In the course of the repairs in this video ray probably worked on 3-5 other cars we have watched in the past 2 ish weeks with this nissan in the background. It is also a hellish editing problem of keeping track of all the clips if their interlaced on 1 or 2 cameras.
Yep I love the hour long videos, I’ve taken to waking up an hour or two before I get ready for work and I love when the videos run long to almost an hour lol.
Pro tip ...when you have the tensioners lose on these threaded tensioners ,take them apart ,run a thread chaser through the tension block ,wire wheel the tensioner bolt then reassemble with a thin coating of anti-seize .Ford's and Nissan's utilize this design tensioner and many people end up snapping the bolt as it has rusted and seized after so many years .
@9:01... Funny story... My '87 Nissan Hardbody V6 was in this exact state when someone stole it. They drove it 40 miles with no radiator in it. They abandoned it in a parking lot and I got it back. I finished putting it back together and it fired right up. No engine damage. I still have it and it now has 465k miles on that engine. @27:45... Love that you're doing a timing belt to "Macarena". LOL. @30:00... Go to a Nissan dealer and buy a Kent-Moore oil pan separator. Works great on any car, but it's a Nissan special tool because all Nissan's have glues on oil pans.
My friend, I am soo thankful to watch you tackle obstacle after obstacle. You give me hope that I might be able to accomplish just 2% of what you do. You are the definition of determination and courage. Thank you.
Ray, the level of patience that you show with this work is amazing. There would be flying tools in my garage over half the jobs you do, along with some choice language.
I’ve learned to walk away for a few minutes before I lose my shit. Getting angry isn’t going to make it suddenly easier. But smashing the shit out of something would totally make me feel better sometimes lol.
If you have tapped holes in the crank pulley for attaching a puller, count yourself lucky. But for goodness sakes, douse them with PB or something before running your tap in there. It's also good to make a second pass with a bottoming tap.
Given that some Japanese car companies give shallow threaded holes in rotors hats and brake drums to assist with removal later (insert bolt, turn) I would suspect this crank pulley had threaded holes in it already.
Believe me, I don't think you could ever be boring. My wife thinks I'm nuts talking to myself when working on my truck. Showed her your video and now she says must be a male thing.
When Ray said “it is hard job” I was like “Yea”, this is crazy, a million parts need to be taken off, it is scary job, how can you remember to put everything back, hat off to you such good technician, take crazy skill and encouragement to do this, there is no way I can become a mechanic like you.
First Attempt In Learning. like I tell my kids all the time.. "we all make mistakes, you only truly fail when you don't learn from the mistake." If they are helping me build something or work on a car, sometimes I encourage them to "fail" when they are not confident in whatever project, they say "I can't what if I mess up?" I say "then mess up, see what happens. if it goes up in flames, figure out why and try to avoid it next time"
Like Lightning McQueen once famously said, turn right to go left. Sometimes the long way gets you there. We all learn as we go. I'm 69 and still learning.
Ray the easiest way to deal with the woodruff key is use a punch on one end of the top and it will walk right out without any effort or damage. (Ancient Datsun/Nissan tech here)
Ray, Great to see you break the pulley, not that I am glad you did. Now I know and can avoid doing so myself. We all learn by mistakes, sometimes ours, usually in my case, sometimes others. Off topic: this annoys me with traffic accident reporting when they mostly don't mention the cause, which I could learn from.
Hey Ray, this customer must really love his truck for you to be doing all this work to it. The truck seems to be fighting you every step of the way but your patient persistence always wins. Great work Ray! Too bad about the pulley but oh well. Cheers!
@@cengeb With today's prices of new cars, whatever is done to this truck is worth it, it's not a junker. I'd rather pay for the repairs than finance a $60,000 vehicle for 8 years at $500 a month. I've got a 2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner with a 2.7 liter 4 cylinder and it has 243,000 miles and runs and drives great and I paid cash for it 5 years ago. I maintain it myself and do whatever repairs it needs, which are few.
