ere is the recent tech day I organised this month. We ended up with around 8 - 10 Zs for the day and everyone enjoyed getting together after a long break between events.

 

http://www.aus300zx.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1206004#post1206004

 

The plan for the day was to take the plenum off, to check for an oil leak I had developed at the back of the engine and also check one of the heater hard pipes in the same area for coolant leaks. I know Bryan (my mechanic) probably hated me for asking this but I made an extra request for a EGR removal while the plenum was off and to my surprise, Bryan accepted the challenge without hesitation. Upon removal of the plenum we discovered the cause of the oil leak, which was coming from the rocker covers as they weren't screwed down tight enough. Easy fix. Then we checked all the injector connectors and found a ton of corrosion in every one of them as well as every injector. But luckily for me all the connectors were getting destroyed during the removal process and Bryan had brand new snap on connectors to replace them.

 

 

 

 

 

My favourite of the day Sam's (sbug88) 91 JDM Slicktop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is where it all started, Cam and I began working together while Bryan was MIA.

 

 

 

Inside Bryans shop:zlove:

 

 

 

More Zs started gathering outside:zlove:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is Dean (bRacket) helping me out with taking the EGR bolts off. Thanks mate:)

 

Yay plenum is off. Excuse the dirty engine bay I just don't have the stamina for cleaning it with a tooth brush.

 

 

Target area:mad:

 

 

TPS connector, full of corrosion:mad:

 

 

Bryan and Kal had to replace all the hoses underneath the plenum and install the EGR blanking plates for me.

 

 

 

Bye bye EGR Solenoid:)

 

 

The Z gods hard at work:zlove:

 

 

EGR blanking plates installed.

 

 

Thought I'd check on the rest of the group outside and found this.

 

 

 

Its a BOLT Dean lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EGR removal was going slow and it was looking like a pain to get out. I know everyone who helped lost some sort of flesh from either their arms or knuckles and I thank everyone one for helping with the removal.

 

 

Almost ready to come out:).

 

 

These hardpipes were the biggest pain to get out. But Bryans method was simple bend the pipe till it snapped. Simple.

 

 

Gone:)

 

Bye Bye EGR unit:zlove:

 

 

By now only a few Zs remained

 

 

 

 

 

Cam working on heater hose bypass.

 

New O2 sensor's in place:).

 

 

 

Bryan soldering in my new injector connectors.

 

 

All back together again.

 

 

Here is the aftermath when I got home.

 

Corroded injector connectors:(

 

 

And the Worlds toughest O2 Sensor. This thing was insane to get off. Basically the sensor somehow melted itself to the bracket it was sitting in and Bryan had to shear the top of the unit off to get a socket on it to get it out. This is all that is left.

 

 

that white modded one is my favourite, very nice it is

 

nice pic's BTW

awesome club spirt cheers for sharing.

Good effort fella,

 

Get ready for some of the JAE pics that are gonna be uploaded shortly from this weekends big event. Not everyone's been able to make it (me included), but there'll be some awesome metal on display for sure!

 

Thanks for sharing how you do things down under!

Pretty awesome that, another reason to transfer to the Aussie Army LOL

Always good to see your posts mate and all the pictures. Keep up the good work :thumbup: :clap:

that white modded one is my favourite, very nice it is

 

nice pic's BTW

 

Thanks I was using my new camera on the event and the photos came out trumps:).

 

awesome club spirt cheers for sharing.

 

Its been a while since the last event I went to and it was so addictive I want to do it again already:).

 

Good effort fella,

 

Get ready for some of the JAE pics that are gonna be uploaded shortly from this weekends big event. Not everyone's been able to make it (me included), but there'll be some awesome metal on display for sure!

 

Thanks for sharing how you do things down under!

 

Sounds great, i always love seeing the UK Zs in action, you guys tend to appreciate the modding scene here in Oz more then the yanks seem to:(. Just make sure to join the http://www.aus300zx.com and post the photos there for use Aussies to see:rockon:.

 

Pretty awesome that, another reason to transfer to the Aussie Army LOL

 

We are pretty passionate over here in Oz, the Z community we have is just amazing, like myself we all help eachother with problem solving and even go and help new owners check Zs for sale to help people get the right Z for them. I am so proud and honored to be part of the Z world:clap:

 

Always good to see your posts mate and all the pictures. Keep up the good work :thumbup: :clap:

 

Thanks mate, still have a few problems still to fix but I plan to start my 2k build at the start of 2012:), so will make sure everything is perfect before the project is finished.