Greetings

[Reptoid Overlords]

Greeting to all. I joyously join this site after having discovered an abandoned treasure in a middle aged lady's garage while installing some kitchen appliances at her home. A 1980 zx n/a. I asked her how much and she said 200$. I went to the bank right then. A tuneup and some seafoam and it sits at my house. About to tear into the intake/exhaust to do the gasket and replace vacumn and elec connectors, fuel injectors and such.

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[Mike]

Welcome to the club and good luck with the refresh!  Looks like you found a great car at an even better price.  Let us know if you have any issues, there are several ZX members in our midst!

[Martzedcars]

What if she had said 2000$ ?

 

[Reptoid Overlords]

She would've been more on point with what its worth. Apparently it was awarded to her in a divorce settlement. Her ex husband was the 1st owner,and seemed to make care of it. She must have daylied it until the brakes wore out and it started running poorly and just wanted it gone.

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[Reptoid Overlords]

She would've been more on point with what its worth. Apparently it was awarded to her in a divorce settlement. Her ex husband was the 1st owner,and seemed to take care of it. She must have daylied it until the brakes wore out and it started running poorly and just wanted it gone.

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[grannyknot]

I hope you did her appliance installation for free, that's a great price. Welcome.

[rcb280z]

That's a great price! Looking for a deal like that myself so I can put my 77 on stands for an overhaul.

[Reptoid Overlords]

Around here they go a few grand in basket case condition. So its lucky indeed. It has a strange misfire at 1500-2000 rpm. Not bad but noticeable. I know for sure the injector connectors are toast and it has an intake/exhaust leak around #1 and 2 cylinders. I'm going to deoxit d5 the ecu for safe measure along with a complete vacumn line and injector/connector replacement. Manifold gasket of course. The compression on #1 and 2 are 128psi, the rest sit at 165 ish. I put a known working AFM on it and I've adjusted the valves according to FSM. Hopefully all that will bring compression back up and make the hiccups go away. New CHTS but need connector replaced too.

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[thumpgun]

Wow, that's a great buy! I'd say worth every penny. Good luck and I hope it doesn't take much to make it right. 

[Reptoid Overlords]

Just spent a good chunk of Monday on rear wheel bearings. A good pain of a job but it glides like a golden chariot now haha. In a couple of days my gasket set,injectors and connectors should show up. After that job it'll be body work only left. That'll prove to be the most challenging for me.

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