Annandale Mechanics - Forgot The Name!

[myr332]

Hi,

I used to live in Sydney before moving to Canberra (no, not a joke).. and I used to take my old Skyline to a place in Annandale (from memory) on Albion Street... The guy specialised in Skylines, and was quite cheap and did good work. He also had a very old Skyline from the 70's that he was restoring - quite a nicce piece of machinery.

Well I am back in Sydney for a few weeks and my car needs to have its coil pack replaced and for the life of me I can't remember this workshops name. Yellowpages isn't giving me names that I am familiar with, and I am certain this mechanic was recommended from this forum.

Any help lads?

Thanks

G.

[Duncan]

Yeah that was Nathan from Grey Imports - but he shut up shop about 18 months and escaped sydney.

Most shops aren't open atm but might be from next week, whereabouts in sydney are you?

[myr332]

Yeah that was Nathan from Grey Imports - but he shut up shop about 18 months and escaped sydney.

Most shops aren't open atm but might be from next week, whereabouts in sydney are you?

Ahh good for him, bad for me!

I'm based on the Northern Beaches with the intent to head back to Canberra on Sunday... so I'm struggling to find someone open over the next few days to do some work on it so that I can drive it home. the alternative is to try and limp it home however that wont be fun - I'll be pulling over every few minutes. God help me getting up a hill on the Hume Hwy..

So if anyone knows of a reliable mechanic that's open that can do a relatively simple job of a coil pack please do let me know, otherwise I'm up for a $1,000 tow back to Canberra..

[Duncan]

do you already have the coil packs? if so very easy job (I can give you a hand one night this week if you are stuck).

If you don't have the coil packs - what model are they for? Also you should probably do plugs and their gaps at the same time.

[myr332]

do you already have the coil packs? if so very easy job (I can give you a hand one night this week if you are stuck).

If you don't have the coil packs - what model are they for? Also you should probably do plugs and their gaps at the same time.

No, I'm trying to do a mechanic for both parts and labour.. it's for an r34 gtr v-spec 2..

any idea where to source parts at short notice?

appreciate the advice / offer..

[Duncan]

I had a quick ask around the guys I can contact this week - but no-one had new coilpacks in stock. If you can get your hands on the coils they are dead easy to change.

[KR4-GTR]

do you already have the coil packs? if so very easy job (I can give you a hand one night this week if you are stuck).

If you don't have the coil packs - what model are they for? Also you should probably do plugs and their gaps at the same time.

Thats so nice of you to offer your assistance like that!

Edited December 29, 2009 by KR4-GTR

[SATO GTS]

That's our Duncan..........

I was not aware of nathan finishing up and shooting off. Good on him.

It was good to work with him in the time that I did

[GoldZilla]

If you can get your hands on the coils they are dead easy to change.

Especially easier on an RB26 as you don't have to fight with the intake plumbing which goes over the engine on an RB25...

[myr332]

Thanks for everyones advice and offers of assistance so far.

Next question - I'm on a hunt for coil packs. anyone have any advice on where to source from? Google isn't pulling any decent results other than posts from Skylines Australia and Wreckers that don't have them, so any advice on this would be great.

Planning on grabbing the coil packs tomorrow morning and attempting to install myself... just need to find the bloody things.

Cheers,

G.

[GoldZilla]

http://justjap.com/store/product.php?produ...=307&page=1 or check out Just Jap's section in the Classifieds area to see if they're running even better deals for forum member...

They re-open tomorrow.