started changing the headgasket today PICS

[PARAD0X]

we started/continued the headswap and changing of headgasket today, i think we did pretty well for about 4-5 hours of work.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid95/p121fa85b63db7be55f281c8587f748e2/fa24c866.jpg
thats chase, AKA Ludeykrus.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid95/p60566b18c38c2c0afc14bd74eadade30/fa24c863.jpg
what we started out the day with

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid95/pa35d6df6f192109c537ce660f7998007/fa24c85d.jpg
air tools make life 897128375148902357 times easier

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid95/pcad7a6dcc2aabbce37dd80c5a34fded5/fa24c85a.jpg
aha! we conquered the intake manifold. now to the head

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid95/p8c1c09f710d96bfecd33f366fd896e61/fa24c856.jpg
bare long block (progress :D)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid95/pa43dd0bb84ad218c681e12ee7fff6c6e/fa24c854.jpg
what all the work today was for...removal of the head.

i know its nothing land breaking, or new to alot of you. but to two amatuers its quite an accomplishment, and i wanted to get some pictures of it

more pics tomorrow, hopefully it will start up, but if not tomorrow, definatly sometime this week. i'd like to thank chase. he did most of the work, but i'm paying him for it so ya know. erin, (hipsi), and jay, (97dubtruck) stopped by for a while.

[NiteKids]

*Chirp.......Chirp...Chirp...Chirp...

[mrmephistopheles]

can it Henry. I'd like to see you do a headgasket.
you probably don't even change your own oil!! :-)

[PARAD0X]

thanks mr meph.
i know its nothing new for most people to see, but i know when i'm browsing zilvia, these are the kinda threads i like to read so i figured since i'm doing it, i'll post it.

[aznpoopy]

good job man... that shit takes balls to do for mechanical noobs like me... i'd be afraid i wouldn't know how to put it back together. that would be a problem.

[HiPSI]

did you clean that bare head yet? that thing had some nasty shiat in it for sure.

[crioten]

you should do some kind of write up on it when you are finished...

im about to swap my tranny, and ive never done anything like it before, so i know how you feel... good job man

-glen

[mrmephistopheles]

it'd be a good idea to take the head to a machine shop so they can clean it up and make sure it's not warped at all.. Right now is also a darn good time to do a valve job, install stainless valves, and swap cams!

[DRFT]

Is that a "skyline" bumper off to teh side?

shame on you.

[PARAD0X]

the skyline bumper is my friends 200sx...he's a ricer and doesn't know shit about cars, but he's a nice guy none-the-less. we're installing his extreme body kit at my house :doh:

and is there a way i could clean it at my house, or would be just be best to have a machine shop do it? i'd like to just swap the head back on with the gasket and call it a day.

[PARAD0X]

Originally posted by aznpoopy
good job man... that shit takes balls to do for mechanical noobs like me... i'd be afraid i wouldn't know how to put it back together. that would be a problem.


thank god for a field shop manual...i would never take on this project without it

[big mike]

Originally posted by crioten
im about to swap my tranny, -glen
Get the car as high into the air as you can, and have at least one extra floor jack to hold the tranny up as you are putting it back in.

ALSO!!!!! Be very, very, sure that all of the srings are back in place before you put it in. I missed one. Now I have to pull it back out.:cry::bash:

And don't drop the tranny on your head. Either one. It can be painful.

[Flybert]

I'm not sure about this info but I'm pretty positive that removing the head is easier by leaving the intake and exhaust manifold on there if possible. I'll check my FSM tomorrow to see if Nissan does it this way. I think I remember hearing ASAD or Alex from freshalloy saying this but I could be wrong.

[HiPSI]

Originally posted by PARAD0X
the skyline bumper is my friends 200sx...he's a ricer and doesn't know shit about cars, but he's a nice guy none-the-less. we're installing his extreme body kit at my house :doh:

and is there a way i could clean it at my house, or would be just be best to have a machine shop do it? i'd like to just swap the head back on with the gasket and call it a day.


you can clean it with brake cleaner, but you don't have the tools to check if the head is still straight or not;) even if you clean it, take it to a machine shop and have it checked and milled if needed. hell they can mill a little extra and raise the compression:D

[PARAD0X]

yeah, i went ahead and did the brake cleaner last night, i'm getting ready to go pick up the CORRECT head gasket, i returned the other one yesterday. so erin, if you're in the area, we'll probably be working on it, just give a ring

[HiPSI]

Originally posted by PARAD0X
yeah, i went ahead and did the brake cleaner last night, i'm getting ready to go pick up the CORRECT head gasket, i returned the other one yesterday. so erin, if you're in the area, we'll probably be working on it, just give a ring


i might be around, but i have to build myself a seat bracket before tomorrow;)

[PARAD0X]

uh oh. if you don't want to do taht, you can borrow my S14 drivers seat. its always better than the s13 seats

[97DubTruck]

yeah now we got the new head on but we need to turn the crank. hopefully this crap will be running in a little while. oh and if you get a head gasket from autozone check it before you try to put it on. ol dood buddy josh didn't do that. it barely didn't fit so chase just shaped it up with a knife. :eek: (took off a few edges and curves) yikes. he's in a hurry to get this thing running. i however just like tearing up the red donor car you see above in the garage. we turned it into a trash can and i made it a sunroof with a crowbar.:cool:

[RBBaby]

Originally posted by DRFT
Is that a "skyline" bumper off to teh side?

shame on you.

fuck you, it looks good, stop raining on someone elses parade, negative nancy.

[PARAD0X]

only question i have for his project....


the FSM doesn't tell how to turn the crank to TDC, and we need to do that before we put the cams back in...can someone please tell me before say 5pm est if possible
Thanks
Josh

[mrmephistopheles]

you should be able to tell by the position of the crank pulley in relation to the timing indicator.

[PARAD0X]

i'm sorry, i forgot to say, i know i need to rachet the crank pulley but i don't know what size that nut is, i only have as big as a 19. so i need to buy a new socket, but what size

[mrmephistopheles]

Originally posted by PARAD0X
i'm sorry, i forgot to say, i know i need to rachet the crank pulley but i don't know what size that nut is, i only have as big as a 19. so i need to buy a new socket, but what size

if memory serves me correctly, 27mm.

[epoxy_nc]

what did you use as a guide to remove the head? the pdf FSM or that book? just curious, i couldnt find any books.

the FSM is kinda hard to follow for taking out the head :-/ got all themanifolds out though

[PARAD0X]

i have an actual FSM

[epoxy_nc]

i have an actual FSM

where did you get it from? i must be blind.. i cant find it anywhere.

[thx247]

ebay for the FSM