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Anyone out there with a RB Engine or SR Engine who wants thier oil or spark plugs changed and doesnt have the time to do it yourself?

I can do it for you, and if you dont live too far from the Adelaide CBD i'll come to you and help you out.

Oil Change - $30 labour - should be changed every 6000kms if you have a turbo

- Recommend Shell Helix Ultra

Spark Plugs - $30 labour - should be changed every 8000kms

- Recommend NGK Coopers 7 Series(Colder - Handles extra boost better) 0.8mm

Coolant flush - $30 labour - should be changed once a year if your picky

- Recommend Honda, Subaru coolant that you can buy from dealers

but I'd rather use red line water wetter mixed with distilled water. I can get this for you too from the store but you could probably get it cheaper if you did your research.

You can provide all the stuff, I'll just put it in for you.

But i can go down to sprint or motor traders to get it for you if your that lazy.

PM me if interested.

Will

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No catch, I just like working on these cars and that small pocket money allows me to save for my crash repairer bill.

:O

Gear box oil will be difficult without access to a pit or hoist, as normally the drain and top up screws are done up by some sumo in japan with a fetish of doing up screws tight, so u need quite some leverage space to get those bastards out.

Will

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I can now do your diff oil onsite providing your car isnt too low and I can sqeeze under thier.

No one interested yet? Is everyone paying garages to do this? Why not get it done cheaper and onsite!

I prefer skylines, cause those sr20 oil filters are a bitch to take off.

Nozila Grand Master

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do you think that you can give me a hand with removing an oil filter from a sr20. Ive tried many wrenches with no luck, the dam oil filter itself is too small and confined. But i did replace it once before just cant now for some reason.

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noz you need to jackup the car then if you take out the speedo cable at the rear of the gearbox on a SR it will drain the fuild then undo the nut on the side of the gearbox and run a hose into the hole get out from under the car a pour a bottle of g/d fuild in presto instant g/b oil change no need for pit

Nozila Grand Master

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that sounds pretty straight forward. i'd follow these step when changing the g/b fluid. But what i need help with though is removing the oil filter. When i last changed it, i think i placed one which does not allow me to have enough leverage to twist the filter off and ive tried all tyres of oil filter wrenches with no success. Ive seen another type, non clamping and twisitng anti-closewise model, where you just place it over the filter and tighten a screw then twist. The only one with this is that the handle you use to twist seems to be too long to have enough clearance to undo the filter. any suggestions.

Cubes Grand Master

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I like the good ol Copper v-groove sparky's (BCPR6E for .8mm gap).

Motor traders are the cheapest.

They don't appear to foul as easy when running the car a little rich.

In the past I've had one set in as long as 25,000km's running 1-1.1bar without missing a beat. I pulled them out and they still looked perfect. Threw new ones in and didn't notice any difference. :(

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Hey Nozila,

I have a tool with mods that I can do it with. I've changed it around 5 times in my life time with hands only all where bitches, but using this thing made it a little easier, but its still a bitch.

I surely can do it. Get into contact with me.

Will

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