Zedyone_kenobi

GREAT seats man!! Also obligatory head light cover envy! :)

What a great article.... I love reading about the Z in the time it was here. Even then they realized what a special car it was. Amazing to think how spot on they were.

UPDATE: I have been so busy with baseball I have not had a chance to post in a long while, but the transmission is cleaned up and ready to install. Ordered an new clutch and pressure plate. I may or may not change those though as I only have 3000 miles on my stock clutch. I will change out the throw out bearing though for sure.

GREAT NEWS.. UPDATE: I have my newly rebuilt 5 speed sitting on my garage floor. Next steps are as follows: 1) Clean the thing up and make it look factory fresh 2) Give some hard thought to replacing the clutch/pressure plate/throwout bearing (only have 3000 miles on my last new clutch installed 5 years ago) 3) Fill with MT90 and have fun. NOte: I plan to use the clutch fork, throwout bearing, Clutch collar, clutch and pressure plate from a 240Z 4 speed. I think it should be the same.

I will chime in for Daves relay work and I have had my combo switches done by him for both my Z and my roadster. His work is unparalleled! Quality, value, and better than OEM. Dave has saved more Datsuns than anybody.

Bingo! Found a local manual transmission shop that said he will be happy to take it down and have a look. He said it probably does not need a thing but some seals, but I have no way of knowing. He said he will take it down and check it out to let me know its condition. Said it should only take a day or two. I like not fixing what is not broken. I will update when I get a chance. I will mention to pay close attention to the roll pins and 3rd gear syncros as well.

Well I called up Awesome Z, good place in Houston. He rebuilt my 4 speed which has been working properly now for over 5 years for 650 bucks. When I asked him to look at this 5 speed, he said 1250. Just now way it is that much harder.

Greetings Z buddies.... Been a while since I posted as I have been working my website and reignited an old passion of mine with collecting mechanical watches. Guess I am getting old.. But seriously... I have finally acquired a 5 speed from a 77 280Z and have been calling around to get it rebuilt. It seems to work fine on the garage floor.. Spins freely and feels smooth... but before I put it into my car, I want to go through it completely. Having said that I am getting prices to rebuild an old 5 speed in the 900-1300 dollar range. That seems excessive since I had my 4 speed redone for 650. well the mechanic in me sort of wants to give this a try. What I need from my fellow brethren is any shop manuals specifically for the transmission.... is there a handy dandy resource to redoing these. I know some of you have done this. before I crack the case, anybody want to throw a reference or two out.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DCTFS/ The orange car on the top of this FB page has really nice wheels... I love how they look... but I have no idea what they are!

yup that is what I thought. I was thinking I could use all my current 240Z stuff as it is all less than 4000 miles old.

After months of patiently waiting on logistics, I was able to trade my old MSA Type 1 air dam for 5 speed from a 280Z. I came out of a running car, and the input shaft seems to spin freely without much play. It is dirty and I fully intend to get it rebuilt prior to installation. I just wanted to check. Having put a new clutch and pressure plate and throwout bearing and clutch collar in my last car, can I reuse those? You match all the clutch hardware with the clutch if I recall. It has been a while since I did the research on this. I was planning on using my 240Z 4 speed collar fork and everything else... I will dig around in the 5 speed swap section to see if this is right. But I am psyched. I will finally be able to drive with the flow of traffic on the freeway without turning 4500 rpm.

That is epic!!!!

That looks good, I know how hard it is to get it just right. I have been toying with the idea of getting a label maker and seeing if I can duplicate the lettering of the original for things like volume or tone or balance or something.

THanks guys, I have been busy helping who I can and donating everything I can afford to give up. I pray this find you all well and that nobody ever has to go through this!

Well it was 7 years ago. the first plate they sent me was for a 280Z I think. It did not fit right, the second one said 240Z on the plate.

Sorry to be so late getting back to you. I am fine. We were blessed in so many ways over the past week. My wife spent 6 straight days at the hospital taking care of everybody and keep the lights on and people fed their. I am so proud of her. I was home with our two boys making sure things were safe. With so many I know who lost so much, I am almost ashamed to say I had little to no damage from the storm. Our cleanup is all but done and many others have not even been able to start. THanks for the kind thoughts! I am okay. My family is okay and my little Datsuns made it okay

I love fuel rail topics.. I made one for my 'primitive carb' set up. You fancy smancy guys with your injected fuel..

just realized autocorrect changed Hardway to Hardware... sorry bud!

Hardware... I am going to be cutting up a heater hose this weekend!! That was brilliant... Now I wonder if their s a way to inject some hard curing silicone to accomplish the same thing. Some type of rubber epoxy maybe. Very nice!!

Very happy to hear it I Hope they make you smile every single day!

I have only had one experience with Paltech, as he refurbished the DCOEs on my Roadster. Car would not run after very well. He had installed one of the venturis in backwards... They do look fantastic though. As my old DCOE's on my Z are getting older and 'wearing' in, I think they could use a bit of a tune up. I may try myself, but we will see. I do love playing with carbs. Have not done a total rebuild on one since my Holley 4150 days.

I had no idea Mr. K loved silver. Makes me smile

careful buddy, LOL.. Sounds like you are tuning like a pro now. IN a year or so you will be giving advice. Just a word to the wise. keep these files and print them out with what you ran. It will really save time later and be a great bit of info for yourself and every other Weber Junkie.

I think he took apart a Z and took a picture of everything and spun a wheel for the price... I mean talk about a pick a part special. I think these will become more and more common as Z prices rise.

I saw me! Great video. So this is what a bird sees right before he poops on my hood.