Busta Nut Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Installed This is as close as I could get it after hours of tweaking brackets. Left side is perfect Right side is better As she sits Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Did some quick clean up today. before After Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Put a new Brake master in. Old one New one I didn't like the new plastic caps that came with the new m/c Did my best to clean up the old ones New M/C installed and bled Quote Link to comment
Bueller240z Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Your new M/C came with new reservoirs too?! Man I got screwed... damn Autozone. Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 There is no parts source like WorldPac! :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
freetheoranges Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Daayamn that's some clean reservoir fluid! So you drilled a hole in the wood so it'd fit over the bracket bolt and you did what to make it straight? Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Ya. Drilled a hole so the side lays flat and used a rubber mallet to pound it straight. Quote Link to comment
yiannit280z Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 What did you do to make those caps so clean?! Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted March 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 First I hit them with a wire wheel. Then I used this metal polish. It's been good to me over the years so haven't tried anything else. I also use this stuff on the bumper, wheels, door handles, ect. It's my multi-purpose metal polish. If anyone has used anything better, please inform me. Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted March 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 I've got a great woman! She bought me this shifter boot for my B-day! Old rubber boot is pretty beat up. I'm gonna leave it under the new one to try to keep the road noise down. Shift knob just unscrews. Tried just resting the boot on top but there were these gaps in the corner. Unacceptable! I wanted to pinch the corners down so they don't show when I shift. Had to pop the center console up just a hair. Removed the screws. Had to be gentle. Already have a couple cracks. Lifted up just enough to slip the boot under the corners of the console. All back together!! Sweet!! So much quieter in the cockpit now. Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted March 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 Glove box light wasn't workin'. Pulled the bulb out. Looks original, damn! New bulb didn't work unless I wiggled it around. Needed to clean up the contacts. Got an 8mm brass bottle brush. Bent it to get it in that awkward position. A little scrubbing and....DING! Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted April 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Got some past due maintenance done on the Z. Belt was cracked, water pump was getting noisy, heater hoses were bulging and scraping against the firewall, and the front crank seal had started leaking. Things were getting nasty. When I took the water pump pulley off, noticed a bolt was missing. Things coming apart. Had to use a puller to get the crank pulley off. New parts! Bolt clean up. Heater hose was tucked so far up I didn't even know it was kinked. New hoses installed. Cleaned up the drippy goo that was on the firewall and put the new grommets in. Didn't have enough time to do a rebuild on the heater valve, but it doesn't leak. All Clean!! Hit the water pump pulley with the wire brush and some metal polish. I'd like to get a billet crank pulley to tidy it up a bit also. Quote Link to comment
Npdavies. Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Saw this on the CL for SFbay: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/cto/2965449270.html Totally freaked cause I thought it was your Z. Lolz. Pretty convinced it isn't. We do need an update though! Quote Link to comment
Draynor Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Sweet Z, Looking good! :thumbup: Quick Tip: To get rid of the surface rust on the inside of the bumper buy "The Works" Toilet bowl cleaner it works well for rust but for cleaning toilets it sucks... I used it on both my bumpers and there is no rust what so ever on them now, took about 3 bottles for each bumper and you can pick it up at the Dollar Tree... All I did was plug the License plate mounting holes and poured the Cleaner in and all over the inside of the bumper let it sit a couple minutes and then went to work with a scrubbing brush and a couple minutes later I had a clean bumper... Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Sweet Z, Looking good! :thumbup: Quick Tip: To get rid of the surface rust on the inside of the bumper buy "The Works" Toilet bowl cleaner it works well for rust but for cleaning toilets it sucks... I used it on both my bumpers and there is no rust what so ever on them now, took about 3 bottles for each bumper and you can pick it up at the Dollar Tree... All I did was plug the License plate mounting holes and poured the Cleaner in and all over the inside of the bumper let it sit a couple minutes and then went to work with a scrubbing brush and a couple minutes later I had a clean bumper... Thanks!! Nice. I'll try that. B) Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 The rest of my updates will be here, http://community.ratsun.net/topic/43505-low-flying-loogie/page__fromsearch__1 :pirate: :baby: :ph34r: :excl: :sick: :ninja: Quote Link to comment
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