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Im looking at purchasing a 79 j-spec fairlady z 280. it has signifigant frame rail rot on the passenger side. enough to the point that im considering not getting it. but when i look i found baddogparts.com and a few other resources that led me to think this might not be all that uncommon or massively detrimental . the it rots from just forward of the front bend to almost all the way to the rear bend the whole bottom side is rotted out and the sides are almost gone. can anyone tell me 1- how signifigant this is, and 2- how easy it might be to fix this and 3- how much this is worth against his asking proce (2500) its in good conditin otherwise, minor scratches and surface r…
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I purchased a new speaker panel and tried to install today. For some reason I can not get it in. I don't want to break it. The rear hatch mount attachment seems to be in the way. Do I just need to bend it under the mount or what. I'm afraid it will crack doing that. Has anyone had this problem and how did you solve? I can't slide in from the front either because of the wheel well. Maybe this panel is just made to large and I need to trim it some.
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75 280. In process of cleaning up engine compartment, cleaned and re-wrapped all the wires running over the engine, etc. Mistakenly, I cranked the car up without the coil wire plugged into the coil. Shot sparks out pretty good! Now it runs kinda rought. I replaced cap, rotor, coil, plug wires (was planning to do that anyways), still have the miss. Pulled each plug wire separately to isolate, appears to be #2 cyl. What would make just that one not fire? Did I fry something?
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Just got my XR700 from Amazon.com today and lo and behold we're missing a part. It's called the "Mounting arm" on the Marelli diagram. It's kinda a long piece of metal that attaches to the Optical Trigger in the distributor. If anyone has a spare one lying around, i would deeply appreciate if you can ship it to me. I will pay a fee if required. Thanks Nick
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someone please help me out! i just bought my second Z so far,... a 77 280- it came with weber dgv 5a carbs,manifolds, but..... no throttle linkage, or vacume lines hooked up- im trying to fire this old girl up and need some guidance on the vacume lines and the linkage- i bought a linkage, should be here next week but need some pics of others who have changed over from the efi system- and pics of the vacuum lines, where they go, etc. would greatly help-:stupid: please someone help me out here? thanks everyone-
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One of my students at the SCCA drivers school has broken the front diff mount on his series one 240. Will, or anybody else in the Savannah area that might have one can call me at ...........Thanks in advance!! Paul
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What Year Engine? 1 2 3
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I just recently purchased a 1978 280Z that is fairly good order. But as usual for older cars it needs to have some work done. It is running rich so I have downloaded the FSM and started performing some checks and I need Thermotime sw and Water Temp sensor. But after looking at the manuals I'm not sure if it is a 1978 engine. The manufactures plate reads that it build 2/78 so I know the car/chassis is a 1978. But I'm not certain if it is the a 1978 engine. Is there anyway I can tell if in fact it is a 78 or 77 or even a 76 engine?
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As many know I am working on a 72 240Z that I just picked up days ago. After getting the motor swap done today I know I need all new hoses. This car has almost all the stock lines on it and they are all very weak and dry. So, dose anyone make a complete hose kit for the 240Z ? I would feel much better knowing everything for the cooling lines was new. Plus the ease of getting it all one shot. Thank you in advance.
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Looking to figure out what to use to stick the plastic to the door before putting on the door panel. I didn't want to just use silicone I was looking for something like the original black stuff that stays sticky forever. They still use it on cars today but what is it and where can I get some? Thanks
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Ok back in november I thougt I might of had a blown head gasket and I still might but... I was thinking maybe the problem is in the fuel. The car is so hard to start and when it does run it hardly stays running. The car does push out a little white smoke but not tons. I looked at the oil and it looks fine. Have not drained the oil tho. Looked in the raditor, looks like there might be some small beads of oil in the coolant but not totally positive. This all started when the car would just die while driving it. So what you all think?!? The car is a 76.
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On the early choke plate,'70, to the right of the rear window defroster switch, there are symbols like parking lights or fog lights embossed in the plastic. Mine has no switch to fit in that square hole below the symbols. What is supposed to be there?? Mike
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Hi Guys, I just replaced the head gasket on my 1978 280Z. I started the engine and it's running very rough and it's smoking like crazy. I tried adjusting the timing and it helps a little but not enough. I was very careful with the timing chain and hope that's not the issues. Does anyone have any thoughts? If the concensus is the timing chain, what's the best way to adjust it? Thanks in advance for your help. Rick
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