The New “What did you do with your Z today” (with off topic replies) XXXV

God-Speed · 02-04-2020, 04:27 AM

Good Tuesday Morning All. Not much on the list for today. Cold front coming in to our area this afternoon. Off to the gym so you all have a good one and be safe out there!!

jchammond · 02-04-2020, 04:29 AM

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Good Tuesday Morning All. Not much on the list for today. Cold front coming in to our area this afternoon. Off to the gym so you all have a good one and be safe out there!!

It was nearly 80* yesterday pouring concrete & they’re predicting 70* today.....much better

eastwest2300 · 02-04-2020, 05:43 AM

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Got a rumble in my tummy

Gonna turn the Bogeyman loose in a few

Something that’ll make EW proud

jchammond · 02-04-2020, 04:27 AM

Where’s errbody at

eastwest2300 · 02-04-2020, 05:44 AM

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Where’s errbody at

Rusty · 02-04-2020, 11:49 AM

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Where’s errbody at

This time of the morning.............SLEEPING!

jchammond · 02-04-2020, 04:28 AM

I’m going to build Carpenter so coffee, that way when he gets up it’ll be nice & strong

JARblue · 02-04-2020, 07:41 AM

Happy Tuesday everyone

Golf scheduled this afternoon

JARblue · 02-04-2020, 07:57 AM

Drained coolant last night. What a freakin' mess. Even with an extension hose it came out with such force that it splattered everywhere as soon as it hit the pan. Anyone have a recommendation regarding the water drain plugs on the engine block? Worth trying to get to them to remove them for additional drainage or no?

At a tipping point with the wire tuck. Trying to decide how far to go. Might forgo anything under the cowls - can't see it anyway. Loom is scheduled to arrive today

BettyZ · 02-04-2020, 09:02 AM

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Drained coolant last night. What a freakin' mess. Even with an extension hose it came out with such force that it splattered everywhere as soon as it hit the pan. Anyone have a recommendation regarding the water drain plugs on the engine block? Worth trying to get to them to remove them for additional drainage or no?

At a tipping point with the wire tuck. Trying to decide how far to go. Might forgo anything under the cowls - can't see it anyway. Loom is scheduled to arrive today

These tags indicate you're used to getting splattered with fluids

. Gotta use a 5 gallon bucket. If you have the OEM oil "cooler" you'll need to pull those hoses to get good angles for removing the oil pan.

For the loom/tuck. You can run the starter wire around the upper back of the motor, in front of the cowling. The two grounding wires you can attach to lower mount holes on the block and hook up to the chassis wherever.

I reloomed all wiring outside of the cowling. Where the wires pass through the grommets in the battery/brake fluid cubbies, keep the stock loom up until a little past the grommet. Otherwise you'll have sealant issues.

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JARblue · 02-04-2020, 10:50 AM

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These tags indicate you're used to getting splattered with fluids

Only in the mouth

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Gotta use a 5 gallon bucket. If you have the OEM oil "cooler" you'll need to pull those hoses to get good angles for removing the oil pan.

Thought about a bucket; just didn't haven't one available I was willing to put used coolant in.

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For the loom/tuck. You can run the starter wire around the upper back of the motor, in front of the cowling. The two grounding wires you can attach to lower mount holes on the block and hook up to the chassis wherever.

I reloomed all wiring outside of the cowling. Where the wires pass through the grommets in the battery/brake fluid cubbies, keep the stock loom up until a little past the grommet. Otherwise you'll have sealant issues.

I have a number of grounding wires that I plan to relocate.

Like the grommets by the LH/RH coilover perch? What kind of sealant issues? I was hoping to run the new loom on those at least partially into the battery/brake compartment. Wonder if some high temp fabric gasket I have would work.

madwi · 02-04-2020, 05:51 PM

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Only in the mouth

Thought about a bucket; just didn't haven't one available I was willing to put used coolant in.

I have a number of grounding wires that I plan to relocate.

Like the grommets by the LH/RH coilover perch? What kind of sealant issues? I was hoping to run the new loom on those at least partially into the battery/brake compartment. Wonder if some high temp fabric gasket I have would work.

fwiw and ymmv but I have a large slit I made in the rubber grommet to pass 4 gauge wire from battery to inside the car. I used some self sealing electrical tape and it has been bone dry.

BettyZ · 02-05-2020, 01:39 AM

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Only in the mouth

Thought about a bucket; just didn't haven't one available I was willing to put used coolant in.

I have a number of grounding wires that I plan to relocate.

Like the grommets by the LH/RH coilover perch? What kind of sealant issues? I was hoping to run the new loom on those at least partially into the battery/brake compartment. Wonder if some high temp fabric gasket I have would work.

Yes those. If you re-loom the new loom won't fit in the OEM gasket/sleeve/elephant trunk/old man corrugated schlong/whatevers without half a roll of e-tape scrunching the aforementioned 'whatever' onto the loom. I cut my OEM off @ the 'whatever' and it wasn't terrible. Totally new 'whatever'-ing could definitely work.

I have an album up with pics of the starter wire relocate.

Relocating the alternator cable aka getting rid of the OEM plastic sheath is also... interesting.

Furthermore. Getting rid of all that mess leaves unsightly holes on the top of the block/timing cover. Have been considering some sort of shaped aluminum cover/heatsink for that area, let me know what you think.

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JARblue · 02-05-2020, 10:15 AM

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Yes those. If you re-loom the new loom won't fit in the OEM gasket/sleeve/elephant trunk/old man corrugated schlong/whatevers without half a roll of e-tape scrunching the aforementioned 'whatever' onto the loom. I cut my OEM off @ the 'whatever' and it wasn't terrible. Totally new 'whatever'-ing could definitely work.

I have an album up with pics of the starter wire relocate.

Relocating the alternator cable aka getting rid of the OEM plastic sheath is also... interesting.

Furthermore. Getting rid of all that mess leaves unsightly holes on the top of the block/timing cover. Have been considering some sort of shaped aluminum cover/heatsink for that area, let me know what you think.

Yeah, I may try to redo the 'whatever'. I've checked out your album pics

Thinking about using some of my leftover dress up kit bolts for the exposed holes. I already have some extras and I'm going to be abandoning more of them due to the wire tuck. I'll take some photos and let you see how it looks.

sx moneypit · 02-04-2020, 09:12 AM

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Drained coolant last night. What a freakin' mess. Even with an extension hose it came out with such force that it splattered everywhere as soon as it hit the pan. Anyone have a recommendation regarding the water drain plugs on the engine block? Worth trying to get to them to remove them for additional drainage or no?

At a tipping point with the wire tuck. Trying to decide how far to go. Might forgo anything under the cowls - can't see it anyway. Loom is scheduled to arrive today

Usually i only take the plugs out when i have to pull the engine.Makes for a little bit less of a mess.

02-04-2020, 04:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
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02-04-2020, 04:28 AM	#7 (permalink)
jchammond A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Carolina Age: 58 Posts: 15,204 Drives: 13’ 370Z TS 7A/T Rep Power: 2684395	I’m going to build Carpenter so coffee, that way when he gets up it’ll be nice & strong __________________ MazWorx built long block \| FI-TT-100 Stage 2.75 \| IPT built 7A/T http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...s-musings.html

02-04-2020, 07:41 AM	#8 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 44 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684441	Happy Tuesday everyone Golf scheduled this afternoon __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

02-04-2020, 07:57 AM	#9 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 44 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684441	Drained coolant last night. What a freakin' mess. Even with an extension hose it came out with such force that it splattered everywhere as soon as it hit the pan. Anyone have a recommendation regarding the water drain plugs on the engine block? Worth trying to get to them to remove them for additional drainage or no? At a tipping point with the wire tuck. Trying to decide how far to go. Might forgo anything under the cowls - can't see it anyway. Loom is scheduled to arrive today __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

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God-Speed A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Austin, Tx. Posts: 4,366 Drives: Prototype Rep Power: 2684377	Good Tuesday Morning All. Not much on the list for today. Cold front coming in to our area this afternoon. Off to the gym so you all have a good one and be safe out there!!