@@lzxray6781 I have a 2019 Tacoma 2.7 and I do all the maintenance myself as well. Assuming somebody doesn’t hit me on the road or the weather doesn’t damage it. And since I’m down south, it won’t rust out. I should have this thing forever.
Also cpo 3 year old vehicles are probably the best deals..low miles,usually off lease,the loss of value was depreciated by thev1st owner 3 years...cpo gets full factory warranty,and dealers only sell the cream no junk allowed on cpo stuff. The worn out stuff is replaced..factory warranty..no just dealer. We have had great luck with vw and audi cpo. An educated consumer doesn't finance a car for 8 years...
Alright, after watching you use a hardened chisel on the woodruff key (which you've done before), please consider using a brass rod for work like that.
I've made this mistake many times myself. You discounted the correct, or most obvious way to do something in lieu of a what you thought was a necessary way, and the correct way worked fine. In my worst case of this, I removed the engine for a loose rocker bolt. I win 🤪
The problem with using a prybar on a steel pan is that in an extreme case like this you can see the rail area being distorted which will lead to leakage. Better to use something thin like narrow and wide slightly sharpened putty knives, which are thin enough to attack the glued gasket but not thick enough to cause distortion. Depending upon the amount of working room, even a windshield glue cutting tool might be better than a prybar.
You could make videos as long as you want in nearly all instances...I would watch it all :-) You do a good job, entertain as well as educate and we learn pros and cons about a given vehicle/drivetrain:-) With you behind the camera figuratively it's always a great day Ray🙂
Ray, please consider the Lisle 50210 gasket separator. A thin, stiff blade with a hammering surface so you can pound it between block rail and pan rail, then lever it.
Don’t kick yourself too hard over breaking that crank pulley, I would say it was due for replacement anyway by virtue of the fact that it broke. Better for it to come apart in the shop than on the road. And as for video length, I don’t mind longer videos, I could watch you work all day now that I know you’re actually enjoying your work.
who here would love to watch a 8 hour video of Ray basically taking a complete engine apart piece by piece and reassembling it for instructional value.
Ray it’s great that you show your viewers what not to do on removing crankshaft pulleys. “Mechanics Law if you don’t think it can go wrong, it will”lol. Ray we know that “you always love challenges” while always having yourself a great day as we have ourselves a great day while watching you. Don’t you just love how vehicle engineers come up with ideas to make the mechanic/technician’s job challenging. They’re probably in partnership with tool manufacturers for them to make specialty tools so the repair people will have to buy expensive “specially tools”. See you on the next Nissan adventure.
Guys throwing some money into a older truck. But considering what a rip off dealer new truck costs you are saving him thousands. I enjoy watching your videos thanks.
Ray the chain videos of a project such as this is very interesting and informative. Riding along with you through the process is enjoyable. Length of videos is of no concern the way you interact keeps us watching and time seems to fly by. Looking forward to more.
I have always been fascinated by people saying, "Oh,. everybody knows this brand only uses these sized wrenches..." I never noticed! My VW from the 80's just taught me that it has 6,7,8, 9, 10,11,12,13,14,15,17,18,19,21,22mm... so I never thought about it. Any nut could be anything!
I use to have 2000 Frontier 3.3 V6 and now have 2005 Tundra 4.7 V8. I'm a mechanic and I'm amazed how much more complicated was to work on front of that V6 compared to Tundra V8.
When it comes to those woodruff keys I always used diagonal cutters to clamp onto on end hard enough so the cutting edges get a good grip and then tilt the handle up. Acts like a little pry bar to lift one end of the key up. Then repeat the process until the key is removed.
Diagonal cutters are the preferred tool to remove half-moon shaft keys. Also always use a fine file to touch up edges and sides prior to replacement. Never hammer a key as it widens the top edge. Always use a plate-type puller, and never a claw puller, on a harmonic balancer... or the actual designed puller. Never a claw type unless specifically designed for a claw-type puller.
