Help Me !!
This is the emergency HELP ME forum for those of you that are having troubles with your Z-Car and need immediate help.
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5/71 240Z. Went to drive home late at night from the SnowBall Rally in April, discovered no headlights, neither high nor low beams. Headlights used to work, but now don't. Trying to figure out the issue before the MotherLode 400 Rally. My combo switch had been falling apart, suspected that was the problem. Jay Zinc refurbished my combo switch, tested it, but still no headlights. Pulled every single fuse I can find, including all the fuses in the aftermarket fuse block that Fitted Garage installed, they all have continuity. Found the headlight power connector, confirmed that both filaments in both stock headlights have continuity. No voltage detected at the mating …
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I have a 1970 240Z that I am putting a 280Z engine in (N42 block which should be from a '75-80 Z car). I have heard that there were three different oil pans and some had fitment issues in some cars. So my question is this...will the stock oil pan on the 280Z engine fit in my 240Z without issues? Does anyone have pictures of the different pans and identify which is which?
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Have spark in all 6 cylinders. New coil new points. Just put su round top carbs in carbs were fully cleaned. Even tried starting spray. Nothing ignites. What so ever. Fuel is flowing into carbs. What could it be? 1.5 ohm coil. New plugs. Any ideas? Plug order was checked. No back fires no miss fires no nothing. Help!!
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Ok, so I know that this is supposed to be a press fitting yet it is not working out that way. The pipe is too small to fit snugly into the hole (see here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/2HYFBuU5VDL6rRxS9). Does anyone have any ideas? The only think I came up with was a pipe expansion tool to make the tube a little larger to fit snugly...problem is I do not have such a tool.
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Need some data. Purchased 73 240Z with a transplanted L28 N42 NA engine, from the mid 80's (high mileage engine). Have zero history of the parts used in the engine. What PSI compression ratio's should I expect on an old rebuild not knowing dome or flat piston. How can I verify the piston config? All seam to be in the 155 psi range # 4 cylinder is the highest at 162 psi . Interesting that # 4 with highest compression pulls the lowest vacuum number on the airflow meter at the intake? Thanks.
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After long battle, I finally found spark but now I need to figure out how to organize plug order on top of the distributor. I tried to find dead centre by putting a screwdriver inside Spark click hole number one to piston comes to top, but all that does is end up having the rotor point to a funny direction around around 3 o’clock looking from the driver seat. I know it should be pointing around 830 but when the rotor is at 8:30 the piston is not at TDc. The distributors on the only way I can go on. It is lined up and seated properly the distributor rotates properly, but I cannot figure out where sparkling number one is any help this would be great. I do see the mark on t…
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My clutch pedal pivot is severely worn and needs replacement. The problem that I am having is that the bushings for the clutch and brake pedal are NLA from Nissan , or least I have not found any. My idea is to replace the metal bushings with a bushing machined out of Delrin or possibly Teflon . It would be a one piece bushing drilled to 12MM for the pivot bolt and the OD sized to be a press fit into the clutch pedal tube (about .75"). Any thoughts if this will work, would wear be a problem? Any input would be appreciated.
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power to coil , put a new coil in and coil gets voltage when key is turned to start car position... but nothing getting past the distributor... what should i look at in the dizzy? can you look at wires to coil.. looks like its wired correctly.. do points look ok? does the distributor look like toast?
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A green and a black yellow coming out from under dizzy area. They were unplugged on top of engine and I can not get car to start. Do these loose wires have anything to do with that?? Also two snipped wires coming from from fender by the coil. A green white and a black white. Anything important ? Please help. I can’t get spark from dizzy. New coil and power to coil.
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Wondering what, if any, issues I may have with this swap electrically. I've done this many times for 240Zs I've owned, but am unsure what other functions the ECU manages on a 280Z that I'll have to work around. I plan to manage fuel pressure with an inline regulator to compensate for the difference from 3-5 lbs. (carbs) to +30 lbs. (injection). Thanks for your help/thoughts.
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I know this has been discussed in the past but the solutions haven't worked out for me. I have a 1978 Datsun 280Z. Pretty much all the bushings have been replaced with polyurethane. I have replaced the inner and outer tie rods, front wheel bearings, ball joints were replaced 2 years ago less than 5k miles. I have tokico lowering springs, I also have technotoytuning front and rear control arms. I also have a momo steering wheel. I have a pretty bad vibration coming from the steering wheel. I should also add that I've balanced the tires at least 5 times at this point, and the alignment has been done although I do have about -2 degrees of camber front and rear camber left si…
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Hello, This is probably a stupid question, but how is the rear license plate bracket supposed to attach to the body? It looks like the only mounting points are the 2 standoffs on the bottom, but they are just through holes and not threaded. I was surprised to see they weren't threaded. I bought the car in pieces so I never saw how it was attached. Thanks
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