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Or how about actually contacting the PO and asking him what the gently caress.
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leica posted:Or how about actually contacting the PO and asking him what the gently caress. I unfortunately did try this. Guy bought it from the PO as is, didn't really do any work on it, and didn't have his PO's contact information.
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Don't worry, folks. I sent Sperg a good staple of stuff he'll need. He'd better post his progress. 
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If there weren't videos of the OP's lack of fashion sense I'd think this was a troll for sure. Unless the pants are a troll too, and the other goons are in on it 
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Automotive Insanity › Z31 Sprergin', leica trollin'
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leica posted:If there weren't videos of the OP's lack of fashion sense I'd think this was a troll for sure. Oh no. I actually enjoy wearing those pants. The only problem I have with them now is that the zipper broke and they're too tight because I'm fat. :<
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DoubleT2172 posted:This is a stack of recepts for about $3-4000 dollars in parts that i've had to replace in the last 6 years to keep the car running. All done by me, no labor cost factored into that. This does not include the wrecked parts car that i also bought to pull parts from if needed. As a fellow Z31 owner I have to ask you where all that cost came from and what kind of condition your car is in. I bought mine for a grand with a bent valve and almost everything else was fine, It's been fairly easy so far and I've learned to wrench on it as problems have come up but since replacing that valve nothing has been major surgery. OP, don't get discouraged, it sounds like one of the PO's really hosed with this car but the Z31 is not a super complex machine. If anything, I'd encourage you to sell the turbo and go N/A, it's cheaper, simpler, and will probably leave you with almost enough money for another car. Besides, most of the turbos have been either hosed with or thrashed since the 80's and there's really not too much difference between the engines until you get to 4-5k RPM anyway. You can work on these cars, but they will rust and parts will wear out, there is little to no aftermarket support, and eventually I'm guessing this car will eat itself or rot away from something you can't see. Here, have some cutaways and feel better:  
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Allow me to remind everyone: E: I should have thrown a can of Rustoleum BBQ black in with the rest of the goodies. 
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USPS posted:DATE & TIME STATUS OF ITEM LOCATION I sincerely hope the OP is going to dig in and give us a full health report on his car (and parts used from the Nissan repair kit).
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West SAAB Story posted:I sincerely hope the OP is going to dig in and give us a full health report on his car (and parts used from the Nissan repair kit). I got the package! Buncha zip ties and stuff. Thanks again for the package, by the way, I will definitely put the stuff in it to good use. Although there is a new issue. The alternator belt has vanished again. Like completely and utterly vanished. So I'm going to pick one up (about 30 bucks? not too bad), and see how hard it would be to slap a new one on there myself, and see if its one of the pulleys seizing up that is causing a catastrophic belt vaporization. Clutch slipping is a big deal, but not a big deal compared to other issues with the car. Currently also investigating what the idling issue could be, heard there was an issue with 300ZXs with idling that is supposedly a recalled part and/or an easy fix, so that could be not a super big issue at all. Overall, I've got work to do this week. Installing a new belt shouldn't be too hard, it's just troubleshooting why they are disappearing is gonna be difficult. I figured the belt squealing was because of the cold weather, but perhaps it is something far more.... Sinister. fishception fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Turn the pulleys while the belt's off and see if any of them feel wrong (hard to turn, grinding, loose/wobbling feeling, etc).
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Fucknag posted:Turn the pulleys while the belt's off and see if any of them feel wrong (hard to turn, grinding, loose/wobbling feeling, etc). This, also make sure all the pulleys are in alignment. Who knows what kind of junk the PO could've put on just to get it running to sell.
