General Chat
Q:
Well it was very very cold out so climbing under and fumbling around with tools was not something i wanted to do. So with the use of the tractor which made it much easier to see the bottom of the vehicle. Just did this to unbolt exhaust, tranny, and drive shaft. Then we just let it flip back over and pulled the engine with the boom pictured on the back of the tractor. By the way the car was trash, rust had eaten it alive. The t-tops were removed just in case the car rolled all the way over.
The yellow car is just another parts car...
P.S. I know this is very very redneck....
Jason:
'77 280zT coupe: 8.8:1, flat tops, .030 over, Msd-6al, 60mm tb, cold air, 2.5" exhaust and DP, no cat, GReddy type RS BOV, medium intercooler
A:
Haha yes very; whatever works though right? :) I've seen worse methods of removing an engine! It beats using a rope and a tree branch to hoist it out or something lol
85' 300ZX NA
86' 300ZX Turbo
88' 300ZX Turbo
89' 300ZX Turbo
300ZX Turbo Project
A:
that's awesome!
"The Z's disease won't make anything turn black, wither, and fall off, nor turn cancerous." - Tony D
"Take it to a track where BOTH drivers mean business or it's just one sided mechanical masterbation." - Hybrid77z
A:
I remember seeing a picture online of a pick-up truck jacked up like that so the guy could weld on the gas tank. Was that you or one of your relatives?
_________________
Maybe some day I'll get back to doing some real work on my car.
Darn, I never got the cookie for post #1000.
- A great place to search for answers
A:
Me in the red sweatshirt, my dad in the full carhart get up.
Jason:
'77 280zT coupe: 8.8:1, flat tops, .030 over, Msd-6al, 60mm tb, cold air, 2.5" exhaust and DP, no cat, GReddy type RS BOV, medium intercooler
A:
YORGO would be proud!
77 260Z Rat Rod
A:
WOW
------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.bluetorchmotorsports.com
http://www.myspace.com/tay_fu
'93 Stage Eleven 300ZXTT
'90 300ZX N/A
'04 XTERRA
Thanks have a nice day..
A:
I like how you made wooden jack stands. lol
1990 RS Camao (Ya i know im getting a Z but i still love my Camaro!)
2002 Z28 LS1 T56 yes its fast no you cant drive it!
A:
the tractor was still holding it up while you were under there right?
A:
Git er done!
___________________________________
Got-Z.com http://got-z.com Converting Z'ers into bastards, one at a time.
Ghostkilla's personal website http://ghostkilla.net
Absolute Z Club http://absolutez.org L.A./Orange County
A:
Oh man, when I first saw those pics and the title, I thought you just wrapped a chain around the motor and pulled with the tractor! Glad that wasn't it!
'73 Turbo, not much stock. Sold now... :-(
A:
"YORGO Likes Red Tractor!!!"
LOL
People Are Idiots, Just look around here and you will see!
Tony D: "Knowledgeable but Caustic"... rationull
My brother from another mother calls himself "Willie D"
A:
Doesn't look to safe where you dad is lol
85' 300ZX NA
86' 300ZX Turbo
88' 300ZX Turbo
89' 300ZX Turbo
300ZX Turbo Project
A:
Yes the tractor was taught the entire time, those two by 4's were there to give the unluckly bastard caught under there a few more second to get the hell out of the way. Actually just for fun to see what they would have done we left them all there when sitting the car back down. The car pushed them into the soft ground then stopped, so we would have been safe if the tractor let loose. We had to pick the car back up to remove the holds then let it drop. It is a sad sad vehicle now...
Jason:
'77 280zT coupe: 8.8:1, flat tops, .030 over, Msd-6al, 60mm tb, cold air, 2.5" exhaust and DP, no cat, GReddy type RS BOV, medium intercooler
A:
Did you consult OSHA before doing this??? HAHAHHA
-----------------------------------------
12.804 @ 107.26 mph on crappy street tires with Dual SU Powered 2.9L Stroker!
ZCAR.COM member since Aug 1998
A:
WTF?
The value of my pristine '81 turbo just went up another notch.....keep trashing them boys
A:
I guess i should control what nature does to steel? Not my fault the P/O neglected this z, but im not going to go out of my way to be nice to a piece of crap while i strip it for parts. Its a parts car, not something that could have been restored. I would do this to ANY car in that condition.
