Laecaon Posted June 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 And more pictures of tonight! Step one, figure out the charge light, oops I had the wires reversed. Hey looky, thats not an Lseries alt! Wires! The spade connectors I used are of the "F crimp" style, where it crimps onto the wire, and the housing. A pic of the wiring from when I did my ZX Alt, this still works. One day I will delete this... Ew greasy mess! Yuck! Shiny new bolt! Needed since the old one was too short. Too address the leak I had going on, I figured it was the timing chain inspection plate. I think I see something! Front side Ah yes, you can see where the oil was escaping! So I decided some RTV was in order since the seal didnt want to play nice. Ill have a day time install picture tomorrow. Pulled my dizzy, I think the seal was leaking... Wait, this doesnt look like the proper gasket... But I did notice the top half came off easily and the bottom half needed to be scraped off. Trying to do some cleaning Sentra Dizzy! Super cool internal module! Anyways, Ill get some more pictures tomorrow. Im hoping I solved the dirty motor issues. I need to go to the JY and get a new Alt Pulley. My pulley is off center due to the shaft being smaller in diameter... Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted June 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Yay a collection of parts for my car! What you are seeing: 2X Moog Ball joints All the Moog Tie Rod ends 2X Tie Rod center pieces (Moog...) Raybestos Idler Arm bushings/rebuild kit. Duralast Centerlink All the Moog stuff is stamped with the Three Five badge, which makes me feel better, all of it made in Japan. I was also at the JY, and grabbed a few pulleys to try on my Alt. Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Get to work. Then engine swap. Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Wow. I think we bought all of the same stuff on the same day. Odd. I spent I think $200 total for Ball joints, tie rod ends and shaft, bushings, crosslink, plus all the other rubber parts behind the tire. Fun stuff. I just got done POR15'in it all. 1 Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Ok, to wrap up a few things. Alternator back out, and looking ready! I had to make a sleeve to take up the slop when using a D21 pulley (KAe pulley) All better! RTV section of inspection plate, not much oozing happening, so I was I happy. I probably only needed to apply the RTV to the bottom half.... And the new dizzy gasket! Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Ok, why the new suspension/steering stuff? well because... I only manage to get the tie rods and centerlink done today. I stopped taking pictures at some point, hands got really dirty. Start with removing the cotterpin. Then remove the nut. On most cars I work on at work this trick works. I usually smack the steering knuckle with a 4lb hammer 3-4 times, and pop! But that didnt work on this car. So I threaded the nut back on a bit, and then hit the top. And its out. But Mr Sawzall had to make an appearance, I just could not get the centerlink off the pitman arm. So I removed the steering box, and the remains of the center link pivot came out in 1 swing. Basically I put everything back together, and greased it. More pictures when I do the ball joints, which really need replacing. Quote Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Yeah those parts are about as bad as they could get and not have failed already.. Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 damn man, the original pieces looked worse then you made them out to seem :/ glad to see you jumped on this, lemme know if i can help Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 The odd thing is, my steering really doesn't feel much different. What has really prompted me to do this, well the left tie rod end has been progressively digging more and more into my wheel weight on right turns. Also I had a minor front end clunk. Now I just need to get an alignment... Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 id give you a recommendation for an alignment but i think you know where to go :D Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Haha, yea I know. Not sure if I will go there or not, depends on price of another shop. On a side note, my starter was cranking over faster than it ever has... Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 I haz a sad...... Quote Link to comment
converted_to_datsun Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Sad? Did I miss something? Quote Link to comment
Tristin Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Wagon was in an accident. Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 yeah i saw it,major bummer fer sure....glad jacob is ok Quote Link to comment
converted_to_datsun Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Now I has sad too... Glad he's ok tho. Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Oh no. What's up with this sudden spurt of datsuns in accidents? Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Oh dang man :( Hope all is okay. Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 It's fixable.. Not a t-boner or anything. Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 update... can be seen here ;) http://nwdatsuns.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11 1 Quote Link to comment
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