Passed a Z on a trailer in SE Michigan today

[Zed Head]

The sloped decks came with a tiny spare tire and a can of fix-a-flat.  To be sure we're all talking about the same thing.  76 should have a full size spare.  A 76 with the sloped deck and tiny spare would be very odd.  I'd suspect some weirdness on the paperwork and VIN plates if I saw one like that.  OR, 1976 is the change year.  Who knows.  My 76 is 1/76 build.

The 77 FSM shows a side gauge.  I think though, that the 1977 FE chapter on the internet might actually be 1976.  It's the same drawing number,  Or Nissan never got the 77 FSM right.  My mistake.

Edited January 27, 2016 by Zed Head

[siteunseen]

My '77 was built in 9/76 if I'm not mistaken. I'll check and be able to say for sure later.

Cliff

[Zed Head]

Not a Blue bash - but the individual chapters in the 1977 Download FSM are actually 1976 chapters.

Here's a link o the 1977 file.  Unfortunately CZC doesn't have one at this time.

http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/280z/

[siteunseen]

26 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

The sloped decks came with a tiny spare tire and a can of fix-a-flat.  To be sure we're all talking about the same thing.  76 should have a full size spare.  A 76 with the sloped deck and tiny spare would be very odd.  I'd suspect some weirdness on the paperwork and VIN plates if I saw one like that.  OR, 1976 is the change year.  Who knows.  My 76 is 1/76 build.

The 77 FSM shows a side gauge.  I think though, that the 1977 FE chapter on the internet might actually be 1976.  It's the same drawing number,  Or Nissan never got the 77 FSM right.  My mistake.

Mine has the collapsed spare and can of air with the orange folding wheel chocks. FWIW

[Jeff G 78]

30 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

Not a Blue bash - but the individual chapters in the 1977 Download FSM are actually 1976 chapters.

Here's a link o the 1977 file.  Unfortunately CZC doesn't have one at this time.

http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/280z/

What about the www.xenons30.com site?  That has all of the FSM's and FI manual.  I thought they were all correct, though I'm not sure I have ever looked at the '77 FSM there.

[Zed Head]

Yes, I think that xenonzcar is right also.  Might even be the same files.

I always post the link to nicoclub because the pdf files open automatically,and can be saved directly.  Super easy.  Xenon requires an unzipping program.

[siteunseen]

I got the "ERROR" at xenon a few years ago. Seventy seven only, no problems with the FI bible. Maybe it's fixed now? But I was looking there not too long ago and it was down for some reason or another?

Hey Jeff, are you gonna be able to take in the BRE show while you're in CA? That would be neat, I'm sure!

[Jeff G 78]

BRE show isn't until Feb 20th.  I'll only be there through the 5th.  

I will try to get to MSA though if I can.  I have a few hours of downtime on the 4th.  The beauty is that I can buy big stuff and ship it back in a van we'll have out there.

[EuroDat]

I think you can consider anywhere between March 77 and August 77 to be changeover "point". Depends on the parts, but most tend to be around July/August. They didn't decided one day to stop using all those parts in the parts bins along the assembly line and start using the new ones. More likely they just keep using them until the bin stock was depleted. If there was a lot of stock in the bins, that "superseded" part would continu a little longer.

The N47 head with a spray bar is a perfect example. Its not mentiined in the documentation, but it exists. The last bits of stock from the N42 or the drilled cam arrived a couple of weeks late.

I have a 5/77 with the space saver spare wheel and a flat deck. I think that section changed around July/August with the majority of the changes. Strange to see a later space saver wheel and tilted deck in a 76 model. Can you see any evidence of tampering.

If it hss the space saver, which tank does it have? Fuel sender on top or in front?

[Zed Head]

2 hours ago, wheee! said:

hmmmm. My 9/75 build 1976 280Z has the sloped deck too....

Are you sure that 5 isn't a 6 and you really have a 77 model?  Another 77 sign is the bumper rubber.  77 has the accordion shape, 76 is smooth.

You can see the 77 bumper ends in this video.  Don't even have to play it.

 

 

[wheee!]

Nope...

[Zed Head]

How about a photo of the hatch area with the sloped shelf.  Or even the spare tire.  that would be the oddest 1976 car I've ever seen.

Still a good car, no doubt, just very strange.  The back shelf and spare tire change is a major major body modification by Nissan.  Your car would have to be almost a prototype that slipped out the door.  Super rare.

Or that tag came from a different car.  Still not a big deal, as long as you have clear paper work.  It happens.  See that recent Series1 or Series II thread.