Jason:
'77 280zT coupe: 8.8:1, flat tops, .030 over, Msd-6al, 60mm tb, cold air, 2.5" exhaust and DP, no cat, GReddy type RS BOV, medium intercooler
A:
cool! working on something similar:
...
A:
Did you ever pull the engine/tranny from the yellow car?
1976 280Z
Draw-Through Turbo, 10 PSI, 4 Bbl Holley, E88, L28 (Flat), 10:1 CR, 5 Spd
1974 Corvette Stingray:
350, 400 Automatic, T-Tops, 8.5:1 CR, 78,000 Miles
1994 Acura Integra:
1.8L, 5 Spd, 189,000 and Counting!
A:
hey- Zazupilot you cut the little tractor out of your pic.
When iwas younger we used to use a tree branch and a cable comalong to pull big block mopar engines from my challengers. broke a couple comalongs and dropped one engine in from about a foot and ahalf up. fun times though. i miss those days with my dad. thanks for the pics and memories.
____________________________________
1980 280ZX coupe
2001 maxima
1994 F150 4x4 van works custom truck
170000 and never needed mech repairs
1996 ford explorer -they cant all be good
A:
hahahahahahah, fun times explaining that when your selling your car...
Ya, this is a very clean, very original challenger.....
well....
there was that one time we dropped the engine from a tree......
:/
youth is wasted on the young
A:
Looks like a Michigan plate, where? Im in GR
SHIFT_PPSSHHHTT... I love it, I love it
1973 240z, 2.8L Turbo, BRE Style
z31 ECCS and MAF swap
Spooled Up Racing ®
http://spooledupracing.tripod.com/home.htm
A:
We lifted an engine/tranny out of a 2001 Maxima using a stop sign that we yanked out of the ground on the corner of our block and a tow strap..
worked on the same principles as Zazu's pencil model photo.
whatever works...
----------
1985 300ZX n/a
Post Edited (Nov 29, 10:55pm)
A:
Damn, I could have saved the $109 dollars that I paid in Pep Boys for my cherry picker.
12/70 240Z, L28ET, 10 PSI, 5 sp, R200 3.54, A/C... "Better, stronger, faster..."
A:
LOL!!! There is a little redneck in all of us......
Honestly though, who here HASN'T pulled an engine from under an Oak tree at least once? C'mon, we've all done it.....at least once!! LOL! Built an engine on a kitchen table lately? LOL!! Checked for warped push rods on the wifes kitchen counter after she went to bed?????
Ken
'82ZX n/a 2+2
'02 Sportster XL1200C
A:
Ya im in michigan, Albion, its in between jackson and battlecreek on I-94.
Jason:
'77 280zT coupe: 8.8:1, flat tops, .030 over, Msd-6al, 60mm tb, cold air, 2.5" exhaust and DP, no cat, GReddy type RS BOV, medium intercooler
A:
Sweet!!! Do you visit WMZClub.com??
SHIFT_PPSSHHHTT... I love it, I love it
1973 240z, 2.8L Turbo, BRE Style
z31 ECCS and MAF swap
Spooled Up Racing ®
http://spooledupracing.tripod.com/home.htm
A:
If you liked the Z check this out:
http://www.vernco.com/tips/id750.htm
Check out his Vernco Racing Development Exhaust too.
Morgan
1973 240Z 4 screw SU's, Tokico HP's, Toyota Calipers
1946 Willys-Overland CJ-2A (restoration in progress)
2006 Ural Gear-Up
A:
Zazu where did you find that model? All I can find are the 240Z models, one of which I have already done.
If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space!
"well god a buck seventy five... nigga you must be crazy...." nismoz88
A:
thats AWESOME! american "ingenuity" at work!!
Ive done my fair shar of crap like that. I had an engine and a work bench set up in my very first apartment, with an L24. I've pulled motors out the bottom of cars, used scissor jacks to hold motors up while I take front crossmembers/steering rack.... lots of crap! I prefer not to think of it as being redneck, but more like being "resourceful!"
McAdam
1980 280zx with a mildly ported N47 maxima head, 60mm TB, -C- stamp 256 degree camshaft, and a 2.5inch mandrel bent exhaust. yeah, its quick, and yeah, its a 2+2. NOW with MSandS_E power!