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Postby touge rolla » Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:20 pm

I have discovered the absolute pinnacle of PITA.
A Z32 VG30DETT.
What weirdo came up with how they would fit everything in that engine bay? Why is everything so difficult on them? why? why? why? To get to one part you need to move another, but to do that you need to move something else, and to do that the front bumper (or similar) has to come off. GRRRRRRRRRR
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Postby mr30%jr » Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:33 pm

ummm most 80s+ toyotas ? ever worked on a st1XX gtfour?
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Postby Mr.Phreak » Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:42 pm

:lol: If you'd asked, there's quite a few of us who could've warned you to run far far away from a TT 300ZX
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Postby touge rolla » Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:43 pm

I have, trust me nowhere near as bad. Not even close.
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Postby Mr Revhead » Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:02 pm

nissan are good at that!
even a simple thing like the oil filter on a TD27 is an effort :x
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Postby rollaholic » Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:27 pm

with the exception of very new, large displacement audis and similar i dont think i've seen an engine bay as packed as a 300ZX TT. even then its a close thing - i feel your pain.

i recall having to take intercooler piping or some such off to change headlight bulbs!
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Postby flygt4 » Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:47 pm

yep all the wiring gets heat damaged on those due to how close everything is.

i hope it isnt your personally? a little research goes a long way when buying a car :wink:
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Postby avinesh » Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:08 pm

rollaholic wrote:with the exception of very new, large displacement audis and similar i dont think i've seen an engine bay as packed as a 300ZX TT. even then its a close thing - i feel your pain.

i recall having to take intercooler piping or some such off to change headlight bulbs!


have u looked under the hood of a mitsubishi gto twin turbo just as bad i think
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Postby rollaholic » Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:18 pm

its been a while, i did a clutch on one a few years back now that was interesting.
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Postby touge rolla » Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:45 pm

nah it's my GF's :lol:
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Postby CAMB01 » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:02 pm

avinesh wrote:have u looked under the hood of a mitsubishi gto twin turbo just as bad i think


No no no there easy, even pull the turbos off easily.

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Postby Quirky » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:28 pm

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Does look pretty cramped in there
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Postby touge rolla » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:30 pm

yeah, even that hose between ic pipe and tb is a biatch
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Postby Lloyd » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:51 pm

mr30%jr wrote:ummm most 80s+ toyotas ? ever worked on a st1XX gtfour?


Toyotas are easy, and GT4s aren't really that bad to work on all things considered. Try Audis with W8s and things like that, they make ZXs look like a picnic.

And Revhead, harden up :lol: Just pull the rubber panel off inside by the wheel and its easy as
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Postby RAZA » Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:38 am

I recall a thoroughly miserable few days spent stripping down a mates non turbo 300zx trying to get at a burst water pipe - it was a pig too. I can only imagine the TT ones being a whole lot worse...

On the subject of difficult to work on nissan's, has anyone ever tried to get an oil filter off a gtir pulsar?
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Postby Truenotch » Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:27 pm

Just wait untill you go to re-start it after working it and the intake manifolds fill up with water for no reason!!!!
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Postby Mr Revhead » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:35 pm

HRT wrote:And Revhead, harden up :lol: Just pull the rubber panel off inside by the wheel and its easy as


us MEN with MAN sized hands dont fit in there so good!
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