Patcon
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Everything! If you already have a donor, then I would go with the 240z or the least rusted Z you can find. You are way ahead of most people as you have a selection of spare parts. Do you live in an apartment? You don't need a shop or garage to do most of this work. If you have a driveway and your local government will leave you alone much of this could be done there, provided it won't get stolen.
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The other piece of this, is you may need to learn to be your own mechanic. These cars are pretty simple. Most of us on this site are better classic Z car mechanics than most modern mechanics. Also these cars need attention and paying a professional for that gets expensive, and you are obviously on a budget.
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The automatic transmission is fairly easy to overcome.
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Would be much better to solder them and shrink wrap. Resistance is your enemy in these EFI systems
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@siteunseen GL with that!
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Start looking outside of Florida and the coastal states. You will have to go get it or ship it but much better to have a lot less rust!
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How did you connect the new CTS connector?
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A donor is the best bet
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I totally understand. That's a lot of money for a complete project!
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If I were going to replace the springs I would do it when I did the struts. Although the bounce in the rear probably has nothing to do with the springs. Struts should help that. Most people change springs fo a slightly lower stance. I would suggest Eibach progressive springs. Just be sure whatever fluids you try are safe for yellow metals!
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Bless you on the shingles! I've had that, no fun at all! Getting the rails adjusted properly in the doors is a big part of the window regulators and not overly worn or broken parts. The car sounds good and I didn't hear any worrisome noises.
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@kats Don't you have room for just one more? ?
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Just remember Chas (Eurodat) is one of the few resident transmission experts...
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I wonder if the GM tranny fluid would help? It does sound like the 3rd synchro could be a problem. Nice looking car!
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He's a "sparkie"
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You aught to be able to turn the freeze plugs out and with the head off blow the majority of the block clean. I know Rossiz did something similar and said he was surprised at the amount of gunk that came out. The freeze plugs can be difficult to get out. I have struggled to get them turned sometimes but a fabricator at your level will grind out some interesting little widget to make it easy peasy!
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Also be sure they are in the correct locations
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There is either a problem with the lever that trips the switch or you need a switch with a longer plunger. Can you shine a flashlight into the transmission for a look?
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It would have to be slop in the ball joints, at the control arm bushings or the tie rod I believe. Those are the only places I can think of that would allow that type of movement. If you have spring compressors, you could jack it up, remove the wheels and take the spring tension off and see where the slack is. I would think it would be pretty obvious but maybe not.
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If there is slack in the output U-joints then the slack may be in the output shafts and not internal to the diff
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