Thought I would start a working thread for my labour of love (on a shoestring budget!)....

Well going to go and buy some stud removers from machine Mart tomorrow to sort the snapped stud problem when removing the test pipes to replace the transmission. Then get a new stud from SEF.

 

The Transmission is now mated with engine successfully and split rear mount temporarily fitted for testing purposes only as I had to order a Nismo one from the USA as they could get it here in a week thank god!

Filling with Dexron III tomorrow, but waiting till later in the year to replace the Transmission sump with the old one that has the drain plug fitted.

Also need to look at changing the diff lubricant while I am underneath.

Stripping starter motor tomorrow and reconditioning the old one, as it occasionally doesn't engage properly.

I am going for the straight through exhaust I picked up from Richie by the looks of it until my stainless tips are replaced with longer ones to clear rear bumper, just need to learn to weld stainless to do it.

Tomorrow is polish up the rear boxes day and try to get her back together as running out of time before JAE.

 

I still have to wrap the boot lid after I weld the spoiler and wiper holes up, (as I am saving up for next years paint job), fit audio back in after re-furbishing the subwoofers, stripping off veilside side skirts and fitting the new ones, removing all 4 wheels and cleaning the properly, stripping O/S/R arms and hub for refurb and refitting, plus a damn good clean, polish and sealant.

 

I was bringing a friend to JAE, but have told him I'm no longer going so he could go camping with his family as they were pressuring him and I was feeling the pressure to release him from his promise to come.

So aiming for driving up Thursday evening about 5pm for a 3 hr drive or Friday morning early, leaving at 5am early.

Getting music sorted already for a long drive!

 

Gonna be weird now I have given up smoking, as I always enjoyed a cigarette or 20 on long drives, 4 months on and it is getting easier after 31 years of tobacco!

 

Right to bed for an early start.......

you need to go through all the gears slowly to open the solenoid valves and fill the chambers..then let it idle in "park" to take reading

I am going to go and do this now......

Thanks for the advice....

 

I also received one of these in the post from the US today.....

Definitely heavier duty than the one fitted to my Z.... a lot chunkier....

Edited August 27, 201510 yr by veilside01702

Well I went out and started her.... after 2 minutes my 3 ear old woke up and I was asked / ordered to desist from waking the local children and annoying the old folk in a 3 mile radius with the car running.... lol

I did quietly refit the battery & Battery clamp clamp after painting the clamp and rods gloss black the other day.....

I also received the Lambda bung to fit the centre section of my new exhaust..... Fitted that tonight...... now I just need to swap the centre section with the old one I refitted..... (Different pipe size!)

Looks like I need to jack her up again to fit some bits...

Well posted in other thread that my replacement auto box is same as my old one...... dead.... lol

The replacement box was full of fluid ..... but I had decided to replace this just in case....

I didn't flush the cooler fitted to my Z or their lines when I changed out the old box though..... I am guessing it is full of old black fluid from the old box....

Today I drained the replacement box and dropped the pan off..... the new oil is still red, but is full of black muck and the magnet had lots of magnetic sludge stuck to it....

The filter was clogged up..... so hoping it was just blocked up....

I have found a loose metal joiner pipe inside the box.

On my old box it has 2 metal retainers stopping it dropping out, but the replacement box I fitted has No retainers and the pipe drops out, so going to fit them from the old box....

I know the torque converter was fully drained and refilled with fresh fluid as I did this prior to fitting....

My old box also had a drain plug in the sump, so guessing it is of a pathfinder or similar and was swapped before I got her....

I am going to refit filter now I have cleaned with parts cleaner and degreaser, fit new gasket and the old units sump with the drain plug. I have scrubbed sump and magnet in cleaner.

I will have to flush the cooler and lines to make sure they are clear then refit them....

I was thinking of flushing the box a couple of times with cheapest dexron i can find, before finally filling with some good quality fluid if the box works okay....?

Oh..... I also snapped 2 of the bolts on the sump as they were completely seized and just snapped straight away... rest came out easily.....

Fingers crossed for you Russ. :clover::clover:

Best of luck buddy:thumbup1:

That's it Russ, keep at it mate.

You'll get there and be so happy that you didn't throw in the towel!

Hope you get it sorted mate :clover:

Well done mate. Give it a damn good flush out. Might be worth running the new oil for 100 miles then draining it again if it's really bad in there.

Well I picked up some non hardening sump sealant, 20 litres of QX dexron III and 3 cans of brake cleaner for £60 at eurocarparts....

Ready to clean out the cooler and lines now....

