So I am going to remove the front cover. :ogre:

So is my next step to put the engine at TDC? .

You can put the engine at TDC Grant, but if you don't it's not a big deal, and easy enough to time later. You are going to fit a new chain and guides while your in there, and it's not too difficult to retime the dizzy and pump. Have fun.

Brian.

You can put the engine at TDC Grant, but if you don't it's not a big deal, and easy enough to time later. You are going to fit a new chain and guides while your in there, and it's not too difficult to retime the dizzy and pump. Have fun.

Brian.

Thanks, I am just trying not to run into any little snags along the way. I think on the plus side I have a new head gasket. Will I nead to drop the oil pan?

FSM time I think.

I am thinking of getting the MSA kit: http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/10-2051

Will I need a new oil pump gasket? does the Dizzy require a gasket?

Edited July 18, 201212 yr by grantf

Yes to the oil pump gasket. And no, I have never seen a gasket under the dizzy.

And treat the long water pump bolts gently. They are probably corroded in.

Edit. Actually you don't have to take all the water pump bolts out to take off the front cover. (from memory)

Edited July 18, 201212 yr by olzed

There are some common bolts at the front of the pan to the front cover but you shouldn't have to remove the oil pan if you careful with the gasket. Maybe break loose with a putty knife before you pull the cover to keep from tearing it. All #12 bolts have to come out and a few #10s, don't forget the 2 up top at the head. The Fixx have a song I sing when working on mine, "One thing leads to another". There's a trick putting the oil pump at 11:25, slide it up then turn it 1/8" clockwise and you'll feel the gears fall in place then turn back counter clockwise the 1/8th and bolt up.

There are some common bolts at the front of the pan to the front cover but you shouldn't have to remove the oil pan if you careful with the gasket. Maybe break loose with a putty knife before you pull the cover to keep from tearing it. All #12 bolts have to come out and a few #10s, don't forget the 2 up top at the head. The Fixx have a song I sing when working on mine, "One thing leads to another". There's a trick putting the oil pump at 11:25, slide it up then turn it 1/8" clockwise and you'll feel the gears fall in place then turn back counter clockwise the 1/8th and bolt up.

Thanks for the tips and getting that song stuck in my head.

Where did the hippy joke go? It's not on Funnybone. I think you could hide anything of a hippy's under a bottle of deodorant.

I wasn't looking in the right place Grant. In a bar of soap is funny. I'm a Redneck and can't find money if it's in a dictionary. But I can find it if it's in my cousins panties.

I wasn't looking in the right place Grant. In a bar of soap is funny. I'm a Redneck and can't find

money if it's in a dictionary. But I can find it if it's in my cousins panties.

LMAO.

So perhaps the thread was deleted. (answer: in a book).

I am going to pull the dizzy and oil pump in a few min.

Edited July 19, 201212 yr by grantf

I've got another place to hide my money, '77 280Z.

How do you hide money from a Z owner? A: put in a 77.

My 77 eats money.

Where did the hippy joke go? It's not on Funnybone. I think you could hide anything of a hippy's under a bottle of deodorant.

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46732

This one?

With all the quirky things going on, it probably fell between other posts ....

E

Dizzy and oil pump out. Crank pully is next. By the way there was a thin gasket on the dizzy.