D21 Hardbody Service Manual?

[nissan.d21.1987]

For a moment I thought I had hit the jackpot, but when I looked at the D21 manuals you had online, I saw you had none before 1989, which fortunately was at least the last year of the Z24i. I have an 87 D21 2WD Z24i and my manual, which has suffered a bit of wear over the last 28 years, is now missing a few pages. While some of the pages are duplicated in the 89 you have posted, most have slightly different information and the initial pages of the EF & EC section are much more extensive in the 89 version. I was hoping I could restore my manual, which is now in 6 pieces, so that every page would still be there. The most consulted section (EF & EC) has a few pages which have actually crumbled from age and probably a bit of grease, fuel, parts cleaner, and other paper eating chemicals. I had sort of patched them, but I needed to consult it yesterday and when I pulled it out of its box, a massive cold front and gust of wind from the north hit and decimated those crumbled pages which are probably now somewhere in Mexico. If anyone has the following pages from the 87 manual, I would certainly appreciate a post of them. If not, does anyone know of a post of the 87 manual anywhere? TIA.

EF & EC 49 - 52

EF & EC 159-162

Great group BTW.

[AZhitman]

Welcome aboard! Let me see what I can do.

[nissan.d21.1987]

Please keep this thread on topic. Any issues with the FSMs should be addressed in a new thread.


This thread is for Nissan D21 History ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SORRY. I searched for D21 repair manual and this is the only thing that came up. I didn't even see a D21 group and this one was under Infiniti as far as I could tell. I was responding to a message from the administrator that was in THIS thread and concerned manuals. It seems discussion on the state of a 300K+ mile D21 (and 28 year old repair manual) still using the original factory hoses with 175 lbs compression all 4 cylinders and on which only standard maintenance items have ever been replaced and still gets 28+ MPG would speak to the the history of this incredible truck and engine.

I'll try to start another thread if I can find out how and the proper place to put it. Give a newbie a break here. I count 13 exclamation points from you and didn't see an attack when repair manuals were first mentioned.

[AZhitman]

^ No worries - I have been working on some of the internal linking, and probably was in the middle of making some changes. You got caught in the Vortex of What-Was-I-Just-Doing-Dammit?

Here's the overall Trucks link, if you'd like to bookmark it for easy reference later: Nissan Trucks Forum

[nissan.d21.1987]

THANKS!!!! I'll stay there from now on.

I may even try to answer a few questions IF I can stay on topic.

[AZhitman]

Check the '88 manual: http://www.nicoclub.com/?p=19221

[Rev_D21]

Please keep this thread on topic. Any issues with the FSMs should be addressed in a new thread.


This thread is for Nissan D21 History ONLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SORRY. I searched for D21 repair manual and this is the only thing that came up. I didn't even see a D21 group and this one was under Infiniti as far as I could tell. I was responding to a message from the administrator that was in THIS thread and concerned manuals. It seems discussion on the state of a 300K+ mile D21 (and 28 year old repair manual) still using the original factory hoses with 175 lbs compression all 4 cylinders and on which only standard maintenance items have ever been replaced and still gets 28+ MPG would speak to the the history of this incredible truck and engine.

I'll try to start another thread if I can find out how and the proper place to put it. Give a newbie a break here. I count 13 exclamation points from you and didn't see an attack when repair manuals were first mentioned.

I am giving a newbie a break which is why you only got 13. That was not a personal attack, that was me putting my foot down on a thread that has been a lot of work over the years with the rules of the thread on page one....History of the Hardbody only. I have become short-fused over the years. Greg may have posted in here but that doesn't validate arguing the content of the thread with me. Please start a new thread on this topic. If you believe that your particular Hardbody warrants further investigation I suggest adding it to the Registry which is linked on the first page so we can examine it there.

[AZhitman]

This is a new thread.

[Rev_D21]

Thank you!

