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From Smoker to Sssssmokin’!
- Thread starter AliK
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What's UK got to do with it? What do you call those things that you pull out of an axle with a slide hammer?
Are you saying Americans call our drive -shafts half-shafts?
I'm allowing people to have half shafts on US imports
The thing that gets pulled out with a slide hammer is a stub axle, isn't it?
I'm allowing people to have half shafts on US imports
No halfshaft. I'm talking about live axles (eg Ford) here not S30 stub axles
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Cor...637998?hash=item54833678ae:g:N4IAAOSwd9VeowYa
Been a month of doing “keep her on the road” jobs not the fun “make it even better” jobs.
So to continue the theme, I got rather concerned with finding mushy rubber in my fuel filter and smelling fuel inside the car every time I braked very hard from 70-0 and after taking fast roundabouts.
I drained the fuel tank while the gauge was on E. 4 gallons of liquid gold came out and I only have two 5L cans!!! Gulp! So the A4 gurgled 2 gallons of super unleaded, the lucky beast.
Very few tiny bits of dirt came out and nothing blocked the drain hole, so I’m cautiously optimistic about the condition of the tank inside. I should have used my borescope but I was already bored with it. [emoji1787]
Note to self: don’t use the utility room sink plastic bowl and hope the washing out gets rid of the evidence - her nose is very finely tuned to these things and chocolate (which I trust my kids with more)!!
For reference, this is what it looks like with ignition off ...
And completely empty, ignition on...
And the left over two gallons eventually poured back in ...
I moved the rear inside panel out of the way (can’t get the damn thing off completely, need to figure it out) and that’s when the seatbelt trouble started - which I wrote up about last night. Another blow to enthusiasm at the time!
https://zclub.net/community/index.php?threads/fixing-a-sticky-seatbelt-on-a-260z.26972/
I found a couple of pretty old hoses back there, one I think was original braided cotton in the photos. Additionally I managed to eliminate 4 joints in the end by making a single piece, so less points of leak / failure.
My wife was pretty unimpressed with “the oven smelling of the Z”!! “Did you wash those things first?” she asked in a calm and boy are you in trouble voice?
Note to self, put a curry in at the same time to disguise the smell of heated rubber!! Note to self addendum, use a much hotter setting next time too.
I left the copper inside it in the end as I figured over time the hose would probably collapse. The copper was trimmed back to allow for other pipes to join on.
I filled up with another 3 gallons but forgot to take a pic. With c. 5 gallons or in fact exactly 24 litres (includes what I returned to the tank at home) it’s two needle widths the happy side of the E.
Went for a drive to the supermarket via the dual carriageway; , circled a roundabout hard and braked late and hard at the end of the dual carriageway to simulate the conditions I smelled fuel before. Thankfully zero fuel smells. The garage is also less whiffy when I opened the door this morning.
Now to replace the fuel lines.
Both the supply and return have 5/16ths stamped on them, I was sure they were asymmetric, it maybe on the later cars they changed their mind or was it the PO who did it with a candle stick in the garage?
Also need to replace the split driver’s side gaiter on the steering rack (thankfully I have one from one of my previous Rockauto shopping bonanzas) - it never ends!!!!!
So to continue the theme, I got rather concerned with finding mushy rubber in my fuel filter and smelling fuel inside the car every time I braked very hard from 70-0 and after taking fast roundabouts.
I drained the fuel tank while the gauge was on E. 4 gallons of liquid gold came out and I only have two 5L cans!!! Gulp! So the A4 gurgled 2 gallons of super unleaded, the lucky beast.
Very few tiny bits of dirt came out and nothing blocked the drain hole, so I’m cautiously optimistic about the condition of the tank inside. I should have used my borescope but I was already bored with it. [emoji1787]
Note to self: don’t use the utility room sink plastic bowl and hope the washing out gets rid of the evidence - her nose is very finely tuned to these things and chocolate (which I trust my kids with more)!!
For reference, this is what it looks like with ignition off ...
And completely empty, ignition on...
And the left over two gallons eventually poured back in ...
I moved the rear inside panel out of the way (can’t get the damn thing off completely, need to figure it out) and that’s when the seatbelt trouble started - which I wrote up about last night. Another blow to enthusiasm at the time!
https://zclub.net/community/index.php?threads/fixing-a-sticky-seatbelt-on-a-260z.26972/
I found a couple of pretty old hoses back there, one I think was original braided cotton in the photos. Additionally I managed to eliminate 4 joints in the end by making a single piece, so less points of leak / failure.
My wife was pretty unimpressed with “the oven smelling of the Z”!! “Did you wash those things first?” she asked in a calm and boy are you in trouble voice?
Note to self, put a curry in at the same time to disguise the smell of heated rubber!! Note to self addendum, use a much hotter setting next time too.
