Skyline GTR build/project *lots of pics + document

[cobrAA]

cest kand tu sort le char du storage toe on devrais sarrenger un MEET au julep juste les SKYLINE !!!

the guy is from the west-island. he don't speak french. mais moi lol!

[nelsonmxmarc]

Lol cobrAA

west-island

.. much further than that! lol

[archaeic_bloke]

luckygtr oui je parle et comprends francais, pas de probleme...."rire en haut" lol

hahaa actually liviing in 2 different places, neither of which are in the west island lol don't worry about where im living! hahah
ya im down for a meet but definitley not at the julep./.. thats police heaven and muffler ticket city!

[nelsonmxmarc]

muffler ticket city!

Just what we need eh Josh lol

[greddytrustGTR]

haha Molson case holding the caliper!!

[archaeic_bloke]

@trustgreddyGTR HAHAHAHa.. yeaa well hey, its the right height!

ahha marc, let me know how your ticket goes

FREEDDOOOOM!!!!... well for the drivers side front axle anyways! lol...

man, that is one tricky piece to remove, but ill post the instruction how to remove it VERY easily for everyone to see... i should thank Mcfly for the advice on this little trick

k.. so first you need to find a flat head screwdriver...then crawl under the car with a work light... and have a look on the metal part of the axle shaft close... vvery close to fhe differential housing... there is a slot/groove all the way around the circumference of it. thats where you put the screwdriver into... and you simply just turn the shaft a little and give a pry with the screw driver.. if it doesnt come out.. turn the shaft a little more... and pry pry again... and at one point in the turning.. you'll be super shocked cause the whole thing just litterally fall out!... pop! woohoo.. so easy..

this is what you;ll be looking at when you get under the car.


then... (even though this one is already out) you can really see that slot im talking about


and once its out.. a small red stream will run for like 30 seconds, this stuff is pretty thick... not a big deal:


then i proceeded to finish up some of the electrical wire connections, a couple more vacuum connections, and finally the fuel send and return lines...




before the motor comes out... i still need to:

- drain engine oil
- drain tranny fluid
- disconnect shifter from inside
- disconnect the rear prop shaft from the tranny
- disconnect wiring and speed sensor from tranny
- disconnect some ground wiring on the engine
- unbolt the engine and tranny mounts..

not much more than that.

[LuckyGTR]

luckygtr oui je parle et comprends francais, pas de probleme...."rire en haut" lol

hahaa actually liviing in 2 different places, neither of which are in the west island lol don't worry about where im living! hahah
ya im down for a meet but definitley not at the julep./.. thats police heaven and muffler ticket city!

okay bah on organise le meet pour le mois de mai genre !!!

[archaeic_bloke]

well, i wrote my last midterm exam today, so naturally got right back into the work on the car.. man its so hard going back after 3 weeks of not touching it! grrr...

2 weeks ago i made a large order through a shop, heres whats on its way over:

- 2 x Garrett 2860R-5
- N1 oil pump
- stainless braided oil lines with oil restrictors
- full set of vibrant performance T-bolt clamps and silicone hose couplers for the entire FMIC piping system

is supposed to ship out this week, set to arrive about a week from friday,

so first thing i did tonight was disconnect the main engine ground wire, then disconnected the heater hoses from the body:


then went under the car and disconnected the rear prop shaft from the transmission, its easy just 4 bolts.


while i was down there i also unbolted the clutch slave


and finally i painted the front re-bar with POR-15, and i touched up a couple other parts like small brackets that arent really seen usually, but i saw them, and they looked like they needed fresh paint. lol

[frankiman]

well thats a good surprise, a whole lot a cash spent here, sweeeeet
where did you get the tbolt clamps and how much were they?
..i'm thinking about swapping all my clamps

[nelsonmxmarc]

This requires a serious update! lol

[archaeic_bloke]

Serious update request fulfilled!


first, since ive been asked, this is the polishing kit i use, i have 6 different compounds for all different kinds of metal. heres a pic of that kit,


and heres the tension rods new paint job (i had to keep the POR15 base coat well away from the nuts and bolts section as this paint "fuses" metal together permanently)... then a top coat of mettalic red with a clear coat... i know they;re not seen, but i see em anyways.


and heres a center console DIN that marc made for me! (props, the man with all the solutions! haha as he also hooked up some new wheel studs! woo hoo!)
its a carbon fiber weave with red kevlar, its super cool, from one direction it looks mostlyt black, and the other its red...



then i unbolted these from the rears, im gonna clean up the coil-over and oil them and stuff, and gonna repaint the cuso rear A-arms with POR 15.


ok so back to the job of pulling the motor:
disconnected the speedo cable


then just unbolted the attesa filler pump thing


then drained the engine oil






at this point i have to stop and give a HUGE thanks to marc and my neighbor jesse for comin over tonight and giving me a much needed hand with all this! thanks a lot guys!


so we had a fair bit of fun removing the circlip from the shift lever... anywas we got it out finally:




then i dont have pictures of this part! ahh... but anyways we unbolt the 4 tranny mount bolts and removed the cross member.. of course we had to support the tranny with a jack... then its just one nut on each side for the engine mounts... then we rigged up our crane with two large hoops of 7000 pound test cables.. and due to our height restrictions on my garage we had to be super careful hahah.

also the jack stands were in the way so they had to be move and then we had to disconnect the electrical from the alternator, a plug at the bottom of the steering rack and the wiring to the starter mortor and the tranny sensors. ugh i had obviously forgotton a whole wiring loom worth of wires lol ha, anyways. heres us setting up the crane:



and we started to lift!! - but its a very tricky game to get the balance just perfect to clear the pipes below and the firewall above and all the other junk in the way!


and here it is just starting to peak out


a little moooore! and ugh, jammed on the upper rad support... so we put a jack on the front and actually lowere the body of the car to make it clear... and that still wasnt enough to clear it all!! so we ended up lifting it out ourselves!! - we also had to remove the front rebar because we couldnt get enough reach on the crane!! ugh doh! remember for next time i guess


and there she is, out, free and clear, nothing damaged in the process except my only work light


and theres the body, waiting for its refreshed heart! (EPIC photo finalé)

[nelsonmxmarc]

So epic.
Josh only made a quick mention of it, however he DID in fact compromise our only light source 3/4's of the way through. We've taken the LED wand from Cdn tire and given it some thorough R&D; it does not hold up well to repeated rebar contact.

Then we had to resort to this javelin torch method which made no ones life easy because it either blinded the person working and needed to be held out of the fpr drippings lol.

Very exciting overall, i'd definitely rate it an 8 on 10 for FUN! And because Josh's low ceiling and inadequate lighting made it even more of a mystery.

I have to say though, in all seriousness, it really isnt as bad a job as we anticipated. However Josh took all the necessary steps to get everything sorted out before hand so that definitely made a world of difference.. Oh well, except one thing.. "Oh ya, there's coolant in there." Now we know for next time.. LOL

[frankiman]

i need to get my head out of my books and hang out with you guys..

[nelsonmxmarc]

i need to get my head out of my books and hang out with you guys..

It's hard man lol. I dropped my books this week after my 2 mid terms but i've gotta pick it up asap for monday. Definitely give either one of us a call or pm me your number, we'll give you a shout next time we decide to start tackling a project. Always good to have another set of ideas/eyes and hands around!

[nelsonmxmarc]

Josh forgot to mention the mess he made.. tsk tsk..



Most of which came from the block coolant pipes on the driver's side... Actually, a lot of which..

And here's a video i randomly made, as we reminisced about our only light, and Josh's torn underpants..

LOL