What I did today

[motorman7]

Took apart more than I had planned. Pulled fenders to check for rust. They were not too bad. I did use a little Por-15 in the lower corners , mostly as a preventative. All the bolts came out easy. That was a good sign. Got the inside fenders cleaned and painted. Now back to sanding.

Found my next project car. Will pick up in 3 months or so after I have the silver one complete. It's a pre-Z.

[Zs-ondabrain]

Well, I can only say one of these were done today but the rest were done withoin the last 3 days and didn't have time to post about it.

Pulled the R200 diff and took it to JMortenson to have him Properly instal my LSD.

Came home in 95 degree weather and the green Z held up pretty good in the heat. Installed the rebuilt R200 with CV's into the Red Z only to find that my driveline's Ujoint was shot.

I was in a hurry so I left it in there and fixed that today, swapped it with the early, 1" longer driveline, which I needed in anyways.

Saturday, I held the 2nd anual summer Zcar BBQ at my place. I wanted to thank Michael O'Conner, Brian Laine and his son Ben and James (S30Driver) for showing up. I had a great time BS'n with everybody and food wasn't half bad either. Thanks for actually showing up guys, let's do it again next year...!

Dave

That's Brian's "Z8" Series 1 240Z. Ford 331 Stroker with 4) 45DCOE's, Tremec 5-speed, R200LSD, fuel Cell and Dual exhaust. SWEEEET Ride.

Michael O'Conner (Australian Bloke) and his 77'? 280Z (under Construction)

James S30Driver and his 77' 280Z with 17" Rota RB's

And Me with my 2 Z's (green Z is SOLD, to a guy in Canada)

[SmoothZ]

Soaked these in EvapoRust for a while to clean them up.

I also spent yesterday cleaning the hatch window and tried to get all the old window tint residue off using 3M adhesive remover. It worked!

[Mikez73]

I got mine to fire up a couple of times. I think the battery charge was too low to give it the hot spark it needed. I had the battery charged but I think it's on it's last legs. I'm going to try again tomorrow.

[ChrisZ]

Found my next project car. Will pick up in 3 months or so after I have the silver one complete. It's a pre-Z.

-70 1600, nice project, look to be complete.

Chris

[Mikez73]

I drove it around to the side and washed it. This is the first time it's been clean since I got it

I hope this pic is small enough. I didn't realize until a minute ago you had a 640x480 limit. Sorry

:stupid:

Here's a link to a page of clean car pics too.

http://67.18.219.83/image_hosting/web_pages/Mike88se/images/240/240zpics2.htm

[motorman7]

Well, after doing the rust abatement on the fenders, no way I could put the old bolts on. So what to do...zinc'em of course. I replaced the standard round washers and lock washers from a kit, but zinced the unique items. Caswell has the kit at a discount this month for those interested.

[esmit208]

Hey Mikez73

I'm working on the same area but mine is in the process of complete restoration. A Dremel is handy for this and other cramped areas I.E. wiper cowls and underneath. Many attachments that get into these areas thouroughly. Have fun.

[Mikez73]

Hey Mikez73

I'm working on the same area but mine is in the process of complete restoration. A Dremel is handy for this and other cramped areas I.E. wiper cowls and underneath. Many attachments that get into these areas thouroughly. Have fun.

A dremel? That is dedication . Took weeks for my hands to get back to normal after working under the cowl

I'm not going to say this car is forever rust proof in the areas I've worked on but it should be good until the next generation owner takes over the responsibilities of keeping this car alive. I'd still like to wirebrush and treat the rust along the bottom. Not sure if it's the frame rail but you know the area I'm talking about. I'll post a pic at the end. The control arms and suspension parts really should be removed and gone over. That's what I did on my shiro. I don't think I have the motivation to go through that again at my age

I'll keep tabs on your car as long as I'm around. Good luck.

Here's that pic.

[Mikes Z car]

Took a picture of the crossmember under the radiator to get an idea of the curve at the end for a sketchup 3D drawing I am attempting to make of the early 240Z frame. Not sure how far I will get with this as it is more time consuming to get any accuracy than I thought and I am no cad expert. I will upload what little I have so far to my blog for anyone to make use of and for any comments.

Drove my 240 to the hardware store where it got looked over. Several people have commented on how nice it looks this last week or so as I have had it outside to finish the wiper motor install and the headlight harness upgrade.

[Mikez73]

That's def an attention getter. Got some bigger pics?

[biddljj]

After 4 years Z-Disease finally went for a road test today....

I screwed up and put the back eibach springs in the front.

This weekend I tore the 72 240 apart and put the front springs in the front.

10 hours latter..... Spirted road test for 7 miles.... Big fun and every thing works

good... Gotta work on the interior and fix the brake lite / turn signal issue.

Jay