Rat1314

I'm getting the brakes on the 280 rebuilt and I have just been told there is a problem with the rear brake calipers(series 2 rear calipers). The bearing case thats in the bottom is apparently very rusty and probably not salvageable and to make matters worse is I have also been told that those parts may no longer be available but my mate is looking. So another option is to change to a different (more common) rear caliper and rotor. I've been looking but everything is for the S30 cars and not the S130. I have both series 1 and 2 rear control arms so any combo that fits either one is fine. I'm not looking at upgrading just something that works and it's also 4 stud. Any help would be great.

That should be the one, thanks

Hey guys I'm just chasing a picture of the fuse box diagram off a 81 280zx, the one with the old round fuses. I can't seem to find the one off the car and the internet keeps showing the newer 'blade' style diagrams.

I'm about halfway through wet sanding the car at the moment

So as you've already realized the car is painted. I have just put the panels back on so I can wet sand and cut'n'polish the paint work. The car still needs some tweaks here and there before it'll all go together for the last time.

I found out the ball does screw straight into the hatch

Hey guys I've started putting the 280 back together. I'm putting the rear hatch strut in and I'm not sure if there is meant to be a bracket on the hatch itself or if you just screw the ball fitting for the strut straight into hatch. I've tried searching for answers and images with no luck and I've also gone through all our parts and haven't been able to find anything that would work

We have a dash

I've finished the dash

I'm not really sure what to call the finish on the dash. I put down a base coat and let that cure, then I put down a heavy color coat and pressed scrunched up plastic over it before it dried. It's not a patina finish but it does have some texture to it. Once the car is finished I'll have a friend do a photo/video shoot of the car and his camera should show the dash a lot better then my phone. Yes it is, to cover the dash with vinyl would require a vacuum forming machine(some people out there might be able to do it without one). The finish on the dash was a experiment, took stuff all time, cost nothing(all the supplies were sitting on a shelf) and if I want I can re-coat it in the future

Thanks, it is a lot of work and many hours Thanks for the info and link. As I mentioned I haven't done this kind of work before and any tips are muchly appreciated

Alright here's a update, I've still been working on the car and taking photos I've just been lazy with uploading them. I put the blue car into the garage so I can pull the motor and strip the body before I take it to the scrap heap. Just a random shot I think it might need a aligment Transferring the heart into the grey car And with a bit of fiddling around and a lot of cursing it's in. Note to self: It's a lot easier to line up the engine mounts when their attached to the motor and not the engine bay Just about finished stripping the blue car Amongst all that I installed a axillary power point in my Hilux Bye bye blue car. Sims Metal gave me enough money to buy a carton Making a mold of the front end, I've never done this before It's done The prototype and the mold The piece I cast from the mold Doing some test fitting, some bits need to be trimmed/altered I was trying to get the car running and it just wouldn't start. Apparently the injectors wont work without this relay. I had to go through EVERYTHING to find this f*cker, the car runns now by the way Picked up some aftermarket indicators, the park lights are going to go in the headlights. I had to modify the cutouts for the indicators so I used a sponge to make a template. And that bit is done Work around here never seems to end Here's a random rabbit Finishing off the front end, it's not finished yet Decided to work on the dash for a little bit I think we're going to need new speakers It's a bit ordinary Stripped it down to nothing Fixing up the cracks and divots Skimmed on some filler then sanded it smooth Primed and ready for some colour Had some leftover paint lying around so I thought I'd try something different Done a base colour And now the top colour, it's really hard to get a good photo of the finish but I like it So that's about it for now, I'm currently finnishing off the front end then I can think about painting the rest of it.

Took a short video a couple of months ago showing some progress I just didn't get around to posting it up here. I have done more work since then as well and I'll try and do another update soon

Try WD40 or kerosene to get the black goo off

Ok so where to start, or continue? If you don't already know work halted due to this . The first thing was for me to fix my bike when I could. No the wife was not happy with his. But after that the car followed. The front end is now ready to make a mould from, It's not perfect but it'll do for now. The car has been blocked ready for paint, the door jams still need to be sanded but I'll leave them till the day before I paint. The cowl panel has been painted as well so I can start on installing the motor out of the 'blue' car. I started the blue one after it's been sitting for three years for the first time the other day, video link below. Touching up the last bits of the body before calling the 'body work done' I've got the rear quarters ready Then I played with some paint And I painted the front spoiler Followed by a wet sand, cut and polish Wet sanded, cut and polished Filling in the water jet/sprayer/whateverthef*ckyouwanttocallthem with some fibreglass And now all the last parts are ready for some primer I painted the cowl so I can start installing the motor The rear suspension went back together as well And the diff Found a badge while working

The plastic washer that's underneath the nut isn't attached to it

That nut has to be removed, I just pulled mine out a minute ago. Is is just the nut thats spinning or is the thread it's attached to spinning as well? The two different sized threads aren't attached so you'll have to look at the larger thread to find out whats going on. The larger thread has a couple of tabs on it to lock it in place so it might be a idea to look at that

If there wasn't so much scaremongering going on over nuclear energy we wouldn't have this problem, with modern technology and thorium used the risks and pollution is absolute minimal and it's a lot cheaper. Also if the government wanted to reduce emissions it should just put restrictions in place instead of a 'carbon tax'. Seriously, they said that the 'big polluters' would be the one paying the bill but what do you think ANY company will do when it has extra costs, they pass those costs onto the consumer leaving us paying the bill in the end.

Typing isn't a option for me at the moment so I'll just show you all a bunch of photos

Stacked my bike on the weekend leaving me with a few bruises and a broken collar bone. I had the Gopro running at the time

^that I painted my Z31 with acrylic and now I'm painting the 280 with 2pac. I don't think I'll ever consider painting a car with acrylic again

Just about spot on with the height, the hammer was the closest thing I had to weigh down the string while I was lining things up And then I went shopping Now as the sides of the spoiler are too wide I had to cut out some material in the corners and grind down some of the fiberglass so I could bend the sides in easily Big ass hole with masking tape over it and string to hold the side inplace while I work Working away And thats about where it's at at the moment. Lots of measuring twice and cutting once kind of thing going on so it's slow progress.