datto510 Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Can anyone recommend a good machine shop around Everett, WA. I have a pair of 280zx struts that need cut down and re-threaded. I have tried 3 shops so far, two of them turned me down and the other wants $200 per strut! :blink: Yikes! -Erick Quote Link to comment
DatWifey Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 I'm not sure how far you're willing to go, but my husband is currently having an engine for our 510 worked on by a guy down in the White Center area (south Seattle). I guess if you get desperate enough he may be worth a shot. I'm not sure how much he does outside of engine work, but I guess it may be worth asking. I'll direct my husband to this thread if you have any questions regarding the guy. 309 South Cloverdale Street # C5 Engine Machine Service Seattle, WA 98108 206-766-9810 1 Quote Link to comment
Everat Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Its pretty easy to do yourself, if you or a buddy has a welder then it can be done in a couple hours. Thats with just cutting a section out and reattaching the threaded part. Quote Link to comment
datto510 Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Its pretty easy to do yourself, if you or a buddy has a welder then it can be done in a couple hours. Thats with just cutting a section out and reattaching the threaded part. It would be easier to cut a section and weld back together but the struts I picked up at the junkyard has trashed threads. The car was riding around with a gland nut backed all the way out of the strut tube! :blink: Quote Link to comment
Everat Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Ive only messed with shortening 510 struts so I dont know about the others but are they the same size tubes? If so you could probably find a junk pair of 510 struts for cheap or your old ones and attach the threads from the 510 strut. Just trying to help, if that shop datwifey suggests ends up being expensive then I know a guy who just started a machine shop that could probably do it for cheap, I dont have his number on me though. Quote Link to comment
dirtydiesel Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 if i could figure out how to perfect the gear selection on my engine lathe i could have probably pulled it off Quote Link to comment
ppeters914 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Your Location says Ilwaco/Seattle, but you're looking for a machine shop in Everett? :blink: How about Bothell, near Canyon Park? I had him machine the bell housing cut from a roadster 4-speed: Brad X-Act Machine Services 21502 Meridian Drive Southeast Bothell, Wa 98021-7589 (425) 487-4325 Haven't used 'em, but got a good recommendation for: Jay's Automotive Machine Shop in Everett across the street from WalMart on Hwy. 99 425-347-8812 Quote Link to comment
datto510 Posted April 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Your Location says Ilwaco/Seattle, but you're looking for a machine shop in Everett? :blink: How about Bothell, near Canyon Park? I had him machine the bell housing cut from a roadster 4-speed: Brad X-Act Machine Services 21502 Meridian Drive Southeast Bothell, Wa 98021-7589 (425) 487-4325 Haven't used 'em, but got a good recommendation for: Jay's Automotive Machine Shop in Everett across the street from WalMart on Hwy. 99 425-347-8812 I work aboard ships. Most of the time they are docked in Seattle for the winter but this past winter was in Everett. I'm back at work now though, just had dinner at In and Out burger Fishermans Wharf, San Francisco. :cool: I tried Jays machine shop in Everett, he only dose engine work. Quote Link to comment
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