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For what its' worth, this is what was sent: What isn't harbor freight.. is nearly harbor freight. Good luck with your car. Not sure what you can use the suction cups for. Hang a bra over the rear window? 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is_02fID1_g Tempted to use this little guide and the water test once I install the new belt to see what's up. Hopefully it's not the alignment, because it seems to me that alignment is more than likely the most horrible thing to try and fix. Edit: I am officially hired by the Car Rental place literally 2 minutes walking from my door. VICTORY. fishception fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Sperglord Firecock posted:Clutch slipping is a big deal, but not a big deal compared to other issues with the car. The clutch slipping should be a pretty big deal and, since you're just learning the ropes of a standard transmission, you're wearing it out that much faster. Still, better to trash an already slipping clutch than a new one. Start budgeting now for the parts, or parts and labor. You paid someone to fix the alternator/water pump belt and it promptly unfixed itself in short order---what do you think a clutch job is like? Also if you're having idling issues maybe you should trash that BOV like so many other people have suggested--your car is far from stock in the worst way possible so do you think that a recall decades old is the issue? Edit: He should replace the BOV with a CBV right? stone soup fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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Yeah, definitely check and see if the pullies are in alignment. It doesn't take much for them to start eating belts- the water pump and A/C on my Mustang were out by maybe an eighth of an inch and it happily sliced a belt clean in two before I caught it. Fixing it was pretty easy, though. I scavenged a couple of washers from the engine bay and threaded them on to the accessory bracket bolts until it was in line with the water pump. Worked perfectly. Not bad for a side of the road fix. Don't drive it until you know why it's throwing belts. Isn't the water pump on the same accessory belt as the alternator on this car?
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Sperglord Firecock posted:I am officially hired by the Car Rental place literally 2 minutes walking from my door. VICTORY. Grats.
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Propaganda Bob posted:Yeah, definitely check and see if the pullies are in alignment. It doesn't take much for them to start eating belts- the water pump and A/C on my Mustang were out by maybe an eighth of an inch and it happily sliced a belt clean in two before I caught it. Fixing it was pretty easy, though. I scavenged a couple of washers from the engine bay and threaded them on to the accessory bracket bolts until it was in line with the water pump. Worked perfectly. Not bad for a side of the road fix. Yes, yes it is. It's on exactly the same belt, hence why the battery was dying and also why the car was overheating at the same time.
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I had a Mazda that would eat belts and ended up discovering it was the harmonic balancer after it ripped itself apart on the third belt.
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Regarding the tune, you're looking for something like this inside the ECU.  * disclaimer, I'm not into these cars so I am not sure if there are different versions, or what the other chips/tunes available may look like. edit: Just general FYI... many modern tunes are done piggyback style, and include one or more jumpers like this:  So if you poke around the ECU and start seeing jumpers like that, take pics. Again I have no idea if there are piggyback tunes available for the Z31. Final edit: Another possibility is the PO swapped the turbo ECU for the NA ECU. If I were a betting man, I would bet that's what the PO did. This page contains a lot of (hopefully good) info about what PROMs can be swapped around into what years of ECUs, what electrical mods are needed, etc. It would probably be in your best interest to read and understand all of it. My Rhythmic Crotch fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Dec 30, 2014 |
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You're pretty swamped with good advice right now but I'm going to add some more to the pile. If you are going to keep driving the car around while you figure out what state it is in you could disconnect the wastegate rod and put piece of aluminum with some of that rtv sealant under the BOV. If you keep the revs down under 4k it will act like a NA with a lovely restrictive intake and exhaust and won't leak metered air, at least not out of the BOV. Seriously though, at this stage you should be posting pictures everyday asking what things are and researching what you have on your hands. Even this part can be lots of fun; think of it as detective work, "The mystery of the lovely PO".
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Sperglord Firecock posted:Well, I mean, how DO I check it? 2. Don't worry about any engine electrics unless there is a check engine light, and you pull the code, and google it. You are bound to gently caress that up if you mess with it. It's idling now all by itself so that's good enough. 3. Spend $150 on a dyno or on a wideband AFR gauge and check your goddamn AFRs and if you go to a dyno spend $19.95 on a timing light to watch your timing. e: watch your accessory belt while the engine and idling and figure out which pulley needs to be replaced (and replace it).
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Sorry, things've been kinda busy on my end what with New Years, Fiancee being in town, my computer overheating catastrophically (I fixed that, at least!), new job, and waiting on a check to get the money to get the alternator belt and to not be poor anymore.
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Sperglord Firecock posted:my computer overheating catastrophically Did you take a long look at the tower and realize there weren't actually any fans in it? Edit - Just kidding of course, love the thread, my friend had a Z car like this in high school and never fixed it up, awesome car you've got.
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Jack B Nimble posted:Did you take a long look at the tower and realize there weren't actually any fans in it? No, one of the fans was mechanically seized up so that it was not spinning fast enough, so I took the entire laptop apart to remove the fan, sprayed a poo poo ton of WD40 in the fan bearings, blew the entire interior of the laptop out with canned air, and then blew out the leftover residue from the fan bearings and reinstalled it. It makes an angry grinding noise, but it works now!
