Tristin Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Stripped the radiator the other day. I also started documenting wire location for the soon-to-happen wire tuck. Quote Link to comment
freekwonder Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Love the radiator man. Got my gauges installed. Just need mount all the sensors. The tach is just held down with sticky tape right now, might end up moving it. Easy install thanks to speedhut sending a daisy chain wiring setup, and icehouse's can/am box. I used an open spot on the ECU relay to power the gauges. Quote Link to comment
jovial_cynic Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Finally got to work on the front strut replacement. Perches cut from the 510, 280zx (well, maxima; close enough), struts ground and ready for collars to seat the perches. Gonna paint it all up and make it look pretty before throwing it back on the car. Quote Link to comment
darc510 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 cut out my exhaust and pulled my L20B out to replace/upgrade clutch, pressure plate, flywheel, motor mounts, new water pump, new alt (saturn 96amp upgrade), and do a radiator flush...oh and new electric fan. done everything except finish alt wiring and rad flush...hope to have everything back into the car soon. (i'll update project tread once oics are loaded) then it's onto finish my BMW ellipsoid lights. Quote Link to comment
jovial_cynic Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 I cut out the bondo mess that the previous owner made out of the old gas-cap location. He shaved it down and put in new metal... but the metal wasn't flush with the body. It was like... nearly half an inch deep, which meant nearly half an inch of bondo. sigh. I cut out the body sheet where the old filler spot was, and tacked in some new metal. I'm doing this old school w/ oxy-acetylene! Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 i bought another sr trans for it thanks dave! Quote Link to comment
freekwonder Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Fought the urge to douse her in gasoline and light her on fire. 1 Quote Link to comment
FiveSeventyZee Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Picked him up from school. He's been sitting for 5-6 weeks (however long ago jccs was....). Took it for a spin around campus first to check everything out, seemed fine, parked it, went to class. Well, over a month with fuel lines unplugged....youre fuel reserve tends to go down a bit...at any rate, had I plugged my lines wile the engine was out, I wouldnt have found my new maximum fill.... I thought these had 10.5 gal tanks....guess I was wrong... anyways, home sweet home. Only spot left in the apt parking was next to a neighbors old corvair spyder....it doesnt move a lot, maybe no one else wants to park there haha Happy he's home & has a full stomach courtesy of my wallet.... Quote Link to comment
macgyver Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 just finished putting together my 280zx struts and new tokico 5ways. Now just waiting on my coilovers to get here!! ahhh Sandy..... Oh and I brought a wheels fitment tool I found on amazon. since my Dime is rolled and has these little flares, I need to figure out width and offset/backspacing. I'll keep you posted on how it works. Quote Link to comment
freekwonder Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Got her to start. Now just need to get her to run properly, she is idling around 1400 and doesn't like the throttle to be blipped, if you roll into the throttle she will rev; if you blip it she bogs and pops. Quote Link to comment
Boaty Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Was heading to Home Depot this morning after work, and out of NOWHERE, a foot deep pond that's 20 yards long, filled with an entire FLOCK of geese appears in the middle of the road. It was super effective! Needless to say, said geese were QUITE surprised that I showed up. So was I, since I hit this pond at 25 mph or so, and came to a very abrupt crawl. Which was preceded by a very large SPLOOSH!!!, which in turn just happened to swamp out the rest of the geese, as they struggled to take down the cyclone fence on one side of the street, gasping for air, and trying to maneuver the surprise jungle-gym that is my car... There were feathers of fury everywhere, and 10+ very upset geese. I'm pretty sure that they shit on my car, but I wouldn't know since my car (and the entire underneath side, and the engine bay) got a bath. Either way, my life is complete. I crashed a pool party with a Datsun, and I don't even have a hunting license. What's best, is now I don't have to crawl under my car any time soon and pressure was the mud build up. Unfortunately, things got a little wet. Popped the trunk, and it's not too dry anymore... lots of water where the fuel lines go through the floor, ended up in the spare tire well. I suspect undert he back seat, too. Thankfully, there's drain holes there. (Actually, there's rusty holes where metal used to exist before my car went all green (red?) and organic several years ago. :D Quote Link to comment
jovial_cynic Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Got to play w/ my new mig welder, and cut up a section of the dented rear quarter panel and welded on a new piece. Felt amazing to get rid of the bond-covered dented smashed up metal and replace it with nice clean sheet. Hobart Handler 140 is AMAZING for sheet metal work. 1 Quote Link to comment
darc510 Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 did a radiator flush and cleaned off an inch or so of road grime off the crossmember... may just remove it all together and really clean and paint it. Quote Link to comment
dr.feltersnatch Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 today i installed a 25 inch thrush glass pack and a cheap egay fart can muffler. it actually sounds pretty good, just slightly louder than before and more throaty. Quote Link to comment
Big_E-Dog Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 gona go out and get the turnsignal wiring in and clean it out so i can put interior back in... Quote Link to comment
jovial_cynic Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Started the prep/paint process. I haven't decided on a color, but the primer sure looks nicer than the patch-work colors that I cobbled together from different cars! Quote Link to comment
Big_E-Dog Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 working on vg30et manifolds......ran outa pipe.. getting another bmc....mine aint working then ill try to bleed brakes Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 Inspected rear brakes. They're fucked. Need new wheel cylinders and shoes. Replaced speedo cable. I can finally tell how fast I'm going. Quote Link to comment
FiveSeventyZee Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Wrapped my fuel rail with heat shielding tape (trying to combat a vapor lock issue) and played with my camera a bit I was playing with light painting, this was the best shot I got Quote Link to comment
BlkSSnCPT Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 I cleaned up the metal on the floor pan, the previous owner changed over to a stick shift and did a crap job at cutting up the tranny tunnel so i went in and cleaned up the metal they just chopped and bent to clear the tranny/shifter... also bolted in some radio bezel, glove box and wiper cowl... didn't do it today technically but it was the last thing i did to it :D ... -Rob Quote Link to comment
MYDAILYROUTINE Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Picked my new one up today! 1 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 is this the one the the510keeper bought? Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 is this the one the the510keeper bought? from the JY in oregon... Quote Link to comment
MYDAILYROUTINE Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Yup. Made a trip to datsunville today to pick it up. Quote Link to comment
freekwonder Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Got all four cylinders finally firing, now to get the other engine issues worked out and get an exhaust. Need recommendations for a muffler for my KA powered ride. Quote Link to comment
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