Re: what did you do to your ride today?
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:06 am
It's in a better place where it won't rust away.
Got news tires on the 88.
Found stainless exhaust tips at Autozone. I hope they don't fall off.
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As you might remember, I replaced the support arm, control arm etc, then it blew a brake line. After that, one of the hubs started making all kinds of noise so I replaced that. So it was all fixed up when I sold it. But it still needed more than what I can comfortably do. It was rusting away sitting outside and I don't have enough garage space for all my cars. I tried a cover to shed water but the cover screwed up my paint by holding in moisture. I knew the car needed lots of work underneath and it would need paint soon. Since I have so many cars, I decided it best to let it go.Rettax3 wrote:Sorry you decided to let the Z go, after all the work you put into it lately, I had hoped you would change your mind and keep it, but it sounds like it will still have a good home. I love the color of your '88, is that one of the factory shades? My '90 'Retta is the slightly green-tinged Marina (actually Medium Sapphire Metallic) blues, the later smokey-blue they had for these is probably my favorite, but your '88 looks 'right' with that spoiler matched-in. The tips look great, are they a bolt-on deal?
I feel exactly the same way most of the time. When I get a new car that needs some simple repair, I don't necessarily mind because it helps to 'get to know' the vehicle. Sometimes it is nice to do a 'simple' repair too -I usually don't go the easy route with my projects, but occasionally it is nice to be reminded that wrenching can be easy and straight-forward.woody90gtz wrote:I like modding and upgrading, but straight replacement is a bummer. Just feels like work instead of a hobby.
I haven't done much with it lately. I replaced the shredded tire and cut the torn flex-joint off of the exhaust pipe, I welded one end of the new joint in place and am waiting to get the car back in the air to align and weld-on the other half. I picked up a new welder to replace my little 120V hobby-welder of the last six or seven years -the wand broke after it kept jamming-, and the new one is a DC unit instead of the old AC. I am really impressed with it, the weld is much cleaner and easier to maintain a decent puddle. Unfortunately, three of the four studs holding the pipe to the turbo broke during removal (rusty hardware sucks -I still can't believe the stock exhaust I pulled from my '95 Z-26 had NO RUST even on the catalytic converter bolts!) but I've got some decent extractors, hopefully they will work with a generous soaking of PB Blaster. I've been dealing with my shop upgrades and being sick since the end of the Holidays, so I am really behind schedule right now.ifixalot wrote:How is the Audi coming along?
I've done the following twice with squeaky fan motors. I drill a .070 hole in the bearing "bump", on top in the angle area. Then I put some oil in there.Mkweaver1958 wrote:Last night I replaced the blower motor.
Its been making noise for quite awhile and I just got tired of listening to it.
Recently washed, buffed and polished my Indy so my wife could drive a clean shiny car while her FORD is back in the shop again for the umpteenth time.
The Indy still looks good and makes me smile knowing its been in the family since new.
I have also seen this photo elsewhere ?!DTMAce wrote:That reminds me. I also took this picture at WallyWorld.
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Yes, its a 94 base. How do I know? Same color as mine.
It is beat to piss. Paint faded, peeling, headliner all sagging down, mirror busted on pass side, fender and hood tweaked, headlights were even knocked askew, you could see the dash is all peeled and warped, the seats were torn, the car was basically trash waiting for the pickup.
And sadly, I got to see its owner. Rather heavy set woman, throws her packages through the window, climbed in and took off. Several people though noticed the two cars, one being all pretty facing one that was nearly junk.
Sad.
Say why you say the 120 are just flowsRettax3 wrote:I've got a couple of each -the 120s are flux only, the new one of those is the DC. Both of my 240V welders are actual MIGs, but I generally use flux through them, so I don't have any concern over back-flowing shield gas into the pipe when I am doing relatively thin exhaust tubing. Also, flux penetrates better because it isn't losing any heat to the shield-gas blowing on it, and I've found it is less brittle for the same reason too. At some point though, I need to get set back up for aluminum, and I've never seen that with flux. My old MIG is semi-dead, the wire-feed control board fried on it about eight years ago. I am contemplating cannibalizing the older 120V flux welder to fix it though, it worked great for me for years. I may also set it up with a pedal-control, it just hasn't been a priority. It will probably be my aluminum welder if/when I ever fix it and buy a bottle of the right gas, I may even just get a spool-gun for it in that case...
I really miss my oxy/acetylene rig though -a nice Victor torch and regulator set, I owned a set of decent-sized bottles for it too. That was some of what the arsonist used several years ago to start the fire that toasted the back of my old Camaro and my Z-26, destroyed one of my 300ZXs and my old ZX-11, among other things. Glad it didn't take the house out with it but the fire was spreading that way... Where I lived at the time, stopping an arsonist attempting to burn-down a dwelling was something a home-owner was legally allowed to use deadly force over -I wasn't home at the time.
??? Not sure what or why you are asking... The 'flux only' welders have no provisions for shield-gas, i.e. no switched gas valve or shield-gas line to the nozzle. 120 Volt welders with gas capability are less common and more expensive, 240 Volt welders with shield-gas capability (actual MIG welders) are the norm. Both of my 120V welders are 'flux only', because the only wire they can effectively use are flux-cored self-shielding wire. I hope that answered your question...Macaire100 wrote:Say why you say the 120 are just flowsRettax3 wrote:I've got a couple of each -the 120s are flux only, the new one of those is the DC.