Doing a clutch job on Nissan ST RB3O

gday don.
if your doing the clutch its soooooo much easier to pull the engine out.
while your at it you can also replace the broken exhaust manifold studs in the head.
cheers

Hi Don,
Do you have a gregory's manual it spells it out clearly, the mechanic I had do it didn't read it. From memory you need to remove a wiring harness on the side of the gear box. If you undo the bolt that holds the wiring harness on a spring comes out and ball bearing that goes into the gear shift indent drops into the box. Let me know if you don't have a manual and I'll try and find my old one and copy it for you.

Hi Don,

Removing the transfer case if just to remove weight. I can't see how it will be any easier to remove the engine as opposed to the gearbox. I know the box is heavy but nothing like the 4.2l boxes. You'll need a couple of blokes and you should use a floor jack or if on ramps use something to take the weight. The mechanic that did mine had two blokes lift it out but said it was damn heavy. I'm pretty sure that in my manual it tells you how and why to remove the ball, think it was either bold or in different italics or in a section on it's own. Will check tonight. You'll probably need to get the fly wheel machined mine only cost $50.

Hi Don,

Page 150 point 3 under to dismantle gives more info. From memory it's either the bolt that holds the wiring harness or the one beside it.