Guest ON3GO Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 this was today.. but before a few things. like me painting the hood vents, then breaking one. and then the alternator failing on me, and me spending 3 hours!!!! to get the damn clock out of the dash. and then me re-doing the turn signals and etc etc etc. cant wait to do the turbo swap to this Z... oh ya.. the car got stuck in 5th gear for about 35mins.. i was stuck on the side of the road. and the damn gear wouldnt budge.. so what u guys think? i know it needs some work but not bad right. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poundz9oh9 Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 looks like a great start. Alot of people would kill to start with something that nice.... Good deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris240turbo Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Nice shift knob! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zfan Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 That looks very close to the same color as my car, is it utra violet metallic? It was a Ford color back in the mid 90's. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 I've seen 2 Z's get stuck in 5th. My friend drove to my house, turned around in the dirt in 1st, and when her tires hit the asphalt the tranny locked itself in "kind of first... kind of 5th" The fix was to drop the tranny and manually move the shift rails back in place. Never happened again. The second was mine. My friend was driving my Z at Streets of Willow in one of the slower off camber corners coming into the turn in 3rd. He downshifted to 2nd, and the rear tires locked up solid. He slid off the side of the track and just missed a corner workers' stand by about 2 feet still going about 50 mph!!! He sat in the car and tried to shift it into every gear, after about 3 minutes was able to get the car back into neutral, and then all of the gears engaged fine. Been fine for the last few years, just recently started popping out of gear. I know it has worn countershaft bgs (bearing grumble at idle), and I think the popping out of gear is a sign of the main shaft nut backing off. Not sure what causes this problem, but on my list of things to do is rebuild my tranny. I'll let everyone know if I find anything, but I've got SO MUCH to do it might be a few months just to get to it. Everything is taking longer than I expected, but hey, at least I got the 2 bee hives out of the damn garage... Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilRufusKay Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Looks nice man congrats again!! You never told us how much *cough cough* (of mom's money) you spent on it. j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 my mom gave me 300 bucks ... rest was mine... i got it for $3600. the dash is PERFECT, the rims i dont like, the paint is the 350Z daytona blue color and its not all that great, it has a steering problem and the alternator just went out. i think the Z curse is following me. ill post more pics soon too. and thanks chris for the shift knob, i got another one coming some you can have urs back. but you wouldnt happen to have a alternator would you?? mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilRufusKay Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Cool....nice grab. I thought the dash had a cap on it!! Does it have to be a datsun alt? do you know what the power requirements are? I have a shelf of alts but they are mostly domestic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-REX Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 that paint's awful deceiving over the internet! looks good man! btw... is that an alpine cd player? if it is, it looks a hell of alot (exactly ) like mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 ya its a alpine... its not bad. car wont start at all now so the alternator is 100% gone.. shrug i now have no working Z's mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumo Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 Eeeeh? Why do you have two different plates? Nice car by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-REX Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 ALL HAIL THE ALMIGHTY KING JACKSTAND!!!!!!! i have two non-mobile z's too... but god damn, at least they're in the same state!!! does't it suck to have a z die within a week of buying the friggin' thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 ya it does.. im gonna work on it tomorrow after work and also take the bumpers off, and do some more work to get it ready for the L28ET.. i dunno why it has 2 different plates..i havent put my florida plate on it yet. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zguy95135 Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 the car died already? that sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlasken Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 whats your plan for this car? what about the green one? the car looks great btw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 this is car is staying streetable and gonna be my daily driver. it has Cold working A/C, nice sterio, a suspension unlike my green Z which is like a solid car/rock thingy lol. the Hulk is still my baby and project car, its just gonna be used when i wanna race, show it off and weekends and nice drives MIKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsumner Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 Do you still need an alternator? I can help you out if you do. Later, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 ya i do... PM me please.. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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