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I need to find out what the ideal water temp. should be for 74 260, dual S.U. carbs. Answers would be of great help. Thanx, Stacey
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This is Stacey in San Diego, CA. Can someone give me the answer to this: On the early Z motors L26 & L28 At what rpm's is the distributor in full advance? AND what is the degree of advance at this rpm? Please e-mail me at: Staceyelcj@aol.com Thanx! & Happy New Year! The distributor on it now is a D6F3.
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Well, this is now the second time I have posted this same question. Except this time I am using a different trans. Ok here it is: Car: 72 240z engine: N42 L28 tranny: 280Z 5 speed. I had trouble getting the clutch to engage for a while now, had to have the rod from the slave cylinder fully extended for the clutch to just barely engage. There are 3, maybe more sizes of throwout bearing collars, I have 3 and dont know which one to use to avoid this problem, i know one time putting in a 5 speed i used the longest one, and found it to be too long, and couldnt get the tranny onto the engine. Should I be using a different slave cylinder as well?? I am still using the one th…
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I have my engine bay stripped out and am ready to paint it. Have sanded back and applied primer. However, I am not sure of the mixture of the final coat. I am spraying an acylic metallic 113 colour. I have 2 litres of this paint, 1 litre of thinners but do I need a hardener in the paint as well.? Also, should I apply any clear coats? I had a book on panel beating and painting but this has gone astray in my recent house move.
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Removing Gas Tank 1 2 3
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ok i did a search and i just got people that already removed them. well i read the datsun automotive book not much help their. i got the bolts off which was a pain. i got that pentrating oil that i read about. and i can say wow that stuff works. the only problem is how u get the filler hose off (big tube that puts the gas in the tank when u fill up) {do u take off the bottom of the filler hose or unscrew from the top of the tube}and the hose on the far right side i think its called a vent hose(how do help get teh rubber slide off the metal). since im taking the tank down i notice that the a couple of the hoses need to be replaced so im on that(vent tube,return nozzle). i…
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Hello again. Finally got my car running. New battery like all of you said. It is a 1975 280z. Sometimes it idels rough when i go to stoplights. So i put it in neurtal and give it gas. Now its iddling fine. But the problem is that it stutters going down the road around 50. No throtle response when it does. I loose power then it goes normal again. Thanks for your help in advance. Jesse
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I'm a sophomore in college near Rochester, NY and I've had my Z for a couple years now, when i bought it I knew it was gonna be a project car, but what i really need is a garage which specializes in Z or at least knows the least bit about them. I can do a lot of the smaller engine work myself, and i am planning on attending an automotive technical college, but if i could find a garage that would help me out with this project or maybe even let me participate in working on it so i could learn more of it that would be a huge motivation for me. So if anyone knows of any plces in area, i would be very interested to find them. you can e-mail me @ mdub0106@brockport.edu
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Hello, I' started an engine translplant last...July? for my 260, and I rebuilt the motor and tranny, and finally got it in place. I've got a problem though, I think the motor is crooked? I tried putting the motor into the bay with the original L26 brackets that go from the block to the bodyside mount(which I replaced), but they were too long it seemed, and I couldn't get it to work with the tranny. So, I switched in the 81ZX's shorter brackets, and now have the motor secured. I noticed a problem when I installed my MSA header. It doesn't fit worth a damn. I got it on, but it's sitting firmly on the mounting arm/bracket and the steering rod, and that can't be a good t…
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So, im going to look at my first possbile z car ever! I know to look under the battery tray, but thats it. Where are some otehr common trouble spots. There is a lift avaible to lift teh car over my head.
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Hi guys, yesterday I did a through cleaning of my engine which it has never had. I used a hose and air pressure and good old fashioned hand power. It ran fine after I cleaned it and started it up and ran it to work the following day. When I got off of work my engine would not start like it normally does with no gas pumping. It only started with gas pressed in and it sputtered like mad and shot black smoke, it would not stay idling with no gas. It seemed like it must be running on like three cylinders. I pulled over and checked the spark plug connections incase I did not put them on hard enough. They were on tight and still ran like ****. The distributor did not mo…
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I dont know what to do, I check the gaps on the B6ES plugs from the box and they were all .039 and thats what I thought they were supposed to be(read a reference) and I also got the NE61 wires, now my car wont run right at all, what am I supposed to do? It idles at 500 and backfires and sputters
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I am in the middle of overhauling the rack and all the rubber bushings to poly. I was cleaning the radius arms and noticed a slight bend on the driver side and an even slighter bend on the passenger arms. The car was really lowered by the PO and would bottom out easily. I have since put the original springs back in. Can anyone tell me whether the bend in radius arms is by design or damage?
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