Jesusfrk611 Midnight Blue '03 worklog

[ARIO98zx2]

Bad feeling about what? The shop? Looks like he does good work and it's one of the less ghetto looking shops, despite his lack of web design.


I'd be down if he can get the S/R seat material.

I meant its gonna be pricey as fuck, but you get what you pay for

[Jesusfrk611]

I meant its gonna be pricey as fuck, but you get what you pay for

Oh yeah. If I didn't care that my interior matched I'd just find some decent covers and be done with it, but blue and red doesn't go with charcoal so I gotta spend the big bucks. After looking at my budget, there's no way I'm going to be able to spend that kind of money right now, so I may not bother to check out any shops right now. I was cringing just dropping $50 for sway bar ES bushings and endlinks for front and back, but I need to get this stuff done to my car while I'm at home.

[Jesusfrk611]

-timing belt and pulleys
-Esslinger UDP and Gatorback belt
-trunk lid interior cover - In Progress
-swap LED reflector for unLED reflector
-hood struts
-fix up some wiring
-passenger door lock actuator replacement
-more dynamat in the doors (passenger side still rattles slightly at high volume bass)
-steering rack and bushings replacement
-ball joint replacement - Old ball joints off
-find clunk in driver front end and fix - found to be ball joint
-lower transmission mounts replacement
-5th gear swap
-Curt hitch install - Done
-detail clean interior
-fix tachometer
-replace battery terminals
-19mm RSB swap
-fog light condensation
























I found this thing in the garage. Looked dead, but squished it after the picture anyway.

[recessbilly]

I found one in my shop today:
Bastards just love our nice cars.
I really want a tow hitch now.

[Jesusfrk611]

This was the third black widow I've ever seen out here. First one I've seen in the house, I'm glad this one was already dead. We usually have a larger problem with scorpions, but I haven't seen any of those dudes in probably a month. The heat is so bad they can't even make it to the house to stay cool now.

I got the hitch for my bike rack that I still need to buy. I highly doubt I will ever be towing anything.

[Jesusfrk611]

Trunk lid cover. Need to trim a little off the sides for better fit still.

[Jesusfrk611]

-timing belt and pulleys
-Esslinger UDP and Gatorback belt
-trunk lid interior cover - In Progress
-swap LED reflector for unLED reflector
-hood struts
-fix up some wiring
-passenger door lock actuator replacement
-more dynamat in the doors
-steering rack and bushings replacement
-ball joint replacement - Old ball joints off
-find clunk in driver front end and fix - found to be ball joint
-lower transmission mounts replacement - Front mount replaced
-5th gear swap - In progress
-Curt hitch install - Done
-detail clean interior
-fix tachometer
-replace battery terminals
-19mm RSB swap
-fog light condensation

New mount and old mount. Not too bad, but the rear mount is the bad one. This replacement is more because this mount is 14-15 years old.


5th gear swap.


'98 5th gear.


Sedan 5th gear.

[Mimino]

good progress, Nate!

p.s. i received a butt-dial from your phone about 2 weeks ago lol

[Jesusfrk611]

good progress, Nate!

p.s. i received a butt-dial from your phone about 2 weeks ago lol

Thanks.

Haha, so you did. I didn't even know.

[recessbilly]

Nice work. So you can swap the 5th gear with the tranny in the car. I want to do this to the beater.

[Jesusfrk611]

Some people say the cover doesn't come all the way off without dropping the transmission some. I have the front to back crossmember off, so the transmission is hanging by the top mount. It would be easier to do with it out of the car, but not worth dropping the transmission for.

[Jesusfrk611]

This stupid pin gave me problems. Hard to get out until I found a punch and impossible to get back in until I widened the hole with my Dremel.


Finished with trunk cover. It turned out pretty good. Cardboard is a bit too thick though. But I'm not redoing it.

[The_underclassman]

Nice work on the trunk man! I also think the 5th gear swap post should be tagged for easier searching.

[Jesusfrk611]

Nice work on the trunk man! I also think the 5th gear swap post should be tagged for easier searching.

There's a how to for that.
http://teamzx2.com/threads/784-how-to-swap-5th-gear

[swedevil]

This was the third black widow I've ever seen out here. First one I've seen in the house, I'm glad this one was already dead. We usually have a larger problem with scorpions, but I haven't seen any of those dudes in probably a month. The heat is so bad they can't even make it to the house to stay cool now.

I got the hitch for my bike rack that I still need to buy. I highly doubt I will ever be towing anything.

Join the club. I just caught a brown widow as a pet the other day!!!

This stupid pin gave me problems. Hard to get out until I found a punch and impossible to get back in until I widened the hole with my Dremel.


Finished with trunk cover. It turned out pretty good. Cardboard is a bit too thick though. But I'm not redoing it.

Looks great!