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Help me out guys! Im not to experience wit workin on engines. But i atempted to try and adjust my timing chain. :stupid: Now That i got it off, I cant get the cam gear to go bak on. It wont reach. I tried pulling up on it but it wasnt e nuff. Did i do someting rong or what? I need help guys!
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Currently trying to remove the lock mechanism from my drivers door. My shop manual says I need to remove the remote control rod from the main locking mechanism. However there is this little plastic clip/retainer thing that fits over the end of the rod and inside the "tab" of the locking mechanism. How do you take the rod out? I've tried squeezing this thing, I've tried just using force and it wont come out! Any ideas? Btw....I really don't want to break it.
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I got a 81 Zx yesterday, anyway once i hooked up the battery turn the key too the on posisiton no lights at all the power windows dont work but the radio works :S horn works when i go to start it it turns about 1 once maybe twice then nothing Turn the key aroudn to start it goes click So my guess is there is a electrical short somewhere but where do i check in these cars ? having not alot of direct experiance i have no idea where to check : thanks.
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I am grasping for straws here. Just a reminder: 78 280Z removed the stock head, fuel injection,cpu, and wiring harness Mounted an E88 head Arizona intake Holley 390 For the 4th time......I pulled the the timing cover and chain off ( even bought a new timing set) Crank and cam are set on the money Dizzy is on the money firing order is on the money. I can get the car running but you have to pump the gas and keep the rpms high.........keeps kicking gas back thru the carb. All point to the timing being off.....BUT it is not! Here is my only thought.................. When I removed the wiring harness did I remove something to the ignition module? Does this car have an ignitio…
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GREETINGS, I have an L24 head and an L28 block both stock, my question is, what are the odds of running this configuration can I get more power better compression ect.. by running this or is better by keeping L24 head/block or the L28 head/block configuration. thank you
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...seriously... two hours... lots of cussing and zip zero nothing. we raised we lowered we rotated the tranny all to no avail. F54 block w/new 81ZX non-turbo coupe friction disk & pressure plate correctly installed & lined up with Nissan clutch alignement tool trying to mate with a 77-8Z 5spd. 3 days of renting a cherry picker/engine hoist is getting expensive, so i guess i will drop the tranny after work (i REALLY didn't want to), put the engine in, bolt it up, return engine hoist and later try to reinstall tranny... Any local Z guy who always happens to get it on the first try care to give me a hand? The car is in Thousand Oaks (CA) off of the 101 west of the Sa…
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heres the deal. I start to hear this noise when I shift gears. (mainly first). Even when Im in reverese I hear this noise.Somthing seems loose or broke. I came to the conclusion that I needed a tranny mount, however i took it to the shop and they lifted me up and told me that its the differential. He turned the right wheel and the left wheel didnt budge. Is this limited slip or is something broke? I also noticed that my stick shift get warm after driving for about 20mins. any suggestions. Is their a dianostic test that I can do myself to to figure out whats going on. I was about to go out and purchase a rear end, but I really cant afford that.
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Anyone have a spare copy of the rebuilding Nissan OHC engines book I can Borrow buy or trade in Dallas?, Mine didn't come thru now I just have the factory manual (pull engine, rebuild, torque, replace) and this forum for my rebuild which we are starting this weekend. Bryan
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The original matching # L24 kicked the can yesterday afternoon. As a result I am putting in my F54 which has been waiting in the wings for some time, that and some brand new Mikuni 44s... yum! Head bolt torque specs for an L24 head with the F54 block? Or are they not different than a normal L24 torque spec? Which Z should I get the head bolts from? I've got a 77-8 5spd in there right now, when I go to get new clutch/press.plate am I asking for one intended for a 77-8 280Z? Or am I asking for one for an '81 280ZX? Should I keep my current flywheel or use the F54's flywheel? Does it matter? I think I've got everything else covered... -e
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Several weeks ago I decided to put new plugs in my 79 motor and at the same time do my first compression test. It tested between 140 and 150 on all but number 4 which read in successive tests: 130, 140, 128, and 115. I went ahead and installed some platinum Bosch (at .034, seemed to run rougher than the old plugs, hmm.). Finding out that I could put some oil in the cylinder to try to isolate where the compression loss is coming from, I decided to retest number 4 tonight. Well, It tested 145 then 145 then 145 and again. I decided to test all the rest of the cylinders in case my inexperience could have caused issues with either testing sessions but got readings betwee…
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I have holes in the top of the flanges of my N33 manifolds right before the carburetors. 4 on the flange near the front of the motor and 2 on the rear. The front 4 are all sealed with bolts; only one of the rear 2 is sealed, the other is sucking air. I don't know a whole lot about vacuum but this doesn't seem right. Also, I'm assuming the flying saucer thing on my distributor is vaccuum advance (?) which is also sealed. What should really be happening with all these sealed holes?
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1978 280Z F54 block with flat top pistons E88 head Ported polished oversized valves Wild cam (stage III) Arizona intake Holley 390cfm A little more info........................I was suprised to find that my 78 had an F54 block.....when I pulled the head off the pistons looked new...very little carbon. I do not know if it has been bored over or not. E88 head was a lucky find.........I bought all new 280Z valves for it.............the machine shop had me come by...The head looked to be race prepped................Huge intake and exhaust valves.....much larger and thinner than the stock 280 valves. Installed the stage III cam and heavy springs. We can get the car to fire whe…
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