Help Me !!
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Hey Guys Just as the title says, i am not getting any fuel. I had my engine off for a while and I just put it in this weekend after a rebuild. No fuel is pumping out of the fuel pump. I separated the filter off the gas hose and the pump is creating a suction when pump it. So where do i go next?? Frankie
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I just bought my '78 280z and from day one it has had a bizarre problem. The car starts fine, and has no problem idling. You can hear the engine stammer every once and a while during idle, but it is not enough to cause any problems with the engine running. When you accelerate at low RPM the car lurches. If you raise the RPMs to around 2500 or so before releasing the clutch it does ok. Many times when you are shifting the car backfires right at the low end of the RPMs. Just as you are raising the clutch you will hear it *POP*. One day the car would just not run for me. If I raised the RPMs to above about 2000, the engine would just shut off, and it would do the same i…
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Changing tie rod ends on my 73 currently have stands under the tc area right where the frame is the thickest. Is this safe to leave for a few days? Or should i put tires back on and lower back down. Car is in good shape just visions of sagging .
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I have a '73 240z. The brake pedal goes all the way to the floor before the brakes will engage. The emergency brake light goes on when I press the brake pedal all the way down. The brake fluid reservoir has fluid in it. Is there a way to check the master cylinder to see if it's bad before I buy a costly replacement? It worked when I bought the car and I haven't driven it probably more than 500 miles in 5 years.
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I just installed the headlight relay upgrade and side marker conversion kits from MSA. What a great improvement in the headlights! However the driver side turn signal no longer works. It worked great when first installed but now nothing. The park lights work fine, the passenger side is fine but when the drivers side turn signal is activated there is a drop in revs at idle and the amp gauge deflects violently in time to the blinker unit. The rear turn signal is noticeably dimmer as well . Any suggestions?
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Motor sports sells a rotory AC compressor replacement kit. Has anyone installed one and is it worth changing over to the rotory compressor? Thinking of doing this upgrade. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks
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A friend just blew his fusible link . The local parts store has some but they don't have model specific info . Does anyone know the amp value for the fusible link for a '71 240 Z ? I did a search but no joy. Thanks in advance . Gary
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I am driving from BC to Ontario in a 240z with 10,000miles on a rebuilt L28 triple webers. 280zx distributor. Fuel pressure is 3.5 psi. It ran fine for 12 hours to Calgary, in heavy rain, and for most of the way accross the prarries. Currently in Thunder Bay. Fixed many problems related to this in Calgary with zKars, as well as many other unrelated issues along the way. She still luggs when trying to give power to the wheels, especially under low RPM. Checked spark plug wires again, 3 and 4 are intermittent. Switched all wires (plugs are 2 days old, new distributor with old cap) Gives spark perfectly when holding the plug wire about 1/4 to 1/8 inch away from the female co…
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First off I'm pretty new when it comes to fixing up cars and this 76' 280z is my first project car, that I'm trying to make a daily driver to replace my 92' cougar daily driver. My dads friend is helping me but he isn't the greatest mechanic either. So after having this car started on me perfectly for the last month, after sitting for a weekend it doesn't seem to start anymore. It turns strong but just doesn't seem to go. So far we've checked all the distributor wires, it has gas and the battery has been fully charged, despite being in poor shape. We've tried everything either of us could think of. All we did before it stopped running was was replacing the shifter bushing…
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Hi got my z running a while ago and had to park for a strut change. I also had been having to jump yellow wire on starter to crank. was running car down the street after strut change and it started missing and over heating and the alt was discharging. limped it home to see fan belt had turned to dust. I went to the store and got a new one and put on yet the car still ran like I had burnt it up.never pegged the temp in just got hot when the belt let. installed a jumper wire from starter to key switch so I wouldn't have to raise hood ever time i start it. I started trouble shooting car that evening and found # 6 was not pulling its share. I pulled spark plug and swaped no c…
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Hi all, and thanks in advance to all responses. So I've got a little bump coming from the rear of car when shifting from rev. to 1st and back and forth. I isolate the sound to the right side half shaft and determine that the center flange bolt could be loose. I disconnect the 4 flang bolts where the half shaft bolts to the side flange and sure enough the center bolt was loose. So I get the Haynes manuel out and it says on page 126 the center bolt should be torqued to 50 lbs/foot. Well I grab the toque wrench start cranking it down and snap I now have broke the center bolt with the majority of the threaded end still in the flange. Upon removing the differrential plate for …
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I'm not a mechanic and could really use some insight here. My '73 240z drips oil when it's running but not after the engine cools down. It just started doing it this spring after it had been in the driveway for a couple of cold months (had to move it out of the garage due to some house remodeling). Any idea what could be causing this?
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