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haha love the good old oil and coolant slick underneath.

that is a mad angle - we tried this once and got it back in but bent the cross member on the way. the trust sump makes it another 15cm harder.

haha love the good old oil and coolant slick underneath.

that is a mad angle - we tried this once and got it back in but bent the cross member on the way. the trust sump makes it another 15cm harder.

i imagine the sump would so! notice we 'jacked' the rear and front to get clearance for the gearbox to travel under the car, we had to jack the front regardless because the suspension hit the crane

for searches im gonna keyword this;

GTR ENGINE REMOVAL RB26 RB26DETT

hehe gonna work on a guide using pics from the workshop manual as well to put something easy together soon, probably as it goes back in and i'll take photos of the assembly going back together

on a side note I was missing the nut at the bottom of the left coilover, f**king disgusted the last 2-3 tyres stores that have fitted tyres and looked at my continuous misalignment problem have not noticed this

bit off topic, but,,, isnt that a vitality matress and a MArconi bed frame from amart is it ;)

is it? know anyone who can get me a a side frame support rail? i sort of had a couple people jump on me when sitting on the side and it bent it

good info, i find the same angle works a treat but the trolley jacks are always too high to hold under the rear of the box so we made up a small flat tray on wheels pretty much 20mm from the ground and sit the rear of the box on that to bring it in and out and it works great, ill get a pic soon and post it up if anyone else is keen on the idea :)

good info, i find the same angle works a treat but the trolley jacks are always too high to hold under the rear of the box so we made up a small flat tray on wheels pretty much 20mm from the ground and sit the rear of the box on that to bring it in and out and it works great, ill get a pic soon and post it up if anyone else is keen on the idea :)

please do

this is the little trolley for the box to sit on i made, its basic and the box sits in the recesses section and its only about 10mm from the floor so its as low as u can get it, it handles the box weight no worries to. I even use it to sit the box on when its off the motor and i wanna move the box around in the garage. The wheels are cheap ones from Bunnings, nuthin special, the other week i sat the complete rb26 motor on it to wheel it into the shed and it didnt break lol.

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ive also made a special swivel setup on a trolley jack to help remove the gearbox from the motor while its in the car, it makes spinning the box around to clear the starter motor bulge on the trans tunnel really easy.

As u can probably tell ive had alot of chances to remove rb26's and probably done the engine in and out 40 times or more and also the box in and out the car about 15-20 times on the garage floor, so making these little things helps when it comes around to doing it next time :laugh:

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love that little trolley :P nice work .. i'd just add some rubber on the base plate and give it a coat of paint ;)

lol thanks, it gets the job done i save the detailing for the engine and car, its a home workshop so i gotta make the equipment look backyard spec as well :ninja:

it could be a prototype and could be a best seller for gtr owners if i painted it up shiny ;)

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lol thanks, it gets the job done i save the detailing for the engine and car, its a home workshop so i gotta make the equipment look backyard spec as well :ninja:

it could be a prototype and could be a best seller for gtr owners if i painted it up shiny ;)

not only GTR owners either :P

same goes for Keepers engine leveler ;)

not only GTR owners either :P

same goes for Keepers engine leveler ;)

the blue thing to bolt the engine onto?

borrowed it from a 180 owner, without it the job would have been near impossible, or are you refeering to the rear wheels jacked up on wood and forklift tyne extenders??? :ninja:

trolley is cool tho

would instructions and details be useful you thing guys?

I'd personally always prefer to remove the box and engine separetly, easier and less chance of damage occuring. But each to their own. Really depends what your plans are for the job. If its just a matter of wrecking the car into parts then you may aswell do it that way but not otherwise.

I'd personally always prefer to remove the box and engine separetly, easier and less chance of damage occuring. But each to their own. Really depends what your plans are for the job. If its just a matter of wrecking the car into parts then you may aswell do it that way but not otherwise.

its easy to get it in, in one lot, just need a mate to guide it in, its just a matter of not going like a bull at a gate and all is well :geek: putting the box back in under the car is a pain in the arse if u do them seperately, id rather do the motor out than the box lol, heavy suckers they are, i weighed mine last time and it was about 88kg from memory. This is all of course if u dont have a hoist to use, if u do have one then the box is easier with a transmission jack.

hmmm the blue thing you used to shift the angle. my dad made 1 of them up but a little more technical. he used a peice of c channel, blanked the ends off with plate. drilled holes in the plate at both ends. put a long peice of M16-M20 threaded rod through the full length and welded a big nut on 1 end. and on the inside he put to big lumps of steel inside and welded nuts on them i think.

so all you had to do is put a rattle gun on the end of the rod and you could move the mounting points to any point along the shaft to get any angle. i'll take a photo if i remember to better descripe it. its sooo simple but sooo ingenious.

chris

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