5 speed swap in progress!

[okinawa drift]

buy a new flywheel? haha it would be so much cheaper just to re-surface the one i have $30

jump! ahh thats what it means.. 94.. your a life save man.. haha

also.. should i buy a new soft line? or do you think RTV gasket maker can seal this right up?

[okinawa drift]

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[94_240sx]

Just buy a line wrench and tighten it up real good. Or you can buy stainless steel braided line like I did. It was about $30 from project nissan. Looks like the leak is from the joint, not from the soft line. I highly recommend line wrench. If you use a regular wrench, you will mess up the fitting.

[okinawa drift]

ahh ok yeah, i've been told not to use a regular wrench, i used vice grips today to get the power steering hardlines off so the engine woulden't bend them on the way out.. good thing i did take em out, they would of got owned.. hahah

anyways, i just took the wiring for the transmission out with everything, i didn't want to cut something that wasn't supposed to be cut, what exactly can i cut? haha



engine is finally out! got my cherry picker yesterday

[okinawa drift]

also

which one do you guys think would be best to use on the firewall?

[YOUNG240SX]

also

which one do you guys think would be best to use on the firewall?

1 1/2in would the job.i drilled and installed my clutch pedal and mc yesterday.

[okinawa drift]

they are both 1 1/2, but which one do you think would do the job better? the white one has wider teeth and silver one has more teeth as you can see in the pics

[94_240sx]

they are both 1 1/2, but which one do you think would do the job better? the white one has wider teeth and silver one has more teeth as you can see in the pics

Silver. Make sure to punch in the exact center.

Your care looks very clean. Please do something with painted coolant and washer fluid tanks.

[okinawa drift]

alright, hmmm any tips on finding the exact center? did you just use a ruller?

[okinawa drift]

well i cleaned up the engine bay a little today, so much gunk and oil...



discovered some rust under the fuel rail, not to sure how to deal with rust.. should i just buy some naval jelly and let it sit on this over night? then sand it with 80grit sandpaper in the morning, then primer it, paint it, clear coat it?



i want to deal with it before it becomes worse..

also drilled the holes for my mc and clutch pedal today, turned out a lot better than i thought, i was kind of hard since the drill i was using was kind of big so i had to drill the mc hole and the upper hole at an angle kind of, but it all worked out



and... do i even need this thing? its where the clutch pedal mounts up too..

[BMAR240SX]

Sand primer etc, this project never ends

[mikester1222]

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[BMAR240SX]

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[94_240sx]

and... do i even need this thing? its where the clutch pedal mounts up too..

If you remove it, you can't take the key out from the cylinder. Funny thing is I removed mine, and I was able to take the key out. Hijacker worked on 2-3 different 240s, and he said keys won't come out without it on all of them. It's weird that mine works without it. I'm going to put it back on just to be safe. Mine is in green color BTW.

[B-Boy DuB-L]

Wat size did u use for the smaller holes? for the bolts

[okinawa drift]

ahh i see, where else is there to mount it? haha

[verSat1l3]

Just buy a line wrench and tighten it up real good. Or you can buy stainless steel braided line like I did. It was about $30 from project nissan. Looks like the leak is from the joint, not from the soft line. I highly recommend line wrench. If you use a regular wrench, you will mess up the fitting.

Its technically called a flare nut wrench. Auto Zoo, Advanced Asinine Parts, or Prick Boys will sell a kit for under $10.

[okinawa drift]

hmm how big are the nuts on the hardlines? 10 or 11mm?

also do you think kyrlon rust tough enamel primer would be good to spay on the rust under my fuel rail in the engine bay after i sand it with 180 grit?? then spary some dupli-color cherry red pearl, then clear coat?

im a noob at this **** so... how do it sound guys? haha

[diggles240]

hmm how big are the nuts on the hardlines? 10 or 11mm?

also do you think kyrlon rust tough enamel primer would be good to spay on the rust under my fuel rail in the engine bay after i sand it with 180 grit?? then spary some dupli-color cherry red pearl, then clear coat?

im a noob at this **** so... how do it sound guys? haha

clutch hardlines are 10mm....as far as the rust goes, it seems to be only surface rust, right? if that is the case, do as you stated above. i have heard many people express their dislike of spray-on primer though. they all seem to prefer brush or roll on etching primer- for whatever that is worth. if it is worse than the photo appears, a rust converter product could be an option. sorry, don't have personal experience with the krylon product, so i can't comment.

kevin

[okinawa drift]

oh ok, well i took care of the rust today, thank god it was just surface rust, i primered it and put one coat of cherry red, and noticed that i missed some rust, so i had to go back and scrape some of the paint off again, so i gotta prep it again, and primer it again, hopefully it doesn't look ****ed up since i gotta re-do some area's, so i hope its not darker in one area than the other.. haha

also

i am having trouble finding some GL-4 for my transmission

is it GL-4 or GL-5 i use?

the other day i went to autozone to look for some redline mt-90 and they didn't have it .. walmart didn't have it either..hmmmmmm

[B-Boy DuB-L]

Its GL-4 you use. GL-5 breaks down the brass components in your transmission

[okinawa drift]

ahh ok phew, im glad i didn't buy that stuff, where can i find redline mt-90? or any gl-4 gear oils?

[B-Boy DuB-L]

i think #1 is the neutral switch and #2 is the O.D. sensor. I dont need these right. and if so how can i plug them up. so i dont have to waste money on gettin the sensors and not using them

[94_240sx]

ahh ok phew, im glad i didn't buy that stuff, where can i find redline mt-90? or any gl-4 gear oils?

I got MT-90. Found a dealer from here.

http://www.redlineoil.com/dealers.asp

[srpowered240sx]

whats taking so long? finish this thing up. i started after you and am already done, and i took my sweet a$$ time and only worked on it in spare time.

[BMAR240SX]

Hey Jon how did you remove the second to last bolt on the top driver side, im having some trouble to get it out.

[okinawa drift]

haha its a 5 speed swap / engine rebuilt, its almost done, my head gets back from the machine shop this week!

[KA24Power]

Hey Jon how did you remove the second to last bolt on the top driver side, im having some trouble to get it out.

Drop the transmission crossmember and put a jack under it so you don't tear your motor mounts and smash the firewall, then you should have enough room to get an extension and a flex joint up the transmission tunnel to pull that last bolt out.

I tried a bit to get it behind the egr pipe with no luck, then a friend that was helping me showed me the trick of dropping the mount.

Also, the best way to get the transmission back on is by sticking a block of wood under the crank and jacking the front of the engine up then sliding the transmission right onto the engine. None of this get it started then rotate it up bull****, just get a friend to help line it up and giv'r ****.

I got my whole swap done in a day with 2-4 guys helping me at different times, and we took lots of beer breaks and d!ck around quite a bit.

Get your swap done!

[BMAR240SX]

Wow that is a real clever idea and it sounds a lot easier to get up that way also, i am just going to buy a ball joint swivel and work my way from the top it should be a lot easier if not i am going to blow the MOFO UP

[ryan15]

Damn Devin your car is coming out clean, I can tell by your neatness of the whole project your future holds many clean cars! Think im gonna pull out the essar pretty soon to spray the engine bay, you inspired me! Hit me up on the space if you need any help, I did a auto to manual when I did my RB swap on my old s13, so I know the ins outs of it!

Ryan