Hi,
First post. It's a long story, but like a fool, I did not take notice of the 60 months or 100k miles notice to change my timing belt. I only had the 100k figure in my mind. I have a 2000 4WD with 99.3k miles. My awesome truck dies on the way home last week. Oh me.

A few hours later, timing belt had not broken, but ripped out about 3 inches worth of teeth. This is an interference engine I learn, oh joy. So, I need to remove heads and inspect valves and pistons, more joy.

A few more 6-8 hours, this dang intake manifold is out. Man, what a nasty big job. Nissan puts things together well! I have a few more hours left to remove exhaust manifolds and heads.

Oh, reason for this post. I just wanted to see if anyone here has gone through this already and has any thoughts to share. In the day, I used to work for Datsun, so I'm an old guy, so I know cars well and am not afraid to take on a project like this, but it is being done in my "backyard" and I thought this section of the forum was appropriate.

Thanks, I appreciate any insights.