When the rain stops..... lol

Well the big push for JAE looks to be over...... Missed the ticket deadline as I didn't realise there was one....... my fault for not checking...... DOH!

So no rush to get her done now......

my luck seems to have deserted me in the past few weeks......... lol

no tahts for advance weekend tickets only, Thurs to Sun. and because they are a tenner cheaper, but you can still pay at the gate, I missed it too, dont give up after getting this far

Yeah keep plugging away dude, plenty more tickets!

I picked up my new transmission gasket from Mike at MJP..... Drilled out the snapped bolts and rethreaded the holes....

I cleaned and sprayed the transmission sump in black metallic pearl paint... as I only had this in the garage.... lol

Looks pretty anyway....

Tomorrow is refit new gasket and sump and refill with fluid..... then testing time.....

I also had a look at my new external transmission filter I got from the states, but need to know which pipe is in and which is out from the auto box?

Anyone know?

Well she is off her blocks and level on the ground....... all ready for me to check the fluid level tomorrow.... I need to warm her up do the gear change and check the fluid level in neutral..... but too late for all the kids in the close.... lol

I am at work tomorrow and going to use some of my leu time owed for a long lunch and test drive....hopefully........ if I get the time........ the advantage of working 5 minutes away from my work.... lol

 

If she is okay then I shall be changing out the brake fluid before JAE........ as this hasn't been changed for a long long time.......

Well she is off her blocks and level on the ground....... all ready for me to check the fluid level tomorrow.... I need to warm her up do the gear change and check the fluid level in neutral..... but too late for all the kids in the close.... lol

I am at work tomorrow and going to use some of my leu time owed for a long lunch and test drive....hopefully........ if I get the time........ the advantage of working 5 minutes away from my work.... lol

 

If she is okay then I shall be changing out the brake fluid before JAE........ as this hasn't been changed for a long long time.......

 

Good luck mate! Feel you need it after reading up on your recent car problems! Fingers crossed all goes to plan this time.

Just a little tip russ, after you have set the level when cold u need to drive the car a decent distance to properly warm up the fluid, idling on the drive will take ages, set the level cold, run engine, go through the gears stopping in each fir a few seconds, back to P, Leave engine running, recheck level, then go for a steady drive for around 10 miles, into P, leave running and check the level hits the hot mark. Good luck mate. :thumbup1:

Just a little tip russ, after you have set the level when cold u need to drive the car a decent distance to properly warm up the fluid, idling on the drive will take ages, set the level cold, run engine, go through the gears stopping in each fir a few seconds, back to P, Leave engine running, recheck level, then go for a steady drive for around 10 miles, into P, leave running and check the level hits the hot mark. Good luck mate. :thumbup1:

 

Hi Chris, I thought it was neutral to check level?

Or is park okay?

I went through gears tonight after warming her up and she dropped revs to a smooth idle ....... before it got too late... just didn't get to check the level and top her up....

I got the thump as she went into reverse and all gears.... seems to be engaging gears.... just hoping she moves without losing drive or slipping......

Park is fine mate, fingers crossed for ya.

Well she did it again.... got a few miles down the road taking it easy...... then all drive went..... now have a horrible noise sounding like the pump has gone in the auto box.......

 

I have now had enough...... Not going to make JAE...... I feel sick....

 

No time left to pull the box and find the problem......

Well she did it again.... got a few miles down the road taking it easy...... then all drive went..... now have a horrible noise sounding like the pump has gone in the auto box.......

 

I have now had enough...... Not going to make JAE...... I feel sick....

 

No time left to pull the box and find the problem......

 

:( These cars can be Bas$%ds at times as i know all too well...forget about it for a week mate and compose your thoughts then go back to a positive course of action....Like finding another GOOD KNOWN box and get it fitted;)

Well she did it again.... got a few miles down the road taking it easy...... then all drive went..... now have a horrible noise sounding like the pump has gone in the auto box.......

 

I have now had enough...... Not going to make JAE...... I feel sick....

 

No time left to pull the box and find the problem......

 

Ah dude, that's crap.... :(

:( These cars can be Bas$%ds at times as i know all too well...forget about it for a week mate and compose your thoughts then go back to a positive course of action....Like finding another GOOD KNOWN box and get it fitted;)

 

Unfortunately there is no money left to do anything as saving for family going for surprise Disney land holiday in the US next year....... booked it and now trying to get together the spending money......

So going to be dead for a year or so........

Thats a real kick in the teath mate. Gutted for you :(

Damn dude! Sorry to hear. Maybe it's time to remove that box and go for a manual conversion.

That really sucks mate, surely if you bought a known working box then it will be something else rather than the box itself.

I really feel for you mate.