Changed my brakes 2 days ago... The pads were bad so I had to take pictures of them. If you look the first picture shows the passanger rear and how little material is left on the pad. The second picture shows both pads from the passenger rear and the lower pad has actually been worn down to the metal! Ouch! Time for some new rotors!

Yesterday I decided to go ahead and replace the valve cover gaskets cause the seals were leaking oil. I pulled the cover off and removed the old, hard, worn out gaskets and installed brand new, stretchy, flexable ones! No more leaks! While the cover was off, I decided to sand, prime, and paint the cover. The color I used it the color I think I will eventually do the whole car in! Hope you enjoy!

Well thats it. My catalytic converter has been ordered and should be here within a week. And I also recovered the radio mounting brackets from the guy I bought the 240 from, so that saved me $10-30.

Im now on the look out for some shocks/struts and lowering springs...(+1.75 inch drop) If you got some and want to let them go, shoot me a price!

If I do anymore work on the car until I get the cat, I'll post. Otherwise later!

~Benjamin

Found a set of KYB's and Tenzo's... bout $350 shipped brand new... so in a few weeks, she's gonna be 2" lower... speaking of "she" what should I name her? I have not a clue to this... it puzzles me...

Quote, originally posted by wahrheitoderpflicht »

cause not everyone in the world "jus" needs coils, despite populr belief. / Im not dragging/auto x'ing/drifting this car. Im lowering it for the sake of lowing it, thats it. Im going for a build with an equal amount of style and performance.

I lowered my last car 2.2 with some sportlines and it just wasnt enough for me, after about a week i wanted it lower. If you have the cash id recomend some coils just because they can go alot lower if desired. just my .02

good luck on the build...

Quote, originally posted by wahrheitoderpflicht »

cause not everyone in the world "jus" needs coils, despite populr belief. / Im not dragging/auto x'ing/drifting this car. Im lowering it for the sake of lowing it, thats it. Im going for a build with an equal amount of style and performance.

no need for the smart remark it was "jus" a question damn..forget i said it.

The story behind this is... I went back to the dude I bought the 240 from cause he left his spare keys to his supra in my car and he kept the radio mounting brackets when he pulled his deck. So I go over to his house and give him his key and he gives me the brackets with the little tray that goes underneath. He ALSO gives me brake pads, mind you the day AFTER I change my brakes. They are the same as the ones I used so Im going to grab my receipt and take them back to AutoZone for a refund.

Anyways, we get to talking about Nissan and Toyota, and talking to him about what I've done to his old car so far. We then proceed to under the hood and I remembered I needed to ask him about the fuel filter. In the 5 years his family owned the car, they didn't bother replacing it. Not that big of a deal... sort of.

Fast forward back to yesterday. I pull the old filter out and see that the gas that is coming out of it is a bit dark. So I cap off the ends and grab a dr pepper 20oz bottle, rinse it out, then let the gas drain into it from the filter. The gas is almost black... WTF!?!? About an hour later, the dirt settles to the bottom and Im left with a liquid sort of resembling gas. All of the dirt separated and fell to the bottom. The amount of dirt in the bottle indicated to me that the filter has not been changed for a VERY long time

Now I already know that the previous owner didn't take the best of care with my baby, but now Im wondering about the previous owners... I think once I get all the fluids and what not changed, Im going to buy a blown motor and rebuild it then swap it in.

Oh, the guy also gave me a carfax report of the car... She is a whore! First sold in NY then went to TX, then PA, then MO, then Kansas... And there have been two owners here in KS, i just wonder exactly how many people have farted in the seat I now sit in It really doesnt matter to me how many people have owned her, I own her NOW and thats what matters... The only thing is it only shows 2 owners Oh, and you can clearly see that the car has been in more than 1 accident, but the report doesnt show it being in any. Makes me question the accuracy of CarFax....

OK, thats it. Thanks for reading!

~Benjamin

It looked exactly like it too.

You want to buy my suspension btw lol?

Deep Jewel Green won. I've had a deep metallic blue car before and LOVED it, but now I want to see what the green will look like.

PS you sure you dont give new customer discounts?

Anyways I found a couple of surprises when I changed my valve cover gaskets... Lemme know what you think...

I found the upper timing chain guide torn off, damage to where it would've been, and grooves on the underside of the valve cover. WTF?? Oh and I still havn't found the upper timing chain guide piece thats missing. I do have a weird noise coming from the motor. I'll get a video later on today and upload it.

What are your suggestions

remember, if there is stuff going on (like the chain rattle, grooves in the guides), that means your chain might be wearing out, and you might wanna consider getting a new timing kit. it comes with the chain, tensionsers, guides.

if the upper guide already got ripped off by the chain, there might be enough slack in it from regular wear to make it tear more stuff up.

as for the missing piece of the upper guide, i have a feeling it dropped down to the oil pan, its its almost a straight shoot down the timing cover, except for all the timing gears along the way.

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there is no trap. only free candy.

I pulled the passenger fender off yesterday to hammer out a lot of the dent. Turned out a lot better that what I thought it would.

Before:

After:

Not the best job but its worth it for me just to not have to look at that rediculous dent.

He also let me keep his grant evolution steering wheel. I just figured out what kind it was, I knew it was Grant but i didn't know what model. Well finally, I got off my lazy *** and did some searching. Found out this Is a Grant Evolution GT (Black/Silver). Andysautosport.com has this for sale http://www.andysautosport.com/....html And goes for $207!!! So my question is, should I go ahead and install it in my 240 now, or should I stick with the stock wheel and sell the Grant Wheel???

S13 Doorpanel Upholstery Write-up
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/347292

I will be updating regularly so keep looking!
~Benjamin

The most amazing thing in the world! You have to see it --> www.mostamazingthing.com/holycrap/huge.jpg

OK, my catalytic converter came in today... I measured it, came out to 8.5 inches around and my exhaust tubing is only 6.5 inches around... Adapters WILL be needed to weld this thing on...

Now to get it welded on...

Enjoy!

~Benjamin

And a shot of my valve cover... I think im going to repaint it metallic blue!

So what do you think????