nelots86

I didn't have any leaks, but I didn't play with any of the seals.

wooo hoo got it done! Okay so here is what I learned. To replace the crank pulley I had to remove the radiator in order to have plenty of space to work. Get your Z on ramps, pull the hand brake, chuck the rear wheels, put the car into your highest gear 4th or 5th. If you have a skid plate remove it. To me I had an easier time working form under the car. I also had my front bumper cover off ( I have a fiberglass body kit) , for visual purposes. Drain the radiator. There is a drain pug at the bottom. After it drains go ahead and disconnect the rubber tube and let that drain too. Remove the plastic Shroud around the radiator for the fan. remove all rubber tubing from the radiator and unbolt the radiator itself and pull it out. Then I took I unbolted the fan, 4 small bolts. You can avoid this if you like but that fan will get in your way constantly. Take a 27mm socket wrench with a cheater or pipe to extend it and loosen the bolt about half way. You will then use a pulley puller to pull it off. Get a 3 clawed one, the bolt type universal ones don't come with the tiny bolts needed for these cars. clamp it onto the front of the pulley, place a wrench onto the bolt to prevent it from moving. use another wrench to tighten the crank puller. As it comes off beware that there is a small metal piece that is used to line up the pulley. It will fall out and its a pain to put back in curved side up. Once the crank pulley is ready to reinstall push up that small metal pieace and cram it up with a small screw driver. Slide in the new pulley. Then tap in with a rubber malet. Tighten to 240 lbs of torque. and put it all back together. And yay no more grinding noise!!!

Currently the car is sitting dead, after a few months of fun driving. After tightening the alternator belt for being to loose, the crankshaft pulley or harmonic dampener came loose on the alternator part. So the other day i tried to find one at a salvage yard and didnt bring the right tools.... arrrgghh!!! and now i have the worst sunburn! ouch! But I did buy a new hood and nose cone to replace the old dented ones.

oh by the way the spoiler came off a long time ago, I'm planning on filling in the back and replacing this spoiler for a ducktail spoiler.

look at that valve cover, delicious gunk! I did my own valve adjustment, I was very frantic about it! tried doing it hot, then did it cold to double check. Timing seems alot better now. I also installed a new AFM.

look at that pretty smile! took of the bumper cover to play with it, and so far no sucess on repairing it.

Went into Walmart one night, came out to a surprise. Someone was nice enough to bump into my fiberglass MSA bumper cover. Cracked it right on the corner which I'm not sure I can repair, anyone care to give me a step by step on fixing fiberglass, on a curved part that wont go back to where it was?

over time I noticed the car runs extremely rich, and all my spark plugs are all black and sooty

Up until this point everything was grand! I was excited to pull it off the trailer that I hired to have it delivered from Alabama to San Antonio, TX. I bought the car dirt cheap, as they say its always to good to be true. First off the "New Brakes" had air in them, and one of the brake lines was leaking.... easy fix, first time doing a brake job and the brakes are firm as hell. Awsome!

Here we are sitting safely at home finaly

what a lovely spoiler....that was tilted up causing the rear hatch to try and open itself on the high way. lol

owner said there was only a little dent on the hood, from some one backing into him..... later I found out the left side is slightly buckled and pushed back a little, just barley noticable

the photos were a tad misleading...

when i purchased the car