Huzzah!!!

It's done, and my car still run, amazingly. My first successful major
repair. Last night around midnight, I was looking at the car with it's
old timing belt still on thinking... "Mmm hmmm...." and next think you
know, it's 6:30am and I'm pulling off the jack stands. It started up
like a charm after I put everything back on. I put in 6 new plugs,
which seems to have helped. I've never heard this car sound so good!
I'm very pleased with the whole proceedure, and I think I could do it
again in less than 1/2 the time.

Thanks for all the patient help everyone.

Those tb covers were rediculous. I found it MUCH easier after I
unscrewed the mount for the air conditioning hose (or pipe?). It only
moved over about 1/2 inch, but it was enough to make getting that top
cover in and out pretty easy. Putting in all those screws on the
covers though...sheesh.

I prayed for a good while before I started her up for the first time.
I tripple checked everything, so I wasn't too worried, but it was
definately a relief when things went well.

I did find that in the process, I developed a crack in my coolant
overflow tank. So, coolant is still leaking! haha. I found a salvage
yard that has one for me, and in the mean time, I'll stick some shoe
goo on there to hold it in. Easy fix, either way.

Feels nice to have the max back. And I'm no longer afraid or larger
repairs. Good times.

"mdg" <gerter (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Congrats, I know the feeling. While I've torn into the complex regions
of my RX-7 engine bay, I've been much more pedestrian in the daily driver
cars. (The RX-7 sessions turn hours into days into weeks on jackstands...).
I did the gf's 01 Eclipse timing belt this fall - and in spite of intense
scrutiny "you didn't break anything, did you?", "everything going ok?", and
"am I going to need a ride to work on Monday?", I got it done in about 6
hours with plenty of breaks. It's good to know that when I plan and
execute, the job gets done well.

Dave

mdg wrote:

CD

mdg wrote:

Cool.


Hope you used NGK's
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Steve

http://www.atlantaracing.com

Steve T wrote:
Actually, now that you say that, I'm not sure what I used. The guy at
the local Autozone is a Nissan nut and has been helping me with small
questions. He picked out the plugs.

Chances are, they weren't NGK's. Why should I be using them?

Matt

Matt G wrote:

I hope he didn't sell you Bosch platinums.

Because they are the only plugs that work right in Nissans.
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Steve

http://www.atlantaracing.com

...Why should I be using them? Mat
They just work, even over 5kmiles. (Sadly, when they wont, NGK warranty & service is a bad dream). Platinum is advertized to last 60k
Bosch plugs are known to commit group suicide, leave u stranded on the hiway... commonly they start to sputter from day 2

About the t-belt: squared teth belt on squared sprockets. Stealerships dont know the difference, they may install round belt on squared = noisy. Squared: Gates5146 41133x

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Hey everyone. I finally got some pictures up. I didn't take many of
the finished product, but these might help someone who doesn't know
what they're looking for. I sure didn't before I started.

http://old.themdg.org/gallery2/main....&g2_itemId=993

Matt

Outstanding pics. Thanks Matt. I am about to tackle is on my 91 if it
would ever get a bit warmer.

Derek