
 
nah the loan pays my rent, there would be some annoyed people if i spent it on brembo brakes, koyo radiators and tein suspension :D
 
well the other day I got kinda stuck, one of the bolts on the top water hose was very stubborn, in fact this allen key came ot its demise trying to undo it.
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Clearly this wasn't going to work, so today I aquired the appropriate hex sockets and got that badboy out without drama.

Todays progress...

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Thought i'd post a bit of an update on this seeing as its coming back together a bit now.

Changed the timing belt last week, pretty straight forward job.

New water pump should be here wednesday, as should my new external ATF cooler. Going to pick up a stat from nissan tomorrow. So all being well it should be fired up on wednesday.
Its been ages now, so quite excited by the prospect of starting her up again :)

and heres a pic to keep up the theme

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Sure, don't expect anything great though, the back boxes are fubar. Next on the list is decats and straight pipe single exit system.
 
Its only 3 belts ;) Hardly rocket science lol. Anyway, i'm not bothering taking the intake off any more, I just cant be arsed, let it leak I say.
 
Fetching the plenum off is an even bigger job than the cambelt, the leak is only minor, it will take a long time to get worse. If I want to do it some time down the line, it doesn't involve even touching anything i've done allready, so i'm hard;y 'fetching it all apart again when it gets worse'.
 
Thanks, such a relief when it started up, 3rd time mind, the bloody useless battery was dead, wouldn't even start with a jump I was slightly concerned.

Running sweet as a nut now though, better than before I reckon, seems to rev up quicker now. Maybe something to do with the intercooler hose I found that was not clipped on when i fetched the splash guards off.
 
Glad you like it, its a bit weak if you ask me. I will post again when I have the single exit system straight through turbos-back, then it will sound alltogether more serious ;)
 
Yes, the stock exhausts have 4 pea-shooter outlets, and is very quiet. My current exhausts have a single 3.5" on each side, these however have suffered from speed bumps and are rusting and falling apart (only cost £25 what can you expect :p).

Oh yeah, and that one took ages, however i'm doing the same to another one next weekend and I have the 2 days to do it. I reckon I can do it in a day fairly comfortably now I know what im doing.
 
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