SW20 servicing?

[RS13]

Hello.. I'm almost definitely getting a particular non-turbo SW20 once I've sold the cef.. and it has done 110,000kms, yet to have the 100km service. I'm going to do the cambelt, other belts, waterpump etc.. do I really need to drop the motor to do this? Or is it possible to squeeze in there to do it?

And it may also need a clutch; (bear with me, I've never owned an MR car!) Do I have to drop the whole shebang out, or can I just crack the box out? If its' a huge job, how long would it take? Just trying to get an idea of what its' gonna cost me all up with kit + labour..

Cheers fellas!

[AJz]

how many bloody cars do you have boy!!!

trying to sell GTST (or you may have sold it)

now have Cefiro

want mr2, lol

[RS13]

What can I say, I get paid too much! lol.

GTSt has gone, finally.. selling cef.. trying to get down to one car is hard! I've always liked SW20s, but my better half hates them, so I thought I'd get one anyways. I wanted a turbo'd MR2! But I'm aiming to be a poor student soonish, just trying to get into my groove with something I like, rather than something "practical with 4-doors"!

And yeah, the SW20 will be number 40..

Going by manufacturer..

1981 KP60 Starlet
1981 KP60 Starlet
1981 KP60 Starlet
1982 KP60 Starlet
1983 KP60 Starlet (can you see a trend here?)
1980 KE70 DX Corolla
1981 KE70 GL Corolla
1980 KE70 GL Liftback Corolla
1984 KE72 Corolla wagon
1980 AE70 Toyota Corolla
1984 AE82 Corolla GL
1980 TE71 Levin
1983 TE71 Sprinter GT
1981 EB Honda Civic
1985 Honda Civic S
1989 EF Honda Civic
1985 E-AV Honda Integra
1986 Honda Shuttle
1991 DA5 Acura Integra
1983 Nissan SSS Pulsar
1985 Nissan Pulsar
1984 Nissan Langley GT
1984 Nissan Sunny
1990 RS13 200sx
1990 Nissan Cefiro (current)
1991 Nissan Skyline GTS
1992 Nissan Skyline GTSt
1978 Mk2 Ford Escort
1982 Ford Laser
1985 Ford Laser (carb)
1985 Ford Laser (efi)
197? Mazda 808 s/w
1984 Mazda 323
1985 Mazda 323 s/w
1987 Mazda Familiar BFMR (4wd turbo sedan)
1983 Mitsubishi Galant
1984 Mitsubishi Cordia
1984 Mitsubishi GSR Sigma
198* Lada s/w (which never actually went, lol!)

And there you have it.

[Al]

When I had my motor dropped out for cambelt/waterpump/clutch/turbo/downpipe/gearbox oil/fitting electronic boost controller, it was 16 hours all up. That including the mechanic breaking 3 of the turbo exhaust studs and having to remove them plus making a bracket for the downpipe. 16 hours @ $45/h

You dont need to drop the motor to change the cambelt or the clutch.

[RS13]

Oh really? So I can just drop the suspension on the gearbox side, drop the driveshaft and get the gearbox out by itself? Thats awesome!

[Adamal]

I dropped the motor out to do clutch and cambelt, but did a few other things too like rear main seal, cam seals crank seal, rocker cover gasket, tensioner and the tensioner roller.

There might be a few funny angles to get to some gearbox bolts if you leave it in, but its do-able. And the cambelt can be done with it in, you have to undo the left and right engine mounts and lever it a bit. Still a tight squeeze though.

If you're going to be doing the clutch and cambelt, then I'd recommend all those other things I mentioned as well.
The water pump is something else I'd add to that list. I was going to do mine, but when we dropped it out, we found it was near new and left it.

My advice: If you've got mechanic mates who can give you a good price on labour, drop the engine out and do all that stuff. Will make working on the motor so much easier.