I left the copper inside it in the end as I figured over time the hose would probably collapse. The copper was trimmed back to allow for other pipes to join on.
I filled up with another 3 gallons but forgot to take a pic. With c. 5 gallons or in fact exactly 24 litres (includes what I returned to the tank at home) it’s two needle widths the happy side of the E.
Went for a drive to the supermarket via the dual carriageway; , circled a roundabout hard and braked late and hard at the end of the dual carriageway to simulate the conditions I smelled fuel before. Thankfully zero fuel smells. The garage is also less whiffy when I opened the door this morning.
Now to replace the fuel lines.
Both the supply and return have 5/16ths stamped on them, I was sure they were asymmetric, it maybe on the later cars they changed their mind or was it the PO who did it with a candle stick in the garage?
Also need to replace the split driver’s side gaiter on the steering rack (thankfully I have one from one of my previous Rockauto shopping bonanzas) - it never ends!!!!!
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toopy
Club Member
Last year i pushed my luck and ran out of fuel, fortunately on a local journey!
I normally keep at least a quarter of a tank to be on the safe side, but i couldn't be bothered to stop for fuel and so she stranded me, not on a main road thankfully but a busy road nonetheless. Had to 'phone a friend' to get me some fuel as i didn't want to leave the car unattended where it was. The gauge was showing approx 1/8th left....doh!
I normally keep at least a quarter of a tank to be on the safe side, but i couldn't be bothered to stop for fuel and so she stranded me, not on a main road thankfully but a busy road nonetheless. Had to 'phone a friend' to get me some fuel as i didn't want to leave the car unattended where it was. The gauge was showing approx 1/8th left....doh!
That sucks dude, but at least you have friends [emoji1787]
I could be wrong but I believe the gauge has a fine tune adjustment screw behind it if you are feeling a bit bored! Looking forward to seeing you for a drive post covid chap! [emoji106]
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Yes it does.
Having my faith shaken by the PO’s incompetence in assembling the steering which I recently found ....
https://zclub.net/community/index.php?threads/check-your-steering-is-safe-please.27074/
... I set about taking apart the entire front suspension, a bolt at a time and slowly rebuilding my faith before I start hooning about around the countryside again.
Unfortunately with all things Z, once you start taking things apart, you inevitably find 10 other things to deal with and erm, rust. Albeit surface rust but it has to be dealt with none-the-less.
So it’s been an “exciting” few hours of peeling back the chassis legs to bare metal, treating the surface with the obligatory acid thing and painting countless coats.
I discovered that the driver’s side has had some unpretty welding just by the ARB bush at some point in the past ....
Interestingly, the passenger side had rust developing in the same place.
So it’s definitely worth taking off your ARB, checking and dealing with any rust under the bushes where they naturally trap water. For good measure I plan to put some silicone grease there before I reassemble the bushes.
This is going to be a fun next few weeks but it is worth it and makes me sleep better. This is nothing of course in comparison to Derrick’s (Candyred) or Richie’s undertakings so i should just shut up and sand away!
https://zclub.net/community/index.php?threads/check-your-steering-is-safe-please.27074/
... I set about taking apart the entire front suspension, a bolt at a time and slowly rebuilding my faith before I start hooning about around the countryside again.
Unfortunately with all things Z, once you start taking things apart, you inevitably find 10 other things to deal with and erm, rust. Albeit surface rust but it has to be dealt with none-the-less.
So it’s been an “exciting” few hours of peeling back the chassis legs to bare metal, treating the surface with the obligatory acid thing and painting countless coats.
I discovered that the driver’s side has had some unpretty welding just by the ARB bush at some point in the past ....
Interestingly, the passenger side had rust developing in the same place.
So it’s definitely worth taking off your ARB, checking and dealing with any rust under the bushes where they naturally trap water. For good measure I plan to put some silicone grease there before I reassemble the bushes.
This is going to be a fun next few weeks but it is worth it and makes me sleep better. This is nothing of course in comparison to Derrick’s (Candyred) or Richie’s undertakings so i should just shut up and sand away!
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Yep, and mine when I put thicker ARBs on.
That’s interesting I hadn’t realised the ARB would split the seams - But that would make sense.
This is part of the reason I’ve held off on the updates ARBs as I’ve read that while they greatly improve the handling, they also make the car quite stiff and put additional stress where it wasn’t designed to take as much stress. Do the wise ones generally strengthen this area before uprating their bars then?
This is part of the reason I’ve held off on the updates ARBs as I’ve read that while they greatly improve the handling, they also make the car quite stiff and put additional stress where it wasn’t designed to take as much stress. Do the wise ones generally strengthen this area before uprating their bars then?
yellowz
Club Member
Can you explain a bit further please Jon? I can't picture what you are saying and a quick interweb search hasn't made it any clearer. Familiar with crush tubes and bushes, but not for ARB fitment.