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hey all, New member here, thought I would start my stay off here with a riddle, of the car variety of course, thanks in advance for your help. I have a 72 240z with an early L28 swapped in. problem is below the picture. about 5 minutes after I left home on a cold San Francisco day, the car starts to sputter and wont hold idle (engine just got off the full cold mark on the stock guage). It dies on me at a red light,I try to turn it back on, it cranks for about ~7-8 seconds and wont turn on until I start pumping the gas pedal. when it finally does fire up, it sounds like its not firing on all cylinders and I can smell gas out of the exhaust (leading me to believe there…
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Has anyone ever used this tailpipe expander before? Auto Body Toolmart Tailpipe Expander
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Here is a mystery. The car is an early 71 that is essentially stock, but I run a header and a Mallory dual point mechanical-only distributor. It starts great every morning and runs well for about ½ hour. Then I get a stalling effect. It is as if one turns the key off and then quickly back on. It happens once or twice at first but then gets more frequent as I go along. I had this problem before and replaced the positive and negative connectors at the coil and it went away. Now it is persistent. By the way, it only affects the engine – voltage does not drop, the lights do not dim, etc. when it occurs. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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1978 280Z that has been sitting. Boiled & sealed tank, cleaned out lines, new filters and hoses. Running pretty well. Bled clutch and now she's able to move on her own. That brings us current. Had low oil pressure reading so I bought a new factory sending unit. While screwing in the new unit, it didn't seem to go in very far (I didn't realize my crescent wrench was hitting something so the sending unit wasn't very tight). Started the car and was getting spotty reading from the gauge (no surprise!). Ran it for awhile then shut her down. Later same day, put 5 gallons in the tank from a can. Went to start the car and it just turns over. Hmm. Wondered whether …
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Having trouble starting my 1972 240z, just got it about 6 months ago and it had set for 8 years. Everything is original motor, transmission, differential, etc. Engine runs a little rough once it is warmed up. Drained the gas and refilled tank and included new fuel filter. New plugs, plug wires and air filter. The SU carburators round top could use some cleaning I guess, but not too experienced to do this myself. I have to turn the key to get the fuel pump working before I try to start it. Then I have to pump the gas until it finally turns over. Seems like the carburators are starving for fuel. Strong gas order like it is running to rich. I have to leave the choke fully op…
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I own a 1974 260z. Everything is stock except the dual webbers. I have purchased them from a friend off his 260z that was running. I have very good spark getting all the way to the plugs. I have good compression on all cylinders. I am getting fuel all the way to the carbs. But the issue is when i try to start it. The only thing it does is sputter a little. I have ran out of ideas. Any ideas would be very helpful.
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The rear axle nut on my 1970 is kicking my arse! Is dynamite a workable solution to get this damn thing off? Mike
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i need pics of aftermarket a/c installs. just received my a/c kit from courtesy nissan and the pics they provide are terrible.
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Okay. I recently got a 260z & i mostly put everything together. after i put everything together i tried to start the car. But i couldn't. i check everything and i found out that the sparkplugs didn't spark. i checked the timming out everything was good. and i found out that the ignition coil wasn't receiving any spark neither... So i don't know what to do after that, would it some fuse that doesn't work or some wiring gone bad???
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Well once again my car is giving me trouble; this time in the starting department. Long story short I decided to drive my car over to my cousin's house because the weather was decent and I needed to catch up with him a bit. My car drives perfect all the way over there. Then about 10 after I get there I need to move my car to let someone out who i blocked in and my car won't start. The engine was turning over but not firing up. I pop the hood and look for loose connections and check the fuses (Dave and I replaced the fusible links with a maxifuse block thing) but still the car only wouldn't fire up. We ended up pushing my car out of the way so the person I was blocking in…
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I am currently working on a '72 240z and its starting to look like it could use a little help. A '74 260z has just come up for sale locally (not running) with an asking price of $800. I was wondering how much of this car can bolt on to my '72? The things i would be interested in would be: - some body parts (hatch / just below the hatch on body) - electrical such as the windshield wiper assy and ignition assy - some glass - interior panels and trim - and i was wonder how much of the suspension is... Maybe it would be better to start with what isnt swapable. Would there be anything on it anyone here would be interested in?
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Hi All, Anyone throw some light on this problem? I recently refitted the doors and seals to my 1970 240Z after a respray and thought that was that, after driving a few miles I noticed that there is a gap between the window frame and the door seal at the front of the door? the door fit is correct on the outside and I removed the door hinge from the door not the post. Can anyone tell me what the width of the seal should be, maybe the gap was alwas there and I never noticed as the car was stripped shortly after purchase for the respray, maybe the wrong seals have been fitted? Regards Ian Portlaoise Ireland:
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