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Had my major service last Monday, car has a lot more response and runs heaps smoother now. The plugs must have been stuffed before. And my squeeking on cold starts is no more (perished fan belt and one other belt I forgot).

Me and dad still need to refabricate the radiator hose fitting because it's a bit corroded then we can flush the radiator.

Good luck for yours guys. :blink:

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I don't need to work on my car, but I am happy to come down and swing some spanners. I have done a couple of Neo and non Neo RB's so I have half an idea. I can also bring my box along if we need tools.

I'm bringing my tools in from work, but we cant have too many tools. Well its possible, but I'd rather have too many then not enough.

The more people helping, the more we can shift the blame when something goes wrong...

lmao, so true... k whoever is bringin tools bring em... whoever need the service done, speak... i would edit the first post on whos getting it done... but seeing as sau is pissing around, i cant... so i guess we will just have to update daily... how many ya reckon we can get done in a day??

LOL you dodgy prick!

haha i'll be one of the first to get it done but bloody hell i don't want NOTHING to be stuffed up...

hey Rhys, ask your boss at work how to change a fan belt and picture doing it to my car... everything will then be a-okay

im taking a trip to nissan tomorrow to see what price they will do, waiting on my friend to get back to me also... getting a quote from jap parts WA also... so should know by tomorrow or the next day

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For a timing belt service I would personally recommend

timing belt

Idler and tensioner pulleys

all 3 front belts

coolant

engine oil

spark plugs

Options would be

Trans oil

diff oil

water pump.

Now, the coolant is a must, because you can't get the harmonic balancer off without pulling the radiator out (well, it may be possible, but it certainly wouldn't be adviseable) The water pump is a bit of a personal choice. The pump is actually behind the timing belt, so it makes sense to do it at the same time, HOWEVER they are actually pretty hardy units and I have seen quite a few pumps do 200 000kms without a drama. The last belt I did we yanked the pump, and the owner was a bit cut to see the one that came off was still like new inside, but as we had the new one there we put it on anyway.

CRD (damn, wish they had a spotters fee :D ) do a gates kit that includes the timing belt, both pulleys and crank and cam seals which I have used to good effect a couple of times, so that would be my recommendation. Plugs, oil and the like are very much a personal choice thing so I will leave that up to the owners.

Only special tool required is a proper harmonic balancer puller, and I would suggest that EVERYONE (especially Neo owners) check the threaded holes in their balancer before the event and make sure you can get a bolt into them before the big day. Non neo's should be OK because you can use the top bolts out of the timing cover, but in Neo's the bolts are too short so you will need to find some that fit, and are at least 2" long with as much shft thread as possible.

Um, thats about all I can think of now, any questions?

Andrew, piece of piss mate! Come into work, you should be able to get them for trade from my work cos they know you as my mate.

Does anyone have any baby baths we can borrow? They are fantastic for catching coolant. We'll need some sealed containers so I can take it all into work and dispose of properly. If anyone has this stuff, I'd appreciate it if we can borrow it.

Otherwise, spark plugs, coolant, oil, oil filters, belts, timing belts, idlers, all that stuff can be bought from Repco. Thats where we get it from work.

Ive got a couple of oil trays and plastic cut out bottle thingos that will slide under a car to catch fluid easily.

Might be able to source a few 5 litre dish washing liquid bottles from work and maybe a few frying oil tins that we can wack old fluid in to be disposed off.

Im fine with helping on anything but timing belt, as i really dont want to stuff anyones car up on that one as ive never done it before... all the rest ive done before and can help with.

So whats the date on this thing? How about 21st of June (Saturday)? Also note that autosalon is July 26th... but we should have this all done by then. So we can get things organised... Remember we have to try and avoid a day with RAIN....

So late post poning of the event may occur, as weather predictions arent really reliable until at least a few days before hand.

Would also be a good idea to get a registered list of who is getting work done on their cars. As well as who is coming just to give a hand.

The number of jacks/stands would also be handy information to know. But most of the work you wont need one. And with the oil tray i got, u can easily slip it under the car without having to jack the car up to let out the oil.

However, as for pumping in gearbox oil/diff oil (Ive got a little hand pump which i can bring along),,, it may be alot easier to have a few jacks on hand. Especially those with kits on their cars.

Hopefully it will be a load of fun and good experience in regards to learning a few things.

Brendan, thats perfect mate. I have 1 oil tray, but thats it. And any jacks and stands would be fantasic. 21st? Sounds good to me! We have a 3 car garage, completely under cover, so rain isnt a problem. Just keep the cars that we arent working on outside, and then we can work on 3 cars at a time and remain dry. And that hand pump... can I have that for work? Lol. That sounds perfect! :)

ok im happy with the 21st... everyone else good with that too... can we please organize a list of people getting service done, and ppl attending to help... also...

Who needs to buy the parts?

If you already have them, please inform where from and how much!!

I will inform tomoorow how much mine will cost!

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