Finally got to drive my 280 around for the first time since painting it. Wow almost forgot how fun it is. Any My girlfriend convinced me to head up to the pick and pull in Lynnwood. We found one 71 240 and a 77 280 and scored most of the parts to finish off the interior of my 78. Also grabbed one door handle from the 240 (should have snagged both) the 240 still had some good parts including a red interior. Both have good hatches.

Edited February 14, 201114 yr by grantf

Ok, and you're point is?

:stupid::stupid::stupid::stupid:

I've spent hours, no days in the junk yard. I love it! I have won an art show & prize money with a sculpture I created from a junk yard. MY POINT IS: junk yards are a gold mine. Back in the early 90s there were entire 240zs ready for pickin'. AND I did pick. Lil white girl haulin' car parts from the dump for the 7 & Z got me known about the hood - they never checked my tool box. MY POINT IS: scour the junk yards & great Z parts are to be found. Take everything now before it is too late. Happy you found what you needed!

Edited February 15, 201114 yr by venus

Darrel, Good to know about the tank. My Z is a 78 the one a the yard was a 77, not shure if they are interchangable.

77 and 78 are interchangable as both are designed for the raised deck, space saver spare set up that only existed those two years.

Thanks sblake, that's what I thought. The 77 at the yard actually still had the space saver wheel in the back. what a POS that tire is, think I would rather drive on a flat than that thing.

Venus: Ok I understand now, but you're post was... well cryptic? anyhow life is good.

Edited February 15, 201114 yr by grantf

returned to the pick and pull and got the gas tank, the inside is super clean. also picked up a center console in near perfect condition. problem is the hole the yard drilled in the tank, guy at the pick and pull said use jb weld but this sounds funny to me, Any suggestions?

Edited February 19, 201114 yr by grantf

returned to the pick and pull and got the gas tank, the inside is super clean. also picked up a center console in near perfect condition. problem is the hole the yard drilled in the tank, guy at the pick and pull said use jb weld but this sound funny to me, Any suggestions?

Yeah JB weld is just a short term fix. That is a side of the road kind of fix. You should get the tank welded properly by a shop.

Door Handles??? Grab the Intake and SU's - if the junk yard will sell them cheap enough. I'd also be there saving every nut, bolt, and screw that could be re-plated. What head is on the engine? If it's a 72 E88 that would be worth saving as well. Always good to have a spare engine bay wiring harness as well. Lots of good stuff still on that car.

What makes a '72 E88 worth anything? Just asking because I have one laying on my shelf acting like a large paper weight. I never tried to sell it because I didn't think it was worth anything.

Yeah JB weld is just a short term fix. That is a side of the road kind of fix. You should get the tank welded properly by a shop.

In what way would a shop weld it different than I would?

No different if you know how to weld.

I do.. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38760

just never a gas tank.

What makes a '72 E88 worth anything? Just asking because I have one laying on my shelf acting like a large paper weight. I never tried to sell it because I didn't think it was worth anything.

With our 240Z's now 38+ years old, it is getting harder and harder to find good used heads. "Good" meaning that the head isn't warped, cracked or already milled past its useful limit. A known good 72 E88 or 75 N42 around here can be $175.00 to $250.00. "known good" meaning that a machine shop has checked it for cracks and straightness.

The 72 E88 has the same combustion chamber design as the earlier E31, but with a 2cc larger volume. It makes a good direct bolt-on replacement for any L24 and can be used on the L26's and L28's with Carb's as well.

The E88's on the 73 240Z and 74 260Z's are emissions heads - and their combustion chamber design is optimized for emissions standards not performance.

Call your local Nissan Dealer's Parts Dept - and price a new set of 12 rockers. The valve covers are usually worth $50.00 to $75.00 used {non- 2400 type}.

Overheating any of the L series engines can result in warped heads - and there are not too many shops around any longer that either know how to straighten them, or have the necessary jigs to do so. So the heads wind up getting milled to straighten them - and there is a very limited amount that they can be milled before compression ratios get too high for pump gas.

FWIW,

Carl B.

In what way would a shop weld it different than I would?

A shop that knows what they are doing - might use processes and procedures to limit the possibility of the tank exploding in their face. Gasoline vapors remaining in old gas tanks are very volatile and if ignited can produce very powerful explosions.

FWIW,

Carl B.

A shop that knows what they are doing - might use processes and procedures to limit the possibility of the tank exploding in their face. Gasoline vapors remaining in old gas tanks are very volatile and if ignited can produce very powerful explosions.

FWIW,

Carl B.

Thanks for preventing me from doing something stupid and foolish, as I was planing on welding the tank while it was full of gas vapors.

Edited February 20, 201114 yr by grantf