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Mates 3Litre just blew, can't find number in search engine.

Steve

Swerve wrote:Mates 3Litre just blew, can't find number in search engine.

Steve

have you contacted nissan first?

If you have and they have done nothing fair enough........

However so many people here ask for her number just because they have nissan issue.

Still talking to him, will post more when I finish. Yeah been to Nissan and all that. He is paying $15k for a new Short block.

Fark !!!!

He is a 3rd owner and bough teh car at 103000km, It is a Series one with now 187000, Number 1 piston blew and he is a mechanic by trade and knows lotsa people so is getting alot of trade.

After pricing various options he is getting a whole new Long Block, including new injectors ($400 each normally) and new turbo for $15k installed.

He is not computer savy and hence not to aware of the online information n the ZD30.

Have done searches for Val Davies on Patrol4x4 and here and cant find it. If possible can someone PM it to me. His mates at Nissan advised him also that Nissan just had 30,000 engines made for this issue globally and Nissan even showed him this on the computer system.

Bogged, Please don't give any smart cracked remarks and he is a long term mate and this isnt fun for anyone when it happens.

Steve

Swerve wrote:He is paying $15k for a new Short block.

go the chev v8 for not much more than that. since hes a spanner man, could do most himself and save thousands.

Swerve wrote:Bogged, Please don't give any smart cracked remarks and he is a long term mate and this isnt fun for anyone when it happens.

Appreciated Bogged.

I also meant to say it was a long motor. He is now retired and doesnt want to do it himself. Rather play on his MG's. Must say he was one of the mid 80's and 90's 4WD mechanics and never charged more like current specialised 4WD shops for top notch quality work.

BAck in the early 90's I was 4wdriving with him and he had lockers front and rear on his GQ on gas and it was great. Back then half of the current mods nevers existed .

Swerve wrote:Appreciated Bogged.

I also meant to say it was a long motor. He is now retired and doesnt want to do it himself. Rather play on his MG's. Must say he was one of the mid 80's and 90's 4WD mechanics and never charged more like current specialised 4WD shops for top notch quality work.

BAck in the early 90's I was 4wdriving with him and he had lockers front and rear on his GQ on gas and it was great. Back then half of the current mods nevers existed .

for ~$23k he can have it drive in/drive out engineered with reco auto box..

I did suggest it, but I only found out last night and it;s been in teh shop for 5 weeks so to late.

Work should be competed in a few days

Steve.

PS- I have told the Mrs when ours blow
(Once day ) well put the 6.5L Chev Deisel in. Still finding teh coin when the time comes will be a different a matter.

Swerve wrote:I did suggest it, but I only found out last night and it;s been in teh shop for 5 weeks so to late.

Work should be competed in a few days

Steve.

PS- I have told the Mrs when ours blow
(Once day ) well put the 6.5L Chev Deisel in. Still finding teh coin when the time comes will be a different a matter.

so if the work has already been done, why call Nissan? once its out and changed, I wouldnt expect them to do chit about it... but worth a try I guess.

He called the Nissan number today and Nissan said no one by that name was there (Val Davies) ????

They have asked for receipts and full information etc whcih he will send in ! Just hoping he gets some support from Nissan, The Long Motor is currently costing $8k.

Steve

Swerve wrote:He called the Nissan number today and Nissan said no one by that name was there (Val Davies) ????

probably like they have never heard of a 3.0 blowing up
she probably left after getting 10000 phone calls a week, since her name and phone # has been sprawled across every 4b forum on earth..

They have asked for receipts and full information etc whcih he will send in ! Just hoping he gets some support from Nissan, The Long Motor is currently costing $8k.

Steve

send in copies... keeep the originals.