Nissan, the old Frontier.. where Ray dares to make bold new discoveries, breaking crankshaft pulleys, bending oil pans.... Just humor, no Reeeeeeee. The adhesion is strong with this one 🤪
Beautimous! LOVE IT when customers have a clue! If you gotta dis-assemble 5 things to GET to the problem, you may as well look at and fix the 5 things you had to dis-assemble.... otherwise, in 25-50k miles you're gonna be fixing the other things anyhow!
Well, glad my daughter no longer has her 1998 Pathfinder 4WD with same engine; on that, I even did the dreaded #6 spark plug replacement, a front drive axle, and replaced its faulty distributor. And I'm glad my 1998 Frontier (270K) and my 2004 Frontier (108K) are both 2WD 4-cylinder engines with timing chains and have 5-speeds. The 4-cylinder engines are generally considered more reliable than the VG33 engines, and are easier to work on. The AC on these works great in the Arizona summers, but I replaced the fan clutches on each.
May as well say that you rebuilt the entire engine. By the time you get done putting all the new parts into it, it will be rebuilt (save for the pistons, lifters, etc). I really do enjoy learning from you. Even if I am not paying strict attention to the visual (I do have to work), I absorb what you are saying and have started visualizing everything in my mind. Plus you don’t speak condescendingly to your audience. You are a true teacher of your craft. I wish my dad had taught me all of this. I only learned oil & spark plugs on engines of the 70’s. So much changed.
While there were gradual improvements such as electronic ignition and fuel injection with engines through the 1980s, the major changes occurred in the 1990s with OBD2 and computer modules. Nissans are good engines, but they could be overengineered; I mean three accessory belts plus a timing belt; makes you really appreciate a single serpentine belt.
I just finished the timing chain on a 2.5 Altima. It has a false oil pan and the real pan...all glued together with silicone. I made the mistake of doing it in the car...cleaning all that crap off is the hard part...
Ray don't be afraid of making 70 to 100 minute video's, you can hold an audience that long.
Release a uncut version as hidden for the diehards out there who want follow along while working on other things
I agree I can and have watched his longer videos all the way through.
yup agree..i can watch mr ray all day and doesn't get bored
In the course of the repairs in this video ray probably worked on 3-5 other cars we have watched in the past 2 ish weeks with this nissan in the background. It is also a hellish editing problem of keeping track of all the clips if their interlaced on 1 or 2 cameras.
I truly enjoy all of his videos, especially the longer ones!
Agreed. We can easily handle full hour videos, Ray. You are entretaining and have a wealth of knowledge. We thank you for sharing that with us.
Yep I love the hour long videos, I’ve taken to waking up an hour or two before I get ready for work and I love when the videos run long to almost an hour lol.
He's playing the algorithm to his advantage by not making them that long though.
Pro tip ...when you have the tensioners lose on these threaded tensioners ,take them apart ,run a thread chaser through the tension block ,wire wheel the tensioner bolt then reassemble with a thin coating of anti-seize .Ford's and Nissan's utilize this design tensioner and many people end up snapping the bolt as it has rusted and seized after so many years .
Never fought me on my 98 Ford e250
Great video. What a PITA those three belts are! Three beers to whatever engineer came up with the self-tensioning single serpentine belt!
@9:01... Funny story... My '87 Nissan Hardbody V6 was in this exact state when someone stole it. They drove it 40 miles with no radiator in it. They abandoned it in a parking lot and I got it back. I finished putting it back together and it fired right up. No engine damage. I still have it and it now has 465k miles on that engine. @27:45... Love that you're doing a timing belt to "Macarena". LOL. @30:00... Go to a Nissan dealer and buy a Kent-Moore oil pan separator. Works great on any car, but it's a Nissan special tool because all Nissan's have glues on oil pans.
