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Home Built by Jeff

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  1. Home Built by Jeff
    The final exterior paint stage is getting close. This week I finish off the last bits that need to be painted before the body, including the most difficult part. The roll cage.
  2. Home Built by Jeff
    This week I get into painting the rest of the inner parts. Another big step to finishing the paint.
  3. Home Built by Jeff
    This week it is back to sanding and primer on the 680, but it all heads towards getting it ready for the final paint.
  4. Home Built by Jeff
    This week I finally get the colour onto my 240z. It has almost been 12 months of work to get to this point, and it still has a long way to go, but it is great to reach this milestone.
  5. Home Built by Jeff
    Nice work. If you noticed with all the work I put into my bonnet, I ended up giving up and just bought a repro one. I am ashamed of myself for caving in, but I gave it my best ?
  6. Home Built by Jeff
    This week I start the final stages of sanding to prep the car for paint.
  7. Home Built by Jeff
    This week I got the interior cleaned up and painted.
  8. Home Built by Jeff
    Lumber here is definitely in mm not inches by the way. I have done a lot of carpentry and it is pretty spot on. Structural here is bang on 90x45mm, etc, we don't have 2"x4"s like the US have. Not 100% sure on the steel though.
  9. Home Built by Jeff
    That may very well be the case, but my small brain can't handle all those fractions, so I work in mm ?
  10. Home Built by Jeff
    This weeks job was to mount my seats to the car, but nothing ever goes smoothly, and there is always that last bit of rust...
  11. Home Built by Jeff
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  12. Home Built by Jeff
    This week I finish assembling my L28 engine for my 240z and do the timing.
  13. Home Built by Jeff
    Yep. The front cover needs to go back on before the oil pan.
  14. Home Built by Jeff
    This week I finish off the head assembly and mount it to the block. It is coming together and I am getting excited.
  15. Home Built by Jeff
    This week I get into the assembly of my L28's head for my Datsun 240z
  16. Home Built by Jeff
    Yep. I briefly mentioned it, but I am following the book 'how to rebuild your L series engine' so hopefully it all goes together the way it should ?
  17. Home Built by Jeff
    This week I finally get to rebuild the bottom end of my L28 for my Z.
  18. Home Built by Jeff
    No, basically that is it for me. I am not too worried about the light sanding I have done, and I don't think I have made any crazy weak points to worry about. The engine is not going to be under a huge amount of stress anyway, as I will be running the factory rev limit.
  19. Home Built by Jeff
    This week I am getting stuck into the L28 engine for my Datsun 240z. That includes balancing the pistons and rods.
  20. Home Built by Jeff
    Well I am quite happy, I just went through and measured the clearances of my pistons and the bores including the taper and it is all well within spec which is a relief. I actually thought the bores would have more taper than they do, but the largest taper is 0.05mm. As for the piston to bore clearance they area all around 0.11mm where standard is 0.05 and max is 0.22. The crank is also well within spec, so I can still use standard bearings. Hopefully this should all go together nicely.
  21. Home Built by Jeff
    That is good to know. If mine are too far out of wack, I may need to look at something, but hopefully I can 'run what I brung'.
  22. Home Built by Jeff
    I recently got myself a set of outside micrometers and a set of spring T things (I can't remember there correct name off the top of my head) so I should be able to measure everything correctly. I know the bores do have some taper, I just need to see how much. I don't have a budget for a bore and new pistons, so I hope they are good.
  23. Home Built by Jeff
    They are definitely not a practical solution that is for sure. I am sure they are terrible to actually use, but it is more about the overall aesthetic of the car ?
  24. Home Built by Jeff
    This week I fit the mirrors to the front guards and then start cleaning up the pistons to get them ready to re-assemble the L28 engine for my Z.
  25. Home Built by Jeff
    I just use a wax and grease remover, but the big thing is to make sure you rough it up enough so that the paint has something to 'key' into. Make sure you use a primer first of course, and I always use a dust coat first. Then gradually build up to wet coats. Often if you try to go for a wet coat straight off the bat, you will end up with issues even if you have cleaned it up really well.
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