evilscorp Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 Not the easiest item to lift and impossible to fit yourself when you leave the rear swaybar attached (note to self). Filling the diff is also a pain as the fluid is so highly viscous it takes forever. My method was to leave it like this overnight. All back together. Until I noticed this.. Since I had previously used the oem rubber washers it seems the whiteline items have been squished or something as the metal washer is now obviously just resting on the metal sleeve through the center. No biggie I guess just need to fit the oem rubber washers to fill the gap. I also noticed my rear passenger shock mounting bush on the hub is ripped.... even though I am sure I fitted superpro ones, need to trawl through this pish talk of a thread to see if I changed them and what might have caused them to wear so quickly. Cheap Ebay exhaust gaskets still havent arrived so I might end up in quick fit tomorrow so I can have the car for Friday otherwise its bike to work in the rain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilscorp Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 Sods law, my blackvues came 180* rotated so it's either peel the double sided tape off and probably buy new stuff or tilt my head when viewing lol. Never been able to fit cables through the center console and have too many wires behind the radio so had to find a way..... pole and some tape. pain in the butt getting anything through there but might be handy now I know it can be done. Rear light was removed ages ago as it and the rear screen heater are dead. probably just a fuse but I can't read my JDM fuse lid and it seems there are more than one I need to check..... so can't be arsed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilscorp Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 So sad times for the Z I think... Did a service the other day changine the fluid but used 5W30 oil (not sure if I had been using thicker stuff previously) also tried a different oil filter and went about checking the fuses for my non working windscreen washers, turns out I am getting 12V to the pump wires but no noise from the pump, new one ordered and feeling good. Until I decided to drive 10mins to work and then back again. Pulled into my garage and started to hear a knocking from the front of the car. Popped the bonnet and when I realised it was near the front of the engine beside the vortech supercharger (which is normally noisy) I instantly shut her down and grabbed a beer. Working 12hours today and tomorrow so it wont be until Tuesday when I pull the belt off the supercharger to have a good listen but I already know its probably the bottom end thats started to go. Sad times as I am now car less with my other one still away at the slow as# welder. The only thing I could think might have caused it was me cutting the air con belt as it was looking frayed and couldn't be bothered replacing as the air con pipe has been burst for years. Maybe the change in force direction on the undamped crank pulley has given the bearings a new wear point which they weren't happy about. Also my rear BC coilovers are on the way out.. they dont return fast at all when set to stiff and you can hear the fluid when set to soft (they return a lot quicker though). Not sure what to do next, I might just park it up in the garage and deal with it later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Fingers crossed it’s an easy one but if not then don’t give up on it. Rebuild or engine swap with something interesting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilscorp Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 Not going to jump for joy yet but I think it may have been the worst ever sounding belt slap lol. Took the toothed supercharger belt off which was missing a tooth and swapped the big long belt off the crank pulley that runs everything, fortunately have spare and it’s now quiet without the supercharger (need to swap that belt on Tuesday as it’s a pain to do) so fingers crossed it was just a stretched belt, should have known as the tensioner has been maxed for ages and it had been squealing badly on startup for a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Least you've found the issue fella!! And hopefully no damage done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilscorp Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Some of the work I done before the scare, never took photos of the rear strut removal and testing or the bush replacement. Cleaned the top mount surface and primer paint and copper grease on the suspension top. Hidden fuse box for the windscreen washer resistance test- no issue. No need for air con. But if I had only waited a day or two, I could have saved this belt. Car running without supercharger but a stretched belt. (no belt slap like the day before, probably due to being cold and slipping and no supercharger causing drag too). https://www.facebook.com/gary.poyser.5/videos/10162400345215441/ Car running fine! Just no supercharger. https://www.facebook.com/gary.poyser.5/videos/10162400339960441/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran O'Quick Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 20 hours ago, evilscorp said: Not going to jump for joy yet but I think it may have been the worst ever sounding belt slap lol. Took the toothed supercharger belt off which was missing a tooth and swapped the big long belt off the crank pulley that runs everything, fortunately have spare and it’s now quiet without the supercharger (need to swap that belt on Tuesday as it’s a pain to do) so . Jeepers, good news if so. What's the rigmarole like for swapping the main belt? Is it SC off? I had a look at doing mine recently and gave up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilscorp Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Kieran O'Quick said: Jeepers, good news if so. What's the rigmarole like for swapping the main belt? Is it SC off? I had a look at doing mine recently and gave up.. 10 min job, if you have hobbit hands or cut the top of the oem fan shroud so you can fit down to use a ratchet on the belt tensioner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran O'Quick Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Ah, thinking about it, mine is the revup and the belt is trapped. It had to be fitted before the SC went on. I've already burned and chiseled the hands enough to fit down to the tensioner.. Never thought of trimming the shroud. