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Hey, this car drove perfectly with no problems yesterday....now that it's morning time it takes lotsa cranking and lightly pumping pedal to get it to bust off. Using choke ofcourse, it will start hitting and finally crank just enough to stay running while my foot is barely touching pedal. After it cranks I move the choke to half and it idles on up a little, but it still has a slight sputter sound to it. It'll rev fine with just easy presses of the pedal....but with a swift 0-75% kick of the pedal and holding at the 75% for a couple seconds, a loud tap sound comes from the 5th or 6th cylinder area. Detonation? Back to the sputtering, it sounds almost like it's loadin…
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I've been searching for whether or not the l28 wiring harness is identical to that of the l24. Does anyone know? I was unable to obtain this information on any of the z forums, but I apologize in advanced if this question has been addressed already. I am going to be replacing most of the electrical wiring once I finish working on the mechanical aspects of my 71 240z(numbers matching block). In the future I may wish to drop an l28/l28et in my zed, and that is why I ask whether or not I would need to redo all of the electrical from my existing l24 engine to do such a swap. I would like to prepare my self for the future by saving costs. I am also still puzzled why the po…
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There is a 240z sitting in my garage and I need some advice on how to get it running. It was bought years ago and ran but in poor condition. The guys who sold it had put a 260z's engine into it. A couple months ago we added gasoline, gave it a new battery and a new ignition coil. I remember at one point after that I got it to roll forward when the key turned. Now it just spins the fan, things on the engine move a bit. I'll probably have to replace the coil again. Distributor and coil were smoking so I left the car alone for a while. Any advice that could be given from that description would be very helpful. Ask me any questions about the car.
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Hi everybody Can anyone inform me if part nº 12200 E31SV-Crankshaft up to July 73 and 12200 P30SV Crankshaft from Aug 73 are interchangable or not? What are the differences? Thank you very much. Manuel
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Ok, I bought my 77 280Z, a few months back. Since that time I have had it running, and drove it but not very far. I will walk you through everything I have done in hopes that someone can pinpoint my problem. When I first got it, the injectors were out. The guy told me they were bad, well I put them in, and aside from where I didn't clamp the hoses down it was spraying gas but that is long since fixed. I took it for a test drive and it drove fine at first then just died and quit responding. So here are the actions I took. New plugs, new plug wires, new MSD coil, all new vacuum lines, new distributor cap. After all of that, I drove it, ran great for about 20 minutes then i…
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I need to replace the Floats in my carburetors. I have not been able to find them can anyone help me find where I can get them? It is a 1971 round cone shaped floats.
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the car ran fine yesterday with no problems untill i got the geat idea to clean the motor for apperence purposes. to make a long story short the moter got sprayed down with water and degreeser. -(i didnt cover up anything.) so now the motor runs perfect untill the temperature gage gets to about 120-140 degrees and when this happens, when the motor gets to 3000 rpm's it bogs down to 1900 rpm's and then goes back up to 3000 rpm's and repeats this proccess all while i am holding my foot steady on the accelerator. i have already checked: FUEL FILTER, FUEL LINES, CAP AND ROTOR, COIL, BATTERY, AIR FILTER AND HOSES, VACUM, I HAVE TAKEN OF THE DISTRIBUTER AND MADE SURE IT WAS D…
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I am having some issues with my 1972 240, i upgraded my cam put a header on replaced radiator, alternator and voltage regulator. I set the timing and started it got everything tuned, today when i started the car and gave it a little gas the gauges flickered and dimmed. I shut it off and started it again, after letting it idle again i raced the engine and around 5000 rpm the gauges dimmed again. while running the amp gauge fluctuates greatly. when idling the amps are consistent slightly positive, when racing the engine the amps jump to high positive and fluctuates slightly positive to high positive. also after running for a while smokes starts coming from the electricals o…
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i apologize if this sounds like a foolish question but i am new to the z cars and pretty much cars in general. this is my first car so i don"t really no how to maintenance it. i would appreciate it if anyone could tell me the materials i need to use to clean under the hood and where i need to start. thanks Jared
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Hey guys, I just want to make sure I'm putting this on right (can't find my diagram). Does the pcv hose goes from the tube extending from the block to the pcv thats on the intake manifold? ....is that right.
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Is it ok to jack up the rear end of my 1970 240Z from under the differential? I have been doing this to get her up on jack stands. I just don't want to damage anything. Is this a problem? Mike
Last reply by Jeff G 78, -
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i have recently invested in a 1980 280zx 10th anniversary edition. everything is perfect about the car except that it pops back in neutral if i put it in first and do not hold it. also the water light keeps lighting up and i checked the radiator and it is fine. so any help or suggestions on how to fix these problems will be appreciated. Thanks Jared
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