neil300zx
Well-Known Forum User
Hi all
Been away from the forum for a while, been busy collection parts for the car.
List of items collected
T5 Borg warner gearbox
Lightweight ali fly wheel
stage 3 6 puck clutch
secondhand diff and driveshafts from Z31 turbo
Automatic Bottle warmer for NOS
ive collected all these bits so i thought i had better get on with fitting them.
There was one snag, i didn't want to do all this work on my drive, laying on the cold floor in January really didn't appeal to me again, so i hot footed it down to my friendly tyre and exhaust centre and said to the boss would he like to lend me a ramp and a man for the day so i can carry out this work. Being the obliging fellow he is he said yeah not a problem, ill even give you a hand and we can do it of an evening save you taking a day off work. Great i thought how about starting on monday no prob says he, so this is how it went
Monday 23 Jan 2006 17.30hrs
Drive car to tyre and exhaust centre and up on to ramp
17.35 hrs coffee break
1745 hrs start strip out, remove exhaust, loosen header, remove prop, disconnect handbrake, unbolt gearbox, remove starter motor, remove gearbox take out clutch and flywheel.
19.45hrs coffee break
20.00 hrs install new flywheel and clutch, fit T5 gearbox, re fit starter motor
22.00hrs finish for the night
Tuesday 17.30 hrs
get car back on ramp
17.35 hrs coffee break
17.45 hrs fit diff, drive shafts and propshaft
20.30 hrs finish for the night
Wednesday
17.30 hrs
get car back on ramp
17.35 hrs coffee break
17.45 hrs fit exhaust and header, refit handbrake, fill diff and box with oil
run on ramp in gear for 30mins drained oil refilled and finished for the night at 22.30 hrs
Thursday 1800 hrs, sort out reversing lights try to find a water leak but it seems as my car suffers from vertigo as it only leaks when its up on the ramp,
Take for test drive, yippeee i thought but unfortunatly the gearbox bearings are very noisy under load, so it seems that the box will have to come out again,Never mind it was all good fun and he charged me vey little so im one happy bunny. oh i forgot the nos bottle warmer still to be fitted
Well there you have my week what have you done with yours?
Been away from the forum for a while, been busy collection parts for the car.
List of items collected
T5 Borg warner gearbox
Lightweight ali fly wheel
stage 3 6 puck clutch
secondhand diff and driveshafts from Z31 turbo
Automatic Bottle warmer for NOS
ive collected all these bits so i thought i had better get on with fitting them.
There was one snag, i didn't want to do all this work on my drive, laying on the cold floor in January really didn't appeal to me again, so i hot footed it down to my friendly tyre and exhaust centre and said to the boss would he like to lend me a ramp and a man for the day so i can carry out this work. Being the obliging fellow he is he said yeah not a problem, ill even give you a hand and we can do it of an evening save you taking a day off work. Great i thought how about starting on monday no prob says he, so this is how it went
Monday 23 Jan 2006 17.30hrs
Drive car to tyre and exhaust centre and up on to ramp
17.35 hrs coffee break
1745 hrs start strip out, remove exhaust, loosen header, remove prop, disconnect handbrake, unbolt gearbox, remove starter motor, remove gearbox take out clutch and flywheel.
19.45hrs coffee break
20.00 hrs install new flywheel and clutch, fit T5 gearbox, re fit starter motor
22.00hrs finish for the night
Tuesday 17.30 hrs
get car back on ramp
17.35 hrs coffee break
17.45 hrs fit diff, drive shafts and propshaft
20.30 hrs finish for the night
Wednesday
17.30 hrs
get car back on ramp
17.35 hrs coffee break
17.45 hrs fit exhaust and header, refit handbrake, fill diff and box with oil
run on ramp in gear for 30mins drained oil refilled and finished for the night at 22.30 hrs
Thursday 1800 hrs, sort out reversing lights try to find a water leak but it seems as my car suffers from vertigo as it only leaks when its up on the ramp,
Take for test drive, yippeee i thought but unfortunatly the gearbox bearings are very noisy under load, so it seems that the box will have to come out again,Never mind it was all good fun and he charged me vey little so im one happy bunny. oh i forgot the nos bottle warmer still to be fitted
Well there you have my week what have you done with yours?
