Oct 22, 2017

R34 Skyline GT-R Vs 2018 GT-R Nismo: Old Vs New Drag Race

By Sean Morris October 22, 2017 Chassis: R35, drag racing, video

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R34 Skyline GT-R Vs 2018 GT-R Nismo: Old Vs New Drag Race

R32 Nissan Skyline Jack Points - Jacking Points - Lift Points

By Sean Morris October 17, 2017 jack, jacking points, pinch welds

Huge transmission, or tiny jack?

When done wrong, this small thing can cause a lot of issues. Most service jacks that you find, have a flat jack pad. This jack pad gives you lots of options for a car with a full frame, but for a car like a Nissan Skyline, that is a unibody, you have to be a little more careful where you jack.

2 Post Lift, or Floor Rack

Lifting an R32 on a rack

Hydraulic Jack

Most people won't have a jack long enough to hit either of those two lifting points. They are a significant way under the car. We have lifted from the tow hook, which won't lift evenly, but is pretty easy to hit, even with a lowered car. We have also lifted from the front of the tension rod for the front. At the rear, just under the differential is pretty easy to hit, and will lift the car evenly.

LM4086-0200 and LM4519-0000 Safety stand lifting point jacking point adapters

LM4519-0000 is the Safety stand attachment also sometimes called a jack adapter, however it seems like it may never even existed as a thing. According to forum posts, Kent Moore says its a bad part number, Nissan says its discontinued. Even though even as recently the Nissan Rouge service manuals call for the part.

LM4086-0200 is the board on attachment

Don't be this guy.

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Nissan Skyline Insurance : JDM Vehicle Insurance

By Sean Morris October 16, 2017 insurance, nissan

This question pops up about one to two times a day on the Facebook Skyline groups. Insurance is required in many/most areas to be able to legally drive your vehicle on the roads.

The issues that people normally run into are that the Nissan Skyline has a short VIN or chassis number that does not conform to US FMVSS standards from 1981 up. However these vehicles, that are over 25 years old, are FMVSS exempt. So like vehicles older than 1981, it is possible to enter and get a quote.

Insurance itself is tied to many factors, so the actual numbers of what people pay, are pretty much irrelevant. For everyone person that has State Farm, Progressive, or Geico, there are two others that got denied.

This poll was posted in one group. As you can see the majority of owners were covered by USAA. Many ex-military in the owners groups.

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RB26DETT Timing Belt Tensioner Failure

By Sean Morris October 12, 2017 maintenance, Timing belt

All the balls are on the left side.

Sean Kirby, aka the other Sean, or am I the other Sean, either way, posted these pictures of a tensioner bearing failure. He says that this is most likely the original timing belt. The belt, tensioner, idler, and spring should be replaced every 60,000 miles. If you don't know if it has been replaced, with certainty, replace it. Always a good idea to do the water pump at the same time, as it is behind the timing belt.