who has done it?

I have ordered the following parts:

1.) head gasket set- comes with head gasket, intake, exhaust, valve seals, valve cover gasket.2.) oil pan gasket3.) timing chain tensioner4.) oil pump gasket6.) water pump gasket7.) t stat gasket8.) distributor gasket

anything else? any trick to get the head out of there?

I read on another Nissan website that the z24 engine usually blows head gaskets in the same spot as yours did, between cylinders 3 & 4. My Fuel injected z24 never blew the gasket, however. You should check the deck and head mating surfaces with a perfect straight edge, and if neccesary, have the head milled down a hair. Make sure the threads are clean for the head bolts so you get an acurate torque reading. Also, you could re-torque the head bolts after a few hundred miles, even if the gasket says you don't HAVE to. I'm just obsessed with perfection.

Thanks, i was planning on getting the head checked out and decked if need be. no sense in doing it twice if you dont have to ;-)

lemme know how this process goes cause as it stands... mine is good but i dunno if it will be forever

i also will to a port and polish on mine so the reading on your process will help that out as well

I will take as many pics as i can (i usually do this so i can remember how things go back together.)

aight, some pics with the head off.

Dude, that sucks. You put on the weber and then BOOM HEADSHOT!

I have been reading up on rotary motors. I like that they have few moving parts and no head gaskets to blow, just a billion seals.

well truth be known now. . .there was more factors then just the carb and headers.

PO told me he just had the head rebuilt (which was due to bad valve seals so he said) which over the course of the last year i have found reason to believe the motor had been over heated.

neway, fast forward to now. . . i take the head off and it has never been resurfaced and has a few replaced valves (that i can tell) sooo, they took the head off and then didnt resurface it . top that off with the fact that they had no regard for proper tq values on the head bolts (i had to use an 18" breaker bar on 2 of the 8 bolts )

btw, since my thread about my stock carb being for sale got moved ill post a link here:

zerothread/434757

2kredz3 wrote:well truth be known now. . .there was more factors then just the carb and headers.

PO told me he just had the head rebuilt (which was due to bad valve seals so he said) which over the course of the last year i have found reason to believe the motor had been over heated.

neway, fast forward to now. . . i take the head off and it has never been resurfaced and has a few replaced valves (that i can tell) sooo, they took the head off and then didnt resurface it . top that off with the fact that they had no regard for proper tq values on the head bolts (i had to use an 18" breaker bar on 2 of the 8 bolts )

People always do that to Nissan's, they have no love for them. Thats where I come in and start running s*** the right way!

Where did you get the distributor gasket from? I can not find it at the local part store.

dogred wrote:Where did you get the distributor gasket from? I can not find it at the local part store.

I can order it through work, ill let you know a price later today

well it looks like all the valve guides and seals were wore out on the head so it has to be completely rebuilt :-( $270 bucks sigh.

2kredz3 wrote:
I can order it through work, ill let you know a price later today

it only comes in the head gasket kit from world pac.

soooo, yeah a couple more things i found.

1.) missing 3 bolts from front timing cover (causing leaks everywhere )

2.) no gasket on the distributor at all (causing leaks. . .everywhere )

no freaking wonder i was "using" a quart of oil every 1500mi.

the head shop said that the head was leaking so bad that it was loosing around 10 psi per second on the pressure test thing. they should have it all done for me tomorrow, i dont guess i will have time to get it installed until this weekend since i am in the middle of moving to another town that is like 80 mi away but its for a good reason, my wife got a new job and we need to be closer to her work (think 2 accidents and 4 tickets in the last 2 years and she wasnt even driving everyday)

cant wait to get the head back, i am sure the truck is going to run totally different now.

got the head back!



they did a great job at eagle machine and the turn around was fast as you can tell.

that looks yummy...

you should port and polish it before you throw it back on

PEZi720 wrote:that looks yummy...

you should port and polish it before you throw it back on

I thought about it, but i am running out of time and money for this little project. I just dropped the whole front diff in an attempt to get the oil pan out. . .tomorrow i will try and lift the motor, i must stop the oil leaks!!!!!!

How much do you want for the Carb?

Yeah redz lets get an update.