The rebuild has finally started today and so far in a few hours I've managed to completely strip the interior.

 

 

 

Next job on my list is to get both the bumpers, tailgate and bonnet off.

 

After that i'll work on the body panels and stripping down the engine.

 

 

 

 

A busy morning Lee well done.

Yeh it has been,

 

Lots done but lots more to do.

 

looking at the engine its needs a good cleanup and I have a few issues with the lifters, few of them are very spongy when pushing on them.

 

Needing to remove them all and strip clean everything.

 

Not sure what to do with the piston heads as they look like crap. :(

 

A busy morning Lee well done.

Not sure what to do with the piston heads as they look like crap. :(

They don't look too bad actually, you can still see bare metal and all the punchings on it, can use carb cleaner I think to clean the carbon off the pistons

You will always have some carbon build up on the top of the pistons as thats where all the explosions happen :thumbup:

Whats the best way to clean these up ?

 

I'm trying to avoid taking the pistons out but do you thing I should if I have gone this far ?

 

You will always have some carbon build up on the top of the pistons as thats where all the explosions happen :thumbup:

You will always have some carbon build up on the top of the pistons as thats where all the explosions happen :thumbup:

 

This. Don't forget the stock configuration sucks in oil vapour to combust. I wouldn't go disturbing the short block, removing pistons etc unless you need to or want to rebuild it. Be worth running the pistons up and down the bores by turning the crank and inspecting the bores.

I wouldn't worry too much about the carbon, a bit or carb cleaner and a plastic scraper should get rid of the worst. They actually look clean to me. Personally I wouldn't have opened the engine up that far but it's done now. Your biggest challenge is going to be cleaning up the head gasket surfaces without scratching up the heads or getting debris in the block. A metal scraper will do the job on the block(don't dig it in) a softer scraper will be needed on the heads.

 

For the lifters, you can soak them in petrol to clean them out, purge out the oil using a small pin to move the check valve. Then get fresh oil in them. I think this is in the fsm

I'm sure you are aware of this but just in case:

 

http://www.twinturbo.net/nissan/300zx/forums/technical/view/913594/When-you-install-a-pan-w-the-dipstick-in-it-will-often-bind.html

 

yes, I've read up on some stories about the dip stick getting stuck.

 

I'm sure you are aware of this but just in case:

 

http://www.twinturbo.net/nissan/300zx/forums/technical/view/913594/When-you-install-a-pan-w-the-dipstick-in-it-will-often-bind.html

 

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yes, I've read up on some stories about the dip stick getting stuck.

 

I've done it myself :lol:

Take it you noticed after the engine was reinstalled back in your zed !

 

Bummer.

 

I've done it myself :lol:

I did it in situe. Thing is I knew not to and got carried away. That whole thing was a mess, pan came off three times in the end. :lol:

Few more hours working on the engine - mostly cleaning and scraping the crap off.

 

Pistons looking a lot cleaner but I still going to do some more work on them

 

 

Also cleaned out all the gunk in the centre of the block.

 

Lastly started to strip the cams down and take the lifters out.

 

 

I was informed last week that my engine bay was done so it was time to fit the main loom.

 

Done in a Satin black I now have a very shiny engine bay. :)

 

 

 

Took about an hour to carefully fit the loom again as I didn't want to scratch any of the paint.

 

So I took my time on this :

 

 

 

 

 

Most of the car is already prepped and its just one door to be done.

 

 

 

Some really impressive work there mate!

Hat's off to you.

Nice :drool:

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