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I need an oil pan for my 1972 240 Z. Can anyone help me?
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My son drove the '76Z last night and he ran out of gas, so he thought. Basically the engine just died, no real sputtering. He gets gas, tries to start it, and although the electrical pump is running, the engine wont crank. They try jumping it - nada. I get home late last night, take a look at everything, and the observe the same. Thinking it's the battery, charge it overnite. This morning, pump goes, no crank. Thinking it's the starter, take one from parts car and install this evening - nothing, not even the pump, no lights, nothing. Fusible links ohm out ok, except one brown, don't remember which one, is intermiitent depending on wire bend position. Battery cables t…
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My 1975 EFI 280z is having trouble running past 3000 RPM's it will rev up then almost no power. You can floor it and nothing is going on. It all started after I filled up at a gas station and then BAM, it's power died about 2 miles down the road. I don't think it's bad gas as it was a good gas station. The only thing I can think is that I gave it diesel instead of gas, but that was on my mind when I filled up and I made sure to grab the gas pump ... any idea's on the problem. Also, it will start fine when cold, but when the engine warms up it has trouble kicking over. If it helps I can make a small video of the problem to post along with this. Any ideas out there on where…
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Ok .. lets get this out of the way. :nervous:I reversed my cables on a jump of a 1983 280zx turbo i was picking up. Ive found a 'donor' car that ive replaced my fused unit next to the battery( the one in the little box with three plugs), engine turned but no start. tried too many times, battery died. ok, lets see what else i can ruin. replaced the battery, replaced all 6 plugs, and then the engine just made a 'thunk' sound when i tried to start it. so, i went to the donor and got the starter thinking that was now the problem. R and R the starter, turned the key and.... thunk. Spoke to a mechanic and he thought the engine might have siezed by fluids backed up due to the nu…
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where can i get a modified e-brake adapter for my rear disk conversion on my 240z? i see kits on ebay that have them, but where can i get just the adapters?
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OK, I'm an idiot.....I'm starting to put all the exterior lights, bumpers, etc back on the car and I cant remember if the front marker lights go with the raised end toward the front of the car or face toward the rear. Are both the same, or does one markers raised edge go toward the front and the other side go towards the back? does this even make sense. I tried looking for some pictures but can't zoom in enough to tell. Thanks, Randy
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I'm doing a clutch on my '85 Turbo and I can't get the exhaust pipe disconnected from the turbo. I've taken off the 3 bolts holding the triangle shaped retaining collar but the pipe won't budge! I've tried jacking it up, pulling side-to-side and spraying it with PB Blaster. It looks like someone else had the same problem, They left the flange in and welded a pipe back on an inch or so below it. I may have to cut it off. Any other ideas? Thanks
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Hello Everyone I bought a 280z a few months back and now im working on the engine... I have been working on cars for a few years now but i mainly do suspension work and i dont have much experience with building engines or modifying them, also this is the first car i have ever attempted to restore. Right now i have the engine fairly taken apart, the only thing assembled is the block with head, intake and exhaust manifolds. So i was thinking this would be a good time to put in some headers and exhaust, i have done some research and also ive looked around the net for some headers, and i do need some that have the inputs for emmision controls. In other words getting to th…
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Hey guys... so I've been having a weird issue with my '76 ... A couple of weeks ago I was driving around and all of a sudden the little red 'chg' light on the far right of the voltmeter clicked on (and so did the brake light on the speedo).... it was night, I had my lights on, and my stereo, but nothing else. No big deal though, I limp home (it starts raining, I flip on the wipers which are HELLA slow at this point), car never dies, go back out the next day, start her up, still get the CHG light with no load whatsoever. At this point I'm a little suspiscious, so I pop the hood and start digging around... I clean up the connectors off the alternator, I clean up my groundpo…
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Hey guys hoping someone can help me out here. I live in Las Vegas, and recently bought myself a 77 280z. This is my toy, that I am restoring. However, I'd still like to have it registered, as it will be a work in progress. I went to get it smogged, and it failed miserably. CO ~10% 2.5% is max HC ~1200 500 is max Pretty bad.. I think its because its running extremely rich. There is definately a gas smell coming from the exhaust. Also the gas mileage definately seems really bad, about as bad as my 90 mustang gt. Anyone have any idea what I could do to fix it? I checked the EGR valve and I think its faulty, so I'll be replacing that. Could this be the sole cause? …
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Ok I've read some threads about brakes and was thinking my master cylinder was going bad but after more searching and being under the car (found more rust:disappoin) I noticed that fluid looked liked it was leaking in that area and the caliper is stuck. It was sticking on and off and the car pulled to the passenger side but now the pedal goes to the floor. The driver side wheel has caked brake dust all over that i smacked off so im almost 100% sure the caliper is the problem. I checked ebay and found this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Brake-Caliper-Nissan-240Z-260Z-280ZX-70-78-Front-Left_W0QQitemZ200206326593QQcmdZViewItem but for some reason it looks like its missing so…
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77 280Z While letting her warm up tonight, I turned on the headlights and it died. It didn't stumble then die, it died as though I had turned off the switch. Now the headlights will not come on and the ignition is dead. when I turn the key to "on" no beep, no fuel guage, no ignition? Engine turns over fine. I checked the fuses in the fuse box on the passenger side of the car. the fusible links look good too, unless you can't visably see the problem with them. (Not even sure what they control yet. Only had this car two weeks) Is there another fuse block somewhere on this car? It has to be a fuse that controls the ignition and headlights? the parking lights still work fine …
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