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Other than the 260z I had once upon a time I’m not familiar with Nissans. I was always under the impression they were expensive to work on. Anything to keep in mind with them or a year that was their best year?
Other than the 260z I had once upon a time I’m not familiar with Nissans. I was always under the impression they were expensive to work on. Anything to keep in mind with them or a year that was their best year?
Sounds good to me. Overkill is better than an accident. I’m always nervous crawling under a car wondering if just maybe I didn’t get itsecured enough…especially when you’re not working on a concrete floor with the best equipment.
Sounds good to me. Overkill is better than an accident. I’m always nervous crawling under a car wondering if just maybe I didn’t get itsecured enough…especially when you’re not working on a concrete floor with the best equipment.
They come out with whistles and bells, some of it good but a whole lot of it expensive, undependable and absurd. I’ve been thinking about it for quite a while now and I can see where GM is really missing the boat. My parents bought a Cadillac because, for their generation, that was a symbol of “you have arrived”. But they’re so damned old they can barely work a push-button phone. They’re always locking themselves out of it; they can’t figure out the key remote; they go through the roof when they have to pay service bills in the thousands for some Star Trek technology system that does little of nothing; and the car in undependable. It’s in the shop every other month.
If GM wants to sell a Cadillac and compete, forget copying Lexus. Make a big old boat with flashy fins, lots of chrome, lots of leather, and big, readable analogue everything! Something Elvis would drive through Graceland. Hell, I would want one. If it wasn’t for the emblem on front I couldn’t tell their Caddy from a Buick.
But I guess that’s off topic. Technology is going to come regardless. The Geek Squad is going to replace the village mechanic. A tough economy is keeping him busy with older cars for a time but that time is fading. Moving parts will be replaced by circuits and silicone. Its a brave new world and the Borg rule the future. Resistance is futile…lolThey come out with whistles and bells, some of it good but a whole lot of it expensive, undependable and absurd. I’ve been thinking about it for quite a while now and I can see where GM is really missing the boat. My parents bought a Cadillac because, for their generation, that was a symbol of “you have arrived”. But they’re so damned old they can barely work a push-button phone. They’re always locking themselves out of it; they can’t figure out the key remote; they go through the roof when they have to pay service bills in the thousands for some Star Trek technology system that does little of nothing; and the car in undependable. It’s in the shop every other month.
If GM wants to sell a Cadillac and compete, forget copying Lexus. Make a big old boat with flashy fins, lots of chrome, lots of leather, and big, readable analogue everything! Something Elvis would drive through Graceland. Hell, I would want one. If it wasn’t for the emblem on front I couldn’t tell their Caddy from a Buick.
But I guess that’s off topic. Technology is going to come regardless. The Geek Squad is going to replace the village mechanic. A tough economy is keeping him busy with older cars for a time but that time is fading. Moving parts will be replaced by circuits and silicone. Its a brave new world and the Borg rule the future. Resistance is futile…lolYes…I also took the motor mounts off the frame so I didn’t have to fight them while pulling the engine. I’ve read that makes life a lot easier….it did.
Yes…I also took the motor mounts off the frame so I didn’t have to fight them while pulling the engine. I’ve read that makes life a lot easier….it did.
I just did this to a 98 S10! (my first time too) There’s a thin inspection plate on the face of the tranny that won’t let the two come apart until you take it off. Its easy. Just a few small bolts…but the edge of the flywheel hangs on it.
I just did this to a 98 S10! (my first time too) There’s a thin inspection plate on the face of the tranny that won’t let the two come apart until you take it off. Its easy. Just a few small bolts…but the edge of the flywheel hangs on it.
What nefarious deeds are going on behind that premium membership anyway? The paranoid poor want to know…the 100 mpg carburator? Illuminati initiations? I’m ready to drink the koolade.
What nefarious deeds are going on behind that premium membership anyway? The paranoid poor want to know…the 100 mpg carburator? Illuminati initiations? I’m ready to drink the koolade.
Hhhmmm, …a comment. And no suggested topic. This is going to be tough.
Uh, I admire the way you fearlessly crawl under those rusted out cars and take them apart. The road salt up there must make that process a nightmare.
I also noticed you had the hood up on that Sonoma. I have high hopes for videos of that project. I have my own disassembled and feel like a monkey staring at the Space Odessy Monolith. …..Stay Dirty.