Zedyone_kenobi

UPDATE: I got a call in from the radiator shop, my tank is done. It has been cleaned, coated, tube rebrazed, pressure tested and is ready to remount. Just need to paint or POR it. Pics coming tonight.

I have you in mind buddy!

would it be possible to order one wheel? Or do you only sell sets? I have to see these in person before I drop nearly 800 bucks on a set of rims that I may not like as much as my panasports...

My solution to the pads on the top of the tank hit me by surprise last night as I was straightening things in the garage. Behold my Genius... They are a hard rubberish material, I do not think they hold water, very tough yet giving. I will check to see if they hold any water and if not, they offer a perfect hard rubber to compress against.

Casey, that is MONEY right there.. thanks man!

Wow, casey, our cars are twinkies... Mine is a 16 year old respray of 901 silver. I love this thread. It will be a great reference when it comes time to get mine redone.

All my new parts are on order. One thing I am left wondering is how do I get new rubber parts for the top of the tank and the tank straps? I figured I can get some thin rubber at the local home depot, but the thicker rubber on top is sure not to survive the tank dipping process that is going on now. speaking of which, they said they can line the tank with a teflon based coating. I told them to go ahead, as he said it was resistant to all modern fuels. they are also going to braze the tube fitting and pressure test the tank for me. The cost of the dipping, pressure testing, rebrazing, and coating... 95 dollars at the local radiator shop. Not bad. when I get it back, I will just POR the outside and start running hoses where they should. I picked up a set of fuel tank grommets for all the fuel lines going to my evap tank (zcarsource had a 71) and I got a new sending unit and oring while I was at it. This should turn out pretty well. I looked at my hoses from Courtesy, and they are the soft cloth braided kind. You have to wonder how old those hoses are. They feel perfectly pliable, but when was the last time Nissan made those hoses. Hopefully they will be okay. I will shoot some pictures today of what I have.

Arne, I will be sad to see you go man. Your car and my car may have been made on the same day they were so close. Your advice has always been helpful to me and I appreciate everything you have done. I just have one other thing to say. Alfa GTV 1750

A good tranny jack is not a wasted purchase either. It can make other jobs VERY easy as well. Like say dropping a fuel tank!

Okay, I have established permission from the country airport manager to have our carshow on the ramp in front of the hotel. We can work out the details, but in general, it is limited to 60 cars, which I am sure we will not get close to. There is no fee. But it is contingent on if they are still using this airport as a forest fire fighting location. I will keep track of this up until the day of the car show.

okay folks. I am taking the tank to the shop either today or tomorrow. I will post pictures of it as soon as I can. Also, my hoses came in from courtesy. I have decided to run all the proper hoses again. It will take me longer to get everything just right, but the car will be back to stock again!

I would wager that if they held up to Adams Roadster around Laguna Seca...they would be fine for us.

Dave I am still flip flopping on whether to get these. I would love to show them off on my Z for you. I think they do look spectacular. Do you know which size Adam is running on his Roadster. Are they 6" or 7" wide. They look fairly shallow.

Dave I am still flip flopping on whether to get these. I would love to show them off on my Z for you. I think they do look spectacular. Do you know which size Adam is running on his Roadster. Are they 6" or 7" wide. They look fairly shallow. What are the roadster offsets

Well if you do, PM me and I can paypal you my 25 dollars to help you along.

I will be happy to pay you that much right now, and even in advance if it would help you get started. I think 25 dollars for a useful tool like that is darn good value for money.

Rooms must be reserved BEFORE nov 2nd

Why couldn't they put the blinkers under the bumper like we have them in the US. It just looks weird with the cutout for the blinkers and nothing there.

OKAY UPDATE: I have 10 rooms reserved for us the weekend of December 3rd. You have to mention that you are with the TEXAS classic Z car club to get the discount. I certainly hope to see many of you there, and I certainly hope my Z is running again. This gas tank project is growing every day.

I am toying with the idea to remove the bumperettes off of my 240Z bumpers to get it closer to looking like the euro bumpers with only the horizontal bumper. But I would like to fill in the holes left with shiney chrome bolts. What have people been using to fill these holes?

UPdated list So right now, my list includes the following: Zedyone CW240Z Ben's Z d240zx2 Zcurves steve91tt (you see I moved you up!) Mike W (if he is not in Asia) Burl We are growing every day!!!

That is my bad. I have to reserve some rooms today. She will hold some rooms for me up to 10 if I give her my credit card. I will put the rooms under the name Texas Classic Z car club You can reserve a room under that name and get the reduced price. Burl, give me a day to get the rooms reserved. I also have to talk to the airport manager to get us a photo day on the flightline. Stay tuned!

HAHA... yeah I hear ya, since I already have over a hundred bucks in lines on order already, I will take you up on your tank Zcurves THANKS!! By the way, what year is that evap tank? I mean were they all the same for all 240-280 Z's? I will check the gas cap. It is crazy tight though...

Thanks so much! It has been quite a bit of work getting it there... Well, I know the line going back to the crankcase is plugged right now. Noticed that last night. So I would have to reconnect that if I decide to re-install the Evap tank. I am having a hard time justifying the expense versus payback right now. Seems to be Zero advantage to reinstalling the evap tank and the cost is not trivial. So how original do I want to be? Hummmmm

This was the start of the adventure, Car up on jacks, radio going and I was prepared for anything. Well at least I told myself I was anyway. Next step was to get fuel sensor wires unhooked and remove the fuel-out and fuel-in lines that are located right next to the tank sensor. This was a piece of cake. Next I loosened the filler hose after removing the access door. That is when I noticed that my tank under the filler hose is bone dry. And has been for a long time. Also I noticed the filler neck is extremely soft and pliable. I think I may be in good shape there. But I did notice something on my small fuel out line to the fuel pump. More on that later. Next I got out my tranny jack and positioned it under the tank. This allowed me to remove the straps and slowly lower the tank so I could get to the rest of the hoses. That is where I had my first surprise. Three of the lines were blocked off. So that made think I should get to the inside of the car now to see what is or is not there. I removed the inner black plastic to reveal the filler neck. What is missing form this picture! Well this is when I decided to just halt all inside the car work and then take a look at the tank. So I had to drop it now. Well now that it was lowered a bit, the other hoses came off in a pinch, and the tank was quickly all the way down.. I rolled it out and took a look. Notice the plugged lines. Boooooooooo This the culprit of my gas smell I think. The smaller diameter tube coming out of the tank was noticeably moist. When I was removing the hose that was clamped to it, the tube actually rotated on the tank. Not good. I am relatively sure this is cause of my bad smell. But we will have to see. now I have already ordered the lines Arne suggested to order for this job, but I will need to source an evaporator tank first. Question is, is it worth all the trouble. For originality, I feel compelled to do this. But all the hose grommets in the car would need to be replaced as well. So I have some soul searching to do while I figure out what do to with the tank. The inside looks really good actually. On a few small rust circles on the bottom and the rest is relatively spotless. But I will need that filler tube fixed. A new reconditioned tank from www.zcarsource.com is 400 bucks when you factor in shipping. I figured I can get this tank boiled out and fixed for less than that. More to come.