1976 280Z Restoration Project

[ksechler]

11 hours ago, wheee! said:

I ordered:

50' of 3/16"

50' of 5/16"

25' of 1/4"

10 x 10mm x 1.0 Fittings

$195 shipped (US funds)

Greggs in Edmonton wanted almost $750 (Cdn)

I should have extra material for mistakes this way

 

I decided to go 5/16 for two reasons. I wanted to use the custom rubber fittings Eurodat made me, and I don't plan on building a performance engine anytime soon. If I do need more flow, I can address that later. Plus cost. 3/8" tubing is significantly more money.

5/16" is more than enough.

[wheee!]

Placed my order with B-Quiet Sound Deadener

Ordered 3 rolls of 12" x 50' (150 sq ft) of the ultimate butyl sound deadener plus 13.5 sg ft of VComp foam insulator mat. Total cost around $600 Cdn. A much better value than Dynamat I believe! I will post pics of the install etc when I get to that stage.

[sweatybetty]

On 7/10/2017 at 7:48 PM, wheee! said:

I ordered:

50' of 3/16"

50' of 5/16"

25' of 1/4"

10 x 10mm x 1.0 Fittings

$195 shipped (US funds)

Greggs in Edmonton wanted almost $750 (Cdn)

I should have extra material for mistakes this way

 

I decided to go 5/16 for two reasons. I wanted to use the custom rubber fittings Eurodat made me, and I don't plan on building a performance engine anytime soon. If I do need more flow, I can address that later. Plus cost. 3/8" tubing is significantly more money.

sounds like you got a great deal!

[ksechler]

Did you save the old brake lines?

[wheee!]

2 hours ago, ksechler said:

Did you save the old brake lines?

I have all the old lines as a reference.

[ksechler]

3 hours ago, wheee! said:

I have all the old lines as a reference.

Perfect.  You've had your car apart for a while and probably don't remember where everything goes.  Take some time to remind yourself before you bend the new lines.  Use the old lines as templates!

Reference these pics, I put the old lines on first and then bent new ones when I was sure where everything went.  

I have more if you need them.  We have the same year car and believe it or not, it isn't as straightforward as you would think.

Edited July 12, 2017 by ksechler

[Consigli]

Mark - the underside of your car is incredible. Hard to believe its the same car! Beautiful workmanship. What kind of wax will you use on it? 

[wheee!]

Mark - the underside of your car is incredible. Hard to believe its the same car! Beautiful workmanship. What kind of wax will you use on it? [emoji4]

Thanks! It was indeed a long process. Before I flip the car onto its shoes, I will probably put a good coat of hard wax on the clearcoat. Buff it up and that will be it. I don't expect to see a lot of the bottom of the car in the future. It was my practice paint area.

[Consigli]

5 hours ago, wheee! said:

Thanks! It was indeed a long process. Before I flip the car onto its shoes, I will probably put a good coat of hard wax on the clearcoat. Buff it up and that will be it. I don't expect to see a lot of the bottom of the car in the future. It was my practice paint area.

You certainly did very special work and set the bar high for yourself. I can't wait to see how the rest of the car turns out if that's what you did to the underside! Fantastic work! 

[wheee!]

Brake lines and sound deadening next. Supplies arrived this week!

[wheee!]

Packages! Did I say I liked deliveries?

Granny's flaring tool back right, copper nickel lines in front right, 3 x 50' rolls of butyl sound mat in the white boxes and 1 package of V-Comp sound control in the tall box!

[wheee!]

In case anyone is wondering, the 50' x 12"" rolls of butyl weigh 16 lbs each.