IdahoKidd

What's a girl from ________ say as she is loosing her virginity? "Get off me dad your crushing my smokes"

Rural towns, the butt of how many jokes?? Insert your favorite town's (or state's) name...... An old boy from Idaho takes his daughter to the big city to see the doctor. "Doc", he says, "I think it is time we get Lizbeth here on some sort of birth control." Doc looks up in shock, "Good god, she is only 10 years old. She is sexually active?" "No" the old boy says, "She just lays there like her ma"

Stunning car! What was the width and offest on the wheels?

Am parting a 77 california emmisions 280. Lots of rust but the computer and wiring is still there, as is running engine and good trans. Am in N.Idaho and parts are in car, but will help a member if someone needs something.

They went together relatively easy. Nothing abnormal. It is the correct part number for my 72 240. Buddies car is a 76 280 and he did mention they were difficult. The body of the rack moves perhaps 1/4+ left and right. Almost as though it doesn't pinch it tight enough. Long ways to go before driving it but not comfortable with it like it is. Not sure if shimming it so it is tighter is the answer or buying rubber ones to replace the poly. I hate little things like this when trying to make progress............. argh! edit info. Car is 72 240, serial 49052. Rack came out of rubber bushings. Have never driven the car and only assume it was correct rack. Bushings are thicker and maybe wider on one side than other. They are marked upper and lower, left and right. Did not grease these during installation.

Put the new poly bushings in the steering rack mounts and the rack itself moves some (too much) when the steering wheel is moved. Asked a buddy about his project and he had the same results. Surely this can't be correct? Anyone have it happen to them? What was the 'fix' Leonard

Viagra was originally to be called Mydixaflopin

What's worse than locking your keys in your car in front of an abortion clinic? Having to go inside to borrow a coat hanger.........

I'm with SteveJ. Classic car, TV, lawnmower, whatever. If you can't pay cash for it, you can't afford it. Buying the car is only the beginning of the spending of money.

Yep. Apparently took the liners out before they were powder coated. Assumed they were part of the original bushing. Soooo, now what? Duct tape?? : )

Bought a set of urethane bushings from prothane for my 72 240 manual. They are about an 1/8 inch in diameter to small. Bought a set from Energy Suspension. They too are an 1/8 too small. Pulled a different mount from a parts car. Same thing. All of the other bushings for the car were very tight fit (Energy Suspension kit). Am concerned these are going to allow more movement than necessary. Anyone have similiar issues or perhaps a remedy? Thanks, Leonard

Thanks. Honest I googled and googled. Found lots of links on how to remove and replace, but none with sizing info.

The boys at the alignment shop messed up the lh jam nut on my 240 tie rod. I need to locate another. Can't seem to find the size and thread pitch anywhere. Anyone have any help? Thanks, Leonard

Under hood condition looks more than 14k miles to me. A lot more.

The guy was extremely difficult to communicate with. Couldn't answer a question on topic. He now says it is sold it f $650 but I can still have it if I want. Refused to send any pictures of the body damage. Am thinking the other side of the car was in pretty bad shape. He said it had water in the tank and needed a fuel pump. Pretty sure he had absolutely no idea at all what was going on. Car was 300 miles from me. $300 in fuel round trip with the trailer so with all the difficulty in communication, I decided I wasn't all that interested.

Wow! Thanks for the honest opinions. Rear drums it is. Now to sell my new powder coated caliper holders.

Am finally able to get back to putting my 240 back together. Is it really an upgrade from the stock rear drums to a ZX disc brake conversion? The pads are miniture. While the cost isn't horrible, it is still money. I know from experience on my Volvo that converting the fronts and then the rears, for average daily driving the installation of disk brakes did nothing but eliminate the pull to the right. They look cool and offer some bragging rights, but it doesn't stop any faster. Would those you who did this conversion, not some high end one, and not the track warriors, would you put the time and money into a ZX rear disc convesion? Leonard

