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wow, lucky guy

thanks daz,i was just about to go over, good timing lol

Ive owned the car just under 2 months, in that time I've driven it a maximum of 18miles, pushed it about 100metres, brought a brand new set of tools coming close to around £200, brought a replacement engine, hired a engine hoist (soon as i found a company doing it with out the need of a deposit so my cash wasn't tied up in it if anything went tits up half way through), had all my tools stolen, before i can put it back together, broke down in it 400miles away from home when the engine went bang. had to do a complete engine swap on me tod, during which my inspection light failed at around 7pm, just after it got dark, so had to do the rest of the engine pull with just a torch as there is no electric in my garage, got the old engine out put the new engine in. gear box came off the jack due to being on my own, emptying its oil all over the place that I've had to clean up. Still need to figure out why the light on the drivers side isn't working correctly, need to replace 2 tires on the rear due to one developing a slow puncture due to a crack in the side wall ??? (only noticed it today as it looked flattish) got a new baby on the way in about 6 weeks and this car was supposed to be getting me to the hospital and back. not stuck in a garage with not gear box. Top it off I've had to move everything out of my garage, with father in-law mixing my bolts up, so now i have the fun of figuring out what bolt goes where? 3 o-rings i needed where in my tool chest that got stolen, in total I've spent over 2k on this car already in fuel / tools to repair it / parts / the car its self. I have no problem spending that amount on a car, just wish it was for smaller things to fix and not a god damn engine swap where some retard who cant keep his god damn fingers to him self has to help him self to other peoples shyte just so he can fuel his f..kin drug habit. And i know its got to be some idiot as he left a complete SS mongoose exhaust sitting there that was worth well over £350 second hand. and a 5 speed 300zx gear box worth in the region of £400 AAarrrgggghhh!!!!!!!:rant: anyway enough of my ranting, just needed to get that off my chest, now down to the business of getting more tools tomorrow to get this gear box back on:smash:, all the fluids in it :duffer: and getting it back on the road........:dance:

Hmm still not sure if ive found it, that thing is way to confusing, but i believe the part number im looking for is "3220230000" Bushing-crankshaft number 9 down the page

Has anyone got the part number for the pilot bushing for a manual N/A please? want to make sure Nissan know what im on about when i get over there tomorrow. I phoned them today but they said it was something else, and im not sure the old boy on the end of the phone gathered what i was on about, due to the service manuel calling it a "pilot bushing". Though he did say the cost was £3.95 + VAT, so he might be correct. Also, as im on the verge of just saying balls to it, what kind of price should i put my Zed at to sell, bearing in mind its going to need the gear box putting back on, the engine wiring back up (though i think i can manage that with out tools obviously to a certain extent) the front light sorting out, 2 new tires on the rear, and front brake pads, also new engine oil, gear box oil and coolant putting in before you even think about starting it.

happy b'day john :)

Went out to the car this morning, some little [insert swear word here] bag head, broke into me garage and has stolen all my tools, nice, now I've gotta a gear box sitting waiting to go back in, and no tools to do it.....

Happy Birthday buddy. have a good one

The thing i would be more interested in asking would be. How well does it drain water? from all the pictures I've seen of this, it looks like it slopes back towards the window, and there seems to be no sign of a drainage area. Also it doesnt look very nice tbh. but that's my personal opinion

lol baz, well going to get the engine back in my yard at some point and have that oil pan off so i can see exactly whats gone on in there, more out of curiosity than anything. But least all i have to do now with the car, is get it wired up, plumbed in and get that annoyingly different auto pilot bushing out of the engine so i can fit a manuel one. anyone know how much nissan charge for that little bit of copper? Then its just a case of bolting everything back up, and filling it up, least one thing i dont have to worry about, and that's the power steering fluid, just need to find away of remounting the P/S pump now the engine is back in lol

haven't foggiest idea

Yep, will get some pictures up once ive dismantled it further.

Well, now the old engine is out and the new one is in (although yet to be wired and plumbed back up) thought id remove the lower gear box mounts to get a good look at the damage, so for your viewing pleasure...

This might be of some help http://www.zcar.com/forums/read/3/1291249/1291249#msg-1291249

done :D engine is now out, didn't even crush anything or destroy anything lol.

Ok, i have all the bolts undone and removed, yet the gear box wont for the life of it come free from the damn engine, i would of had this thing done by now if i could just get the engine and gear box apart.....Arrrgggghhhh! all it has to do is slid backwards to get the spin-dally thingy (cant remember what its called) out of the clutch area. any hints and tips. and no i dont have a sledge hammer

Well I've skipped some of the bits on there, like removing the A/C pump / Alternator, that sort of thing, and just concentrated on anything that is going to attach the engine to anything that isn't coming out with it. Engine crane arrived today, so first thing in the morning im getting started lifting out the engine and putting the new one in, any tips on getting the gear box off would be greatly appreciated as i cant lift the engine and the gear box together.

Had a search on here for this, but couldn't find anything so sorry if its a repost, but this is what I've been using for my engine pull. Enjoy http://www.rauto.net/Motorcycle/300zx/z32EngineDrop.htm

1. main beam (round lens light, outermost on the main cluster) 2. Side light (square one, inner most on the main cluster) 3. High beam (full beam, blue light lit on dash when on)

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=131760&page=2 Scroll to bottom, last post by ck300z

:confused: i got told i wasn't allowed too until i had subscribed when i was after CSAAB's engine? Anyway, i think he should subscribe, the more subs we get since i subbed, the quicker i get my goody bag lol :hyper:

dunno, but i put 22" on the front and think it was 16" on rear though the rear is too small anyway lol

subscribe mate, its the only way

this image might help, shows that the screws are covered by a bit of plastic (missing from mine, and excuse the bird crap) a screw an it should pop out from that side, unless there is a cover the other side as well though i might be completely wrong, dunno as i haven't paid attention too them lol.

My last words just before i put a hole in my oil pan, mush room cloud like a nuke had gone off, oil trail down the road and in need of a new engine, the noise that is making, you honestly think its going to be something other than conrods / Bigends?