Got the radiator, drive shaft, motor and tranny pulled out.

Finished the tranny rebuild with all new syncro's and a shiny new coat of paint!

Decided to have the engine bay painted while it's empty. It's so much easier that way...

So, it's off to the painter on Monday when my trailer gets back from LA.

My freakin' back and thighs are killin' me!

 

So this would be your '72 rolling chassis one correct? Good job though man, sounds like you accomplished a lot. I know my legs, and about everything else would be killing me after all that. LOL

 

Nice homie! Which car ya bringing to MSA?

 

Nope, this is the "original with almost no rust"... It's the one I smoked the motor while I was at Laguna Seca...

I figure a week to get the paint job done... hahaha, like a paint and body guy has ever finished anything in a week... Anyway, by the time the car comes back from paint, I should have the new motor put together and ready to go in.

At least one of my Z's should be running by April 27th... I'm still gonna try and finish the JCR ZX-Turbo, but I don't know if I'll have time to get them both done. My travel schedule this year is starting to have a pretty bleak outlook...

Germany the week after next, Melbourne Australia a couple weeks later, Baltimore Maryland the middle of March, Cape Town South Africa at the end of March and Fribourg Switzerland in the middle of April... ;(

 

How Easy Is It To Rebuild A Tranny?? And Where Do You Get The Parts For The Rebuild.

 

get parts for the tranny at nissan, they have way better syncros, i know i worked as a re+re guy at a tranny shop. good work l-dub! you at least gotta get your life long project done eventually!

 

Tell me about it Shady! I wonder if I'm avoiding it subconsciously...

 

this thread is use less without pics j/k put i would luv to see ur progress in sum pics

 

sweet, i wish my car was coming along as quickly, wait it is...lol, but yours will be hella cleaner, mine is just going in primer til i get around to investing big money....good luck with the project, i hope to see it by MSA....Hopefully mine will be there too.

 

Dude! Hasn't your 280ZX been getting a "Paint Job" for about two years now?...

FINISH THAT THING! we want to see it at MSA.


Nice job on the 240 man.


Rod.

 

Haha, lww finish the 280?! Now thats funny. its got at least another 90k and a couple years in the shop before it gets another couple clear coats, a complete tear down, re-re-re-rebuilt, stripped to the metal, repainted, re-re-re-re-built and then do the whole thing over again cept in an off white.
You do know he gunna be coming to MSA in the Honduh, right? Either that or the Durango if he brings the clan. . . .pft, wade finish the 280 . . .good stuff

 

you gonna take all this l-dub, man you better show all them and finish the 280!! even if it is with a spare motor just so it drives.

 

Sorry, I'm not susceptible to peer pressure... I have too many guns...

The 240Z will definitely be "done" if done is considered driveable.

Regardless, I plan to pick-up a BRE spook and spoiler for it at the show, then I'll get the rest of it done. I still need to get the interior re-done, new dash, new console, new interior panels, new interior paint and the exterior re-painted...

 

peer pressure is why i do 75% of the things i do and i couldnt be happier lol

 

He prolly doesn't need MORE of a headache...

 

I went FROM a Porsche 911 to the Z! Even with all the crap I go through with this car, it's NOTHING compared to owning a Porsche on the "Pain in the A$$" scale.


Rod.

 

yeah... Z's arent hard to work on really.. they are just fussy.... they are like a high maintenence women.. you do something wrong or dont take care of her just rght... she bitches at you. but a little money will fix her right up.... crazy how similare hehe

 

Sounds like you have women all figured out there Snow. How about the Homer Simpson version.... "Son, a woman is a lot like a... a refrigerator! They're about six feet tall, 300 pounds. They make ice, and... um... Oh, wait a minute. Actually, a woman is more like a beer."

 

hahaha....
if you know how to keep your Z happy... you know how to keep your woman happy... and in turn your self happy... at least with your personal life.

 

And now lessons on life, women and happiness from the one and only Snwbrderphat540!!!













Dont quit yer day job just yet, Dr. Snw.

 

Yeah, Porsche's are a LOT more maintenance and the parts cost WAY more than Datsun/Nissan parts and the performance (unless it's a new one) is only slightly better in some cases. They're just not worth the pain in my opinion.

 

hahaha... i may be a somewhat off kid and this and that... but if theres anything i know.. its lots of random knowledge in the worl mainly on cars all not datsuns still learning but they are fairly simple... stupid wiring... how to fly me some airplanes R/C and real.... and how to get women...

everything else.... who knows.... hey... im smart.... i only go a 25 on my ACT but thats only cause the reading section raped me... in the english part got a 25.... reading.... ummm lets not say..... math 28 sience 27... and me gradumuated from HS with a 3.495 GPA in the top 10% i believe... and have a 8.5k scholarship per year at my aviation college... all in all.. i think im doin pretty good... GO ME!

however i have niether the time nor patience to become Dr. eric

now back to this topic..... screw the s130 jsut finish the 240... everyone knows its better