Hints On How To Remove M35 Turbo

[lukifer]

Hey all replacing my standard turbo with a ss2 hi flow and was wondering about and words of the wise on help with removing it as room is tight and even removing the dump is a struggle lol

[Brick]

Buy a case of beer, sit back and pay someone else to do it. You wont regret it haha

[Daleo]

Be very patient, take your time, have plenty of WD40 or CRC for all threads.|
Anti-seize everything when you put it back together, and make sure the oil feed line is tight BEFORE you get everything back in.

Do you have access to a hoist?

[Daleo]

Oh,




Bandaids.

































Farking LOTS of bandaids.

[Commsman]

Apart from the truth posted above, the following will be helpful / necessary.

• patience
• breaker bar with an assortment of extension bars & two uni joints (to get to top nut of dump pipe).
• drop exhaust then 4 bolts on g'box cross member. This will lower back of engine enough to get to bolts that would otherwise look impossible.
• you'll need a big arse spanner for the EGO sensor. I can't remember the size atm, but mine got so rounded I bought every variation I could before getting it out, & for me this was close to being the end of the project the first time.
• May need a 'special' tool to remove a heat shield fastener or two. A cut down socket welded to a piece of flat steel bar did the trick for me. (I can post you mine if you want)
• Also consider sticking heat shield to the body while everything is out.

Hoist would be nice but I've done it (twice) just on ramps & axle stands. My son even wrote a DIY for a school project. I should try & track it down, lol.

[DaveM35]

^ best advices!

A uni socket is very helpful with everything, o2 sensor on dump is 22mm but you may have to try a shortish shifter and pray it doesn't round if you can't get the 22 spanner to squeeze in.

Swivel head 3/8 ratchet and swivel ratchet spanners also make it easier if you can borrow some off someone

Edited June 14, 2014 by DaveM35

[Commsman]

Those ^ ratchet spanners would have been very helpful. I should have mentioned my tool chest was full of spanners fashioned from tree branches & spotted tree frog legs. If my car had been put together 'finger tight' I'd have been sweet.

I guess my point is, you don't need heaps of tools, or even top notch ones, to get the job done. (but it does help)

[lukifer]

awesome i have access to great tools and i have a engine hoists and axle stands and the rest and hopefully my father has seen my struggle and he is looking at going halves with me in a scissor lift hoist in the next few weeks so i am thankfull that he has a love of cars also. It is times like this i wish it was a RB and Commsman if you found the diy would be fantastic, thank you for your help guys as always this community is helpfull and not scared to share info

[Tommy Kaira RL]

Here is a link when I did mine with plenty of pictures

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/352166-m35-engine-and-turbo-out/page-2?hl=m35+turbo#entry5679967

[lukifer]

Thank you tommy i must have missed your thread in my searching a oldie but a invaluble goodie

[XRATED]

... or a BIG hammer.