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Hiya Keith, I was going to give you a ring today for a chat :D Okay behind the piston there was a black rubber seal which had dislodged then this orange one was the dust shield. Reseated both of them and replaced the piston. Then on front of that was the metal face with the ring bearing that was held on with the rubber band type thing. What happened was when i pushed down on the clutch the first time there was alot of resistance on the clutch pedal and at the beginning of the travel even after it had eased off. I'm thinking the metal sleeve that it sits on had rusted over so i've applied copper grease lightly to everything to see if that fixes the problem (the car did sit out all through the winter to be fair) Also the two retaining bolts that hold it in place had moved and the spiggot sitting out to the side had fallen out so it could have been sitting slightly askew and that might have made the rubbing noise. Here's a pic of the position of the hydraulic unit as it sits now: And before I bolt everything back in I think i'll be testing how far the travel of the pedal affects the hydraulics travel through the window. In the meantime before i put everything back in I started work on the remote oil feeder. The adapter plate seals on the outer ring and the flow was being impeded by the excess metal so ground and smoothed it off to help improve the flow before attaching new brass unions with PTFE tape to get the oil out and to the side of the block. Just going back out now so more photos and news later

Great news buddy - a new zedder in the midst :D Congratulations to you both! :hyper:

Coolios, i'll start a separate thread up nearer the time. Engine's going back in Sunday so hoping after all this to get the car in a driveable format for the 25th to have a bedding in session at Santa Pod on a trailer before its mot to iron out all the bugs

Okay, spent tonight pulling the engine. Must admit i'm getting good at it now: 30 minutes flat :rofl: Managed to get the damaged bolts out the back of the bellhousing (i'm getting dad to buy me some stronger hex bolts from the bolt place down the road while i'm at work) and separate the gearbox from the block. Looks like the resistance was an incorrectly seated seal and it just blew. I've reconstructed the slave cylinder and everything seems nice and free now but i'll hang the engine in the bay and test it first to make sure it works before going to the trouble of bolting it all back in properly and wasting more time. Hopefully that should be the end of it and i can get back to the engine again now! The other half has just arrived back after 2 weeks in Cuba so I can't do anything till Sunday now when she goes back home so more updates sunday night folks

Soon as the V8's done everyone's welcome to come round mine for a BBQ, plenty of room for 10+ cars :D Could be a nice little meet in september

I used clear silicon when rebuilding my wheels between the pieces, tightened then after that had dried then put another layer thick over the top and smoothed over the gap and left to set in the air for a couple of days. Had all 4 wheels on for about 3 months and never lost an ounce of pressure :)

Great news and glad to hear that pete's engine is finally up and running - now onto the real thing! :D

Cheers buddy :D I was very very tempted to buy a set of the ones you've got on offer but i had to choose: get the parts i need to finish the engine or buy suspension for a car i can't drive yet :D lol Although - suspension is on my list of things i'll be doing over the winter months so i'll definately be in touch over a nice shiny set of those meister zeta Rs with the pillow mounts to go along with lots of adjustable suspension parts and some beefier brakes front and back :) Had a little bit of a disaster last night :( Tested the clutch to see why there was so much resistance from the actuator and "pop" hydraulic fluid everywhere under the car so gearbox is going to have to come off again to see what's wrong. Have a sneaking suspicion that I didn't check how tight the hydraulic lines into the slave cylinder were and one's dropped off when i assembled everything. Also thing the slave needed some grease inbetween the gearbox shaft and the bearing. Luckily thing i should be able to just unbolt the bearbox from the bellhousing from the back and do it that way rather than pull the engine for the 4th time! Will let you know how it goes anyway, more concerned about getting the engine started in the meantime so i'll be cracking on with pipework and mounting up the oil cooler, etc tonight when i get back in finally.

...and now add on another 18 quid for the oil pipes and luckily managed to pilfer 2.5m of black braided fuel hose :) Tracked down which jag i need the filter from, found a jag specialist and he's getting on in tomorrow for £8.50 and it's effing huge! Will be working on the car tomorrow night getting all the pipework hooked up and who knows maybe spin it over a couple of times to get the oil flowing through and measure the pushrods. Just waiting to see if someone buys my spare set of zed wheels then i can afford to do it.