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilscorp Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Kieran O'Quick said: Ah, thinking about it, mine is the revup and the belt is trapped. It had to be fitted before the SC went on. I've already burned and chiseled the hands enough to fit down to the tensioner.. Never thought of trimming the shroud. It’s not truly trapped it’s just more of a pain, if you remove the tensioner pulley off from the front then wrap the belt around all the other pulleys you might** be then able to reattach the tensioner pulley. I nearly had to do that with mine as it’s so dam tight to pull over it(it’s either that pulley or another one that has no grooves so less to fight against.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scobie140 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 On 22/09/2019 at 20:56, evilscorp said: Not going to jump for joy yet but I think it may have been the worst ever sounding belt slap lol. Took the toothed supercharger belt off which was missing a tooth and swapped the big long belt off the crank pulley that runs everything, fortunately have spare and it’s now quiet without the supercharger (need to swap that belt on Tuesday as it’s a pain to do) so fingers crossed it was just a stretched belt, should have known as the tensioner has been maxed for ages and it had been squealing badly on startup for a month. What a massive relief that must have been, £30 belt to feck knows how much for a engine rebuild. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilscorp Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 Washer pump replacement was easy.... except I underestimated the amount of fluid it held. 6L + spillages I recon. Cheers Alex, My getto boost leak equipment was a fail. The throttle body butterfly doesn't seal so the air was going straight out the exhaust I suspect but I did find a leak from the cosworth manifold, so I will need to use silicone gasket as the o ring is not sealing at the front top section right where a bolt is, tried to nip it up but no change. Ordered a 3" plastic pipe end cap and I will cap off just before the 3" maf pipe as there isnt room to do it at the throttle body coupler. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilscorp Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 changed my steering wheel for a 370z one, as you can see it didn't like the cold/damp winter under the car cover then the really hot weather at the start of the month. Had to rip everything out for a clean. Might redo the headliner now I know how to remove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilscorp Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 Also I can now wire my stereo for hand controls which will be cool. air bags were plug and play, panic set in when american youtube video showed different connections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilscorp Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Front end suspension overhaul as the whiteline drop links came up as and advisory last mot and I knew the bushes were shot on everything as all the arms were OEM 2003 parts. Also did an oil change on supercharger and main oil 5w-40 castrol edge. Front brace is rot so swapping that out too. Had to cut off upper camber arm nut as it wouldnt budge and I cheaped out and only bought tie rod ends and the jam nuts are welded on with rust so having to wait for new inners. GKtech new designed upper camber arms will be easy to adjust on the car due to the design, just footery to hold the 8spacers (castor adjustment) while trying to bang the arm in place (one side was very tight to get into location). But if it allows me to adjust (or get someone with a hunter alignment system if I can't be bothered) without having to take the wheel off each time then brilliant. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilscorp Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 Been driving the car a bit but the belt slip I seem to be getting on a brand new belt is starting to get on my nervs. I have a feeling my tensioner is corroded and in need of a replacement as its maxed out. So I should be looking to fix the car..... Instead I sold my daily driver Jimny (market value is totally over inflated at the moment, new commercial is due out soon so wont take much to throw seats in the back). Made 5K profit selling to a Suzuki dealer from down south, only for him to inflate the price 2-3K more. £16,000 new to £23,000 second hand??? who are these people buying second hand cars? everything seems overpriced. So without a daily driver I needed something to replace it..... seems I have to wait till April/May 22 for it to arrive, and its ONLY a Yaris.... Maybe by the time it has increased 5K in value I will have the 200sx on the road and the 350z working perfectly. 😅 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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