easy way to do ball joints is to unbolt the control arm. It's super easy on these cars. Then use a press to press them out. the "ball joint press" doesn't work too good.
feels great to have the car back again. And now that I've built a shed I have room to put all my lawn equipment. This makes my 2 car garage fit the super sentra easily with tons of room to walk aro...
I thought I was going to be able to take it easy for 500 miles... ya right. Got the car on the road today. Checked for oil pressure, leaks, and made sure it didn't overheat. About 5 minutes later.....
You know how bad I've been wanting to do this? I'm using the RR dizzy right now, but many years ago I was told the VE dizzy wouldn't work. So I threw it out.
The only reason for this is I don't know how much foreign material made it into the engine while the car was in pieces, and I also don't know how much antifreeze made it into the oil.
I'm just happy to have my car back. Such a relief. I got lucky. Now I warrant everyone on here to take the TB off and drill those screws out if you have to. Get them out, replace them with somethin...
So I got this thing running just now. The IC piping is not completed, but everything else is together, just gotta burp the coolant and hook up the intercooler.
To check the coil output, hook up an old spark plug to one of your wires. Gap it very large. You want a 1cm gap. If you cannot do this, you will need to buy a spark tester.
I'm using 17" Rays 57c wheels. The B15 MC looks a bit different. Which is why I think a lot of people go with the altima MC since the hookups are the same.
yeah, actually I'm using the top bolt. It is flanged with a washer-type surface on the head of the bolt. I am using this to pinch the edge of the pedal assembly.