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Say it isn't so! We've found the piston!

What? Chris actually worked on the 240Z? Impossible! It tis true, it really is. Tonight I got home and decided it was time to tear into the motor

What? Chris actually worked on the 240Z? Impossible! It tis true, it really is. Tonight I got home and decided it was time to tear into the motor, so I did just that. I even recorded the whole process, so hopefully I’ll have video up soon. For now you can check out the photos of what I found, be warned, it’s not pretty!

Here’s the first one, this is NOT ALL of the parts, there are still parts in the motor that may never come out.

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At first I thought I found a nut, and that was the culprit of the whole mess. I don’t believe that to be the case, I believe the nuts/bolts connecting the rod to the crankshaft came free, though, perhaps that was the problem, maybe they were lose?

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I’m going to save this piece, and perhaps attach it to my office door at work.

C

Plenty more pictures in the Project240Z Set on Flickr

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