uk66fastback
Club Member
Congrats Mike, we need to see a pic of the house and three-car garage just to make the envy complete ... what is cold in Sacramento - about 70C?
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What did you do to your Z this week?
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niroshann
Club Member
So after 5 years of ownership and countless car covers, the zed finally has a inside home and no longer must sit out in the hot and cold weather. After 8 years of renting, finally moved into our new home that we started over a year ago on a piece of graph paper. What a experience but very happy it is over, except for landscape etc. And a 3 car garage so I have room to grow the zed family. LOL
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I find that car my covers let water through. Find it really annoying - they are supposed to be waterproof. Did you find the same? I would love to have a garage like this! Your Z will be very happy!
toopy
Club Member
Over the years i have had several 'high quality' supposedly waterproof and breathable covers, and at first, yes they are, but they seem to deteriorate quite quickly though when used permanently outside in all weathers, within two years i would say they should probably be replaced! not very cost effective then.
The last two covers ive used are relatively cheap ones from Halfords, and while they are not as good to begin with, nor 100% waterproof, they do appear to maintain that level of cover for much longer than the more expensive ones IMO
If you want 100% waterproof 100% of the time........ that'll be a garage mate!
uk66fastback
Club Member
Feeling a bit left out as I never get to put any pics of my car on here, so here we are ...
I started doing the interior last October ...
Mark N
Club Member
Not really too sure to be honest so did a quick search.
This threads says they are for accessing the adjuster if your drum is stuck on:
https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/57678-brakes-stuck/
I'm guessing it's in case the shoes have worn a groove in the drum, creating a lip and the adjuster has taken up any slack.
I may be wrong.
SacCyclone
Club Member
Yes Mike, it can get down to 4C or even to 0C if Alaska blows down on us. I realize I have nothing to complain about although the 26 active fires in the western states currently has our air quality in the un-healthy range.
Few pics of the house and view of the Sacramento Valley smoke from nearby wild land fires.
datsun dave
Club Member
Trip out in the Z yesterday first time been able to drive for 5 weeks as I broke my hand.
uk66fastback
Club Member
Wow. That wonderful house. Wow. That wonderfulJDM horn push ... yummy to both!
Great view Mike - although the fires are not good obviously - hope they manage to sort that out soon.
Great view Mike - although the fires are not good obviously - hope they manage to sort that out soon.
This weekend I found one of my carb throttle spindles was a bit twisted - cylinder one plate was leading the others by maybe 0.3mm. It must have been like that for years. I untwisted it today. Didn't make a lot of difference to overall airflow but made quite a difference over the progression holes.
Strictly speaking last week but after a couple of scary night moments with my candle headlights that I haven't had a chance to relay yet, I decided to try the "illegal" LED bulbs.
Incredible difference at night - frankly transformed my night driving experience and of the 50-60 cars I passed none flashed me, so I take that as them not causing glare or being too bright. They are a "mere" 3000 lumens each.
Spot the difference in daylight!!
Ps. Spotted one of these at the station ....
Incredible difference at night - frankly transformed my night driving experience and of the 50-60 cars I passed none flashed me, so I take that as them not causing glare or being too bright. They are a "mere" 3000 lumens each.
Spot the difference in daylight!!
Ps. Spotted one of these at the station ....
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SacCyclone
Club Member
I need all the light I can get at night and what a difference even in the daytime. And easy on the alternator as well.
Love that little Opel by the way, way cool.
Love that little Opel by the way, way cool.
Peato40
Well-Known Forum User
This weekend I discovered that my alternator is producing 15.5 Volts, so I've now parked it up and currently looking for a solution. Anyway It's last weekend I would like to discuss as my car took a massive leap forward in terms of being road worthy. I'm nearing the completion of my 260z 2+2 restoration and decided that I should drive it locally, shake it down and find out what needs to be addressed before driving it seriously. Apart from a long brake pedal and grinding 2nd gear on the down-change it became apparent that the engine wasn't running at all well, which to be fair was expected because I have made a few performance mods along the way. I have 123 distributor, so I was fairly happy with the ignition side of things but those triple Dellorto's gave some head scratching moments. Although the car was idling nicely and revving freely without load, driving it was awful, needing to feather throttle to prevent stalling until the primary circuit was active. Following advice from this forum, I checked my pump jets and found the squirt of fuel to be a bit hit and miss, some strong and some weak or inactive, so purchased new ones (40's) which did improve things but still a fairly embarrassing drive. Now a big thank you to JonBills because we got discussing the set up of Dellorto's on this forum and he he very kindly came out to see me in his lovely 260z last Sunday, armed with a collection of jets, emulsion tubes and a wealth of all knowledge. First thing was timing .... my mistake but it wasn't set up properly and then afterwards we made many adjustments and test runs, which to cut a long story short turned a rather embarrassing drive into something very different. Although there are still some adjustments needed, my car is now running very nicely and rev range can be explored much easier than before. Thank you very much JonBills, I very much enjoyed the afternoon and really appreciate your help and the results it yielded.
uk66fastback
Club Member
Hats off to Jon B I say! Good work ...
Peato40
Well-Known Forum User
Yes I really enjoyed the afternoon too. Also can't help feeling at least a little bit of pride by rescuing these Dellorto's .... before and after pics attached.
richiep
Club Member
Another hard day’s work on the Z...
But seriously- new arrivals. Extra baggage for the return flight!
Fairlady Z432-style rear spoiler.
JDM Sports Option front spoiler.
New front valance centre section.
Plus a bunch of other bits to be littered through the suitcases including ARP main and head stud kits, a new glovebox, A-series valve stem seals, and assorted other cosmetic and functional goodies! Major savings on postage to say the least!
But seriously- new arrivals. Extra baggage for the return flight!
Fairlady Z432-style rear spoiler.
JDM Sports Option front spoiler.
New front valance centre section.
Plus a bunch of other bits to be littered through the suitcases including ARP main and head stud kits, a new glovebox, A-series valve stem seals, and assorted other cosmetic and functional goodies! Major savings on postage to say the least!
richiep
Club Member
Now home with horrendous jet lag due to messed up return journey from the US (34 hours without sleep), managed to marry the new JDM horn pad to Project Dixie’s restored steering wheel and put it in its temporary home, my FairladyZ, where it will stay until Dixie is ready for it. Very happy with the outcome. The FairladyZ will ultimately get one of the Compe steering wheel replicas when this gets moved over, although I like the standard wheel feel so much, I could imagine having the same in both.
John Kramer
Forum User
I bought a set of Toyo Tires' Proxes R888R for my 1973 Datsun 240Z. I was inspired by the 1971 Datsun 240Z I saw at last year's SEMA.