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Sale? Your selling the car after all that work?
yeah, its long gone now, been living in canada for half a year now. gonna buy another one when i come back for sure though.
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tools for extracting snapped studs
dirty turbo out
gasket not in good shape
work began extracting the snapped studs, first a bit of cleanup...
pilot hole drilled. try to be as centered as possible so the larger drill bit doesnt damage threads
drill out large hole and use extractor and in my case vice grips to slowly get that sucker out of there.
example of large hole drilled in cylinder 2 stud
turbo cleaning
some replacement gaskets
with all snapped studs removed, everything cleaned up, it was time to put new studs in.
at this point I noticed just how filthy the cam covers were. decided might as well take em off and clean them up. ended up getting some new seals here.
a bit of wire brushing cleans them up nice
new vs. old
going back together
hot side rebuilt and looking a lot better. car felt a lot better driving too now that we were putting all the exhaust into the turbo instead of everywhere else!
as it sat for a bit. started taking pictures for the sale. sad times
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at this point the meat of the manual conversion was done, and it was a whole lot of fun to drive! The suspension felt good and solid and the gearbox ended up being in gud shape.
around this time was when my gf and I decided to go traveling. So we moved flats again to live with more people, start saving up money for our trip. The car still needed to be certed, and I wanted to give the engine a bit of attention, as it looked like it needed.
During the whole manual conversion, I noticed a few of the exhaust studs were missing... thus the purchase of a new set
so the hot side cleanup project began at the new place...
as you can see, cylinder one has nothing!
cylinder 1
2
3
4
5
6
cylinder 1 and 6 were not looking awesome.
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so with the gearbox installed, it was just a few details that needed sorting out...
first on the list was the gear shifter bush. got an item from a guy that claimed it was a GTR piece...
didnt quite fit.
ended up buying this item as well as some others from Nissan. got the bush, also gut a new set of exhaust studs and a new shift boot.
looking good with new boot on
so for the center console, I went ahead and got a template made in AutoCAD, with a few iterations, it was looking like a good fit.
I wanted to use some plexyglass that I can heat up and mold. Made a mold of sorts based on the autocad cutout...
this is one of the many attempts to perfect the piece.
I played with that idea for a while longer but ended up abandoning the plan for an easier option. buying an item off ebay.
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installed the clutch pedal... a much better look
hole for the manual shifter
putting it all together
clutch completed with a new braided stainless steel line.
time for the fun part!
got to the point where it was almost in, the last centimeter took about 99% of the time trying to line it up perfect so it fit.
first signs of tranny from inside
almost there!
done!
manual gearbox is in! to be done still is connecting 4wd oil line, drain and change oil, connect clutch bits, connect electrical bits, few other bits and pieces.
electrical diagram found in another thread on here. Thanks!
luckily had a few plugs from another nissan engine that fit the ones coming from the gearbox perfectly so it was a clean set up.
so much manual!
chopped the front portion of center console. was gonna make a custom piece for the rest and join them up and maybe make a fibreglass piece...
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now that the auto was out, it was time to get the manual in! couldnt wait
best way to move big transmissions - with a rug.
some of the oil lines that came out with the auto.
one of the more annoying parts of removing auto bits - the auto spigot bush.
was gonna use the popular grease technique, but that didnt work
ended up removing it with a drill and hammer.
getting the new manual bush in was a lot easier
got me a manual pedal. getting there
a few more goodies for the conversion...
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Last time I measured the 34 console the side wall was roughly 20mm taller and wouldn't match up. Could have easily cut it down to size though
with a bit of trimming, it fits real nice. the screw holes in the back line up with the auto bracket nicely.
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So since I was on a roll with the whole pulling gearboxes thing, I went ahead and removed the civics gearbox as well. I bought it with just about zero clutch, which made for interesting driving... easy replacement though and a brand new clutch will see this little civic getting a lot of abuse.
the guy selling it kept trying to convince me it was thai silk, but everyone knew it was pink. didnt give a flying yak for a few hundred dollar daily.
great thing about this gearbox is how light it is. no hassles getting it on and off the car
civics are great for a cheap daily to bash on, and mine always meet their demise eventually. dont have any photos of the abuse this one got before I dropped it off at the wreckers, but I still got some pics of the civic I had at uni...
it did still go.
