What did you do with your Z today VI (ON TOPIC DISCUSSION ONLY)

7speed

Thanks to RoadsterST.........................

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09 370z 6spd traded 1/12/15 for 15 Challenger RT 6spd

aszyd

I continued my gauge and oil cooler projects by getting the gauge sensors into the engine bay and securing the gauges to the dash. For the oil cooler, I mounted it on the car. Hopefully, next week will be an oil change and getting the cooler and sensors plumbed into the oil system. Baby steps, but I'll get there.

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Competition Clutch|Fast Intentions|Maxbore|NST|Setrab|Stillen|Tomei|Uprev| Z1
Avant Garde|SPC|Stance|Whiteline
Aerojacket|Seibon|Tanabe|TRS|TWM

kenchan

nice

you guys have all sorts of fun and intense projects going on and im posting up super simple tasks.. like...

(you) csc/rear diff mount/oil cooler install vs (me) flinged off dead mosquito from roof.

mishuko

Ken you've been a terrible influence on me... I'm super OCD on keeping it clean... now I gotta run to the store this week to buy me some QD

aszyd

I will eventually get to that point. I just need to stop buying parts. I thought I was close, but then Z1 announced that they were going to start selling 2015 Nismo body kits. A front end conversion has been on my list since the face lift was announced.

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Competition Clutch|Fast Intentions|Maxbore|NST|Setrab|Stillen|Tomei|Uprev| Z1
Avant Garde|SPC|Stance|Whiteline
Aerojacket|Seibon|Tanabe|TRS|TWM

kenchan

most excellent.

i saw my local autoparts store carry Griot's stuff. i use SpeedShine exclusively....
i buy from amazon though since i have prime membership.

Spooler

Been working on my 1975 280z this weekend. Did a fluid exchange on the brakes and clutch system. I also pulled my Nismo in for an oil change. Inspected the clutch fluid and found this. 23,000 miles and I have coffee in my clutch master cylinder reservoir. Take a look. Had to do a fluid exchange on this also. Ugg.




It did have some debris in the bottom of it. Used my master vac to vaccum out the old fluid. Cleaned with a paper towel and directed the paper towel in the cracks with a jewelers screw driver. Didn't need any of that crap going downstream.

JARblue

I cruised with an F-type convertible on Saturday afternoon

Gorgeous vehicle

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kenchan

yah, my clutch fluid was a slightly discolored at 5yrs/15.5K miles on my Z.
i did the ranger method about a month ago, and it's as clean as my fresh
dot3/4 in the brake reservoir.

Spooler

Looks like 15K clutch fluid service will be the norm for me. Hope I caught it in time or a failure will surely insue.

Fountainhead

I check mine when I check my oil. I even have the Stingray guy across the avenue doing the fluid swap every Sat before he goes to the track on Sunday. His Stingray after a few launches makes his fluid BLACK. Although his reservoir is black, we put it into a water bottle and it was opaque.

kenchan

when i did the ranger method, which is 30 clutch in/out per cycle (x3 cycles), my clutch started to squeak during the 2nd cycle.

so you might want to do 15 in/out per cycle instead.

the squeaking went away after 5-10min though. i think the csc may have
heated up or something. not sure wat the squeaking was from.

Spooler

I didn't use the ranger Method. Don't even know what it is. I used a master vac with tank to suck the fluid out of the reservoir. I then filled it back up with Dot 4 fluid. Go under the car and used the master vac again. loosened CSC bleed screw, installed the vaccum pump and tank. Vaccumed some fluid out, filled reservior again, Vacced more, etc. until the fluid coming out at the CSC was clean. I never touched the clutch pedal. I got all of the fluid out and then some. My clutch does feel so much better.

Waiz

I just got this



To go with this


Dodgy gas station tire gauges be damned!

kenchan

thought you were showing off a condom. lol

i have a moroso myself. i rarely use it though.. been using my digital gauge lately.