Everything posted by hogie
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		Anyone know where to find some cheap kitchen cabinets?
		
		I would like a new granite countertop and love the weather in Whales. Please let me know who you choose as a vendor. With my new computer at home job I make $95 an hour and can pay them quick.
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		Stony'S drag Z
		
		That makes some nice noises!
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		Extending my Z hunt to include the 260 version, opinions welcome
		
		I avoided the 260z's due to potential for goofy harder to find parts...ie. is it more like a 240 or a 280 or 260z only.
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		My brand new Z
		
		So with the money you saved being a diplomat, you can still buy a cheap Z!
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		How to report malicious private messages
		
		You can hit the report button under their name, just to the right of the blog this post button. I have used it for spam, but I assume it will get a moderators attention
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		My brand new Z
		
		Well, you won't have to worry about rust for a very long time after all! Nice
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		In the hunt for an early Z 70/71/72/73
		
		Nice, but silly expensive
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		Ron Tyler Differential Mount
		
		I suppose I should've taken some additional measurements for distance from the ground/tunnel floor and such. However, from what I could tell the the pinion angle and tailshaft angle were darn near parallel to each other. My old truck had hydraulics and I could lift and lower the truck over a 12" stroke and had less noise/vibration out of that range of movement. However, it was with a slightly longer two peice driveshaft.
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		Ron Tyler Differential Mount
		
		I may have had some misalignment in my initial set-up. The pinion angle was 87 degrees on the passenger side and 86 drivers side. The transmission was showing 87 degrees as well so I thought everything should be kosher. Since everything is so easy to get to with the RT mount I went ahead and swapped in the snubber and factory mount to check the measurements. It ended up 85 degrees all the way across. I gave it a quick test drive and most of the clunk is gone again, and the thrumming vibration at 65-70 is gone as well. In both instances the car gets more vibration from 70-80, but it is more of a whole car feeling and not alarming. I believe the GM mount was more secure feeling than the combination snubber and factory mount. So if I get more time I may modify it to take a few degrees out of the pinion angle. Too bad most of my cure was actually from tightening up the rear differential mounts that had backed out over time. I think that really covered around 80% of the clunk.
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		Ron Tyler Differential Mount
		
		My wife is on the way to harbor freight at the moment to pick up an angle gauge. Just for giggles I am going to toss in the original mount, measure the angle, and then try to duplicate it with the GM mount. If all else fails I will just use the factory mount and cut down snubber.
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		Ron Tyler Differential Mount
		
		I just tossed in the 3-1108 and it cured most of my clunk, however the vibration at 65-70 is ridiculous. If I never got on the highway it would be fine. I will be trying the bump snubber later on tonight. I was just hoping to use the GM mount as I paid for it and it looked like it would be easier to work on in some regards.
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		My Z after a good buffing!
		
		I picked up a Griots Garage 6" DA and the Wolfgang TSR and Final glaze from Autoweek a few weeks ago on sale. I still have a couple of spots to go over, but for my first time using it I got some really good results. However, If your paint is tearing up rags I doubt it would be good on foam pads.
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		My Z after a good buffing!
		
		Thanks, they are painted fiberglass
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		My Z after a good buffing!
		
		I got up too early this morning not to share these. Yes, it was done with a crappy camera, a crappy cameraman, and an over-used industrial setting. Either way, I like them.
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		Speedometer Drive Removal
		
		I got mine from the Zstore.