Stephen

We wise though if you've got the time? Get rid of the crap and do the cam covers now rather than later...

Down there you have the 2 thick hard pipes about 20mm in diameter, these are the heater core flow and return. Then there are spurs from here about 10mm that create a loop that feed the turbos and underside of the plenum with engine coolant. Replacing that hard pipe is possible with one side easier than the other but it's cut knuckle paradise. I remember having the same issue many years ago, I used long pliers and extensions to get at it and replace the offending piece. If I were to do it now I'd remove the upper portion of the plenum and do some preventive work, replace all that hose and delete the plenum water feed. Up to you how you feel.

It's not like it's a piss awkward transverse set up, plenty of room with the fan out and rad if you really want that extra space. Do your homework and follow the service manual for torque settings, teeth count and belt tensioning set up etc. I did mine last time with the engine out and the actual belt change took about 10 minutes with a cup of tea. If your a professional spanner man you will be fine.

Your a mechanic? Man the **** up then :lol: in seriousness you've got two choices. Do it yourself or accept the fact that a specialist will require traveling. The only other option is to give it to someone else with the same or less experience and let them cock it up because they do t care as much as you do about your car.

Incredible isn't it. I've had stuff come from China in a few days too. So can someone tell me why it takes days, if that to get stuff from the other side of the world, why the hell it takes about a sodding fortnight to send a card to my parents in France across a bit of water. I could honestly ride a bike there faster, even going the long way round (via Dover). Bloody snail mail.

Correct early ones had a 5L v12 with 300hp and later ones a 5.6L with 380hp. Beautiful cars, weigh nearly 1.8 tonnes though. There was also a 840 with a 4L v8.

Probably one of the easiest quad cam cars to do a cam belt on tbh but then garages still manage to *****cks it up.

Who did the mapping bud?

The question is, what's the point...

I know some of the guys use Eurospec in the south east. For a specialist though it's Bristol.

Bit tight that one isn't it, iirc the manifold restricts room around it and the rear housing is in the rear way from below... don't think a nut splitter will get in there. I'd be inclined to heat it cherry red and then hit it with a sharp cold chisel. Frustrating.

Which bolt is it lee?

Either that or that Hydragea is in desperate need of a dead heading. ;)

Pretty sure they are 355CI so under 6 litres. My guess is a C63.

As above, cheers.

Had a title change and a tidy up. Hope it makes things easier to follow and I'm going to use this as a rolling thing instead of separate winter threads that become spring rushes.

Thanks.

Is it also possible to merge it with this one; http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?179355-2014-winter-works&highlight=Winter+works

Could please change my winter works thread title; http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?186561-2017-Winter-Works To "Project Dittohead Red" Cheers

So I found the answer to my question, took about an hour... it appears I was right and il be wanting these brackets when I get to this part.

That's a bit annoying. Oh well at least it's in hand now, might be worth talking to them. You might get a bit off if the part/labour is defective.

This weekend I've been a bit snowed in with domestic duties. A certain small person was content wacking (because we're still learning grab) a small blue elephant today though allow me and the boss to get some vital garden stuff done. I have squeezed in 10 minutes here and there though on car stuff and after test fitting the rear discs and some measurements and drawings I should be able to knock up my bracket template. So that's all positive. On the negative I did notice some corrosion up on the rear bumper to body join. So that's something for next year. I did get a bit flustered by this, the dread of fabricating that patch on that curve and subsequent paint work. Although having looked properly it appears there's a bracket in the underside of the bumper that sandwiches the urethane? Like the front. I did look for an exploded picture but no joy, just a thread from MarkDerby asking how the bumper comes off.

Did you retain the original tensioner during the belt change?

Not to that no, the Z isn't eligible and times limited. It's a nice wonder about thing though as I've been before. There's a few different ones. We also do different themes down at the harbour, bike night, soft tops, yank night etc. Gets very busy. There is also a big event each year, bit like Brighton speed trials without the actual speed trial (so not really :lol:) old formula one cars, monster trucks etc. Think airshow for cars. I did arrange for a club stand a few years back but had no takers.

Nice one. We have a similar thing; http://bournemouth.co.uk/event/classic-cars-on-the-prom-2/ It's free etc, although it's only open to pre 83 cars. It's been pre 83 for about 10 years :lol: