Nissan 370Z Forum - What did you do with your Z today V (ON TOPIC DISCUSSION ONLY)

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Jayhovah

05-02-2019 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette (Post 3848777)

Walked by mine sitting in the garage, hooked up to the battery tender. Too much rain and too many stupid people with brokeass cars on the road. :shakes head::shakes head:

You have any kind of slick wiring/connector for your battery tender? I need to get one... my car sits too much these days.

Ghostvette

05-02-2019 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Jayhovah (Post 3848834)

You have any kind of slick wiring/connector for your battery tender? I need to get one... my car sits too much these days.

I have a battery tender jr. tender that has a pigtail that attaches to the battery and allows me to plug in the tender.

Here's mine:
https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Tende...-1-spons&psc=1

pigtail:https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Tende...8T8K1595BQ6Q34

The tender comes with the pigtail, but I forgot to grab my old one off the totaled 2012. :/

Ian B

05-02-2019 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ (Post 3848623)

Remove the 3 bolts holding the hanger rubber doohickey. Add at least .25 inches of washers to each bolt between the car body and the triangle. That should give you space. It's what I did for my FI exhaust to level them out. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...37c6e24bd8.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3fb889a1cc.jpg

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Thanks for the tip, fixed and off the bumper. Did a video shot landscape but when I played it back, it shows sideways. Gonna have to reshoot to upload.

Ian B

BettyZ

05-02-2019 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian B (Post 3848983)

Thanks for the tip, fixed and off the bumper. Did a video shot landscape but when I played it back, it shows sideways. Gonna have to reshoot to upload.

Ian B

Glad to hear it worked!

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BettyZ

05-02-2019 06:09 PM

Cut, sheathed, and fitted new Aeroquip lines for my oil cooler. Put a bit too much force into the wrench on one fitting and tore the table vise out of my chitty HF workbench. Fitting is fine though!

New project: build a workbench that can withstand me. Reinforced concrete with a depleted uranium top might be the only option...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...fde14c79a6.jpg

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Ian B

05-02-2019 10:00 PM

As promised, here is the video.

https://youtu.be/ytQHO6qZUA8

Ian B

Rusty

05-02-2019 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ (Post 3848999)

My work bench is a piece of 7/16" thick x 3' deep x 8' long steel plate that is bolted to the floor and wall. :tup:

madwi

05-02-2019 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ (Post 3848999)

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I have that same heat gun. :tup:

redondoaveb

05-02-2019 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by madwi (Post 3849079)

I have that same heat gun. :tup:

Looks like the same one I got from HF.

BettyZ

05-02-2019 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3849074)

My work bench is a piece of 7/16" thick x 3' deep x 8' long steel plate that is bolted to the floor and wall. :tup:

I like it! Did you pick that up at a discount?

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Rusty

05-02-2019 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ (Post 3849083)

I like it! Did you pick that up at a discount?

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I got it at a local fab shop years ago, 1990's. Think it was a left over piece from a job they just finished up.

BettyZ

05-02-2019 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by redondoaveb (Post 3849080)

Looks like the same one I got from HF.

I was the biggest fan of HF. Then one of their jackstands failed - bar holding the locking mechanism sheared - while I was under my car. My shorts went straight in the trash. Brought the offending jack back to HF and the register clerk, a laid-off Motorola engineer, enlightened me as to the issues with Chinese metallurgy.

The next day I came back and returned the other three. Bought a Quickjack, which is not a euphemism for a lot lizard, and have never been happier.

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Rusty

05-02-2019 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ (Post 3849087)

Chinese metallurgy, what a joke. They don't know how to heat treat. They make it too hard and brittle, or too soft. Anything that I have to trust my life with. I stay away from the chinese junk.

madwi

05-02-2019 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3849089)

Chinese metallurgy, what a joke. They don't know how to heat treat. They make it too hard and brittle, or too soft. Anything that I have to trust my life with. I stay away from the chinese junk.

:iagree:

redondoaveb

05-02-2019 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BettyZ (Post 3849087)

I've seen pictures of their failed jackstands. That's some scary sh!t. I have two of them also. :icon14:

I wish I had a garage instead of just a carport, I'd have a Quickjack.That's why most of my work get's done by a shop.

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