How to change ZOrder in a CCSequence? - cocos2d-iphone

Question

I would like to know how to change the ZOrder of a CCSprite in a CCSequence. I have tried using CCCallBlock as suggested in another thread but it has bugged out and stops the other sprites of the same class moving. Is there another method someone can suggest?
crystalEntryPoint = [self position];
float xD = [crystal position].x - crystalEntryPoint.x;
float yD = [crystal position].y - crystalEntryPoint.y;
CGPoint dest = ccp(crystalEntryPoint.x + (xD * 2),crystalEntryPoint.y + (yD * 2));
float easingRate = 2;
CCMoveTo *moveTo = [CCMoveTo actionWithDuration:1 position:dest];
CCMoveTo *moveBack = [CCMoveTo actionWithDuration:1 position:crystalEntryPoint];
CCEaseInOut *easeTo = [CCEaseInOut actionWithAction:moveTo rate:easingRate];
CCEaseInOut *easeBack = [CCEaseInOut actionWithAction:moveBack rate:easingRate];
CCCallBlock *zOrderBehind = [CCCallBlock actionWithBlock:^{ [self setZOrder:kManaSpriteBehindCrystalZValue]; }];
CCCallBlock *zOrderInFront = [CCCallBlock actionWithBlock:^{ [self setZOrder:kManaSpriteZValue]; }];
CCSequence *seq = [CCSequence actions:easeTo,zOrderBehind,easeBack,zOrderInFront,nil]; //,zOrderInfront
CCRepeatForever *rep = [CCRepeatForever actionWithAction:seq];
[self runAction:rep];

Answer 1

Try CCCallBlockN which gives the block the node running the action as parameter. The current setup retains self inside the block which may cause the node not to dealloc later on because the sequence runs forever and thus holds a strong self-reference until the node deallocates - I can't say if cocos2d is able to clean it up properly, it should but it might not.
Not sure if this is related to your issue or not but it seems to me a likely explanation considering everything else in the code snippet looks fine.
CCCallBlockN *zOrderBehind = [CCCallBlockN actionWithBlock:^(CCNode* node){
[node setZOrder:kManaSpriteBehindCrystalZValue];
}];
CCCallBlockN *zOrderInFront = [CCCallBlockN actionWithBlock:^(CCNode* node){
[node setZOrder:kManaSpriteZValue];
}];
If that doesn't work either then try CCActionTween which allows changing any property by name.
id zOrderChange = [CCActionTween actionWithDuration:0.0
key:"zOrder"
from:kManaSpriteZValue
to:kManaSpriteZValue];
I'm not sure if from / to having the same value will work. If it doesn't try using 0 as the from parameter and perhaps even increasing duration to some low value like 0.01.