Shoota_77

Raised? Rooted?

Hopefully it doesn’t become 4” of oil holding sumpness....

Vids for proof.

Thanks for the offer @BK. I'll give my tool a go.... (that sounds suss...). If its a massive fail I'll cave in and might just take you up on the offer!

Continuing the DIY theme on this car, my next job will be to make up my own puller for the bush that has Ben all worked up ?. It's not going to be a fancy looking billet round bit of kit like Ben had made up but hopefully it should do the job. Below is what 2 minutes in excel does to give a visual interpretation of what it may or may not look like! I'll pretty much just make it up as I go so will no doubt change. What I can't show the in the picture is a lip that I will weld onto the top which is what the puller will grab onto and pull from. The square bits on the outside are nuts that will be welded onto the add strength to the bolts and I'll tap the thread right through the nut into the edges of the metal plate it will be made from. Only the very tip of the bolt will be machined down to the small enough size to go into the little holes in the bush. Really wish I had a lathe for things like this. I'll probably just put the bolts in the pedestal drill and turn the bolts down that way. As with most things I've done it will be trial and error but I have the concept in my head ready to go! I'm up the hills camping and dirt biking so probably won't get to it until next week at soonest. Wish me luck!

Hi @BK cheers for posting that. I got to that point and stopped last night! I looked at the collar and only briefly pondered how to go about it! I might have to get one made up. Alternately there's a brand new on on Yahoo Auctions. A bargain price of just $1000!! Would you sell yours or are you still likely to use it? Is the collar what's holding the counter shaft in? I was of the understanding it was the bearing in the housing that was holding the countershaft and the mainshaft in? They need to be pressed out as a pair as you can only move each shaft down a few mm at a time as you can push either shaft passed the other one? See this YouTube vid - .

Made some important shed upgrades this week... Now I have one less reason to get out to the shed at night. Going to need to think of new ones now as cold is now off the table... After lots of stuffing around with numerous different pullers I've got the arse end of the gearbox stripped off. Not super hard but just tricky. Going back together could be a different matter however... Now also migjt be a good time to admit that the front end gears of the transmission don't fit between the deck of the press..... As you kiddies would say FML!! More mods now required on the most modified hydraulic press in town.... Ahhhh the joys! ?

They would have spent $50k on doing that thing up. It would feel like a new car after all that. I feel they should have done more under the car than a clean-up though.

Sold.

Finished dicking around with the press today but won't bore you with any more than one photo! Put the ratchet winch on it to move the deck up and down. Made it so it centralises the deck at the same time as they move around all over the place how they come. Ripped my 2nd gearbox apart today. I think I'll use it as the base box as its a very new series 3 box with just a smashed 3rd gear. When they go they really go don't they! Apart from the obvious the rest of the box is brand spankers. Its so clean in there compared to most of the 25 year old grungy boxes you see! Dunno if I'll put a brand new cluster shaft and 3rd gear in or just rat them out of another box.... To be decided.... I'm thinking I'll probably send the gears off to be shot peened and ultra fine finished. That's $650 and still leaves me with a stock box I know but a set of decent gears is $6000+ and I just don't have that sort of coin right now. It will most likely happen but not for a while yet.

$250 delivered Australia wide. Hi guys, up for sale is a set of HKS intercooler pipes and silicone joiners. I have a feeling it might be made up of a couple of different kits as some pipes are newer than others. It doesn't look like all of the pipes are the same as pics on the net. One looks a bit different. I sand blasted one of them quickly as I was going to paint them black. They're fine to use as is or paint them like I was going to. The joiners are in ok condition. They're a bit faded where they weren't covered by the clamps. One has a bit of a nick out of it but wouldn't affect operation. Could easily just replace them. I have 16 hose clamps which will come with the kit but 4 of them are standard Nissan clamps, not the ones that would have come with the kit. I'm not sure what model GT-R they came off or if there is even any difference. Any questions please ask. Price includes postage Australia wide.

Hi this is your neighbour. Stop revvin that dang mowtor veyhickle.

Scotty Cam as in doing home renos. C'mon man, git wit da lingo!

@BK a few years back before the GT-R hype fully hit the USA it was the best place to buy parts! I got a brand new 26 head for my car for $900 delivered about 7 years ago! That was straight from a Nissan dealership. I got my CP pistons from there too. Aussie dollar was a lot stronger back then which made a big difference! Can’t say I’ve bought anything out of there for a few years now. Amayama is definitely a great place to buy from. I’ve ordered through there many times.

The circled section is wheel speed sensor pickup. Being an active LSD there's a very good chance the signal is all wrong and the Atessa is trying to lock up the diff. The teeth do look quite different. I'm not sure if the trigger rings are removable. That could fix the issue if you can swap them over.

