My FairladyZ

Discussion in 'Member's Garage' started by tinjek, Apr 14, 2013.

  1. tinjek

    tinjek The Red Zed

    Good because then you can do it first and ill copy you haha. Hopefully ill get most of it done by monday :zlove:
     
  2. tinjek

    tinjek The Red Zed

    Long time since update

    Well its been awhile since i last updated, something like 2 months into the wiring tuck. Taken alot of breaks to keep my sanity but close to finishing, got the solder the fuse box back in and it should be ready to go.

    I took a break today and decided to get rid of the arbon canister lines, prvr solenoid and the rest of the avi vacuum hoses. Ripped out the ac unit and all of the pipes, it looks so much cleaner with all that crap in the bay :zlove:

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    Thats all for now :br:
     
  3. tinjek

    tinjek The Red Zed

    some better photos of where the car is at

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  4. Anti

    Anti 14.7 x 14.7 = 44.1

    You've got a while to go :p
     
  5. tinjek

    tinjek The Red Zed

    Ye the whole fusebox and thick cables, plus conduit and taping. I took a break to keep me sane.
     
  6. Jordz

    Jordz Fashionably Late

    Looking good man. Id like to do this withing the next year but the pics are scary as lol
     
  7. tinjek

    tinjek The Red Zed

    So I finally finished the last connection in the wiring tuck and tried to start the car for the first time, it cranked but it didnt turn over :p I figured out that I forgot to connect the two plugs that are next to the fusebox.......
    easy fix and plugged them together, I tried again and the car kicked to life but it didnt want to idle and kept stalling. After searching around I found out that it was a big vacuum leak In the hard pipe of the intake, pluged it up and it ran perfect and held its idle, im happy it didnt burn down :p
    final stages is to wrap of the wires and get it looking neat and all back in place, then its engine out time and wiring harness reroute and tuck.

    pics to come :)
     
  8. Anti

    Anti 14.7 x 14.7 = 44.1

    goood work man!

    Definitely don't need to pull the engine for the engine harness...
     
  9. tinjek

    tinjek The Red Zed

    Pulling the engine for the bay work shaving and smoothing and also so i can drop in the tt :)
     
  10. Anti

    Anti 14.7 x 14.7 = 44.1

    you've just now become competition...

    ...I can no longer assist you
     
  11. Jordz

    Jordz Fashionably Late

    Lol, id say your a few step ahead theo. Will be interesting to see whos bay comes out nicer seeing as you guys share the same inspiration as i do too :p
     
  12. tinjek

    tinjek The Red Zed

    engines out

    so i finally had the time and an engine lifter to pull the crappy na motor out in preperation for the bays shave tuck and paint
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    battery tray had rusted through and most of it was surface rust on the shell, also a rusted brake booster and oil and grease everywhere.

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    so now its get rid of everything i don't need and reroute things and then i can clean the sucker :)
     
  13. Anti

    Anti 14.7 x 14.7 = 44.1

    Little advise - clean it before you start rerouting :p you'll be glad you did.
     
  14. tinjek

    tinjek The Red Zed

    Been awhile :(

    So ive not touched the zed in over a month, lost motivation, putting money into my daily......

    But today i bit the bullet and got back to work, now the motivation is higher... Cant say the same for the money :p.

    I didnt do much but i jacked it up and removed the exhaust and the carbon canistor hardline that ran with the fuel lines to the rear of the car.

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    Just a bit restrictive??
     
  15. Anti

    Anti 14.7 x 14.7 = 44.1

    it looks like you just tore that stuff in half!
     
  16. tinjek

    tinjek The Red Zed

    Been going to the gym more.........
    Nah It was rusted through so it was pretty easy to bend [TIS]
     
  17. tinjek

    tinjek The Red Zed

    more updates

    So i got back into it today and done a lot of work :)

    Gearbox came out as well as the driveshaft, brake booster and slave, clutch slave, throttle cable, and pretty much all the little things that get in the way.

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    Mainly i scraped away all the foamy goo around all of the spot welded panels and started removing some of the rust and brackets that i done want :)

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    Im thinking about getting the bay welded up properly where the panels meet because it is pretty bad quality:eek:

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    i couldn't be bothered removing the air-con boxes and vents to get the the wiring loom so its staying in place for awhile.
     

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