1991 300zx Timing Belt Replacement Part 3

[@kromlidisp]

Only just viewed your 1991 video. Excellent, the best explanation because of your detail, confidence and length. Thank you very much from Melbourne Australia Peter.

[@oscarGonzales7491]

thanks

[@zeljkojovanovic882]

Again thank you sooo much for this videos I have no Words to deskribe how helpful tis is .I will start this Projekt as soon I have the Parts .

[@stacydavid1896]

Thanks for the great video. Really helped with my frustration factor. This project car for my 18 year old daughter has been an adventure in eastern car tech. It all started with a water pump leak Back out to the garage for me tonight. Thanks again

[@brifixit1962]

Thank Max. This helped me a lot in changing my cambelt. 1990 Nissan 300zxtt.

[@tonyVG30DETT]

Awsome . Im in the process of changing my accessory belts in my 90 TT this has helped. Thanks.

[@Brian-le7wb]

One thing that grated on my nerves as i did my belt change was that he skipped on how to orient the thermostat when installing it. Theres a weep hole on a radial of the thermostat. I saw a video that said put it at 12 o'clock to let air eacape and someone else said to put it at 6 o'clock to let the coolant get through. Not sure which is right but i put mine at 12 o'clock. After a mistake with the coolant and an overheat. All is good now after coolant is filled with no air pockets in the block. I would go with weep hole on top. Seems to work for me. Also, guess I got lucky as my oil seals, which I thought were going to screw with me no end, were the easiest part of my timing belt replacement experience. Reminders: 1 make sure you seat all the seals flush with the surrounding surfaces 2. Make sure you plug the CAS wire completely and correctly or your car will not start. Ask me how I know. 3. Make sure you have proper installation instructions for the thermostat weep hole position. Make sure you KNOW it's in there right. 4. If you're using a digital torque wrench, make sure you know when proper torque has been reached, what the tone is supposed to sound like.

[@TheGreatDadoo]

i'm amazed you didn't pull the water pump and change the oil seals while you were down there. just seems kinds stupid to not do that

[@LeemWills]

+David Beecroft so true

[@TheGreatDadoo]

***** oh, that's cool... the previous owner probably replaced the seals. you think taking the power steering belt is hard? you think taking the crank gear off is hard? you think sticking that belt back on is hard? try taking out those dried up, baked on oil seals out! i got a special snap on oil seal puller to do that job for over $200 it is STILL broke the tool! i had to get one of those $15 oil sealer pullers that looks kinda like a screwdriver with a fulcrum to do it and i went through both blades and it was a NIGHTMARE getting those things out! now, flash forward a couple of months, the car runs smooth as glass and leaks zero oil and is clean as a whistle! you got lucky the prior owner replaced the seals but if he replaced the seals then why didn't he do the timing belt? hmmmmm... dude... for real, i'm thinking he did the pump and NOT the belt so NOT the seals either. shoulda done all 5 seals, bro. for real

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

You're not wrong. I was a poor college student, so I didn't get a full timing belt kit, I just got the cheapest OEM belt option. I ended up having to replace the timing belt after 20k more miles because the idler pulley went out on me, the timing belt was walking forward to the front of the engine and rubbing against the timing cover. When I did the belt job again, I did the full service. Water pump, oil seals, etc. BTW, if you are on a budget, you don't have to do the water pump. You can replace the water pump without removing the timing belt on this engine, it's just you have to do about 80% of the work to get to the timing belt, so it's good "timing" haha.

[@TheGreatDadoo]

Gonna do this soon on my 1996 convertible ... it's got an AT so that should make it fun ... thanks for the guide! big help! looks like a 2 day job ... on mine my belt adjuster is bad and makes crazy clicking and whining noises ... while i'm in there i'm gonna change the water pump and the thermostat as well as the two small radiator tubes connecting the hard hoses to the engine. kinda wondered why you didn't do that while you were in there. thanks again! now, if i can only find a guide to installing this 100HP shot of nitrous i bought ... ugh!

[@TheGreatDadoo]

***** yeah, that's how i did it ... and i used a $20 strap wrench to torque the crank bolt on as well as the cam gears (i needed help from a friend with the cam gear thing! do NOT bend your valves!) ... and, of course, i did all the things listed above plus i did the 5 oil seals ... which was easily the hardest part of the job as they were baked on and a nightmare to get out ... literally took hours just to get them out and cleaned up w/o scratching or touching the surfaces. but now the car works perfectly ... and my wife shakes her head and wonders why i don't just get the new ferrari 488 or the new nsx... i guess i just love to work on cars sometimes and with gas at under $2/gallon i kinda wanna go buy some crazy gas-hog old lambo or big truck ... glad i sold all my tesla stocks months ago!

[@enricogab]

Crazy stuff!

[@1995RangeRover]

Great tutorial vid!

[@DanielPelayo951]

Awesome video

[@MrXForrest]

CAS not a design flaw its how you adjust timing. You didn't need to remove those bolts anyway. The mounting bolts are behind the T belt cover this enables it to remove the CAS without having to reset the timing.

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

This is correct.

[@verner540]

Very nice video! Just wondering why didn't you replace the water pump?

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

At the time, broke college student.

[@esligonzalez6487]

nice.. Saludos De Sinaloa Mexico

[@kk6199]

What if you found a way to leap thru time to change the date of the timing belt? And your next leap took you home. Thats makes me question everything. Think about it...

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

Idk what drugs you are on, but they sound fun.

[@TheGreatDadoo]

7:00 how exactly did you tention that power steering belt anyway?????

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

The tensioner screw is below it, with the bolt head facing towards the fender. At 7:00 I was just explaining that the bolts I didn't need to remove/loosen were hard to get at with the belt tight because we couldn't turn the pulley to line the holes up.

[@tommybaker4330]

Pretty good video. You took a lot of shortcuts (things you should do when that deep into a VG30) but still pretty good. Don't know if your dad bought his Hudson already restored or if he did work himself. If he did it, you should take a lesson from him and clean up that engine or buy another one and completely refresh it. I'm into my second year of trying to build the nicest engine I can removing casting flashes and core shifts and smoothing everything for painting, one piece at a time. Hope to finish and make a video of putting it together by next summer.

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

He bought the car with the engine restored. He had to replace the wiring though as the harness was rotting away. Shortcuts = broke college student, no money for parts. I just was paranoid my engine would self-destruct because the prior owner had no record of when the timing belt was changed.

[@jerdobi]

How many hours did this take to replace the belt?

[@Foxtechconsultants]

Does anyone know if those accessory belt part numbers also apply to the twin turbo model??

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

I do not know for sure. Use rockauto or something.

[@ThePsychoGamer1337]

haha i did that exact same thing with the balance tube the first time i pulled the plenum

[@johnb1220]

So, the adjustability in the CAS isn't a design flaw. It is how you set the timing. Maybe you were kidding. If anybody does this they should really replace the crank and cam seals (and water pump). You can't tell their condition by looking at them.

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

Absolutely right. CAS doesn't have to come out. I was a broke college student and so I didn't buy a full timing belt kit, Just the OEM belt. 20k miles after this the idler pulley went bad and my timing belt started rubbing against the timing cover. Did a full belt service with water pump and new seals, and I was still able to use this as a guide. Only tricky part to the seals is the vtc springs, but they're not that hard to deal with.

[@dannygrover3274]

ahhh.... I think ill stick with my vette