Funkysi

Glad Alex is back doing rugby again and has gotten that football nonsense out of his system! :)

I'd probably have killed her! :lol: I had Bridgestones on at the time iirc.

Finally! Dry salt free roads! I've been desperate to get the Z out, not driven it in 4 months. Started first turn of the key and ran like a dream! It gave me a chance to get it out the garage to do a bit of work on it which I've also been wanting to do for yonks. Something that's been annoying me for rather a long time is a wobbly passenger side mirror. The base bracket which is made out of cast aluminium fractured after hitting an old Spanish woman about 5 years ago who thought it would be a great idea to walk out between two parked vans, looking the wrong way and straight into my Z. Fortunately I saw her in time and was able to avoid a direct hit, but the mirror chassis took a battering. She was ok apart from a few nasty bruises. I managed to fix the bracket with some chemical metal, however it started to wobble again during the Euro road trip that Andrew and I went on last year. Managed to find a good passenger side mirror from coopd which was from a later model with heated glass. Stripped that down, removed the black wires which were for the heated glass and swapped everything over. Not a very interesting post but might help those who are wanting to disassembled for paint or similar damage. As I disassembled, you can see that the bracket has completely failed: Like....completely. It had broken into far more pieces than originally. New chassis all fitted. Covers all secured: Glass in Connector depinned and repined. They're differed as they newer style mirrors contain the two black wires for the heating elements.

Looks stunning. I certainly wouldn't take mine out in that weather, but looks like you had an awesome time! Time for a Quaife is it? Take it from me, they're awesome bits of kit. Having had the pleasure of driving an 800hp Z32 in the US with one fitted, the way they put the power down is fantastic. Total confidence!

^^ This!!

Have a great one dude!

Damn! That's the day I fly to Japan. I'd have come up, need to speak to Davide too for my maintenance polish. You'll be super happy with the results and his work ethic.

Howard, when's your car off to Kraftwork?

Haha yes. :lol:

Great film. :)

The irony.... :lol:

Yes, very much so.

Yeah it is. It if were rust free (unlikely) I'd consider taking it on and recomissioning it if it were for sale.

Where is that Andrew?

You need a wiring schematic. AndrewG might be able to help you with that.

June 2016? That's a long time man...... :lol: so basically only 1 winter if it's been off the road the last, 5 months.

Dude, if you need a visitor to help work on the Z and have a bit of banter, let me know.

Why did I think it was Scott? Sorry Dave! Brain fail on an epic scale! Been a long week. :lol:

Incorrect. Salt dust gets to places that a jet wash can't reach, then there's all the grit to destroy that wrecks the paint. Besides, you told me yesterday you hardly used it anyway. :lol: I bought mine to enjoy it too. But I see absolutely no point in taking it on the road in the winter for all the dampness, rock chips and salt to destroy it. You can't use all the power on the slimey gross roads at the moment anyway. I've seen wwaaaayyyyy too many rotten Zs to risk it. It gets plenty of use in the summer. :)

Looks Good Scott but don't drive that lovely UK spec in all the salt; it will turn into the ferrous ore from whence it came!

Exactly which was why I mentioned heatshrink further up. ;)

But a crimped joint has no water resistance so no good for any external wiring - they're unsightly too

I always solder with heat shrink. A: It looks neat and B:It's the correct thing to do. :) I've seen many Z32s with bullet connectors and even chocolate blocks used on external wiring.

No, but there are much newer convertible related threads. :lol: Just pulling ya noodle. :)

Maybe destroy as many dump valves as you can whilst you're at it....:lol: