60K experience
 

Anybody in either the Monterey bay area (San Jose), bay area (San Fransisco) or in the socal area that has done a 60K before? I need to do mine coming up here pretty soon and I want to try to do it myself, but it'd be cool if I had some ehlp from someone woh's done it before. Whoever is willing would be compensated for their time.

your z has under 60k....is it a stock engine.... mine is at 80k now :)

No it's almost time for the 2nd 60K. Feel me? I'm at about 104K right now. I WISH it had under 60K!

Links!
 

http://www.ttzd.com/tech/60ktech.html
http://www.300zx.co.uk/cgi-bin/manual.cgi

Here's how to do it.

http://store.yahoo.com/sgpracing-sto...03060ksek.html

Here's where to get the parts for it.
Since you gotta remove the pulley and radiator, this would be the perfect time to replace both. Also, the lower radiator hose/pipe kit would be perfect here. The coolant temp. sensor and the temp. gauge sensor might be candidates for replacement at this point as well.

Rizz, Are you saying that you're gonna drive to California for little 'ol me?! WOW, Rizz, what a nice guy you are. you're gonna come to CA and help me and teach me how to do the 60K..lower half! Everyone..isn't Rizz the nicest. I'm gonna go email EVERYONE on 3zc, tt.net, and everyone on this forum and tell 'em what you're doing for me and what a NICE guy you are.

Sure, I'll be there.
All you gotta do is send me the plane tickets. Reserve and pay for a hotel (5 star please). Buy breakfast, lunch and dinner. Be sure you have all the tools you'll need. Then I'll be more than happy to help you. ;)

Oh I already told everyone that you're "Even paying for your own ticket!"

Alright, I guess I can put you up, and buy you breakfast, lunch and dinner...I have a nice tent that can go in the backyard, or ILL EVEN ALLOW YOU TO SLEEP IN MY CAR IN THE GARAGE!!! hows that for 5 star!!?? so when's a good time for you to do this..I just need it done sometime soon...actually, if you wanna come do it at the fraternity house...we'll hafta do it in the driveway which might be weird, but you can stay in the active room...comfy couches!!:D

First class on American Airlines and a room at the Holiday Inn or nothing!!!!!!:mad:

Holiday Inn? Don't they have anything nicer than that in Chicago? Since he's in the Monterey area, have him hook you up at somewhere nice, like the Double Tree.

Of course they do.
I was just being nice and said the Holiday Inn for where he lives. Why would I want a hotel room here where I live? He wants me to go over to Cali where he's at to help him out. Hell, I'll settle for a Motel 6! As long as it's not a couch, I'm not that picky.

come on Rizz...you are a moderator....that means you take care of us, the ppl who come to the forum....i thought we had this discussion already, and i didn't get my email checking up if i have any stuff for you to do....my z needs to be washed badly, so whenever you get a chance rizz

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
not this crap again....

I didn't mean a Holiday Inn in Chicago. I meant that if a Holiday Inn was the nicest place in Chicago, then you may have thaught that was the best they had to offer in Monterey. Sarcasm mis-interpreted. My-bad.

I was jk, I don't expect you to come here, Rizz. You didn't think i was being serous did you. If so thanks for being willing to come! thats pretty nice of you! I was thinkin someone in CA would answer to this post...maybe..it was worth a try. I don't feel comfortable changing my timing belt by myself, so i was hoping someone who's done it before or has enough experince with stuff like that, so that they might be willing to come help me. then I'd learn and could do it myself next time or help someone else do it. if not, i'm gonna do the top half (already done quite a bit of it) and then take it to someone to do the bottom.

Awwwww man :( I was up to a trip too!
I was even looking forward to getting my hands dirty.:D
Besides, I'd never been out to Cali and was kinda looking forward to it. I figure that the flight and hotel would've been cheaper than taking your car to the dealer as well. ;) Like you'd take your car to the dealer anyway.:rolleyes: :p

we'll see Rizz, I'll keep it open as an option. Have you ever done it before?

nope, but it can't be that hard.:D

its not the fact that it might be hard that makes me warry. Its the fact that if I mess something up even a slight bit, there goes my motor.

Short of cracking the block itself, It can all be fixed. ;)

Oh well, in that caase...I'll just get my little brother to help me...he's 7.

hahaha....sorry rizz the job is taken by a more dependable person...emo's 7 year old brother

Bro me and you are at the same point methinks, except half of my friends are mechanics, HAHAHAHAHA :D :p . So im learning quite a bit here, but the timing belt... Not touching, calling someone to mess with that thing. Peace foo's :p

Dude you named your dog Z??? Haha, thats die hard right there dude. I could have named my hedgehog Z, hes got some dark hair on his forehead that forms a Z, haha. But Hogie will work. Peace foo's :p

Are you gonna call someone to help you on it or just to do it. Personally, I want to learn how to do it since I plan on keeping my Z for a LONG time and I plan on doing the next one and at least the one after..then on my new motor after that, so I want to learn. Also, it'd be cool b/c I could help other people do it.

Emo- You need to find someone who knows what is going with the engine. Changing the timing is not only a labor intensive job, but it requires some solid mechanical knowledge. If you don't know of anyone that possesses that, then save yourself the headache and take it to someone. I unfortunately don't know anyone in your area who is competent enough to handle this task. Good luck.. May the force be with you.

Well, I know shops that could do it...Greg Dupree would be a great person to do it and I have a hook up with him through a member in my club (no one who was at the last meeting has done it). however, I really would like to learn how to do it if possible. I might just end up taking it to someone, but I'd rather not. At the same time, I don't feel comfortable doing it myself b/c I don't wanna mess it up!! I got an email from a cool guy that may be an option. I figured that there might be someone here that may be able to help and if they can, that'd be great.

Why not pay someone to do it... And observe, take notes if you please, I have a whole note book full of notes on procedures for the Z... Just learn that way, the safe way. Peace foo's :p

Once again...that's my second option...but it would be more beneficial to get my hands dirty.

I just completed the job. my dad and I did it. It was actually quite educational. It's not exactly hard, just time consuming. I still don't recommend doing it on your own. You need someone that understands exactly what is going on with the engine internally. If you don't, then you could screw up a lot of stuff. It took us the whole weekend, but we didn't start until after noon each day. We took our time taking it apart, but it went back together quite easily. It's just nerve racking to turn the key for the 1st time. We did the job right though. New water pump, thermostat, tensioner, idler pulleys, cam seals, main seal, VTC springs and o-rings. We also installed the underdrive pulley set. The larger radiator is really shoe-horned in there, but looke pretty cool. All in all, a success.

I just went and talked to a friend that's a mechanic and was the lead mechanic at zwhizz previously (he's done SOOO many 60K it's not even funny). WEll after talking to him, I think me and a friend who just did the timing belt and all that stuff on his car might tackle the job this summer. 91, how did you like your UD pulleys? did you feel a difference?

It's amazing how much smaller the crank pulley is compared to stock. No wonder it makes a difference. You'll notice a difference. You'll feel it about the same as when you installed the hi-flow intake. It seems to rev a bit quicker. Definitely more power. When drvining up hills, it doesn't slow down in places it use to. Worth the $.

Cool, I'm thinking i'll do it when I do my 60K.

If you're going to do it, just get the full set of pulleys. I went with the polished aluminum color. I'm not a big fan of brightening up an engine compartment with red, yellow or blue. Looks tacky. The polished aluminum looks clean.

I was thinking pink.:D

mine are pink too emo...great color :D

Yea...they're so pretty! haha...alright any new guy or guest logging on is gonna wonder after reading this. that's enough.

like you said i am comfortble with my sexuality....(straight for all you new ppl :)), but after they read trough any forum out here they'll figure out that sarcasm and good humor is all what is about+ helpful info about Z's, which is the best asset to this forum

Yea, I agree.

You guys are lucky you don't live in San Francisco. They take this stuff pretty serious out there. Fairies don't like sarcasm.

what are they gonna do.... mess up my hair :D just kidding....whatever floats your boat, i am straight, have nothing against gay's, but how can you be gay when you see a hottie walk by....;) , long legs, nice back, cute as hell....the last thing that pops to my mind when i see that is " oh honey where did you get that purse?"... but everybody is different thats whats great about this world...rock hard!!!!...whatever you might be rocking

Oh come on, you know you were checkin' out her shoes.

And her skirt was obviously american eagle.

i would be more interested in the undies:D

or lack there of.

you bring up a good point 91...very good point indeed my friend...:)

I figured we had more in common than just Z's.

Haha, my uncles gay guys, but hes the coolest Mother Foooocker I know! He taught me almost everything I know about design on the computer. I dont know if you guys heard of this, but did you hear about how P Diddy (hate his music, but whatever) came to some NYC School and visited. That was my uncles class room! He showed me pics and all, he said hes a nice fellow, even when the camera's were off. Anyways, Its fine to have Uncle Harold and Aunt Bruce as long as they dont affect your view on sexuality, hahah. Peace foo's :p

I have a gay uncle as well, and he's cool. He's way more liberal than I am, and I view myself as being a fairly liberal person. His 'friends' are nice, but I really don't want to know much more about that world. I didn't find out until I was 12, but once my parents told me, it all made sense. He was married before and everything. My uncle would never be involved with P Diddy. He's more into Barbara Streisand and Liza Manelli. Ugh.

well i know a couple of dudes too, i mean like i said i have nothing against them, they don't bother me, i am cool with them...see everytime you see two gay dudes just think there are 2 more girls for the rest of us :) hahahahaha....heck they can hook you up with some of their straight female friends ;)