Engine & Drivetrain
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Is there supposed to be any sort of clamp or band around the innermost shifter boot to hold it into place, or is it just a snug fit alone that does it?
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After my car heats up, I cannot shift into reverse while the engine is running. Just grinds. I have to turn the car off, then put into reverse, and restart. If its cold, I have no issue putting the car into reverse with the engine running.
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Hi all! Found several threads on the subject of stuck fill plugs in the tran of diff in my search for tips as I made the same mistake as many other people: Draining the trans oil before checking that the fill plug does open... Basic problem seem to be shortage of appropriate tools, you just can't apply enough torque with an open wrench or a crescent wrench without risking rounding the plug and never getting it out. I searched the net and went to a few tool shops but none of them had a female 17mm square socket avaliable. However, there is a quite easy solution that gives you a much bigger, endless really, choise of wrenches, breaker bars etc. I had a friend of mine cu…
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I got N42 head from local Pick-N-Pull and rebuilding this head by myself for 1st time. While washing N42 head, I noticed that the cooling port of #4 seems like clogged. The two hole at the bottom of #4 is just connecting each other and water is not go through anywhere. Is this right?? or is it clogged? Thanks for your help in advance. tamo3
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My z has a run issue after it warms up. I can drive around for about five of so minutes. Park and let it idle, and this is what happens. I turned up the idle so that it would run long enough for me to video it. It normally dies when this happens. It will do this continuously even after I restart the car. I am guessing it is a fuel problem at the carb. Thoughts? Here is the video:
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Pretty important item to replace but I'm not quite sure which is the correct gasket. Reason is I got an early L28 model one and it's nothing like the one already one the motor. Thanks in advance.
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Most Friday nights I take my S1 (HLS30-17269) out for a run up an down the beach. This Friday, as usual, we stopped by Ricky T's for a bite to eat. So far, so good. Unfortunately, when we'd decided to go home, I pushed in the clutch, turned the key, and she (the car) lurched forward. After some fiddling, I realized that there was NO CLUTCH. I had to be towed home (Thanks Hagerty's) and tried to diagnose the problem on Saturday. There is a lot of hydraulic fluid on the Tranny housing, but I could not see an obvious leak either on the Clutch Master or Clutch Slave cylinders. I tried to find a leak in the slave hose, but couldn't find it. To make life easy, I am going…
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After replacing all the bushings, struts and springs and putting in a Ron Tyler Diff mount, I finally found out where the famous rear clunk problem is on my 1978 280Z. It is clunking where the axle flanges go into the side of the differential. I can push, pull and rotate the flange and feel the slop while I'm staring at it. My question is; is it usually the side output bearing that goes bad or or the gear teeth on the companion flange to the diff gear itself? Can I replace this bearing with the diff in the car? Most of these rear clunk problems seem to come from other areas such as the diff mount or the U-Joints. Mine are good. Thanks for any info! Dan Frye
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With Fred & Todd's help, we've narrowed the issue with my transmission down to part #7 on the attached diagram, known as the 'Pin-Ball lever.' Part Numbers listed are 30537-E3200 or 30537-21010. I have some folks telling me it's still available, but neither of my local Nissan dealerships can order it. Hesitant to use nismoparts.com or something like that as getting it by the 1st of Sept. is important. Any ideas?
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Hi All: Haven't posted much. But I'm starting to focus on my '78 280Z more now that I've brought it back to life. So I finally got around to adjusting the valves for the first time since I've owned it. Drove it for a couple years after I bought it. Then it sat under a tarp for 5 or 6 years. Then I brought it back to life a couple years ago. Finally have it pretty driveable again. Anyhow, as this was the first time I've actually pulled the valve cover I was a little surprised at the state of the cam shaft. But I'm used to the cam shafts on my motorcycles which are all pretty shiny and clean. So my question is whether the cam shaft in my Z is supposed to look like this. O…
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Hi Guys, I recently emptied out my oil catch can and to my surprise it had been collecting water. It would have easily been 2L of water. I also took the block breather hose out to have a look to see if the water was going back into the block and saw a large build up for white greasy froth build up. On touch it it's like greasy blubber fat looking and has a strong fuel smell. I assume the fuel smell is because my car is running rich and it maybe just the excess fuel running down the cylinder walls. As for the water I take it to be a collection of condensation as my car runs a large oil cooler without a thermostat sandwich plate. Anyhow my question is if anyone knows wh…
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I have been driving my restored 260z for about a year now, maybe 10,000km's on it since rebuild. Lately i've been having a problem with the car shuddering/chattering when i am releasing the clutch into 1st and reverse gear from a stop. giving a little throttle while releasing clutch (which i normally do) it doesnt chatter/shudder but when i am say inching forward or reversing into a parking spot it shudders like the cluch is grabbing on high spots of the cluch/flywheel. you really feel it grabbing. To my knowledge i dont remember it doing it initially, and i do seem to remember the clutch slipping once really badly as i was on the having fun on an freeway onramp. The engi…
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