My friend, I am soo thankful to watch you tackle obstacle after obstacle. You give me hope that I might be able to accomplish just 2% of what you do. You are the definition of determination and courage. Thank you.
The quality and complexity of the jobs have really gone up the scale since you’ve started your own business. Makes for more compelling viewing. 👍👍👍
I was getting serious deja vu on this job from the last one of these you did. These older Nissans might be cheap but they are surprisingly reliable.
Ray, the level of patience that you show with this work is amazing. There would be flying tools in my garage over half the jobs you do, along with some choice language.
I’ve learned to walk away for a few minutes before I lose my shit. Getting angry isn’t going to make it suddenly easier. But smashing the shit out of something would totally make me feel better sometimes lol.
Well, maybe we need to plant some hidden cameras because he might be on his best behavior when he’s filming lol
@@puppygadget3189 could be but I’m pretty sure he’s alluded to taking a break because he was close to being pissed off before lol
My wife bought me a "Caution flying tools" sign and hung it over my desk. I've become more patient in the last few years, but not perfect...😇🤫
If you have tapped holes in the crank pulley for attaching a puller, count yourself lucky. But for goodness sakes, douse them with PB or something before running your tap in there. It's also good to make a second pass with a bottoming tap.
Given that some Japanese car companies give shallow threaded holes in rotors hats and brake drums to assist with removal later (insert bolt, turn) I would suspect this crank pulley had threaded holes in it already.
Believe me, I don't think you could ever be boring. My wife thinks I'm nuts talking to myself when working on my truck. Showed her your video and now she says must be a male thing.
When Ray said “it is hard job” I was like “Yea”, this is crazy, a million parts need to be taken off, it is scary job, how can you remember to put everything back, hat off to you such good technician, take crazy skill and encouragement to do this, there is no way I can become a mechanic like you.
i like how many Bears you are together with "bear with me" SRY hehe🤣 like your videos 😁
Irt is good to see a true mechanic that can tear in to vehicle and truely repair it, and even give a awsome naration as you do it.
This is better than a blockbuster movie. Keep um coming
First Attempt In Learning. like I tell my kids all the time.. "we all make mistakes, you only truly fail when you don't learn from the mistake." If they are helping me build something or work on a car, sometimes I encourage them to "fail" when they are not confident in whatever project, they say "I can't what if I mess up?" I say "then mess up, see what happens. if it goes up in flames, figure out why and try to avoid it next time"
Amazing how you can remember every washer/nut piece to go back in right sequence to reinstall. Amazing
Remind me to Never get a car like that!!!!! Love your work and how you keep positive....
Pulling out all the tools for this one.!! Outstanding!!
Yeah we are so down for hour or so Videos! Love watching, its not like its just a boring silent film :)
Like Lightning McQueen once famously said, turn right to go left. Sometimes the long way gets you there. We all learn as we go. I'm 69 and still learning.
Ray, Old school info. I was always taught to apply a little oil to my puller stud screw. This will help keep the threads from stretching.
He always says, "This is either going to work, or it is not." - And he's always right about that.
Ray the easiest way to deal with the woodruff key is use a punch on one end of the top and it will walk right out without any effort or damage. (Ancient Datsun/Nissan tech here)
Ray, Great to see you break the pulley, not that I am glad you did. Now I know and can avoid doing so myself. We all learn by mistakes, sometimes ours, usually in my case, sometimes others. Off topic: this annoys me with traffic accident reporting when they mostly don't mention the cause, which I could learn from.
26:30 Macarena playing in the Background 🔥🙌🙌
I enjoy your videos and learn something too. I watch with my morning coffee. Coffee + video = brain awake. Thank you. Hi to Wife Unit and kiddos.
Hey Ray, this customer must really love his truck for you to be doing all this work to it. The truck seems to be fighting you every step of the way but your patient persistence always wins. Great work Ray! Too bad about the pulley but oh well. Cheers!
