Mightyjustice

..it was a bad connection at the computer. A couple of pins had bent over when I plugged it back in...whoops. I wanted to thank everyone who helped, especially since all of my problems are not solved yet and I believe I will be back. -Brad

No, on my list of things to do is check the fuel pressure. Money is tight right now and I am waiting till I can afford the tool. But now, things are worse. I turn the key and it sound like the starter motor hits a brick wall. It just goes *THUNK*. I don't get it.

I just bought a 78 280z that I have been having troubles with. Periodically while I am driving it it doesn't run while I am giving it gas. Idles fine, but as soon as I put it under load it dies. Release the gas and it runs fine again. Just recently I went through the factory service manual and started checking all the sensors. I cleaned off a bunch of grounds, unplugged and plugged in the control box, and fixed what I thought was a bad ground on the air regulator. Now it runs REALLY rich. White smoke out the exhaust and smell of gas. But I don't think I did anything. I'm really confused.

I just bought my '78 280z and from day one it has had a bizarre problem. The car starts fine, and has no problem idling. You can hear the engine stammer every once and a while during idle, but it is not enough to cause any problems with the engine running. When you accelerate at low RPM the car lurches. If you raise the RPMs to around 2500 or so before releasing the clutch it does ok. Many times when you are shifting the car backfires right at the low end of the RPMs. Just as you are raising the clutch you will hear it *POP*. One day the car would just not run for me. If I raised the RPMs to above about 2000, the engine would just shut off, and it would do the same if I put the engine under any kind of load. As soon as I lifted my foot off the gas petal the car started running again. This problem went away as mysteriously as it came, I can only guess that it is related to the other problem. The car has a new cap, rotor, spark plugs, plug wires, fuel pump, and a refurbished air flow meter. The guy before me was obviously chasing this problem. Any ideas? I'm stumped.