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  1. Swede958

    Shoddy cables or possibly the clutch/tranny/etc?

    I'm just about fed up with this... I've been fighting with this for the past week on my 91LX 5.0 I've done some searches but could quite find the answers I was looking for. About 1.5yr ago I put in a Fiore FWA and Quad... at the time, the stock cable was fine. 6 months later, it breaks...
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    Fuel pump (and/or relay) issue... need help fast

    Ok... just looking for any quick ideas of what to check next. This is on a 91 LX 5.0L Parked my car yesterday morning. Came out to it 5 min later, it attempted to start (maybe 5-6 revolutions running) and then just turned. Kept on turning. Could not hear the fuel pump prime or run...
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    It begins again.... restarting project

    Alrighty.... so with my new college degree in hand (History with Mfg. Tech minor :nice: ) it's time to thrash on the '70 so I can have it at least driving in about 5-6 months. Yeah, I know- GOOD LUCK!! haha So in the interest of time I've scrapped the major plans I had for the car and have gone...
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    Hoping it's just my cable...

    Hey everyone, just trying to alleviate some fears. On the way to work this morning went to shift and heard a pop. Clutch pedal went straight to the floor. THe car was in gear so I drove it up into a parking lot and cut it. Looked underneath and the cable was still attached to the clutch...
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    Alignment and break swap question...

    I've got just about everything to do the 94/95 swap onto my 91 hatch... except one friggin spindle nut and dust cap. But anyways... I need to do an alignment bad, the car is lowered and PO didn't put in plates. I have the plates to put in, but I don't think I have time to do both on the same...
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    Do I really need a new quarter...

    So for x-mas my folks sprang for a new quarter skin after I told them about the damage I'd found under the near .25 inch of bondo on my driver side. There is a fist sized dent, lots of dings, and some wierd stippling near the very back. They got the smaller quarter skin for like 97$ total but...
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    Possible T-5 hydraulic clutch option... Nissan sourced

    I was poking around at work and realized that some earlier model 300ZXs used a T-5 for the turbo equipped cars. Now.. they also use a hydraulic clutch set up with EXTREMELY cheap new parts (we're talking like 13 for a slave cylinder and like 18 for a m/c). They had wc options for the tranny...
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    Info needed for Fox brake swap from S197

    Hey everyone. I was thinking of adapting a set of 05 GT rotors and calipers onto the sn95 spindles I got for my 91 LX. I searched but only found one thread and one person that said the bolt pattern for the mounting bracket was 1" wider than the earlier models. I just wanted to confirm that since...
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    I suck at teh shiftering...

    Well, I've got 2 weeks left before heading to Quanitico for training so I thought I'd better take my new car down to the track before I go. It's a 91 LX hatch, 306 and a T-5 Z. I've had it about 4 weeks, and that's about how long I've been driving stick :shock: So we get down to the track and...
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    Excavating bondo... any easier way?

    So I found out that a media blaster will not normally be able to remove the bondo on a car. :( That being said I started digging into my car last night just to see how much bondo there was on the car. Apparently, alot. I think there is about 1/8" of bondo on d/s quarter panel, and at least...
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    Might have found EFI fuel tank solution... from strange source

    So saturday night was an amazing boring night at 'teh Zone, so I started browsing through our catalogues that we got laying around in the back. I come upon our oil pan/gastank/fuel sending vendor. Start leafing through. I found pictures in the back of the fuel tanks and they had sizes listed...
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    Yes, I too am a victim...

    WEll, finally got off my ass today and with a couple friends began stripping the interior of my mustang. Most of it came out pretty easy. And surprise suprise, there's rust. It looks like I'm gonna need an entire driver foot well and partial toe board, and a partial passenger footwell. That...
  13. Swede958

    What to do what to do what to do?

    Alright... finals are finally over and I actually have a little time to work on the stang. Unfortunately, I'm now stuck as to how I want to proceed. Couple months back I got a storage shed and parked it in there to start working on it. I already went through the EFI harness I have a just need to...
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    A little progress I've made

    A little progress I've made ~PICS!!~ Well... it's been about 8 months since my car came off the road- I've finally found time to work on it a a little. Mostly it's just been put into a storage unit (now my 'garage') and I've been working on taking out the dash, wiring, and re-wiring the EFI ...
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    Swede-ified 3-link design... oppinions?

    Well, here it is.. I've been thinking about this for a while and finally got to put some virtual pen to paper. Sorry for crappy quality as I suck at photoshop.... had to use MSPaint. Anyways... the design is supposed to utilize the stock forward spring perches with a bolt/weld in upper...
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    Non-stang rear caliper question

    Hey everyone... sorry for the non-stang post but I got a problem with my daily driver I need some advice on. I picked up this 83 280zx for a daily driver a couple weeks back. Always had no parking brake hold to it. Inspected it and of course failed. Through some new pads in after adjusting the...
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    Gonna buy an engine stand tomorrow... advice

    My dad tells me today that i need to clean up the back porch a little, meaning I need to get my engine up on a stand and the tranny out of the way. Any recommendations on types of stands to get? I was looking at just the basic 1000lb one from harbor freight, it's got the t-style arm extending...
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    Edelbrock carb help... please?

    Hey everyone- yet again I need more help with my car and I'm hoping someone can help me. I've had a problem with my car once I finally got it running- it was a little tough to start, then once started idles fine. But while is warmed and idling, if I stab the gas the engine sounds like it turns...
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    I Need serious help with my ignition switch...

    I've been trying to find out why my car keeps eating Optimas... so far 2 in the past 2 weeks, the last one without getting out of my driveway. I tried tracing back the wiring, here's what I found out. With the battery out, I ohmed each wire at the solonoid . Three wires ohmed out to having...
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    pic test

    gdgd