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Captain_Zeros

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  1. Not me! (or any of the local eastside Zs I know of)
  2. Captain_Zeros replied to IdahoKidd's post in a topic in Open Discussions
    I'd just replace the block, I doubt it would hurt the value appreciably.
  3. Any reason you haven't gone with an internally regulated alternator? There is a reason nobody has made mechanical voltage regulators for 40 years, they simply weren't that great of a technology when they were new. Not that I condone new parts failing like this.
  4. Check chapter ER - Engine Removal
  5. Also like that when I got it :stupid:
  6. On the car when I bought it.
  7. My '73 has brake booster running to the balance tube, PCV running to the balance tube, and a valve cover breather line (not a vacuum device, per se) running to the air cleaner box (not a vacuum source as far as carbs are concerned, all upstream)
  8. Basically all you need to do is make sure any air that SHOULD be going through the carburetor isn't going AROUND the carburetor. Any lines hooked up to the air cleaner are already upstream from the carbs and therefore irrelevant as far as tuneups are concerned. However, anything hooked up to the balance tube is downstream of the carbs so if there are cracks in those lines or other faults letting unmetered air get into the engine it'll lean you out and give you an erroneous tune-up. The brake booster doesn't need to be unhooked for tuneups if it's working properly (eg not leaking a bunch of air into the engine)
  9. Brake proportioning valve?
  10. Original. As far as Nissan not printing their name on things... pop the hood and look at the valve cover!
  11. They're labelled "fuel" and "fan" :tapemouth
  12. Had too many stupid little toggle switches and needed one more, so I made a panel that fits under my ashtray. Secret racecar!
  13. Yep, that's cast. Cheap water pumps usually have a thin stamped impeller like this: They tend to wear out quicker, so I've heard.
  14. 280z redline is 6500 rpm. It has a shorter connection rod to stroke ratio than the 240z (7000 rpm redline) because that extra 0.4 liters had to still fit under the hood. On the stock tach there is also a "yellow" zone for 500 rpm below redline on both cars which the manual suggests not routinely using. But as people have said above, those numbers are for a new car off the dealer lot, not one that's coming up on 40 years old.
  15. If you're talking style, there are tons of people who make that design of wheel, in fact panasport can be considered to be a knock-off themselves! They're a copycat of old minilite wheels. Panasport on left, original minilite on right.
  16. Captain_Zeros replied to stan240's post in a topic in Open Discussions
    Question: What configuration is your car in? Stock? Carburetors? 68,000 miles isn't much, does the car spend a lot of time parked? It could be as simple as being in need of a good tune-up and some fresh gasoline, or it could be something more involved.
  17. Captain_Zeros replied to John&Jim's post in a topic in Engine & Drivetrain
    Dumb question to get out of the way first: Old gasoline?
  18. Awesome that that's Bruce Palmer endorsed, 'cause that's what I did on my car!
  19. funfact: also, '73 flat top heat shields don't have anywhere to mount throttle return springs, because the throttle return springs on the flat tops anchor to the carburetors themselves. Ask me how I know :stupid:
  20. Captain_Zeros replied to z boy mn's post in a topic in Electrical
    MSA is Motorsport Auto, aka Z Car Parts.com -- Motorsport Auto -- Home We like them, they're good people.
  21. I've got a couple shirts like Tomohawk, one time they got me 7.5 feet of fuel hose when I bought 5 feet of fuel hose at the parts store
  22. Anything over 25 years old is smog exempt in Washington :tapemouth
  23. Check out your driveshaft U-joints.
  24. Amazon also has both kinds. Amazon.com: K&N E-2910 High Performance Replacement Air Filter: Automotive Amazon.com: Beck Arnley 042-8201 Air Filter: Automotive

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