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Did you mention in a previous post what system that is?

I might experiment some...

These cars are known to lean out with age. It's why some people add a resistor pot between the temp sensor and the ECU. Set mixture with the turn of a dial. @siteunseen

Silver brazing might work. Especially if you dish both sides to lock it in. I only welded the back side on the second attempt. It seems to be pretty strong but it's going to see some significant force, so we'll see ...

I worked on the headlight buckets some more A little heat and the caps will come off Then I noticed that the buckets were different. The older ones with the caps and then I assume a newer style that the plastic adjuster thing is all one piece. I tried to get some of these out of the buckets but that wasn't going to happen with out destroying them!

So I started on the emergency brake cable redesign. I've been procrastinating on this So I pulled it back out of the car, which is a pain with the differential in place! Cut off the factory end Welded the pin When I welded the back side of the pin, I burned through the cable. So I had to redo it

I also did some parts in citric acid and they turned black or had black clouding on them. It comes off on your hands. After they had been dipped, I bead blasted them again and they looked fine

Worked on the Goon some today First time outdoors in a while. It's filthy... So the engine is in and I will start trying to help him get some of the misc pulled together. One of the big things is fabbing up an exhaust. I also need to try to figure out the float levels. I'm not sure if I can set them to the same height as standard SU's?

I agree leaks into the bell housing aren't great. They can contaminate the clutch but that's probably getting replaced anyway at this point. I guess my main point is, if it has sufficient oil in it, transmission and engine, then it can still be driven. It'll leak but my old Ford diesel did too, for years & years, I just kept on driving it. 😄

Did you check the transmission fluid level yet? Check it with car level. Leaks aren't the end of the world. As long as it has enough fluid in it. Heck, on some cars leaks are how you know it has oil in it!! 🤣

You could call L japan auto services 232-1533 I don't know if he works on anything that old

Does Belmetric carry that type of fastener?

Thats an excellent use for the ash tray!

That's progress though, and progress is good!

I love what you engineered for a fuel tank!! I think I would switch back to the main tank and verify the problems return. It's possible your other repairs solved the previous problem.

I would want molded if I could get it. The molded should fit better in the corners if it's done properly

It's been sitting for almost a decade in the yard. Moist South Carolina weather with no air cleaner on it and it still runs!!! Such durable engines!

This car will need the "works" if I save it. Full floors, front frame rails, radiator support, quarters, rockers, doglegs, rear valance and slam panel. I would like to save it if I can but it really needs to be moved into a drier environment under a roof. Hopefully next year if I get Lily running, I can rearrange and move this under the roof near the shop

Here are some pictures of the general condition of the car

So I wanted to be sure the motor was still viable. So I hooked it up to a battery sitting on a trailer and spun it over with a remote starter switch. It spun freely with no plugs in it. So then I wanted to try to fire it over. It didn't have any carbs or exhaust on it. I messed with it for a while. Tried three different coils and two distributors called SteveJ to make sure I knew what I was doing. I then put the matchbox dizzy back in and got it to run on ether. I have a set of Ztherpay carbs that are evidently from 2011 that still look surprisingly good. They were on this engine and I will clean them up and reuse them for now 20231007_172650_447749883773934.mp4 It lives!!!

So this is another car that has been sitting around at our places for decades. It was my daily driver in about 1992. I rebuilt the engine in high school and it has a five speed that I installed at some point. It has gotten very rusty over the years. I am planning on trying to save it at some point now that a great many more good body panels are available now, if I live long enough. I decided that I would pull the drive train and use it in Lily for the time being to get her running and then down the road I will probably go L28eT, but after Zcon 2024. So that is what we did today Surrounded by BMW parts and parts cars Added some pipes underneath and some lifting straps Had to move the front straps to the inside to protect the fenders O Our engine hoist 😉 Tipped it down on some blocks and used a power ratchet on the leveler. Didn't have any issues even with the shifter still in the transmission. It was going to be a pain to get out so we just left it.

I am not a fan of doing front frame rail (the rails down each side of the engine bay) work when it's on the rotisserie. I worry about distortion and flexing because of the way its suspended.

@the_tool_man Did you see that^^^

@Zed Head Thanks for the chart. It does appear we were just inside spec when I took that pic but it had been over 15.8V for 20 minutes or so before that. We were probably in the low 70s or high 60s F. Maybe some of that is just lack of use. Is the 280z regulator serviceable or adjustable?

I would think the larger TB would make partial throttle resolution worse not better. Unless it's some other aspect giving you issues