Sort of finished the press. Had to drill and tap new holes to mount the air jack. Gave it a quick lick of paint from Supercheap which by luck was a very close colour match. Just need to weld on the end caps that the rotary winch will lift from, mount the winch and then finally get a bit longer air hose off the bottle jack so it reaches the floor then I can make the pedal. It's ready to use at least!

My press arrived during the week. Me being me I started modifying it as soon as it arrived.... Its only 1300mm tall (I'm 2030mm.....) so I've added an extra rail along the bottom with some 100mm legs and then wheels mounted to the legs. It lifts it up about 250mm so a bit more manageable height! I'm also converting it to air over hydraulic with a foot pedal which means you can hold everything with two hands rather than trying to hold everything with one hand and pump the jack with the other! Also bent up some brackets to be able to raise the press deck up and down with a ratchet winch. Hopefully finish that off over the weekend and get started on the tranny rebuild next week.

Maybe now that they've finalised the pump design they'll offer it as an option. Or they might sell their cranks as a "blank" that you then choose what collar to come with it.

Cheers for the kind words @DaymoR32. It’s been a long labour of love (and a bit of hate!) and I hope at the very least it offers a decent story! ? I hit 8 years off the road a bit later this year which is frightening... Might actually get some use out of my rego this year. Thank god for the GT-R price explosion over the last few years to cover the $5600 worth of rego I’ve never used. ? After many near misses and heartbreaks it’s 100% hitting the road this time, I refuse to give in! I almost said 100% finished but it will NEVER be that as long as I own it!

After further reflection (there’s been a lot of that!) I now recall that it felt like was locking up somehow as I was releasing the clutch. Like it was trying to go forwards and backwards at the same time. I’m sticking with the gearbox so ignore my last paragraph of pondering! ?

Was the lovely wifes birthday and mothers day today but still snuck out to the shed and got some work done.... Brave or stupid I'm not sure? Got the sump off today. Got everything all cleaned up which takes bloody ages getting the sealant out of the grooves in the sealing surface of the sump. Worst job.... Takes even longer because of the RB30 adapter plate basically doubling the job. Hopefully drop everything off to the diff guy tomorrow to be all reinstalled later in the week. Hopefully my press arrives this week so I can get started on my Dean Laidley (tranny) rebuild over the next few weeks. Probably not this weekend coming as I'm praying Kim Jong Andrews our Victorian Dictator, I mean premier, loosens restrictions so I can hit the mountains on the dirt bike. Hanging for a ride bad!! The Austrian steed needs a squirt in the bush.... Anyway, great to be back into it (for about the 10th time....). Baby steps though, no sprinting this time! One final note, which came to me like a light bulb monent and I could be way off the mark with but I had a frightening realisation of what my noise possibly was..... Now if I'm right, everything that I've done chasing my noise (which I can't categorically say I've discovered the reason for) has been all for nothing and makes me look like an idiot.... My light bulb moment was "Maybe the noise was from my Hicas pump?" I never topped up my Hicas reservoir after draining most of the fluid out when I rebuilt the transfer case. When I think back the sound had similarities to a power steering pump when its out of fluid. I'm tempted to not top it up before the next restart to see if that's actually it! I feel the noise was more extreme than that but time will tell. Anyway, what will be will be!

Lower the comp?? You've been watching 1998 YouTube videos! Run 98 octane and you'll be absolutely fine. 90's turbo engines were designed with those comp ratios to handle the junk fuel back then. No such thing as readily available high octane fuel back then without going avgas or stupid expensive race fuel. The vehicle will be waaaaay better to drive off boost with the higher comp, better acceleration out of corners, etc. Most modern petrol turbo motors out of the factory are well over 10:1 ratio now. If you're being conservative limit your power with boost which is effectively what you're doing by lowering the compression ratio but making it a pig to drive at the same time! Be a man and leave it how it is! As Ben said, don't you dare let the Nissan out. Once you do you can never jam it back in there again!

Yeah a drug addiction is currently looking like a smart economic decision! ?

I'm 100% committed to rebuilding my gearbox now, I bought a 20t hydraulic press today.... I think I have a sickness for buying tools. Buyers remorse definitely kicking in given the current circumstances but meh, I'm sure I'll appreciate having it one day!

Cheers @Looney_Head, yep hopefully onwards and upwards! The last setback was the biggest kick in the balls of the whole build so took me a bit of time to bounce back! It's such an emotional roller coaster doing a build to this level. The number of things left to do this round are a lot less than the last few times I've been chasing the finish line so hopefully this time I finally make it! I just have to stop planning all the other things I want to do to it while it's back apart again.... Once I've got all the tools ready to go I'll then decide if I'm definitely ready to tackle the gearbox. It's one of those very daunting tasks that I'm sure once I get into it will all of a sudden seem not as bad as I presumed. I hope that's the case anyway! I only wish I had a hydraulic press so I could do the whole thing at home. Luckily I work at a car dealership so I can do that before/after work one day.