Way past it useful life, not worth the money, time energy...After all the work, it's still an obsolete junker
@@cengeb With today's prices of new cars, whatever is done to this truck is worth it, it's not a junker. I'd rather pay for the repairs than finance a $60,000 vehicle for 8 years at $500 a month. I've got a 2001 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner with a 2.7 liter 4 cylinder and it has 243,000 miles and runs and drives great and I paid cash for it 5 years ago. I maintain it myself and do whatever repairs it needs, which are few.
@@lzxray6781 I have a 2019 Tacoma 2.7 and I do all the maintenance myself as well. Assuming somebody doesn’t hit me on the road or the weather doesn’t damage it. And since I’m down south, it won’t rust out. I should have this thing forever.
@Lzxray 67 no sane person finances a car for 8 years that's insane,you know that is financial suicide...3 years is way too much. A
Also cpo 3 year old vehicles are probably the best deals..low miles,usually off lease,the loss of value was depreciated by thev1st owner 3 years...cpo gets full factory warranty,and dealers only sell the cream no junk allowed on cpo stuff. The worn out stuff is replaced..factory warranty..no just dealer. We have had great luck with vw and audi cpo. An educated consumer doesn't finance a car for 8 years...
Ray has the needed patience to handle rust and the problems that go along with it. Great work!👍🏻
Morning Ray Ray…. Morning coffee at 5 am Alberta time and another great fix.
Quick torch along the pan gasket heats the silicone up just break the seal .Works awesome
Alright, after watching you use a hardened chisel on the woodruff key (which you've done before), please consider using a brass rod for work like that.
I've made this mistake many times myself. You discounted the correct, or most obvious way to do something in lieu of a what you thought was a necessary way, and the correct way worked fine. In my worst case of this, I removed the engine for a loose rocker bolt. I win 🤪
So much work! Damn. I am no mechanic but I admire their hard and grueling work.
A lot of work and a sore back but you're the man for the job
The problem with using a prybar on a steel pan is that in an extreme case like this you can see the rail area being distorted which will lead to leakage. Better to use something thin like narrow and wide slightly sharpened putty knives, which are thin enough to attack the glued gasket but not thick enough to cause distortion. Depending upon the amount of working room, even a windshield glue cutting tool might be better than a prybar.
Hello Ray. Looks like you are going to have a great series of videos on this truck again. Once you are done, the customer going to have a new truck.
Perhaps a compression test before sinking this much into a high mileage engine?
And I'm glad to be here as well!
I would love to have this truck after all the work you have put into it. I know it is done right.
You could make videos as long as you want in nearly all instances...I would watch it all :-) You do a good job, entertain as well as educate and we learn pros and cons about a given vehicle/drivetrain:-) With you behind the camera figuratively it's always a great day Ray🙂
You're not wrong, Ray. One time I thought I was wrong but I was only mistaken!
Ray, please consider the Lisle 50210 gasket separator. A thin, stiff blade with a hammering surface so you can pound it between block rail and pan rail, then lever it.
I could watch it all day , Ray you are entertaining and your videos are educational, if I had all the tools I could pretty take a car apart and fix it
Also I’ve done this exact repair and believe me when I say, bless his little heart 😅 this is a job, he makes it look easy.
Adam Savage said it best "Failure is always an option ."
Ya betta love that darn profession you have!! that is a masterful display of true patience....
Wow Ray that job looked very hard to work on. It looks easy when you do it. Thank you Raynor showing this
Don’t kick yourself too hard over breaking that crank pulley, I would say it was due for replacement anyway by virtue of the fact that it broke. Better for it to come apart in the shop than on the road.
And as for video length, I don’t mind longer videos, I could watch you work all day now that I know you’re actually enjoying your work.
who here would love to watch a 8 hour video of Ray basically taking a complete engine apart piece by piece and reassembling it for instructional value.
