moparvwfreak Posted September 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 so far so good. the brakes are doing their job and no issues. there are some things though i still ahve to work on. the Weber needs rebuilding. I will be having my son rebuild it. he's 15 and will needs the experience to rebuild the Holley 4160 in his 68 Dart. although the Holley would be better for learning to rebuild, hell his MOM can rebuild the 4160 and has, i think the Weber is a better choice. also i repaired one of my wheels. it was leaking BAD, to teh tune of going flat in 3 days. so it got dismounted and i cleaned up the wheel lip with my wire wheel. so far so good. maybe i should cleear coat them after cleaning up the rust. also i think this winter, since i did a quick and sh**y job of painting it, i will pull it in to the carport and do it right. oh does anyone have an underhood light for a Z? the retractable one??? Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Glad to see your still at it. I need to get one of those underhood lights too. :cool: Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted September 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Yeah I think the bullet style light would flow with the style of the truck. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 well the other day this little beast gave me a fit that pissed me off. it started running like crap. what the issue was, was a bad coil wire. well when that started failing it caused a cylinder to oil foul. well once it fouled it started running like ass. new wires later, after being pissed off and flogging the hell out of my truck, its now running like a champ again. i think the coil power actually cleaned the plug, along with the unburned fuel helped it run better. go figure! Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Well its been a while since I updated this thread. Last saturday I added flashing sidemarkers to this truck. Its pretty cool. Now both my 73s have side flashers. Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Underhood light, the z's up until the 280zx still had the light that you would have to wrap the wire around the stud. I haven't put this in yet, but I took one out of a GM truck. It is quite boxy but does have the reel you wind to pull the wire in. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gm-truck-retractable-hood-light-chevy-oem-trouble-light-rat-rod-/251024789883#ht_500wt_717 You can get them for a lot less at a salvage yard and a lot more of them out there. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted August 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 well brake lights failed the other day. switch died. stole the one out of the red truck, broke it, and then stole the clutch switch out of my 78. lights work, new switch was ordered from work. should be here tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted December 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 as of last night i figured out why this truck is running like shit. the idle mixture screw went AWOL on me. no where to be found. yay...... plus i think the 4spd is dying. i went to hit 3rd on my way to Seattle last night and it went into gear but nothing happened. out and back into 3rd and it started working but i don't know how much longer this is gonna work. i gotta get teh red truck going so i can tear this one down. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted May 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 hot damn its been a while...... as of right now the clutch setup is frozen. its frozen bad enough to flex the firewall as i hit the pedal. i think its either the master, slave or a clogged line. no matter what though, it should be a fairly easy fix once i get the line removed from the old master. on a plus side, the truck started after 6 months or so of sitting. took a while but she started and sounded good for a beat motor. i did get her moved from where she was up next to the evil one so i can compare where things are and where they should go on D. hopefully it will help in putting D back on the road. 1 Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted May 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 may he rest in peace. :crying: Quote Link to comment
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