[nissan.d21.1987]

The 2 threads were mixed up. The post I made was on a different topic than the history thread, but was tagged on the end. In any case, thanks for your forgiveness, I can see that you have been a long time contributor to this forum. I also noticed that your excellent article on the suspension rebuild, something which I have had the parts for for years but never gotten around to, was missing almost all the images. I am getting imageshack to restore the missing images. They stated they will have them restored by tomorrow at the latest. Due to the fact for 4+ years I have been the only 24/7 caregiver for my totally bedridden wife (almost killed by the hospital), I haven't had time to do much work on the truck or anything else, but I have everything for a complete rebuild with all brand new parts, including interior, AC, and complete rewire. I have already put on a new 3 core radiator, Derale 70 AMP dual fan, 100A alternator, rebuilt the throttle body, replaced all brake parts except the metal lines, all new wheel bearings and seals (front and rear). I also have all the raw materials to build a massive new center console. My previous comments were correct however. I am not doing any of this due to failed parts (except cracked dash) and I really do still have the original hoses on there, just to see how long before they blow. The only other problems I ever had were slow leak on the clutch slave cylinder (5 spd man), totally rusted AIV box (which I just bypassed), and of course the melted speedo needle, which I just fixed with a piece of balsa wood carved and painted to match the tach needle. I think I can get over 500K miles out of that engine. Timing chain looks brand new and tensioner has a long way to go, 175 lbs compression (not a lb difference between cylinders), and haven't even adjusted the valves more than a few thousandths over the years. Love that old truck, as I have had it in some severe conditions, and it keeps on going.

[nissan.d21.1987]

Check the '88 manual: http://www.nicoclub.com/?p=19221

Saw that, but as you know the engine changed slightly for 88 and 89 and so did the manuals. It is not the actual info I am after. I just wanted to completely restore my manual as I am also rebuilding the truck. Thanks for your support.

[nissan.d21.1987]

I am getting imageshack to restore the missing images. They stated they will have them restored by tomorrow at the latest.

Just checked and they have restored most already. Only have 6 more to go.

[nissan.d21.1987]

I hope you still have all the images. This article really deserves to be fully restored. Here is what I got from imageshack:

Veronika Tonkovidova wrote:

I have put in a request for the missing images to be restored, this process usually takes several hours to complete. If by tomorrow you still are not able to view the missing images please let me know so that I can investigate further.

To which I replied:

These are still not restored:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9733 ... led010.jpg
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2470/t ... led002.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6629/b ... ut2008.jpg
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6033/b ... out008.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3599/t ... art010.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2987 ... out005.jpg
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6294 ... ut2002.jpg

The others are back up.

To which she replied:

It is with great displeasure and regret that I have to inform you that the remaining images we have been trying to restore have been lost. We did all that we could to restore the images, but unfortunately with no success. At ImageShack we understand the importance and sentimental value an image can hold. We are truly sorry for our mistake and your loss.

The images that were lost were uploaded a number of years ago, before we had implemented our new image back up procedures. We now store 3 backed up copies of every image uploaded in an effort to prevent any further image loss.

Best regards,

[Rev_D21]

Imageshack for the loss. I don't think I have those pics anymore. I will have to do some digging. A picture hosting site losing pictures is pretty sad. What's worse is almost all of my pictures are with imageshack.

[Rev_D21]

All the pics are here...
http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/nissan ... hings.html

[nissan.d21.1987]

The 7 files I have listed above are still missing. If you are seeing images in these places, then I must have a serious caching problem (not) on all my browsers, OR hopefully you are pulling them from your cache and therefore still have good copies you can post.

When all is said and done this is what things are going to look like.
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3599/t ... art010.jpg
Everything removed from Front Axle.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2987 ... out005.jpg
Drill and Wire Brush setup.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6294 ... ut2002.jpg
Here we see the new bushing and sleeve installed.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6033/b ... out008.jpg
Torsion bar anchor reinstalled on lower control arm.

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6629/b ... ut2008.jpg
Front of lower control arm.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2470/t ... led002.jpg
RF corner going back together.

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9733 ... led010.jpg
OEM rubber boots will need to be slightly modified to compensate for the thicker torsion bars. If you are running OEM bars this will not be an issue.

[nissan.d21.1987]

Doing a quick search of sites that cache images from old pages. Google has 2 of the missing ones, but unfortunately they are the tiny reduced rez images on their preview pages only:

bushingisout008.jpg 194x260 8.19K
tbarinstalled010.jpg 194x260 8.19K

I don't have time now to check any more, but one thing you can be certain of - EVERY file EVER posted on the net anywhere is cached somewhere. I assume the feds have copies.

[AZhitman]

What's weird is that they're not even preserved on Wayback, which surprises me - the same ones are missing. Odd.

[AZhitman]

Went ahead and added the two that I could find... We'll keep working on it.