Everything posted by siteunseen
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Anyone using Amsoil with zinc additive?
So zinc isn't your favorite hair product like Kentucky jelly?
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280z 78 Wont idle, Running Rich, out of ideas.
Show us a picture and maybe you'll figure out what caused it and how to prevent it from happening again.
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Air in fuel lines and sputtering at high and now low speeds
Same here, that's wrong and causing higher pressure in your fuel delivery circuit. Can't think of a reason that was done but it took some effort to do so who knows? You should get another fuel rail in my opinion. Look in our classifieds, there was a few brand new replated ones for pretty cheap. @jfa.series1 has them if they're not sold yet. He's in Texas too and if I'm not mistaken you are located somewhere around there. Good luck. Cliff
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Air in fuel lines and sputtering at high and now low speeds
I can't understand how that could be but anything is possible I guess. I would use a small gas can for the supply hose to the fuel pump then another smaller clear one for the return. 3/16" off the fuel rail at the front of the cylinder head. I can explain better with a picture later this morning when I get back home.
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Pitch of l28 280z motor
Whens it's jacked up, to get under there, it will drain proper. Put a new crush copper washer on the drain plug if it looks old. Don't over tighten the plug and since it's a swapped out 2.8 make sure you have the right dipstick. 240s are different than 280s. The numbers are on the dipstick and you'll find the info on the one you need to use. Google "difference in dipsticks classiczcars.com"
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More Bad News from Nissan
That's what I thought Dennis! That's a damn house payment, nice house too around here.
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Ghosn Jumps Bail?
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More Bad News from Nissan
That's too much for a service manager anyway. No wonder their bottom line is at the bottom.
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Happy 2020 New Year from CZCC
What he said! Blue, fastwoman and ztrain got me hooked when I first came in. Now every person on here are friends in my mind. This will be a good year. 50 years over here and a bigger demand now. @Mike I think this years ZCON will be one that really shows off. You should bring your son? Happy 2020! I like saying that! 2020, 2020, 2020 ...Judy, Judy, Judy, Judy...
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Water Pump Bolt Washers
I like to stick that gasket down, especially the small "peninsula" looking piece down with aviation gasket sealer. It's like glue and holds it in place. Anti seize works great on those bolts too, they get rusty going into the steel block. The only thread sealer I can think of is Loctite. I used the blue medium strength on just about every bolt on my engine. They have a gel now that comes in a tube like a big magic marker that makes it super easy.
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Water Pump Bolt Washers
Against aluminum on our cars it's flat washer against aluminum, then the lock/split washer. I'm pretty sure they use the flat with aluminum only? Probably wrong but hey...
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Ghosn Jumps Bail?
Pablo Escobar was too. In Columbia.
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Haynes Manual 280z
I've read, more than once, those non Nissan shop manuals are full of mistakes. There's one that has the wrong spark plug gap listed.
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Expansion tank bypass
Is that your problem, vapor lock? I see you live farther South than me so I'll throw this at you. Make sure you have heat shields in place then stop the hot water from flowing through your carbs if they have that feature. My '72 did, now they run cool to the touch but I also have a ceramic coated header that reduces tons of heat over the cast iron OE exhaust manifold. Lots of info on this delete... https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1BOFA_enUS494US494&ei=A4sLXsLRJI_u_QbDvZCYCQ&q=removing+hot+water+through+the+carbs+classiczcars.com&oq=removing+hot+water+through+the+carbs+classiczcars.com&gs_l=psy-ab.12...6139.11401..16557...0.0..0.79.1293.19......0....1..gws-wiz.d3KLmkE4Hp4&ved=0ahUKEwiC376PuuDmAhUPd98KHcMeBJMQ4dUDCAs
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Expansion tank bypass
Here's the one I remember reading with lots of info and photos. It starts off with removal but then goes to keeping the evap tank and the hoses to use.
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Stupid fuel line mistake == Stupid question
I wonder if your plugs a dripping wet? Maybe remove on and see, that could be the weak idle.
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Ghosn Jumps Bail?
I left out some words 240260280. My brain said "they'll make up for their mistakes off the consumers backs" but my motor skills wrote something different. Thank you for understanding the way alcohol works.
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Ghosn Jumps Bail?
I'm glad my Nissans are paid for. They'll make their mistakes right off their consumers backs.
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Stupid fuel line mistake == Stupid question
You removed the needle valves from the equation when you used the vent bungs. I think airing out the air filter and housing then connecting them properly will do the trick.
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Air in fuel lines and sputtering at high and now low speeds
Mine had the longer one on the front carb. I did some reading and used two rear carb lids on my 72. They are both short and much easier to set the floats level. I have extra carbs and parts so it was a no brainer. Let me ask my Sensei @Mark Maras to be sure. I could be wrong but I doubt it.
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Air in fuel lines and sputtering at high and now low speeds
Look below the battery box for corroded hard fue lines. Mine had some small pin holes so I cut them out and ran rubbet fuel hose to the pump. The longer valve goes to the front carb. Think about the fuel level changing going uphill. The front gets low that's why they made them longer/deeper. That's an old pump from looking on my phone. Your a/c compressor is a Yorx and oh what a pain in the butt to remove the fuel pump. If your air doesn't work I'd throw that SOB in the trash when you have to remove it. They make more efficient smaller units now that use current freon. $1,000 though so I don't have air but a nice spacious engine compartment.
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Air in fuel lines and sputtering at high and now low speeds
Yep, they are small barrell filters in the banjo bolts right before the float chambers. I personally do not use them. I have two filters before the carbs that do the job. Those small filters are hard to find new and actually they cause a little restriction of fuel flowing into the carb in my opinion and my opinion was told to me by many folks on here and at Z Therapy. Circled in blue in this picture.
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- Air in fuel lines and sputtering at high and now low speeds
- Air in fuel lines and sputtering at high and now low speeds