... a socket as I'm doing the timing belt, water pump service on my new $400 Z31 Turbo.  I still can't believe it didn't cause any damage to the rotor. Car did have a miss once in awhile.  

The hacks that were working on her before did all kinds of wacky things so I guess I shouldn't be to surprised. 

 

It actually ran with the socket in the dizzy? How bought that!!!

9 minutes ago, Patcon said:

It actually ran with the socket in the dizzy? How bought that!!!

I know pretty crazy. 

Maybe it was a secret storage spot.

Was that broken piece of rotor in there or did you break it off?

Yeah it was in there.  It look like that piece came off the cap. All new cap and rotor on the way. 

Z31 plugs are a pain to pull. The plugs are a magnet for debri. You have to blow them out, spin a screw driver around then blow them again, losen half way and blow a third time. At least this is what I do. 

I found a injector spring clip at the bottom of one plug. 

I had a VG30E in a Pathfinder so I've seen the plug problem.  Pretty sure I felt a few grains of grit under the seat when I changed them.  Luckily, the ignition and engine control systems on those engines are so good you can get about 50,000 miles from a set of plugs.  Pretty sure I got over 100,000 out of a set.  Not quite right, but it was just an SUV daily driver.  Had 260,000 and still running great when I sold it.

I was thinking here, like it hit the socket once -

 

"Hacks"?...   I resemble that remark!

10mm?

Count your blessings that you found it there and not like this.

20 minutes ago, SteveJ said:

Count your blessings that you found it there and not like this.

Dang!  

Yeah I was nervous about the spring falling in the cyclinder. Luckily after the plug came out I was able to get it out with a magnet. 

7 hours ago, Zed Head said:

I had a VG30E in a Pathfinder so I've seen the plug problem.  Pretty sure I felt a few grains of grit under the seat when I changed them.  Luckily, the ignition and engine control systems on those engines are so good you can get about 50,000 miles from a set of plugs.  Pretty sure I got over 100,000 out of a set.  Not quite right, but it was just an SUV daily driver.  Had 260,000 and still running great when I sold it.

I was thinking here, like it hit the socket once -

 

I think your right.  

10 hours ago, SteveJ said:

10mm?

 

Yeah, we really need to know if that was a 10mm socket.