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loose wires 1 2
by J.T.- 12 replies
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Under the recomendation of the local hot rod mechanic I took my 240 out and ran the you know what out of it. This was to clear some of the dirt I had sucked out of the tank and into the carb. I parked for a bit and when I came back the starter wouldn't even flinch. I popped the hood an saw my battery out of the tray and across some wires by the starter. I got lucky enough to get the starter working again but have 2 wires still unconnected. One from the firewall (which is a red wire) close to the battery and the other looks very similar to the wire that was off the starter (black with yellow stripe). I have 2 pics on my yahoo photo page http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/…
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Well, I've been searching through the forums for about 2 hours now and I can't find the answer to my question. (See, I'm being a good little forum newb) I recently purchased a '76 280z and have been fixing it up. There are a couple of little problems that I can't seem to get to the bottom of. 1. The starter. It was running and starting fine and dandy. I hopped in it to drive home from work and just got a 'click' No spin. The voltage guage read fine, I assumed my starter had just bit the dust. The car push-started just fine, but the Oil Pressure guage shot up to 90+ I KNOW it wasn't doing that before. About halfway home the guage went back down to the normal level. I …
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Question for the guru's, I searched the FSM, the EFI Troublshooting doc & this site. The closest answer I found was here: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12985&page=2&pp=15&highlight=thermal+transmitter Is the Thermal Transmitter basically a sending unit for the guages? If so, which guage? I "assume" the Water Temp Switch sends the temp guage signal. I'm learning the workings of the efi cold start system (for lack of better description), but these two are my missing links... Bambikiller, Sblakley01??? Thanks in advance... KCDC Keith
Last reply by superwombat, -
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It has rained in the past few days, and I haven't driven my '72 because of a wiper motor issue. Today, I started it up and switched the blower fan on to get some air moving in the cabin, and it was spewing out water. I then noticed a huge puddle on my passenger side floor board. I was wondering where the intake is for that fan, because I think I finally figured out how water was getting in the cabin! Thanks, Brian
Last reply by Ed, -
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Just got a 71 240Z, anyone knows a good repair shop in the southbay area?that is good, cheap, and fast???
Last reply by dualies, -
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Am new at this! I just bought a 1976 280Z and need to repair and replace a few things on it, I need to know where I can find a Hazard Switch that goes onto the shift console. If anyone can help, message back or e-mail me please! thx. lockandloadandready@yahoo.com
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so, I'm cruising along until I get to one of those stop lights things(damn things...don't they know that Zeds were made to go? ). It's my turn to go, I attempt to shift into first, but it won't go. none of the gears will. I push the car off to the side of the road and do a quick checkover. I couldn't find anything externally: the pedal linkage is good, there's fluid in the reservoir (but, I checked the whole line anyway...no leaks) and I checked the slave cylinder. I only had enough time to have it towed home before I had to be at work, so I haven't had time to look at it yet. so, when I get started tomorrow, what should I be checking and how? a note about the slav…
Last reply by george71z, -
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OK, the last thing I want to do on my winter front-end rebuild is take the rack out and clean it up before I put everything else back in, especially since I'm doing poly on the rack bushings and steering coupler anyway. So, right now, the rack is loose and ready to pull out, EXCEPT, that it won't come out with the U-joint rod still attached! I have the rod disconnected at the steering coupler, but not at the rack end. I do, of course have the rack end pinch bolt off, but the #%*#&% joint onto the splined shaft will NOT come off. I've been Kroiling it for a little while, and done a LITTLE light prying, but I don't want to hurt the rack. The pinch area seems really…
Last reply by mdbrandy, -
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Hi All, My 1973 240Z steering wheel shakes considerably between 45 and 65 MPH. It smooths out at speeds greater than 65 MPH. Is this a wheel balancing and/or wheel alignment issue? I guess I'm perplexed by the fact that the shaking lessens at higher speeds - If it was balance or alignment wouldn't it get worse at higher speeds? Thanks in advance for any info/advice.
Last reply by dogma420, -
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My '78 280z was running fine until I decided to remove the fuel rail and change the incorrect hose clamps on the fuel injectors to the proper type fuel injector hose clamps. To make a long story short, I have removed the fuel rail three times due to the same hose leaking upon reassembly and cranking the motor! I am using 1/4 inch fuel injected hosing at 400 PSI. The leaky hose in question is the second injector nearest the radiator. Yes, I have switched injectors to no avail...the same situated hose still swells up and starts to leak. Someone suggested changing the fuel pressure regulator which I currently have on order. Could this be the problem? It appears that a…
Last reply by sblake01, -
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I need to know weather there is a wire going from - of the coil to the ballast resistor on a 280zx. Cheers.
Last reply by san_maru_zed, -
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I have the early model of a 260z with a 240z engine. It has the distrubiter off the original 260z engine and the 72 SU carbs. The original engine had the same problems but had the 74 flat top carbs on it (which were supposably rebuilt). I had a 240z parts car this engine and carbs came from. Ran great but was a complete rust bucket. So i'm just using this engine temporary til either i rebuild original or convert to v8 ( leaning towards v8 for the power ) The problem I'm having is its backfiring thru the carbs when I give it gas. Usually it won't do this if I "slowly" rev it up. I can get it to idle perfectly at 750 rpm. Sounds and idles smoothly. It also does this with t…
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