I'll jump in............ My little blue volvo, the one with the VIAGRA plates in my avitar, will dust all but the late model camero's between street lights. First off, they absolutely don't expect anything like that to happen, but when it does............ it is all smiles. The down side is, I am all done at the second light. There is nothing more. 8500 out of the four banger and the 4.88 gears .............the overdrive takes WAYYYYYYY to long to engage. But, they don't need to know that. A solid tuneup/optimal engine performance is about as good as the stock motor is going to do. In town performance is gear ratio's. Deeper gears, 3.90's, 4.11's will give great launches and a quick pass through between the lights. It will also be great on really twisty rural roads, etc. It is dreadful for economy and long trips. The rpms will wear you out. A later model 5 speed brings the rpms back down a bit. If it were my dollar, I'd get a used zx 5 speed, and some deeper gears. Tranny will be $150 and the rear end $150 to $300?? . One of my 240's has that set up. Another is bone stock with the automatic.(it REALLY needs an overdrive) And the 280 has the turbo, and non turbo 5 speed, but it hasn't moved across the yard for a year now..... still needs some love. The Volvo is quicker than all of them, but not faster.

That works and would be easier. Personally, I like things to be voluntary. Some newbies may turn away if they 'had to pay'. I would have. It isn't long enough to establish a relationship (speed dating in a sense). And besides, I had a bunch of 'stuff' to get rid of :classic: I was thinking silent auction on the honor system, registered buyers send money to the site, registered users send the item to the buyer. I realize there will be problems and really havent thought out all of the logistics. Maybe someone can dream up a monthly online event that will create an interest. Trying to think up something that works across the spectrum, a raffle drawing for a larger or desirable ticket item. The site could buy or be donated........ a set of wheels, new or used, spoiler/air dam, seat foams, who knows, tickets could be bought with paypal, a number given and then some sort of live drawing in a chat room or ??? something to spark interest and participation. And maybe not, maybe just an icon of a pot at the top of each page and let folks donate as they wish. I personally never gave the costs of these sites much thought. Out of site out of mind And I do remember a year or so ago when the site went down due to a go daddy issue it generated a lot of spontaneous donations. Could happen again.......................

Mike mentioned in a different post about adding ads for fundraising. I suppose it is inevitable but he mentioned money out of his pocket too. I have projects I support out of love for the project, and perhaps this is Mike's, but there must be a way we can help out with a semi annual or ?? fundraising project. Any thoughts? I was thinking like a charity auction, those of us that can could donate an item, Z related or not, to a silent auction and the proceeds could go to the upkeep of the site. Donating person could submit a pic and arrange shipping, buyer could pay shipping from donator's address. Items could be anything from misc parts to non related but interesting stuff. The details could be worked out, but it is a thought. Anyone have others? I haven't participated on the boards for some time due to health reasons, but still lurk when I can. I'd hate to see it become and ad section with a bit of Z info. Leonard

Hey Mike, First, thanks for the work on the site and for out of pocket moneys spent. I do think there must be a way to organize a monthly, or semi annual fundraiser for the site. Personally, I get a kick out of some of the wild claims from some of the advertisers, but I suppose there are members who simply aren't aware that the gimmicks are gimmicks. This one isn't the most outrageous I don't think.

I was planning on making it a daily driver Be sure you have a backup driver. Don't mean to bash your hopes or dreams but we've all been there. Visually, there is a lot wrong with the car. It may well run for years, but it is going to cost major money to make it decent. Paint with no body work is at least 3 grand. On the other hand, it may be worth the price to determine what to look for next time. Sort of like paying for college.........

Cool, it will work for me! I have a later model fuel injected engine in my 240. Still don't understand how it will help the Z therapy carbs on it.

It is full of rust. Look again. The hatch is toast, wheel wells are toast. Am betting the floors and the battery box are gone. Frame supports on the front are likely bad. Wheels (offset are wrong). Didn't see the interior. Depends on what you want. I woudln't put another nickel into it, treat it as disposable. It isn't worth more than 15. How do you know the suspension is 'starting to go bad'? Springs, struts, ? It is likely throw away money so you have to calculate how much return you are going to get. Long term, no, not worth it. my opinion, owning 7 Z's

Did you put the coil wire in the coil?