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This sounds stupid, but is your door latching closed all the way? I had that problem too, and fixing the latch to close all the way solved it for me. You can only lock it with the door closed. The PO of my Z rounded off the lock cylinder trying to lock it with the door not quite closed.
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Let us know how it goes when you replace the projectors. Can't wait to see more pics, including ones with the HID's off. If you get good results I'll be following in your footsteps
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TR's 260z L28 Build Thread
TrumpetRhapsody replied to TrumpetRhapsody's topic in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z
Thanks for the tip Daeron. Looks like that might have been the problem. ____ Lol thanks Zoom, though "finished" is a long, long way off. Acceptable, drivable, presentable... that might be more on queue. I've called to all the local junkyards and no beans, but I haven't actually gone shopping. I need to though. If you ever find more than one LSD hook me up! I was going to get the antique plate, but it said the car had to be stock. It specifically mentioned no modifications to exhaust, suspension, wheels, etc. I didn't want to take the chance. ____ I played with the check valve last night. It seemed stuck at first, but it didn't seem like it took much to free it. I went ahead and cleaned it up with brake cleaner, and it appears to work. It feels like I have power brakes again, and the engine doesn't rev when I tap the brakes. I just don't understand how a one-way valve would cause the engine to rev if it was blocked... wouldn't it just cap off the vaccum? One thing I didn't mention is that it felt like the brake pedal was "bubbling" when the power brakes were going out. Engine would rev about 400rpm, pedal felt bubbly. Weird. I haven't driven it yet, so we'll see. -
Fixing the wrecked zed
TrumpetRhapsody replied to jeffer949's topic in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z
Scotch brite pads you say... hmmm, might have to try that instead of painting over my old stuff. Looking good jeffer! -
TR's 260z L28 Build Thread
TrumpetRhapsody replied to TrumpetRhapsody's topic in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z
Just drove it to wal-mart and back... on the way back coming up to a red light I thought I'd lost my brakes... luckily I'm thinking it was just the booster. I'd never experienced manual brakes before, scared me shitless! Joy, that's going to be pricey. -
TR's 260z L28 Build Thread
TrumpetRhapsody replied to TrumpetRhapsody's topic in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z
Haven't had much time to work on the Z, but I have been driving it around a little, which has been nice. I need to take it to a bodyshop. The passenger side front seems higher than the drivers side, and the fender and hood don't quite line up right. I think there must be some frame tweakage. I got my pass door pulled apart to look at the lock and window. The window was just off off a couple of its sliders... popped them back on and it rolls like silk (old dirty silk). The lock was apparently not keyed to the key that works the ignition and drivers door (come to find out the hatch is different too). Got the pass lock re-keyed but b/c the door didn't close properly for who knows how long (fixed both latches with some dremeling now) someone tried to force it and rounded off some of the cylinder material (see pic, blue line is where the original material should continue down to). I also FINALLY just broke down and bought a MOMO hub, and after it FINALLY came in I now have my steering wheel mounted. The Momo horn button binds up and sticks down for some reason, so it's out for now. I'll have the dremel take a look at a few areas, and that should clear it right up. So, I need to get my hatch re-keyed, fix the pass cylinder, and put the door back together, get the frame looked at, then start restoring and upgrading! -
Finally got the Wats mounted up
TrumpetRhapsody replied to Topher's topic in Brakes, Wheels, Suspension and Chassis
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God your car is beautiful...
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Wrecked my 260zt(updated WITH PICS!!)
TrumpetRhapsody replied to jeffer949's topic in Non Tech Board
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Have to re-resurrect this thread, should be a sticky. This fixed my passenger door crazy-slamming issue, and tidied up my drivers door. Thanks!
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People try to get anywhere from $300-750 depending on who you ask and how good it looks.
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If it indeed has no rust, that's a great deal, but look hard for it in the usual places. No rust is rare. If you're wanting to go turbo I'd advise the posi, it's nice to have for sure.
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AC Delco/GM Alternator Swap Part 2 - CS144 Installation
TrumpetRhapsody replied to ktm's topic in Ignition and Electrical
Great writeup! Now I can sick my GM dealership friend on some caddy's to find me a nice cheap alt. -
That's just... awesome! Congrats dude.
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What width are those back tires? That looks amazing!
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So just to bring this up to date, i've gotten the running lights working, and I come to find out the head lights always worked. If I turn the dash light dimmer all the way down (off) my running lights work fine, no fuses blow. As soon as I start tuning up the rheostat, the fuse blows. So at least i've isolated the short to the dash light grounding system. Ideas?
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TR's 260z L28 Build Thread
TrumpetRhapsody replied to TrumpetRhapsody's topic in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z
My speedo cable came in today, so instead of replacing the whole cable and sleeve, I was able to just thread the new cable into the old sleeve. Took it for a drive and I have speedo! The speed will probably be a little bit off though. I didn't feel like getting tranny fluid everywhere while I swapped to my new proper-gearing pinion. If it's off by too far I'll bite the bullet and go ahead and swap it out, if not I'll wait till I drop the tranny to work on the grinding issues and do it then. Finally found the right size air filter from autozone that doesn't cost an arm and a leg too, w00t! -
TR's 260z L28 Build Thread
TrumpetRhapsody replied to TrumpetRhapsody's topic in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z
Alright well I've gotten the car up here to Fayetteville for convenience, and have been driving it around a little, which has been great! We just finished up troubleshooting a little bit of my wiring. If you're not up to speed, the white/green wire feeding the running lights and dash lights has a short in one or more places. Tonight we worked on the running lights (front is fine, rear had/has the short), and we're not sure if we fixed it by taking out a burnt bulb, or if it never was a problem and it was the dash blowing the fuse. In any case, the running lights work now, so other than not being able to see the dash (could use LED's for temp) I can drive at night now! Like our custom made license plate lamp? Yeah, I left the melty stock one in Oklahoma thinking I wouldn't need it, oops. I've added some pics for amusement's sake, not of any technical value, but being so late/early we were a bit goofy (about 5AM right now). Strongbad009 is in from Cali visiting and helping out with his l33t navy wiring skills. -
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Lol Well I made it home in one piece, w00t! It grinds a bunch while driving, made me very nervous, lol. I tried 5th a few times and it grinds pretty good, and pops out on decel.
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Crap man where were all these in February when I was car shopping!