#ZedShed Kai’s 2.8 road to recovery

[Lee]

Kai’s been waiting a while for us to have a look at his 2.8. Also strangely picked up a couple more extra faults after others have played with it recently. Saturday we got her in and up in the air, found out pretty quickly various issues and their causes. We’re going to give everything a refresh but no powder coat this time, we have a strict budget to work to.

first up we pulled the subframe to see the extent of everything. little crispy.

going to give everything a clean up and she how it all fairs

some of the worst bushes I’ve seen

normal handbrake cable condition

we found the source of the vibration when engaging the clutch. These Bluetooth edition gearbox mounts, trouble is these have just been off as another garage had fitted a clutch.

bit of cleaning up to do at the rear.

once seized brake line

some interesting installation of bushes. Not the correct orientation either.

a lot going on this Saturday just gone. We also re moved a S54 engine, another in for breaking.

kept us all busy this weekend.

 

[AntStark]

Those beam bushes !

 

[Shelim Miah]

I love this place

 

[Jack Ratt]

Keep doing it chaps

 

[Kai]

She needed desperately attention and it was well worth the wait as could not imagine better place to bring her in. You guys are fantastic and can’t wait to see more updates!

 

[Lee]

Progress is coming on nicely. Hoping to get her all done just before Christmas or at least be 95% there.

Underside got a good clean and some waxoil.

diff was looking very flakey to begin with

@Holliez4 went to town with the wire wheel and gave it a coat of hammerite

after coating, also expertly removed the old diff bush.

beam bushes came out no bother, up there with some of the worst we’ve seen.

new backing plates on, ready for new shoes and a brake upgrade.

new beam bushes in ready to rock

hoping this weekend coming we can get the back end all rebuilt, all the parts have arrived now so we can also get the gearbox back in.

 

[Kai]

That is looking fantastic Lee

 

[GazHyde]

Chunky!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty5eY0RRXlQ

 

[Kai]

Kai’s been waiting a while for us to have a look at his 2.8. Also strangely picked up a couple more extra faults after others have played with it recently. Saturday we got her in and up in the air, found out pretty quickly various issues and their causes. We’re going to give everything a refresh but no powder coat this time, we have a strict budget to work to.

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first up we pulled the subframe to see the extent of everything. little crispy.
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going to give everything a clean up and she how it all fairs
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some of the worst bushes I’ve seen
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normal handbrake cable condition
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we found the source of the vibration when engaging the clutch. These Bluetooth edition gearbox mounts, trouble is these have just been off as another garage had fitted a clutch.
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bit of cleaning up to do at the rear.
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once seized brake line
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some interesting installation of bushes. Not the correct orientation either.
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a lot going on this Saturday just gone. We also re moved a S54 engine, another in for breaking.
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kept us all busy this weekend.

My friend after seeing the pictures messaged me saying that my gearbox was holding on hopes & dreams 🥲

 

[Lee]

Got some solid work done today. Was only a half but we still managed a good effort between 4 of us.

First job of the day was to fit the new diff bush.

Can confirm she has an LSD unit.

next we replaced all the really tired gearbox components.

the old items were beyond worn in places.

with the gearbox refitted we moved onto the rear. Took a few hours but she’s looking ready to refit now. Can now see the brake upgrade along with braided lines.

diff looking much better

ready to be refitted.

Planning to to finish the Zed off on Monday

 

[AntStark]

What are the disks @Lee , they look good

 

[Kai]

I have no words @Lee , you’re a maestro! Happy as well I got the trailing arms from @Andyboy . Will bring them over ready for powder coating.

 

[Kai]

What are the disks @Lee , they look good

This are MTEC Brakes.

 

[t-tony]

M-Tec are good. I used them on my E85 3.0 and my E89.

Tony.

 

[Lee]

Some Christmas Eve fun. Very much was a day of one step forward and two back with everything we touched.

first job of the day was refitting the rear subframe, this meant we had to sort a seized brake fitting out only to find we had to replace the whole line!

Once back in we very quickly noticed the handbrakes were for a pre facelift 1.9 and were too short, so off came the brakes again.

old shocks were totally dead.

be rude not to fit some of Mazza’s finest straps

beam bushes now doing their thing and supporting the weight of the beam

things are in, little mod to get the spare wheel hanging again. Can see the braided lines looking good.

moving up to the front we were greeted with more horrors. Most fixings missing and wrong bolts jammed into the wrong places relying on natures loctite. This bolt is not even off a Z3. It’s 15mm for a start.

also on disassembly of the front to change the backing plates someone got lazy and left the old ABS sensor inside the shield. We also noticed this wheel bearing was totally goosed.

didn’t stop there. Both front callipers were both totalled. One wouldn’t press back in and both had toast bleed nipples.

Right pair

very much a day of fixing other people’s mess. We got there though, just quite a few bits to order.

Needed to also run a new brake line this side.

least she’s mostly back together.

Now shutting the doors for a few days rest

 

[Althulas]

Natures LoctiteI’ve not heard that one for a while. Nice one guys doing this on Xmas eve.