tonsoffun300zx

ok so i bought most of the pieces that i need but i need some help i've never done a tune-up, but know what i need to do. i have the spark plugs,wires,oil,oil filter,and coolant, i still need the dizzy cap/rotor,fuel filter,and thinking about cone filter, and a timing gun. if anybody lives in so-cal and has tomorrow or Sunday free please pm me.

AZ-ZBum

If you need help swapping these parts, you should just find a real man .... er ... mechanic near you. Seriously. Pick up a repair manual. Learn how to turn a screwdriver. None of those parts require any actual thought to replace.

raythenegr0

Just switch the parts out one at a time...it's not rocket science.

NismoPick

wats uh skrewdryver?

AZ-ZBum

A great drink made by mixing equal parts vodka and orange juice.

raythenegr0

If worse comes to worse just buy the parts and just find out where they are, remove and replace.

Seriously man, don't lose money with a mechanic when this is easy stuff.

tonsoffun300zx

i can do the oil radiator fuel filter and oil change(but i can't find the oil filter, and the spark plugs are hard to get to by hand) also im not sure how to do timing the Chilton's is very confusing

KasbeKZ

you shouldn't need to do the timing. it may be a good idea, but you could get away without it.

oil filter: i think your problem is that your eyes aren't open. try some effort.

tonsoffun300zx

i just didn't have any tools at my dads house like a jack and jack stands, and do i need to take off the intake manifold to do the plugs?

AZ-ZBum

Buy a freaking Haynes manual and read it.

tonsoffun300zx

i can't find one i've been looking for one at all the parts stores all i find is chiltons

NismoPick

There's this new thing called the internet... it's pretty cool. You somehow managed to find ZDRIVER, but can't find anything else on the internet.

http://www.amazon.com/Nissan-300ZX-1...0115167&sr=8-1



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/84-85...spagenameZWDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NISSA...spagenameZWDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HAYNE...spagenameZWDVW

AZ-ZBum

Try Autozone or PepBoys.

tonsoffun300zx

tried they have nothing

AZ-ZBum

Have you asked? Or are you just looking at the shelf and not seeing anything and walking out with your tail between your legs?

tonsoffun300zx

i asked and even special ordered it from two different places but they never came it

entropy31

wait, you can't find the oil filter on a z31??? are you freaking kidding me. my z31 was the easiest oil change of any car i have owned.

FAIL!!!!!

and the plugs are real easy too. if i remember right, you've gotta remove one of the hose brackets for one of them, and some other part for another (been a few years). all in all, pretty damn simple. whatever you do, never buy a z32. it wouldn't last a week with you.

johnZboy

You can change the plugs using the OEM tool kit without removing anything but the plug wire boots. Too simple. I would advise using compressed air to blow any accumulated debris out of the plug holes prior to removing the plugs.

Changing the oil filter is on the same task level as driving a wheel-barrow. You can walk upright, can't you? Dang!!!

Based on what I've read so far, don't touch the car. Go build a model car, or, play video games instead. You'll be happier, and, we won't have to endure your post describing the ruination of another z31.

tonsoffun300zx

wow thanks guys you make me feel really go to be a z owner.(a$$ holes)

SpeciallySpiked

I'd imagine this is the sweetest feeling you'll have unless HonDuh owners are any nicer (they're not)

260zturbo

hahahahahahahahahaha this great and it comes from the guy who said serves them right bastardizing our z's....least those people know how to work on z's

NismoPick

Dude... seriously.

AZ-ZBum

Why thank you very much.

It's not our fault you have absolutely ZERO mechanical aptitude. Seriously. All of those parts are about as simple as changing a light bulb.

If you can't open the hood, look at the new part in your hand, find it on your car, and swap it out, you have no business being allowed to own a pair of scissors, let alone any actual tools.

tonsoffun300zx

ok so it's just remove and replace i know, but i still have the problem of having no jack or jackstands. can i drive on a curve and do it like that or is it to dangerous. cause i need to get it done soon i bought everything except the filter,still debating cause of clerance.

260zturbo

jack or stands dont cost that much. your car should come with a jack. iv seen people use wooden blocks or w/e around to keep the car from falling on them. i dont care for the redneck way but you gotta do what ya gotta do. you ride up on a curb and see what happens.