Ray it’s great that you show your viewers what not to do on removing crankshaft pulleys. “Mechanics Law if you don’t think it can go wrong, it will”lol. Ray we know that “you always love challenges” while always having yourself a great day as we have ourselves a great day while watching you. Don’t you just love how vehicle engineers come up with ideas to make the mechanic/technician’s job challenging. They’re probably in partnership with tool manufacturers for them to make specialty tools so the repair people will have to buy expensive “specially tools”. See you on the next Nissan adventure.
Guys throwing some money into a older truck. But considering what a rip off dealer new truck costs you are saving him thousands. I enjoy watching your videos thanks.
Ray the chain videos of a project such as this is very interesting and informative. Riding along with you through the process is enjoyable. Length of videos is of no concern the way you interact keeps us watching and time seems to fly by. Looking forward to more.
Hey Ray as a rule of thumb, Japanese vehicles use 8,10,12,14,17.19.21 & 22 mm spanners & sockets for most fastners.
I enjoy your videos tremendously.
I have always been fascinated by people saying, "Oh,. everybody knows this brand only uses these sized wrenches..." I never noticed! My VW from the 80's just taught me that it has 6,7,8, 9, 10,11,12,13,14,15,17,18,19,21,22mm... so I never thought about it. Any nut could be anything!
@@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261 it's not my fault you drive a vw, personally I'd rather walk. I think you missed 16mm there🤣🤣🤣
@@andrebots4224 I can' t think of a 16mm fastener on the car, but the rear calipers require a 15mm... stamped bicycle cone wrench.😁
@@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261 plugs, alternator, adjuster controll arms, etc.
@@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261 i actually have a bicycle multi wrench in my tool box, special toos dept😁
I use to have 2000 Frontier 3.3 V6 and now have 2005 Tundra 4.7 V8.
I'm a mechanic and I'm amazed how much more complicated was to work on front of that
V6 compared to Tundra V8.
Thank you Ray. Always a good way to start a Monday morning!
Shocking how many different tools you need own in order to do this kind of work.
🤣🤣 "This job is Hard" 🤣🤣 That's what makes it fun 🤣🤣
That oil pan sure sounded solid when you were trying to release it.
Holy moley what a LOT of work. You are the best sir!
Amazing what the correct tool can do.
The gravity seems unusually strong today. Including the silicone gasket gravity.
should of used a larger 3 arm puller and grabbed just past were the first belt sits
Hey Ray! Whats going on???!?!
@9:29 lol love the channel man keep up the good work
I second that! Long videos from you are a joy.
I loved my 1st generation Frontiers.
Hi Ray FYI the first thing i do every morning is watch you video, Very entertaining keep up the good work>
When it comes to those woodruff keys I always used diagonal cutters to clamp onto on end hard enough so the cutting edges get a good grip and then tilt the handle up. Acts like a little pry bar to lift one end of the key up. Then repeat the process until the key is removed.
Fun Banana Fact: Spring arrives today at 5:24 pm
Do you have to adjust for different time zones to accept the arrival of spring?
Sorry I probably need a therapist. 😅😅
@@shannonharris It will be 5:24 in your time zone
Oh the Spring cleaning list and the ' honey do ' list the wife has given me tells me spring has sprung.
@@ProToolsApproved and you had better do it with a "spring" in your step and a smile upon your face, Tommy Boy! or else!
@@handbananaistherapist642 oh I see you've never seen sarcasm before...
Glad you aren't my therapist.
Had to do this on my nissan maxima years ago but without the experience and tool and in a cold dark garage. Very nostalgic... i think
Owner must be quite fond of his Nissan - a lot of professional work to do on that '01!
Hey Ray… if I was doing this job there would be all kinds of extra parts left over in the end. Glad you can keep track of everything!
