Progress Thread 99 Gt Vert/sketchy_gt

[Sketchy_GT]

Well talked to the trans guy and it needs a new main shaft and new cluster gear, but on the bright side i should have the car back just in time for some 4th of July car shows

 

[robertsa]

Good deal. Go win big trophies.

 

[Sketchy_GT]

Good deal. Go win big trophies.

I don't care if it wins a thing, I'll be happy to drive it down the road again

 

[Sketchy_GT]

Got the car back today, Trans feels amazing. I'll be posting to the thread more about the car as I do more to it

 

[Neuron]

Nice to have a working right car again, at least for a while

 

[Sketchy_GT]

Right up to the fuel pump giving out on Sunday

 

[Sketchy_GT]

Back under the car cover til a fuel pump arrives

 

[Neuron]

Mine seem to do that to, when it rains it pours! I just price new cars and look at the payments and insurance and registration and that calms me right down! The only hard part for me was getting the damn gas coupling's uncoupled. I bought the plastic and metal tools but it was still a pain, I think I was being too careful though because the third time it went real quick and easy. First pump was wrong one and had to put back together for work, got the right one but it was bad so third time the charm( original was getting noisy so...). Hope this ends your run for a while!

 

[squeak93]

I feel your pain. I"m on my third engine in 6 months. From what we can tell all issues were parts failures and not our fault.

 

[Sketchy_GT]

Mine seem to do that to, when it rains it pours! I just price new cars and look at the payments and insurance and registration and that calms me right down! The only hard part for me was getting the damn gas coupling's uncoupled. I bought the plastic and metal tools but it was still a pain, I think I was being too careful though because the third time it went real quick and easy. First pump was wrong one and had to put back together for work, got the right one but it was bad so third time the charm( original was getting noisy so...). Hope this ends your run for a while!

I hope i get to drive it for at least a few months

I feel your pain. I"m on my third engine in 6 months. From what we can tell all issues were parts failures and not our fault.

Yeah I followed your progress thread from the beginning, but cars break i guess and sometimes way faster and way worse than one would liike

 

[squeak93]

It'll be back sooner than later I hope. Higher compression and hopefully that missing horsepower.

 

[robertsa]

On the plus side, fuel pumps aren't *too* difficult to swap. Not as easy as on some others with the trunk access but meh.

 

[Neuron]

Floor jack and a piece of 3/4 " plywood, the emptier the tank the better. The third time I did it in under 45 minutes from jacking up to down and finished, the connections messed me up the first time. The ZX2 has the top of tank access thank goodness.

 

[Sketchy_GT]

Oh it wont be a problem for me I did this on my black GT i had back last year so the only thing that is holding up the process is waiting on the part

 

[Sketchy_GT]

Fuel pump shipped today, hopefully I get it by friday so i can make the local cruise in on Saturday

 

[Neuron]

I hope they send you the right one, unlike me ha ha.

 

[Sketchy_GT]

I hope they send you the right one, unlike me ha ha.

I hear ya. They better as long as I've waited for it.

 

[robertsa]

No pumps available locally?

 

[Sketchy_GT]

No pumps available locally?

Not the whole assembly for the price I needed the assembly because something is wrong with the float so I didn't have a gas gauge so now I'll be able to kill two birds with one stone so to speak

 

[robertsa]

Not the whole assembly for the price I needed the assembly because something is wrong with the float so I didn't have a gas gauge so now I'll be able to kill two birds with one stone so to speak

Well, at least it was a convenient inconvenience!