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Sperge: "I was making brownies last night and found out I was out of oil, so I used 5W30 instead." AI: "Don't eat motor oil." Sperge: "Okay, I only ate about half the tray and I'm feeling pretty okay. My dog got into them though, and he vomited all over the carpet." AI: "Don't let your dog eat chocolate. Also, clean that up before it stains." Sperge: "I mixed ammonia and bleach in a 1:1 ratio and used that to hose down the carpet. The house smells super clean now! I think the carpet's permanently discolored and part of it melted away, but that's okay."  you firecock
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Does someone here have to mail you a laptop fan now? What else are we going to have to send down the line?
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Sperglord Firecock posted:No, one of the fans was mechanically seized up so that it was not spinning fast enough, so I took the entire laptop apart to remove the fan, sprayed a poo poo ton of WD40 in the fan bearings, blew the entire interior of the laptop out with canned air, and then blew out the leftover residue from the fan bearings and reinstalled it. Jesus Christ do not touch that poor car anymore, you can't even fix a loving computer fan correctly. [edit] Never mind, just soak the entire engine bay with WD40 and everything will work itself out.
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Safety Dance posted:Sperge: "I was making brownies last night and found out I was out of oil, so I used 5W30 instead." http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/12/thieves-fry-kenya-power-grid-fast-food-2014122884728785480.html
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I thought you got tools for christmas? Post them? Any progress on figuring out the ECU and if its an NA/T or NA? Have you posted the vin yet? You say you know about it but we don't and since you clearly have no loving clue maybe it would help to post it here. Pull the plugs and see if its running rich or lean? That's probably too much effort for your lazy rear end. Did you get the wire and tools to run a new battery cable like I said you should do a few pages ago. Seriously, I want you to pull this thread out of the fire and unfuck this car, but I have my dick out and am ready to piss in the loving well. Stop being a lazy piece of poo poo. That's probably why you got kicked out of the navy or whatever, because you were a lazy loving idiot who took no initiative and got nothing done. Tough love hurts but holy gently caress this thread is terrible and you need to get off your rear end and do something in your life. PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TO YOU AND LOOKING AT THE CAR AND OFFERING TO HELP AND MAILING YOU poo poo AND YOU ARE BEING A LAZY loving IDIOT. That is more loving effort than I have seen with people helping me build a god drat rally car. Do you know how loving lucky you are? I will gladly eat a probation to remind you how loving lazy you are being. Make some loving effort and put the god drat pj pants away. gently caress.
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Sending a case of WD40 stat.
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Idea: have you tried using WD40 on the corroded battery cable that you haven't bothered to replace yet?
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As mentioned earlier, wd-40 is not a lubricant, it was actually made for displacing water to keep missile parts from rusting. If you want a penetrating oil get PB blaster to help loosen stuck bits. If you want a lubricating spray, get white lithium grease. Spray that poo poo on your fan bearings or door hinges or locks. Pretty certain we've all made the mistake of using wd-40 incorrectly, but now you know.
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This guy reminds me of E/N Superstar Success Story tm Benny The Snake. Keep on truckin' Sperg; you can only do better! 
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When you post it makes me want to say mean things to you. Meaner than is what is already being said in your well deserved custom title.
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Korwen posted:Pretty certain we've all made the mistake of using wd-40 incorrectly, but now you know. Yeah I did when I was like 12 years old.
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One of the problems is that WD40 is marketed and sold with such statements as "WD-40® protects metal from rust and corrosion, penetrates stuck parts, displaces moisture, and lubricates just about anything." People using it incorrectly is no worse than the circlejerk you get from people (including several in AI) about materials like titanium and inconel, even though they're only advantageous in certain circumstances. I can't be too harsh on someone thinking they're meant to use WD-40 as a lubricating oil when, if you go to a hardware or car parts store and ask for a spray-can of such, it's probably what they'd give you. Of course, if you continue to use it as such after being told, yeah, that's a different matter.
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I could have sworn they used to claim "lubricates", but I can't back that up, but they may have changed that line to what the modern can says "stops squeaks", and that's still implying lubrication in my view. It's lovely of them but yeah, everyone should know by now it does not lubricate. In fact all around it's a terrible product, when using it on seized bolt, if they didn't snap, your socket or spanner sure got hot by friction but the time it was removed. At least rp7 smelled better. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 15:53 on Jan 3, 2015 |
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Eagerly awaiting baby's 1st knuckle buster, if you can make it that far.
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