gryt57

"Interior is excellent. Carpet, console, panels, etc look great...drivers seat bottom is a bit stressed but not ripped." Above quote was taken from ebay website. I would think think with that few miles, the drivers seat would be perfect. I can understand fading of the carpet, or sun damage to the exterior, but the seats should be not be stressed with less than 7000 miles.

I thought if you could somehow grab one of the nails or expanders pull that out, the side seals would slide out. When I put mine in, the seals were so tight I could not put in the nails. How about a bead of silicone along the two cracks between the block and main cap? Maybe worth a try.

You should be able to pull the side seals and the nails without pulling the rear main cap. Probably take a little prying to dig them out, but I think it can be done.

Did you remove the oilpan? That would be the only way you could pull it out with your fingers. The seal should be at least flush with the block, did you grease the seal before installing it?

Okay guys, It is hard to tell in the pictures which is the front of the motor. I think the front of the motor in the first picture with the big red part of the block in the upper right of the picture is the front correct?

Brian, Sounds like your going to have to take a trip to your local salvage yard. Take the bolt with you, and look for older Datsuns and start pulling bolts and compare them. I dont think any parts store will carry them, you could try a hardware store like Ace. Good luck!

You are correct, 78 was the last year of the 280z. Maybe it is a 280z with a after market sunroof. 79 thru 83 were known as 280zx.

My newly rebuilt 82 turbo motor in my 78 280Z <a href="http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i81/sk8nchick025/?action=view&current=SANY0624.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i81/sk8nchick025/SANY0624.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i81/sk8nchick025/?action=view&current=SANY0625.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i81/sk8nchick025/SANY0625.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Yoshi, Does it smell like burning oil? Or is a electrical type burning smell? If it is splilled oil it should burn off eventually. Unless you do have a oil leak. Make sure its not electrical. I had one of my fuse links smoking one time, because I think the inspection lid had come in to contact with the battery post.

Zed, Ok, I have a 1978 280z, but with a 82 or 83 motor, the timing mark is on the right or passenger side of motor/car. The compressor bracket is on the left or drivers side of the motor. :stupid:

I think motormans right on pictures 1 and 2, I originally thought it was the compressor bracket. In the picture it looks to be on the timing mark side of the motor, on my 78 the compressor bracket is on the opposite side.

That would be great, I am probably a week away from installing the motor back into the car. Then, what I think will be my biggest challenge, wiring everything back to make it start and run properly. I am rebuilding a 82 280z turbo motor to put into my 78 280z.

Coyze, I purchased a complete Itm rebuild gasket kit from the machine shop that did all my machine work on my motor. The side seals in that kit were not a tight fit and did not come with the expanders either, I bought a felpro rear main seal kit. The side seals in felpro kit fit so snug, I could not even put the expanders in, I installed the rear main seal from the itm kit, and was thinking of pulling the itm seal and installing the felpro seal when the motor is off the stand. After reading your post I will use the felpro rear main seal.

This time I would clean the end of the crankshaft, with some type of a solvent. Put some type of lubricant on the inside of the seal, and the outer edge, moly grease or petrolleum jelly, according to the book I am using to rebuild my engine. Its possible with no lubricant the inside of the seal lip it tore slightly, or maybe the lip did roll slightly.

Coyze, Did you replace the two little rubber side seals when you replaced the pan gasket? Also when replacing the crankshaft seal, did you check to see if there was a wear line on the crank, from the previous seal. If there is, you need to position the new seal where there is no wear line.