1404 Front cover comes off!

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   I've been working on replacing some upper front cover bolts and the water pump on my truck. I got the front cover off and all that stuff and just about ready to put back together when the transmission in my 280ZX finally bites the dust... or turns to dust. Something like that. In a mad rush today I threw everything back together on the 620. It'll be on the road probably tomorrow.  This is good but it sucks that it is now my daily driver beyond my own choice. So looks like I'll throw a radio in there soon too. I do have some pictures of the project although they are not that interesting.
Oh, and I just upgraded to Windows 2000 and my Kodak DC20 (1996) camera doesn't have drivers for Win2000. BUT, I now have a garage computer just about ready to play MP3s during my projects and that's Windows 98, so I"ll have to get that thing hooked up with my camera and on the internet. How fun. (or buy a newer camera) 
While I had things apart I changed many of the bolts to stainless and changed the setup for my fuel line to hopefully avoid vaporlock this summer. AND, i now have my blue NGK spark plug wires installed on my Bluestreak cap. Lots of blue! 
Engine before teardown

During teardown

After reassembly

My buddy, the fan clutch...

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Bleach Guru Joined: 04 December 2002 Location: United States Posts: 4806	Topic: Front cover comes off! Posted: 09 March 2004 at 12:11am
	I've been working on replacing some upper front cover bolts and the water pump on my truck. I got the front cover off and all that stuff and just about ready to put back together when the transmission in my 280ZX finally bites the dust... or turns to dust. Something like that. In a mad rush today I threw everything back together on the 620. It'll be on the road probably tomorrow. This is good but it sucks that it is now my daily driver beyond my own choice. So looks like I'll throw a radio in there soon too. I do have some pictures of the project although they are not that interesting. Oh, and I just upgraded to Windows 2000 and my Kodak DC20 (1996) camera doesn't have drivers for Win2000. BUT, I now have a garage computer just about ready to play MP3s during my projects and that's Windows 98, so I"ll have to get that thing hooked up with my camera and on the internet. How fun. (or buy a newer camera) While I had things apart I changed many of the bolts to stainless and changed the setup for my fuel line to hopefully avoid vaporlock this summer. AND, i now have my blue NGK spark plug wires installed on my Bluestreak cap. Lots of blue! Engine before teardown During teardown After reassembly My buddy, the fan clutch...
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Bleach Guru Joined: 04 December 2002 Location: United States Posts: 4806	Posted: 12 March 2004 at 11:42am
	Also, I got the front main pulley from a '74 truck installed. Single grove pulley good for 1 extra horsepower at high rpm, right? My other pully was a two grove pully but I've seen 3-grove for late 620's with A/C and smog pump! So everything's back together and the truck is taking me to work just fine. I do have those pictures on my computer at home. I'll post them soon, I hope.
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Bleach Guru Joined: 04 December 2002 Location: United States Posts: 4806	Posted: 12 March 2004 at 7:26pm
	Just a little update, I still have an oil leak on the front cover somewhere!!!
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Bleach Guru Joined: 04 December 2002 Location: United States Posts: 4806	Posted: 16 March 2004 at 9:28am
	Oil leak seems to be fixed now. I installed my rebuilt 280ZX master cylinder in the 620. After bench bleeding the cylinder and bleeding the brakes once again the braking repsonse has improved greatly! Never use a master cylinder from a 4-wheel drum brake setup on a truck with disc brakes in front. Those work but not nearly as well. I'm very happy with my brakes now. They still could be better (larger front calipers), but right now they brake more solid than they ever have since I've owned this truck.
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