WTD: coil packs, not reco'ed

[BENRYS]

brand new coil packs, where would i go, appart from nissan

i don't want reconditioned ones either...

[Howie]

someone told me bosch had some. haven't been able to track these down yet but if you do tell us!

[BENRYS]

just found out, nissan are the only seller, i rang heaps of places... they just kept telling me that its only a genuine part...

and they quoted me 227 and thats not includeing install...

so i am mighty pissed off... however she should be fine..

[boostinhard]

Hey,
Hmmmm - thats pretty cheap isnt it? I thought they would have cost waaayyy more than that brand new from nissan... I would have expected not much cheaper than that for a decent second hand unit.
Sam

[BENRYS]

yeah i wasn't to pissed but the fact is that i was pissed cos it needed doing... so eh what do i care...:bow: :sheepskip :dj: :taz: :smileapp:

[neol5s]

wasn't there someone on here a little while ago that said he could fix old cracked ones?

[AdrEXAline]

hey I did this just 2 weeks ago
I got quoted $250 for the Ignition Coil Pack from Nissan at which point I laughed at the guy and hung up.
I rang a car dismantler (wrecker for the picky) here in Brisbane called Alljap. They were able to furnish me with a working 2nd hand unit for $75. (There is an ignition coil over another plug on my engine that was bought second hand from the same source 2 years ago that is still running fine)
All up the replacement took an hour.

How to replace an Ignition Coil Pack yourself -
1) Completely remove the black plastic air pipe sitting over the top of the motor. (the big black U shaped one)

2) remove the 8 screws in the black spark cover on your engine (that's the bit that says NISSAN TWIN CAM 16 VALVE) to reveal the 4 Ignition Coil Packs with respective wiring harnesses attached.

3) put the black pipe back into position (no need to screw hose clamps etc shut as you will be removing it again in a second, just push the rubber over the ends again or the engine will repeatedly stall)

4) start the engine - with the engine running remove a wiring harness from the top of one coil pack (you will see a clip you have to push down to release it) -
* if the engine runs worse you have found a working coil pack - so replace the harness and try another (by removing the harness you stop it from working hence the stumbling of the engine)
*if the engine runs the same you have found the faulty coil pack - so turn the engine off

5) undo the 4 screws holding the faulty coil pack in (at the top of the black rectangle) and pull the coil pack out and replace it with the new one, screw it in, plug it in, and put your engine back together. Then go on your first exa club cruise (thats how I did it anyway hehe)

I hope that saves you a bit of money. This is an easy change ... no more complex than an air / oil filter. Don't go paying a mechanic $75 labour for it :devilburn