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MattC280Z

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About MattC280Z

  • Birthday 12/10/1994

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Webster Co. KY
  • Cars
    1977 280Z, 1982 720 "Heavy Duty" Long Bed, 1986 300ZX Turbo, 1978 620(SOLD)
  • Interests
    Japanese Cars lol
  • Occupation
    Student

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  1. Tried to check the rear end fluid level today, but both plugs are knurled pretty bad, I'm going to spray then daily with PB Blaster and try again in a week or so, are they they same thread type as a 280Z differential plugs? i can't find them for my truck outright but R200 plugs are all over the place.
  2. Took the headliner down to add some insulation for the summer heat thats starting to build, with my luck, I found a mouse sarcophagus up in there complete with a nest and shit! go me, lol Cut the insulation perfectly and it slid into the small slits like a glove. I used adhesive spray but probably didn't need to.
  3. i replaced the exhaust on my 280 as a whole unit, 2.5" on the old one and cut the pipe off right at the manifold. had a friend cut and weld the entire thing so it'd fit and it doesn't sound bad at all!
  4. Okay, sourced a rear axle on Ebay, its from a 95-97 Hardbody, its 3.545 ratio. will this guy fit my truck? I think he said it was an H190B, idk if the "B" means anything else or anything but heres the pics of it, if anyone can tell me exactly that it will work that would be awesome. He's asking $200 for just the diff+ shipping.
  5. Is there much of a benefit to the D21 calipers? I find the truck stops fairly well. The engine hasn't leaked at all since the change, i remembered reading a post on here or somewhere that when the truck starts it chatters for about 2 seconds and it was a timing chain tensioner either broken or clogged up so i went with Royal purple to either clean out the cold or be slick enough to fix the sound. it went from 2 to 1 seconds in time before it stops but still does it.
  6. So according to that some frontiers have an HF190? awesome ill be on the lookout!
  7. Quick question, my local junkyard has a few hardbodies, however most of them are 90s models with the KA24s in them, are the 90s hardbody differential incompatible with my rear end? i was looking around and although it looks similar to my truck I can't say for sure, i know my truck is an HF rear end but most of the hardbodies say HG. Any help is definitely appreciated,
  8. Parts came in today! Rotors, pads, and some paint :rofl: got the wheel off of the drivers side, and the rotor was eaten up very bad. Almost half an inch thick in some places. Sorry about the Snapchat labels I take better Pictures through that lol. Here you can see the deep gouge in the rotor, I'm surest was rusted very badly and driving it those few miles rubbed the rust off and gouged it so bad. Compared to the new, And torqued down, installed. My Radiator overflow can was brittle and I had tossed a tool or something into it and it cracked so I took it off and replaced it with something more, informal, but practical. Looked on eBay and found a new one but its says its for an SD-22? are they different at all? mine completely disintigrated when it was in the sun and i tried to pick it up. Did a trial run for the paint i want the truck to be on the hood, fell in love Then removed the bumper and front valence, and fenders as a whole and painted them, being sure to throw some 3M undercoating on the insides for rust prevention. clear coated, let it sit overnight and heres the result, I also put a new coat of black on the grille and silvered the horizontal marks on the grille. Im very happy with the result, new if the new carrier bearing would just come in!
  9. My local wrecking yards have absolutely nothing as far as 720s are concerned I'm afraid... plenty of hardbodies but nothing for our 720s...
  10. Once I got home from work today I saw a box my dad had put on my bed... it was the gauge cluster I scored off of eBay a couple weeks ago! I didn't even realize until i opened it and removed the one in my truck to use the best of both clusters that the one I ordered has a trip meter on it! Did you have to pay extra or get the 4WD 720s to get that? or was it just for the DX models? new carrier bearing is on the way as well as brake pads and rotors. but I repainted the needles and used an electric drill and a lot of patience to get the odometer from 151,000 to 181,600 like my truck cluster had, also had some LEDs laying around. Just piddling at this point because until the bearing gets in I can't drive her. Heres how it turned out. All I need now is the clock! and ill have the complete gauge cluster! B)
  11. When we did the transmission swap I noticed the rubber on the carrier bearing was toast. So to save some cash I just bought the rubber piece and pressed the old bearing into it and reinstalled. This gave me the guts to take her for a test drive. Aside from chirping comping front the drivetrain she was doing great! and then about 2 miles from my house i look back and see sparks flying out from underneath the truck nowhere to stop so i limped it to where i work which was nearby, and after inspecting, the old carrier bearing seized (the chirping) and got so hot it caught the rubber on fire which fell apart when the road wind blew it all over the place. Wasn't too bad but there was built up dead grass and sticks that caught fire too, right next to the fuel tank... But! no oil pressure light, no overheating, and other than very loud brakes and uneven braking, she did very good!
  12. Figured id make a build thread out of this because i have some plans for the truck and have gotten it running very reliably in the past couple of days. Heres pics I took the day I brought it home Still even has the local Datsun dealer tag from the 70s and 80s on it lol And here is the magical Tag that gives my truck heavy duty status B) Hands down the worst body wise is the bed, speckled with pits and small holes on the sides. Engine, Z22 looks like someone left the oil filler cap off while it was running and other than wasps nests galore under here seemed pretty tidy. Drained the piss yellow 15-20 year old fuel out of the tank and put on a new filter started but would only run when foot held throttle open. Put new plugs, wires, cap and rotor on it. Air filter next, this improved the running exponentially but still wouldn't idle under 1,700 RPMS (a guess because at this point i didn't have a tach. While I had the air filter off I painted the air filter housing the color i plan to paint the truck. Also Royal Purple was running high mileage oil on sale with a filter, and stickers too! so i figured some strong synthetic oil would clean the sludge thats built up over the years. Then i douched the engine bay and deleted all the smog equipment. Will add more updates as they happen guys!
  13. So since I have the "E" what does that make special about my truck? are the heavy duty models common? Whats on the truck that makes it different? Is it just a Cab/Chassis with a bed?
  14. So the back two are the ones that have different lengths? Its probably safe to say any longed 2WD will work right? Rock auto has them in several part #s that say "up to 11/81" what changed during this that caused them to be different after? these are the cheaper ones, so if i can use them i will.
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