Captain Obvious

Check that out!! I'm headed to the garage to pull my dash!! Here's to hoping I've got something like that in mine!! Crap. Just got back... No luck.

You and me both my friend. You and me both. Now the only thing you can do is console yourself in the knowledge that you've got waaaaaaayyyyyyyy too much invested to stop now!!!

Sorry, my bad. I must be just getting lost in the description of the problem. When you said: "I have fuel, spark, but no power to fuel injectors", and "There's no power at the injector plugs, good ole Fluke confirms." I interpreted those as "there is no power to the injectors." But now with your latest "I have power on both sides of the injector plug", that's a step in the right direction and sounds like you're making good progress. Good luck with getting to the root of the problem.

Haha!! Based on the work so far, I'm sure it will all be worth it soon!!

Good luck with the fix. It's probably something relatively easy to take care of.

Beautiful photos. I was in the area once and tried to make it to the top of Pike's Peak in a rental car. It was raining at the bottom, and the ranger stopped us about 3/4 of the way to the top because it was blizzard conditions and road was closed because the snow plow slid off the side of the road. Something about the plow was trying to clear the avalanche? The thing was... They had just closed the road about a half hour before, and those who were already at the top were stuck there. Nobody up, and nobody down! I was with SWMBO, and I cannot imagine what would have happened if we were some of those stuck at the top... I'd still be hearing about it! She was already nervous about the roads and wanted to turn around. I wanted to get to the top and pressed on. If we would gotten stuck at the top, it would not have been pretty!

I've got a lifetime supply of this stuff and would be happy to send you some if you don't want to buy a tub yourself: Pulled that pic from this thread where we were talking about valve lapping: http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/50909-72-240z-rebuild/?page=8#comment-475857

I'm not a ZX guy, but according to the wiring diagram that Zed Head put in post #2, then you should have +12 volts on one side of every injector plug. At all times. Running or not. Key in ignition or not. At all times. If the battery is hooked up, you should have +12 on one side of each injector. Try this... Ground the negative lead of your Fluke on the engine block. Put the Fluke on a 20V DC voltage scale, and probe the connections inside the injector plugs with the positive lead. You should find battery voltage on one of the two connections inside each injector plug. If you don't, then you should test the fusible link that Zed Head mentioned in post #2.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of that water based multi-grit stuff. My description would be that it's for people who are in a hurry and are willing to sacrifice some surface finish quality for speed of getting the job done. Since the only kind of that work I do is for myself, I'd rather use a much finer compound even though it takes longer. Takes longer, but the finish is better. However, that said... Someone in the business could easily convince me that it doesn't matter anymore after that valve has opened and closed a thousand times though.

Hopefully there'll be a next time!

Well I didn't make it to Miami to Vizcaya, but my days were quite full! Here's a summary what I did do: Hiked around a little at the Yamato Scrub Nature Area Z Rides and was treated to a wonderful lunch. Twice!! Checked out the Boca Old Town Hall History Museum Drove till I couldn't drive no more and ate lunch sitting at the edge of the Everglades Hiked around a little at the Daggerwing Nature Center Packed an impromptu food cooler and had a picnic style dinner on the beach at Red Reef Park with SWMBO. Was supposed to be a surprise, but she figured it out. Checked out the oldest two remaining structures in Boca (one is now a kids museum, and the other is still a private residence) Checked out the original Boca F.E.C. Railway Depot now turned museum Drove past Camino Gardens which used to be a African wild animal park Did a lap through Mizner Park Drove through Pearl City and Lincoln Court Checked out the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center Lots of great food, and one not so great. Hit the following Brew Pubs. There were plenty more I wanted to check out, but I only got to three of them. Barrel of Monks 26 Degrees (In Pompano) Copperpoint (In Boynton) Here's a couple pics. If anyone wants more detail or pics of any of these exploits, let me know!

Welcome aboard! Too bad you didn't pop up a week ago as I just recently got back from Boca. I was just there touring around for a couple days seeing the sights. Speaking of which... I should document my exploits on my Boca thread.

I've found the crispness of that line (or even the complete the lack of it) often to be a quick and dirty way to detect significant wheel arch work in the past. Wish I had known that when I bought my first Z.

Wow... I bet. That doesn't sound like any fun at all. Here's to hoping you mend quickly!!

Right. I knew that. I was thinking "get it working" and not "concourse restoration". I should've considered the source....

Woot. I like getting the weird stuff on the first try! The horn is supposed to sound when the wire up through the steering wheel gets connected to ground (through the metal of the column itself). Problem is your wire is getting connected to ground when it's not supposed to be connected. It's only supposed to make connection when you press the horn pad. Is your steering wheel stock and your horn pad normal with all the stock parts (like the spring) installed? Have you ever had the steering wheel off and maybe mangled the slip ring connection?

Those switches look relatively generic. Maybe there's a new switch you could use instead? Paint the visible parts of the switch like the toggle white to mimic the original plastic? (Or whatever color they used to be before they were bleached over time )

Only thing I can think of is the horn relay clicking because of a grounding fault in something related to the wiper pickup on the back of the steering wheel. So...... Does your horn work normally, or has it been disconnected because it kept going off when the PO turned the steering wheel?

I went through something similar a couple years ago and I cut finger grip slots in the base material before the recovering. Even after the final wrap, you could still feel the dents. The point is... Have you considered putting finger grip dents in the base ring? Is there even enough material to consider doing that?

I've got the same wide ratio as well. The first four gears are identical to the four speeds, and even though fifth isn't a huge change from fourth, it's still way better than not having fifth at all.

Looks like my place. One misstep and you turn an ankle!

OK, I'll see what I can do. Give me a couple days to find someone else to move the wheel while I man the camera. As an alternative... Have you got any public domain video editing software that I can use to clip the unnecessary parts of a longer video off? I could brace the camera into position like you did and do the rest of it alone, but I'd need to clip that out of the video (again, like you did). I clearly don't do much of this kind of thing. I can already tell you from just casually viewing the system from topside while moving the steering wheel... I don't have anything near the amount of motion you do.

I've got poly bushings, so I'm not sure if it would add any useful data, but I can try to take a video off mine if that would help at all. LMK and I'll see if I can figure out how to use my camera for that.

Not that you're familiar with Two Hearted or anything...

Haha!! It's in his desk drawer with all mine as well! Good luck with the problem hunt. On that front, when the issue arises, do you think you're running rich or lean? Rich could be from percolating the fuel in the bowls and forcing additional fuel past the needle, and lean could be from boiling the fuel in the rail and pushing vapor pockets into float bowls expecting liquid. Any guesses as to which direction you are going? How do the plugs look?