While I and my dad have 2 weeks off we are stripping down my Z and doing everything that needs doing to it, which means a lot of rust and change the petrol tank. I have decided to post what we are doing so you know all of the blood, sweat and tears I shed for my car. It may not be the best but I love it and I do my best keeping it going.

For the next week or so I will post up what we have done and what we have found wrong and how we fix it.

 

Anyways. Today late start as we had to drive to Bolton to Machine Mart to buy a couple of tools and a nice trolly to lie on. Saves lying on the floor in all the crap.

 

 

This was our first port of call.

You can see there the inner arch is wet. That is petrol that comes out every time I fill the car up or go round a round about. Graham from the meeting can voutch for the smell of the fuel which gets sickening at times.

 

After putting the car high up on stands we took off the bolds which holds on the straps. They where hard but a big bar took them off with little trouble.

 

 

We put a crate on the jack to take the weight as we unbolted the back of the straps on the tank.

 

 

Inside the boot we took off panel to access the pump disconnected the power and took off the 2 pipes. The main fuel pipe pissed out fuel when we took it off. So any one wanting to do this watch out.

 

 

Because the screws holding the neck on where so bad we couldnt take the neck off first before we dropped the tank so after taking the rubber bungs that hold the exhaust on we where able to move th exhaust slightly and drop the tank.

 

 

This is a pic of the car without the tank and for any one who is really good, they would have noticed something else is missing. But what ;)

Just after this was taken I gave the whole thing a good blast with the pressure washer and revield the writing on the diff. ;)

 

Found lots of things that needed doing while we where taking the tank off and I will post my findings and work here tomorrow.

 

 

Today was a short day today. We only started at 12:30 ish and finised at 4 because I am at work tonight. :(

 

Anyways, just thought I would tell you whats happeneing. I am actually learning a lot about this car by doing this.

 

Off to work.

 

Stuart

Thoroughly enjoyed this story, i bet you saved a small fortune doing all that work yourselves, i bet the fuel saving from having it off the road 4 days nearly paid for it too lol, hurry up and do the next episode now please;)

Yep, got to agree with the masses ... hat is firmly off to you Stuart, this is compelling stuff - much better than the normal forum slanging matches;) ;)

 

Can't wait for the next installment ... :D

 

JB.

Why you using cheese strings to hold the engine up on the fork lift?? LOL :D