1976 280Z Restoration Project

[Captain Obvious]

End is in sight? Ummmm.... Not until the cloud clears!!  

[rossiz]

dedication... hats off to ya!

[EuroDat]

Im glad its your project. I think I would have freaked out about half way through all that blasting. Dedication for sure.

That fuel pump cleaned up very well. Hard to believe thats the same pump. Its a Hitachi, looks like someone changed the bosch unit.

[Zed Head]

10 hours ago, wheee! said:

Now some of the media blasting process:

Then the Tranny blasting!:

What media are you using?

[wheee!]

Im glad its your project. I think I would have freaked out about half way through all that blasting. Dedication for sure.

That fuel pump cleaned up very well. Hard to believe thats the same pump. Its a Hitachi, looks like someone changed the bosch unit.

Well I'm no quitter for sure...

I was curious about the pump too. The other one I just received with the gas tank looks slightly different so I will assume it is the Bosch.

[wheee!]

Now some of the media blasting process:

Then the Tranny blasting!:

What media are you using?

I am using 50# copper slag... It seems to be working best for the larger work. I have two other types of crushed glass in 50# and 100# I believe that I use on the cabinet for fine work. Like the headlight backings.

[wheee!]

The sender was pretty bad if anyone remembers...

[wheee!]

The new one in the gas tank just received seems to be frozen in the empty position but looks way cleaner than the one above. I will remove it soon and check it more thoroughly.

[EuroDat]

The one with the black trrminals is a Bosch pn: 0 580 464 005 and the blue terminal unit is a JECS (also sold under licience via Hitachi) with pn: A42-000084.

Here is a photo of the two next to each other. The one on the left is the bosch.

[EuroDat]

If you google those numbers you won't find much these days. A couple of ebay vendors still have some under the 280ZX nisan pn.17011-P7211. 

Funny thing is the photo's show a bosch pump in a nissan box. From what info I can find JECS stopped making them becauee demand was two low, but bosch made them for a couple of years longer because the L-Jetronic used them on all kinds of european cars in the seventies. Bosch now quotes the 0 580 254 044 as a replacement.

[the_tool_man]

Great info EuroDat.  Not trying to hijack Wheee's excellent restoration thread.  But this seems like an appropriate place to ask:

As my fuel pump is suspect until I can test it next week, I've been looking at pumps too.  I noticed a bunch of "replacement" ones.  I assume they are "replacement" in the sense that they are fuel pumps that provide enough pressure and flow, but not mechanically identical to OEM?  For example, I see on RockAuto they have the Beck/Arnley OEM pump for $396, and several "replacement" ones, such as a Delphi for $81, and others.  If one doesn't care about originality, or needs one for temporary use, wouldn't this be another option?  I'd assume a mounting bracket or adapter would be necessary.

[Zed Head]

On 2/22/2016 at 6:42 AM, wheee! said:

I am using 50# copper slag... It seems to be working best for the larger work. I have two other types of crushed glass in 50# and 100# I believe that I use on the cabinet for fine work. Like the headlight backings.

Better clean all of the cracks and crevices in to the transmission internals.  The rear seal is essentially open to the inside, and the vent, and the shifter mechanism.  Not to be a Danny Downer.  Saw your picture of the transmission and felt queasy.