so it begins

[redfox]

here are some pics....not alot done so far...just pulled it down some and cleaned it all up and changed the water pump, cleaned the inside of the oil pan with castrol super clean.

[redfox]

when i was installing the oil pick up on the oil pump one of the bolts broke and i cant get it out.....i need an easy out....

[Intruder]

Is there an easy way to clean the silicon off the oil pan?

Nice engine stands btw. Charles doesn't wanna let me use his.

[redfox]

Is there an easy way to clean the silicon off the oil pan?

Nice engine stands btw. Charles doesn't wanna let me use his.

i just used a wood chesel that i sharpend like mad ant the dilicone came right off....i got some blue RTV silicone junk to reinstall it with...

the engine stand makes life sooooo much easier...

[redfox]

well i have everything except the timing stuff, throtle body, and the oil pump on....im waiting on the pump from Ryan to show up....maybe thursday?....but i got all the engine and tranny stuff together... tommarow is the swap....then its gunna be towed to the exhaust shop on wednesday...the towed home when they are done and if the pump is here ill install it and fire her up....on with the pics....

[Intruder]

Sweet.

[Lex]

redfox, how did you fix your block/piston damage issues and how much did that run you?

[NegatiZE]

Nice job so far! *subscribes*

[scortadict]

wow that some realy good work

[D323]

very nice.... hehehe I see a box of Dew in teh background, he must be preparing for a long hard days work swappin.


Oh and did you get that bolt out? You could always try to use a dremel with a metal cut off disc or something to grind a slot into the bolt (permitted its not too deep in the hole).... where you could then fit a flat bladed screw driver and turn it to get it out....

oh and good luck with teh swap.

[protégébob]

Is that a NA head???

[redfox]

redfox, how did you fix your block/piston damage issues and how much did that run you?

i bought Carlin (300ZXgame) blosck he had for sale

Is that a NA head???

GTX

i think the tranny is dead.....i installed it and i can find the gears but its not easy at ALL to get them in and the car wont roll even witht eh ebrake off and the tranny in what i would think to be neutral(hard to find with as bad as the shifing is :\ )....:\ my old F tranny wont hold if i have to use it...

[Intruder]

i think the tranny is dead.....i installed it and i can find the gears but its not easy at ALL to get them in and the car wont roll even witht eh ebrake off and the tranny in what i would think to be neutral(hard to find with as bad as the shifing is :\ )....:\ my old F tranny wont hold if i have to use it...

[Lex]

redfox, I can think of 2 things:

1. The clutch is not alligned
2. The clutch has not been bled properly

[redfox]

redfox, I can think of 2 things:

1. The clutch is not alligned
2. The clutch has not been bled properly

thats what i was thinking too but that wouldnt not allow me to find the gears....and when i push the car and it hits like 5mph i can hear a sound of like gears grinding....even when its in neutral....and you knog the the stick is in neutral between 3rd and 4th, and you move it to the left bwtween 1st and 2nd, how the stick moves back over to the middle if you let go? well mine stasys right where i leave it....the clutch isnt blen all the way but i have never had a problem findeing and engauging the gears without using the clutch b4....i dunno....ill find out when it comes back from the shop....


todays update:
lastnight i had to go to work for a few hours so that put a crimp in finishing the swap, after i got home i finished it up and got all the odds and ends hooked up but i have a bunch of plugs on this gtx harness i cant figure out where they go, and there is no plug on the harness for the O2 sensor...but i got the car to the exhaust shop today...they said it will be in what ever kind of piping they can find due to the fact that im working on a budget...they also told me it could be done as soon as tommarow or as late as friday...pics to come, as soon as my buddy emails them to me...