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Did you get a new part from Nissan? What was it worth? Did you get the front bit as well (for when you go manual!)?
are you referring to the centre console? that was bought used from an r34. the front bit I attempted to fabricate myself first, but then ended up buying one off ebay. ended up being much easier.
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started with the easy bits first... buying a master for the clutch
and began the process of installation
with the master cylinder in, it felt like a good start
then it was time to rip out everything automatic!
exhaust came off too
I decided to go ahead and do this conversion by myself, in my garage, with the basic tools I had. It went ok.
and here is the big ass auto out
and this is whats left
what you see lurking there in the background is my new daily seeing as how the wagon has no drivetrain.
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at this point things got a bit more serious!
got a great deal on a gearbox from a guy that happend to be building a stagea as well. hope to see it on the road one day if I m ever back in town.
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as you can see below, the hand operated park brake was a bit ill fitting so a new set up was in order...
some bits were ordered for the conversion
made some room to work with..
end result
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Wow how much did those lower ball joint cost you?
the lca s and the tie rod ends I found online for around 600
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having a handbrake was nice. while waiting on more parts to finish off the center console, I managed to sell my bike... instantly regretted it haha. decision was made to really dig into the wagon...
the bike color is the same as the prelude... had half the paints left over from the respray and decided to use it on the bike. color code is 38R, graphite metallic. really love the color
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just for fun, an engine bay shot
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so at this point, the original plan of wheels and coilovers isnt doing too well...
next on the to do list was a small project of replacing the foot hand brake with a hand one!
got the hardware
got the car ready
leftovers
handbrake bracket
spotwelds drilled out
and this is the piece we are interested in
clean up the area of interest a bit... the bracket was removed.
check fitment
get your welder to it
and its done
next challenge...
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Have to be happy with that garage.
Are you going to push the front wheels out more to match the rear? Or using them as your camber adjustment? Looks like fun man.
yeah that garage was pretty fun! I just used the LCAs to adjust the camber. Was going to get adjustable UCAs to push them out but never got around to it.
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cant say quantitatively, but sure felt like there was more lock.
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sometime after the wof, I ended up moving flats. Got our own place with a good size garage!
now with a new garage, it was a good time to work on the suspension. after gathering all the necessary bits and pieces, the work began
...and then photobucket shat itself. rest of pictures will come eventually
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eventually it came time for the first WOF. Nothing too major, and nothing too unexpected. CV boots needed replacing, and some ball joints needed replacement. This is when i found how hard some of the parts are to find for the stagea. At the same time some parts are piss easy too because of Interchangeability.
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Not too much stuff was done to the car for a while. I was pretty happy just driving it around and I was also pretty busy with my project bike at the time.
had some interesting plans I wanted to try with the bike so that took a good bit of time
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Looking good man! Get some pics of the installed locations up
unfortunately this is the only shot i got of it actually on the car. you can see it on the bottom right of the licence plate.
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One day driving back home from a trip down south, the water pump/alternator belt exploded and left us on the side of the road late Sunday afternoon. With the nearest town 10 minutes away, we were still out of luck as everything would be well shut by then. We did have a bed strapped to the roof so at least if we had to sleep there it would have been comfortable! Long story short, we got super lucky, got a tow into town from some nice old fella right to the shop, where we were again super lucky as the mechanic was just coming back into town from a trip. He popped in, put a new belt on the wagon and we were on our way again. Big thanks to that mechanic in Taehape. The resulting damage was only a cracked radiator. A new aluminium unit was purchased. Also a new transmission cooler was required as the original was part of the radiator. A neat little SAAB unit was found on trade me and with the radiator and oil cooler, the replacement began. No pictures unfortunately, as it was a job that had to be done quickly and I ended up having to do it in the middle of the night, in the rain.
the oil cooler I ended up getting was a used piece from a SAAB. mean little cooler, fit perfect and did the job.
after the radiator got replaced, nothing new was done for a while. Everything was working and I was pretty happy with the car.
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so one issue that the car had is a mean misfire under load. As with most RBs, it can be traced down to the coils. So I decided to give it a go at fixing mine up...
Cleaned the coils up. A few hairline cracks, some hot spots that look like they were getting pretty brittle. I got some insulation spray and gave them about a million coats.
Misfire problem solved.
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I really didnt get to play much with the interior of the last one i had, so will try some different things there, and I also a new engine outside of the RB series.