Diagonal cutters are the preferred tool to remove half-moon shaft keys. Also always use a fine file to touch up edges and sides prior to replacement. Never hammer a key as it widens the top edge. Always use a plate-type puller, and never a claw puller, on a harmonic balancer... or the actual designed puller. Never a claw type unless specifically designed for a claw-type puller.
i have not seen anything like that Ray the sump not coming off in the 70 yrs of my life mate lucky car owner you have saved his car
A little taste of what Eric O has to go through on a daily basis on this one!
that's a lot of work ! that must be a lot of factory flat rate hrs. I truly hope your per hr rate is well compensating you... you're a good man Ray
I'm amazed is how you manage to find all the oddball parts ya need in a moment call...goods parts suppliers around there, for all brands
Interesting to hear Macarnea playing in the background while Ray is working.
For everything you have to remove to fix the leaks you could easily drop the motor out the bottom and fix it on an engine stand and or cradle.
rainman that was great video lot stuff to pull of nissain awesome to watch
Nissan, the old Frontier.. where Ray dares to make bold new discoveries, breaking crankshaft pulleys, bending oil pans.... Just humor, no Reeeeeeee. The adhesion is strong with this one 🤪
Ray it is not bad it is good thing you are teaching
Just found this and joined. Hope all is well with you and your familia. Paz y salud
Risk Management. Well said. I'm in the business.
This did not feel like a 40 min video, I just really enjoy watching them that time is of no importance! It just flies by an 40 min feels like 5min.
Beautimous! LOVE IT when customers have a clue! If you gotta dis-assemble 5 things to GET to the problem, you may as well look at and fix the 5 things you had to dis-assemble.... otherwise, in 25-50k miles you're gonna be fixing the other things anyhow!
The ever popular " While I'm in just as well fix this too" rabbit hole.
For breaking the seal on glued on oil pans, nothing beats a good old-fashioned putty knife.
Linoleum Knife works to sep oil pans it's a keep one in your toolbox tool ( knife with an inside curved edge)
OH god.
The Macarena.
Thats a blast from the 90s
good save on that second key
Can I go to your shop just to see you working? I can watch your videos for hours lol
Well, glad my daughter no longer has her 1998 Pathfinder 4WD with same engine; on that, I even did the dreaded #6 spark plug replacement, a front drive axle, and replaced its faulty distributor. And I'm glad my 1998 Frontier (270K) and my 2004 Frontier (108K) are both 2WD 4-cylinder engines with timing chains and have 5-speeds. The 4-cylinder engines are generally considered more reliable than the VG33 engines, and are easier to work on. The AC on these works great in the Arizona summers, but I replaced the fan clutches on each.
Hi Ray.when you win you win.when you lose you learn.😮
I had a 97 Nissan Pathfinder for many years, it was always a pain in the ass to work on.
The rise of the final Sun of Winter happening now!
You really should look into a topside creeper. I suspect that such a thing would come in very handy on jobs like this
May as well say that you rebuilt the entire engine. By the time you get done putting all the new parts into it, it will be rebuilt (save for the pistons, lifters, etc). I really do enjoy learning from you. Even if I am not paying strict attention to the visual (I do have to work), I absorb what you are saying and have started visualizing everything in my mind. Plus you don’t speak condescendingly to your audience. You are a true teacher of your craft. I wish my dad had taught me all of this. I only learned oil & spark plugs on engines of the 70’s. So much changed.
While there were gradual improvements such as electronic ignition and fuel injection with engines through the 1980s, the major changes occurred in the 1990s with OBD2 and computer modules. Nissans are good engines, but they could be overengineered; I mean three accessory belts plus a timing belt; makes you really appreciate a single serpentine belt.
The ways o the rust is to apply tension with the puller and smack/tap with a hammer, apply more tension and tappy tap tap until it loses and you win!
what a hell of a job but you can do it thankfully ,thank you for the video
Blue coolant, so you know it's good.
I just finished the timing chain on a 2.5 Altima. It has a false oil pan and the real pan...all glued together with silicone. I made the mistake of doing it in the car...cleaning all that crap off is the hard part...