Evening all,
been long time reader of the retro forum and proud to say i've finally got something retro of my own.
Recently got my hands on an '85 Nissan Sunny B11. Will snap some photos to upload when i get a chance.
Only had it 2mins and need to get on the forum for some help
I'm far from a mechanic, but love to get the hands dirty and attempt anything I can, so i've done a fair bit of tinkering with my cars over the years as hobby and diy maintenance. This is probably a decent engine to get to practice with, fairly simple - i assume! Which leads me onto my first issue ....
Struggling to get her started. Been sitting there at least 3 years without moving. Battery obviously flat. Hooked it up to another car in attempt to jump start, got the dash lights on and got it turning over but no fire up. Starter is giving a strong whizz but no attempt to turn over from the engine. My guess was that its either no fuel, or plugs are knackered, maybe the leads. I did pour in a jerry can of fuel before attempting, but maybe it wasn't enough? Or could there possibly be air that needs bleeding? I pulled the plugs out, they didn't look too bad. I tried to see if they were all sparking by leaving them hanging out whilst attempting to start up, 2 of them looked good, 1 iffy, and the other not at all. Was difficult to see by myself. One of the leads is damaged so gonna replace the whole lot anyway, along with some plugs while I'm at it.
However the car is stuck on the old owners property still so I want to get it back to mine to work on this properly. I went to tow it out and and the rear wheels are seized up good. Was just sliding along the driveway. So, any tips on releasing those suckers? I'll prob go back there tomorrow day time and give it a go... was thinking hammer and wd40, possibly some heat if there isn't anything delicate nearby??
As i said, will get some photos up when I get a chance.
All advice welcome, thanks in advance.
been long time reader of the retro forum and proud to say i've finally got something retro of my own.
Recently got my hands on an '85 Nissan Sunny B11. Will snap some photos to upload when i get a chance.
Only had it 2mins and need to get on the forum for some help
I'm far from a mechanic, but love to get the hands dirty and attempt anything I can, so i've done a fair bit of tinkering with my cars over the years as hobby and diy maintenance. This is probably a decent engine to get to practice with, fairly simple - i assume! Which leads me onto my first issue ....Struggling to get her started. Been sitting there at least 3 years without moving. Battery obviously flat. Hooked it up to another car in attempt to jump start, got the dash lights on and got it turning over but no fire up. Starter is giving a strong whizz but no attempt to turn over from the engine. My guess was that its either no fuel, or plugs are knackered, maybe the leads. I did pour in a jerry can of fuel before attempting, but maybe it wasn't enough? Or could there possibly be air that needs bleeding? I pulled the plugs out, they didn't look too bad. I tried to see if they were all sparking by leaving them hanging out whilst attempting to start up, 2 of them looked good, 1 iffy, and the other not at all. Was difficult to see by myself. One of the leads is damaged so gonna replace the whole lot anyway, along with some plugs while I'm at it.
However the car is stuck on the old owners property still so I want to get it back to mine to work on this properly. I went to tow it out and and the rear wheels are seized up good. Was just sliding along the driveway. So, any tips on releasing those suckers? I'll prob go back there tomorrow day time and give it a go... was thinking hammer and wd40, possibly some heat if there isn't anything delicate nearby??
As i said, will get some photos up when I get a chance.
All advice welcome, thanks in advance.
