HBT

Bought this 91 240sx for my son from a friend of mine. He was the orig owner. The chassis has a crap ton of miles. 300k plus. Engine has had a KA swap already. I have always loved the 240. So, maybe I knew I would end up with it. Haha... So, about a week ago, the engine was rattling and lost power. I had the timing chain done recently, and my son let the oil get low. Long story short... It sounds like a rod, piston, wrist pin.. Something in the block. So, I watched a bunch of vids on rebuilds and read here and there about how "easy" this is... Lord I hope so. I am not a mechanic but have always been mechanically inclined. I can change most everything around the engine bay and so forth. However, I'm in a sorta no lose sitch here so, why not. I've got the tools and have some funds to press forward. I just wanted to join a forum in hopes of having feedback on what will inevitably be a frustrated and hopefully rewarding journey into this 240. I will post some photos of how far I have come.

Right now it's in the garage and almost ready to pull. Few more things I need to do. I sure I will be asking questions before I pull it to make sure I have everything checked off before I do it.

Lord help me...

This is where it was right after the tow truck dropped it off.



This is where I put it in the garage.


This is where I am now...




And this.... Look dead center. It comes off the exhaust pipe just below the manifold. I had to buy a 24" wrench to remove because the crescent wrench is going to strip it. It's on there good to. After that the exhaust should be able to be dropped.



In a couple of weeks I will be removing the shaft. From there I should only have a few things left to remove to pull it. I am sure I will be asking many questions. Also, please please, any words of wisdom at this point before I so pull it out I will be all ears. If this goes well and get it running again, I will be gutting it all and so a full build on it. But, let's sat there. All I know is I hope the block is not scored. Or, what is broke in it didn't kill my rebuild of it. If so, I will buy another KA rebuild and put it in. I hope I can rebuild it myself though. Thank you to anyone who pitches in and guides me going forward. I hope this is going to be a fun thing to do. Or at least rewarding...