Workshop manual help for a Bluebird T72 and/or CA16S engine

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Cosmic73
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Car: 1990 Nissan Bluebird

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Hello all. I'm 53, from Newcastle (UK) but living in Leamington and recently bought a project H reg, Bluebird 1.6lx. T12/T72 code.
I've rebuilt the engines and owned many project cars over the years including a pulsar Gtir and 350z.
Aged 19 I worked at the Nissan car plant in Washington building micra and primera engines and used to own a gorgeous H reg Bluebird, 1.6lx in Metallic silver that I loved.
I've been on the lookout for a similar car for the last 20 years but never found one. Anyway, a week ago my wife spotted one in a drive literally round the corner from where we live. I couldn't believe my eyes when I realised it's the exactly like my car , even down to the H reg. I spoke with the owner who said it hadn't run since COVID due to an issue and they were willing to sell. A deal was done and I'm now the proud owner.

My first job is to strip down the engine but I'm struggling to find the workshop manual. Anyone have a pdf copy they could share please?


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Welcome aboard!

I'm not certain we have the FSM for that car, but I'll do some searching. Considering it's a '90 model, there's likely some overlap to a common chassis (such as an N14 Pulsar or B13 Sentra).

Cosmic73
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Car: 1990 Nissan Bluebird

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Thanks, much appreciated


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