luke gtr

White: Heat wrapped down pipes and installed on car. Due to planning to see track use, I went with the most heat resistant stuff I could find. 2000°F continuous......

White: Adjusted drivers door striker, now sits more flush. Pieced back together the centre console. Connected fuel line to rail.

Thanks mate Too long...... I'd say the gold one will be done first, as its bolt together and drive. White one still requires parts.

White: Fitted power steer pump. Placed radiator back in. Placed fan shroud and check clearance.

Oh, fitted shifter too.....

White: Fitted new heater hoses. Still dont have the sensor, but did have a joiner I can use for the interim. Also found that I am missing the wiring loom that has the plugs for the knock sensors. And there are no plugs for the injectors.

White: Gearbox is in. Car feels like it has been fighting me to stay dead. Well.......tuff! The saga so far..... Friday: Went to drop engine in, no engine crane at work. Think its locked in a cupboard. All bolts recieved with the car were lumped in together. No ac bracket. Found charcoal canister missing. Sensor in heater hose missing. Cant find tail shaft bolts. Cant find front tail shaft bolts. Cant find all gearbox bolts. Bolts I ordered for front brake calipers were incorrect. The one positive thing on the night was this. I only got 1 engine mount with the engine. Thought I would need to borrow one from my other car. But, there was one in this car, still bolted to the subframe. Went to my bosses house and collected key to the cupboard. Saturday: Open cupboard to find.........engine crane not there(not the one we normally use). There was a different crane we dont use. Ended up having to up end it just to get it through the door. With load on it, the hydraulics leaked. Engine dropped in!(yay!) Mounts done up. Clutch fitted and aligned. Found rear tailshaft bolts and nuts. Both front driveshaft fitted and bolted. Monday(today): Gearbox in(struggled. First time working with a pull clutch). Attessa line connected. Rear tailshaft bolted up. Only have 2 of the top bell housing bolts. Found bolts to fit all the lower holes. Clutch slave fitted. Throttle cable fitted. Theres still a LOT of work to be done. But, it feels more complete. Another positive was finding the exhaust I have had the same diameter as my dumps. I thought it was smaller and was looking to get it modified to suit. That's one less hassle.

White: Engine is in the bay. Fighting me nearly every step of the way. But, its finlay in there. Clutch is in. Gearbox going in soon.....

White: Fitted the rear head drain(after a long procrastination session). One of those, I'll get to it soon, things, that didn't happen soon. Had to "massage" the factory lines. And it's still a little snug, but should work ok.

So, prices are meant to have gone down....... 2015 navara. I'm over 30. No recent accidents(over 8 years) Last year, 845. This year, 850. Utter bullshit.

Ok, found to attach images on the app, must use the 'plus box then select "attachment" rather than image. Haven't had any other problems so far.

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Could probably do it without that piece. But, having so much oil, I do like the thought of the heat transfer helping get it to operating temp as soon as possible.

Pretty much. Have heard all the tales about the factory sender. For the extra couple of hundred, worth it.

Also tensioned all of the oil filter housing adapter bolts. Left one Grub screw loose so I can fit a new oil pressure sender.

WHITE Emailed and heard back from hi octane regarding the spacer between the mount and original pump housing. Meant to be 7.65mm Used washers to achieve 7.6mm. So, this afternoon, bolted the rest of trhe pump bracket up. Installed pump gear. Had to file down the keyway as it was too large and the gear wouldn't go on. Used some thread locker on the Grub screws as I don't want them to come loose.(love the holes for the allen key) Installed the belt and tightened everything up. Now, in hind sight, not the best thing to do, as I still have to install the a.c. and power steer belts.

Nawww, thanks brosef.

WHITE small arvo today. Placed belt gear drive on balancer. And that's pretty much it.

GOLD further onto the explanation of the cam gears.... I don't know if it the cause or effect. Could be that the bolts were loose, causing the cam speed to dart back and forward, causing a bearing failure. Could be that the cam seized slightly, turned the cam gear, loosened the bolts and kept going. If there weren't any alloy in the oil, I would have said the gears were the only issue and put it all back together. I really hope it's all it was and the alloy is just residue from the last machine. But...... I want it checked now, while it's all apart. Better safe than sorry.

GOLD Here's the photos from the engine from the gold car.

As requested by titan, but for those who also wanted to see. This is the sump.....

Now, for the pics of turbo dump swap and wrap, etc.....

Here's the "instructions" you get with the kit.

Harmonic balancer drive was the easiest piece to install.... *touch wood*

Nearly there. Pulley doesn't fully align, but is close enough. At least it can turn freely now.