The restoration begins, and the list grows longer - my first Infiniti

[elwesso]

Hmm interesting about the gasket.. I did everything right... Alas, sorry about that...

Well it looks like i get to do the guides again... YAY!

[ceningolmo]

I wanted to make sure you knew the oil drip was not your fault. And, the transmission drip was not really your fault either. Besides, I was able to get both problems without much effort or expenditure.

Now, the chain guides... I told my wife that you may start searching for the quit life button when I broke the news to you. I know how excited you must be about the possibility of tearing in to my car again! Sorry man.

I guess we should start looking to make arrangement for a second attempt. Please advise your convenience, sir.

[elwesso]

Naw man, but this time you dont get to leave..... You get to stick around for this one..... now that I know what im dealing with i can do it much faster..

Looks next weekend... weekend of the 4th.. id like to do it this weekend and rid myself of it but i got the meet this weekend.

[ceningolmo]

I will have to see what I can do about getting away from work on that weekend. Since I work retail, getting a Saturday off is a little tough. Especially when I am the boss and I don't let anyone else take a Saturday off.

I will check the schedule when i get to work tomorrow. I will let you know what I find out.

Would you feel confident trying to tackle this on a Sunday? I know that doesn't leave much room for error if there are problems. But, I know I have that Sunday off of work.

Just let me know what you think. I will bring my ramps with me... save you all the death defying jack work you were doing!

[elwesso]

I have ramps i was just too lazy to bust them out...

If I ever want to work at a golf galaxy ill remember not to work for yours... no saturdays...

Let me know what works

[Rex]

Great to hear you local Infiniti dealer is helpful. Most are but you hear the occassional horror stories.

Good atrt to a long "healthy" dealer/car owner relationship.

[ceningolmo]

Wes,

Looks like I won't be able to get that Saturday off... but, I am available on Sunday. I know that gives you a little less time than you probably would prefer. But, since this is your second time tackling the project I am sure you will be quicker!

I am assuming that another case of oil would come in handy during the project. Is there anything else that I could bring this time that would have come in handy last time? Any tools that would be needed? Any extra bolts, washers, or assorted hardware?

I am also planning to order my new fuel pump sometime this week. I would like to try to tackle that soon as well. I think I will start a new thread about that.... I want to make sure I order all of the parts I need.

I think I am going to order a new injector in the next week or two as well... and, I think I will just order the under plenum hose kit at the same time. I figue it would probably be better to just take care of all that stuff at once.... though, I am not sure how long that project will take. I will probably start a seperate thread for that as well.

[elwesso]

Ross no problem. we'll work it out sometime... I think we could do it....

I think since hte oil is so new we may try and skip that, or maybe drain the oil and then replace it, i hate to see all that brand new oil go to waste... lets do that, lets drain it and then put it back in. Seems realyl silly to do that.....