Cheers buddy :D According to Keith5700 (http://300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=87443) when he did his without the turbos (NA) it was 8kg in it. With the turbos and ancilliaries you're talking a bigger difference plus this sits soooo much lower so the centre of gravity is better :) Reading again, 270kg with turbos on for a TT engine and 198kg for the chevy yet small engine, 6.3 litres instead of 3 litres and no need for turbos... yet :rofl: Good news! The BIG bit arrived today, my comp cams pro magnum solid roller lifters and bars along with the beefiest remote oil filter holder i could buy :) £600 disappeared out of my sky rocket yesterday but these are the final 2 big things i needed to buy. £525 for the lifters, £40 for the remote filter holder and £30 for the screw in brass line adapters

The tesco black one's with the cut to fit rubber are a bargain, had those in two cars now and both have lasted for ages

Unfortunately i have a feeling it's the same as i've just found on the V8. I can't remember putting any copper grease on the gearbox shaft to run the clutch up and down and so everything works but it makes a squeek when you operate the clutch inside the bellhousing. Hoping that i can get someone in the car to open the clutch and i can get a small paint brush in through the window with some grease to paint the splines and hope it spreads when the clutch plate is moved over it.

Great episode! :D

Busy day! Starter motor is now mounted, shimmed up, wired and wrapped with the heatwrap. Fuel pressure regulator and filter mounted up along with the oil + fuel pressure senders. Clutch is now bled and working properly. Going to mount up the exhaust tomorrow and connect the speedo sender. Busy busy busy! :)

Okay update for today guys, decorating was all done this week so I can devote every evening and weekend to the v8 now. Spent today finishing off the mounting of the engine and box. Prop shaft is back on and now off to bleed the clutch. Uprated oil connectors have been ordered and also should receive the lifters on Wednesday then can finally check the valve clearance after 12 months of waiting! I'll get the pushrods ordered on Thursday and should get those ready for weekend. Going to get the starter fitted over the next couple of days and next weekend I'll get the fuel/oil finished off. Plan for the week after us get the water and electrics finished off. Going to pressurise the oil system and check for leaks then fingers crossed I can turn the engine on the starter :) More to come as it happens!

lol, if I ever finish it at this rate - Pete will be having a word on my behalf with you regarding that shell of yours ;) He always ends up putting ideas in my head the bugger :rofl:

Ah the secret project isn't quite so secret :D Pete told me about this a few weeks back just before my hols. Looking forward to seeing the results soon buddy :hyper:

Okay to clear up about 5th gear - it's a naff rip off of top that started in the format of the 1980s top gear which was junked by the bbc in 1992 and then started to try and replicate the new style top gear which "crazy stunts" (which were in fact poor imitations of stuff top gear had done a year previously). The new series is now only 30 mins a program, a testament that they have flogged that dead horse enough to the point where i can't give a monkey's either way whether i see it any more or not. The last series of 5th gear was almost getting good with the test track and the guys in the studio but they've royally mucked up this series. Same boring format every week. The new style of Top Gear has and always will be car-tainment. Car based japes, jokes and challenges. The 3 guys are brilliant comperes to the show, the challenges are daft fun meant to brighten up your sunday evening. And that's what it's there for Sunday night entertainment, far and away the best entertainment show on TV at the moment and although yes some of it is very predictable I still think it's head and shoulders about things like "Find me a maria" and "Z Factor" The 3 of them are normal down to earth guys, you're meant to feel on a level with them and them hooning around in supercars being daft is exactly what "you'd" like to do given the opportunity. There is a simple solution to this problem - for all us devoted fans who enjoy every second we get of clarkson, hammond and may: keep watching as long as it's on our screens For those who think it's a waste of time, boring and predictable: don't bother watching it!

I was 25 when i bought my first zed and coming up to the big 30 this year!

Any time from September on i'll be up for it, still zedless at the moment until i finish the V8 conversion :cry:

Last night it was 18 degrees and 77% humidity - plus i'd been painting the bedroom all day so that knocked the humidity right up! Had to sleep with the window wide open, curtains pulled back and all manner of creepy crawlies flying in :( Finally finished decorating at 2am last night and was back up at 6am to finish off before i went to work. I'm shattered!

What the f***!!! Bloody hell mate, how long have you been back??? Give me a bell one evening this week when you can for a chat? Drop me an email with your number buddy and i'll give you a call when suits you :hyper: nick@delazo.com

I must admit i was as confused as skyline dave :lol: The way i see your ex is that she treats the kids like an accessory and when she feels like having them. She doesn't come across as a very good parent. From what i've seen of you at the meets with your kids you have always come across as a good guy dave and a good parent and you don't really deserve the way she's treated you. I would text back and say that you will not just take weeks off of your holiday to look after the kids just so she can go on holiday herself. You love the kids and enjoy spending time with them but her doing that is not on. The other option is you take yourself and the kids on your own holiday but i know that from what we've talked about that really isn't an option at the moment :(

Great news Jason, glad to hear you're still going strong :hyper: And well done Kim, keep up the good work! :D

Brilliant work buddy, will be interesting to see that next to a stock gunmetal grey zed :D