A 50 year old Japanesse lady: SRL311 01228

[wworm]

lol, yea you should have POR15'd the straps.

Have you seen the build that Mighty Car Mods did on a 240z?

been following this one for a bit. super stoked

[2mAn]

A 50 year old Japanesse lady: SRL311 01228

Yea Im almost there!... Got stuck/ ran out of time yesterday so now I just need to slide the axles out.




Hopefully its closer to 1 whack VS 100... but based on what I experienced getting the drums off, one side will take 5, the other will take 50

[BlackbirdM3]

Ha! there, another person says so as well.

As for pulling the pumpkin, first pull the axles, 4 bolts on each, and wrestle the axles out (they are likely pretty happy where they are at. If you flip the drums around and use a dead blow hammer on them, they should slide free. It might take one whack, it might take 100. ) Once you have the axles free, remove the 12 nuts holding the center in place and it will come right out.

The easy way to tell what ratio you have is to turn the axle 1 revolution and count how many times the diff pinion turns. If it turns just shy of 4 turns, you have a 3.9...

Will

[jeenyus]

lol, yea you should have POR15'd the straps.

Have you seen the build that Might Car Mods did on a 240z?

[2mAn]

Dude, you went to the effort of replacing the tank, but you failed to clean and repaint the straps to hold it in? Epic fail!

Will

haha Patina BRO! ... your OCD does not effect me. If I wanted to paint those straps it would take me about 3 weeks to finish the job.

I picked up something today for the car. Its not a confirmed 3.9 rear end, but it should be. If I knew how to split the pumpkin from the solid axle I would've confirmed it right now, but sadly I dont. I'm close.

This is a rear axle setup from a 66-67 model, so its supposed to have the 3.9 final drive, but I wont know for absolutely sure until I can get the pumpkin off, and I dont really want the rest, but Will keeps telling me to keep it haha I should listen to him more, but I make my own mistakes and complain later...

[BlackbirdM3]

Dude, you went to the effort of replacing the tank, but you failed to clean and repaint the straps to hold it in? Epic fail!

Will

[2mAn]

Can officially take this off the to-do list.

[2mAn]

Got another item crossed off my list last night. I knew something needed to be done with my fuel tank, but I got lucky that a 311s member posted about trading his coated tank for one thats not coated. I immediately sent him a message, and got lucky that he was a short drive away.

Last night I drained the current tank, and went and traded with him. Im drawing a blank on his name, Im sorry, but super nice guy is doing a SR20 swap on his 67. Only difference that caught me off guard initially was that his tank only had one feed line and mine had two, but I remembered that Will had plugged the smog line and I know that the 67s dont have any smog equipment. Mine doesnt anymore either so I should be fine... Anyways I thought I took a pic of the old tank, but I dont have it. Though the tank had been cleaned out, there was still stuff in there. I heard what sounded like rocks rolling around in there!

Heres a pic of the "new" tank

[parkerbink]

From the 4/9 Autoweek.

[jeenyus]

Cool to see the Utah plate in there.

[LateFan]

... I mean look at this smooth talker!?

DSC00290.jpg by jtoktas

It's this guy in the hat I don't trust!

[2mAn]

Wow!! That is a long distance. Glad the car made it. I was wondering, what was the plan should it rain? Also, were you travelling 1 man? :D

yup a man and his lady haha

No plan for rain other than if it might rain, Im not driving it

The two Roadsters I passed on the way there at 6-7am both had their tops up due to colder weather (for SoCal anyways) but me rolling solo meant I just kept my foot in it to minimize the time I would be freezing. A beanie and gloves wouldve gone a long way

[IceWhite]

It was about 145 miles each way. Left at 6am, windows up... pretty damn cold at 80mph with an open top haha

Wow!! That is a long distance. Glad the car made it. I was wondering, what was the plan should it rain? Also, were you travelling 1 man? :D

[2mAn]

That is why you wear gloves. You can't see the white knuckles...

Good to hear it made it up and back with no trouble. Also good work picking up an award on your first trip to Solvang. Was the burn victim roadster the one that won the best diamond in the rough award (again, as usual?)

Will

No burn victim, but I also wasnt parked next to my competition, so when most people saw mine was in the diamond in the rough they voted for me. Especially if I got to chat with them about the car. Everyone loved it... I mean look at this smooth talker!?

(paparazzi pic)
DSC00290.jpg by jtoktas


However, I lost to a pair of 1600s. One was just a bone stock car :shrug: and this one took first.

31st Annual by 2mAn
It had a wood steering wheel and a beer tap shifter, along with the wood front lip....

Congrats!

How far did you have to drive?

It was about 145 miles each way. Left at 6am, windows up... pretty damn cold at 80mph with an open top haha

[IceWhite]

Congrats!

How far did you have to drive?