where did you attain your mechanical knowledge?

Where did you learn the necessary mechanical princples of your zed? Other than experence itself?

 

this forum.

 

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read the tech section, that will get you a really good start on what makes zeds work and not work.

if your not familiar with basic mechanical repairs at all, reading some literature on internal combustion engines in general may be of some benefit, and im certain that your local book store can help out with some basic mech books if need be.

 

meccano initially.
Helping dad rebuild an engine or two and helping do repairs.
Doing my own mechanics and reading the "Gregorys" (now Haymes) repair manual.
Doing my own mechanical, electrical, and upholstery as I cound not afford to pay somone.

When I bought my first Zed (14 mths ago) I looked under the bonnet, thought "holly shit" and closed the bonnet.
Joined this forum and did a LOT of reading of how people solved their problems and built my zed knowledge from there.
Researched other web sites for good info and also youtube for proceedures.

Mechanics, is just pulling stuff apart and putting back together in a methodical order, and following the instructions.

Diagnosis on the other hand is years and years of experience.

A good start is buy the Zed Stuff CD for sale on the forum (funds go to keeping this site alive) as it contains a pdf of the workshop manual.

Hope this helps.

 

I learnt a lot at school, the tech teacher was a RACQ callout guy in his spare time and I learnt a lot of him and topped the class. I would read car maintenance manuals on any type of car for the fun of it, mucked around and pulled apart a few small engines like mowers, brushcutters etc. Read TONS on the net about anything and everything engine/car related. If I wondered how something worked I found out. The tech section here and on tt.net is pretty good. Also the Z32 wiki.

Most mechanical stuff is pretty easy if you have the correct tools too. The importance of having the right tool for the job cannot be understated. It is the difference between breaking something and hurting yourself vs fixing it cheaply and well.

 

I learnt from my mechanic mates and this forum

 

Youporn.

 

links?

 

Whenever something went wrong i had to either learn to fix it or pay someone to do it, so i decided to learn.

 

I showed my mechanic my new car and he said "don't bring that thing back to me"
So I bought a heap of tools and did it myself. In return he looks after me with pink slips

And I'm naturally gifted.

 

The forum, Zedboy, and various trial and error

 

I have always been interested in how things work. Wen't to a Tech School and had a great auto teacher. Funny thing was it was the only class i went to 100% . Left school early and did a small engine apprenticeship. As a very young kid i used to love going to my dads mates buisness ( engineering ) on a saturday and would follow him around all day watching him welding and doing lathe work ( the guy was a wiz ) . Electrical i picked up along the way. The important thing is to get an insight from people that do the job properly as you learn good habits from the start. And remember if man can make it , man can fix it ( or wreck it ). Use the right tools for the right job and stay calm ( don't belt the shit out of things as it won't fix it ). Also some thing i find modern mechanics don't do.
Use a torque wrench ( every bolt has a correct torque - EVERY )
Always gap spark plugs ( even if they are new you need to CHECK THEM )
Any idiot can pull something apart ( but they can't put it back together )
Carpenter's use chisels - NOT MECHANICS
And the most important one - THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A STUPID QUESTION ( only some responses to that question )
Good Luck

 

As I hate being ripped off by mechanics who would rub their hands together as soon as I mentioned I owned a 300zx, (and I wanted a 300zx badly) I turned to the net to try and further my mechanical knowledge. There is absolutely no-where on the web as helpful as aus300zx. Just try to diagnose a commodore problem! Their forums are useless!
Anyways, Bought a few 300zx wrecks to part out (Thanks to Ross n Simmo aka Jinxed n Waztted) purely to learn the part names, their role/function etc and kept reading the tech section.

Went to a tech day and was horrified at the brutality of the plenum pulls, deletes etc etc Confused by the bucket of bolts and misc parts, thrown into a big tub with many left over, I figured I had joined a forum of hillbilly backyard mechanics who had a she'll be right attitude. Little did I know, the removal of these hoses, brackets, bolts etc were actually quite necessary and made further work on the car much easier should it require it.

After a few tech days learning the basics, I wanted to know more and go faster! This meant upgrades of sorts but I had no idea where to start.

Met Ezzupturbo (Chris) (by chance) and he steered me in the right direction whilst also offering extensive help and information.

Chris has taught me everything I know to date. Wouldnt know even half of what I do now without his help! Cheers again Chris! Ur a legend m8!

 

Mechanic by trade but once my apprenticeship was finished I did other things, basically did not like working on cars day after day.

 

Yes, Yes he is.

 

Haha what did I ever teach you lol!

 

pretentious upstart ... !!!!!!

p.s. i found mine on iCLOUD ... lol.

 

Reading street machine from a young age - their tech articles are by far the best!
Grew up around old carby clevo's and chevs, bought a zed and the only thing I could do was an oil/filter change. Read, read and more reading then pull it apart.

You will learn most from here. FSM and Ron (WIZARD) confirmed any queries I had on an engine rebuild.