Everything posted by siteunseen
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Battery Maintainer
I have one on my mower and one on our family boat, they came from Interstate Batteries and work great.
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The dreaded exhaust leak
I was talking about the exhaust studs on #1 and #6. They were M8's originally, I confused them with the 4 intake M10's in the center, sorry. I found my recepit and I am wrong once again, they're M10x1.25 studs with M12 deformed nuts.
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North Georgia guys sweet 280Z
I had talked with a friend of his about some bumpers I hope to buy and hopefully see some of his cars. You Engineers!
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The dreaded exhaust leak
I tapped my head into M12 on #1 & , they were M10 and threads worn over time. I found everything at Nissan dealer and could get you the part #'s if you want. Seems like they were for the truck motor but worked good and could tork them down really good without loctite or orther thread lockers, the heat is too high.
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North Georgia guys sweet 280Z
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The dreaded exhaust leak
A vacuum gauge reading could help out too with the blown head gasket. http://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/vacuum/
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Obeying the " Enjoy The Ride'' to the max......
I'm pretty sure the Moderator won't delete that!
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Are either of these books worth buying?
That's something I forgot to mention. I spent $50 having the FSM & EFI Bible printed and bound at a local print shop, before I found the Tom Monroe book, and I never used it on the motor just the transmission and steering rack. You can just find the page you need on your computer and print it out, that big 3 ring binder of paper was a waste off money.
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Are either of these books worth buying?
"How to Rebuild Your Nissan & Datsun OHC Engine". I've rebuilt boat motors and a couple of dirt bike engines so I sort of knew a few things already. Then I bought a '77 280Z and decided I wanted to keep it so I bought that book off amazon.com for $20. I've spent $2,000 on that car so far and that book, by far, is the BEST $20 I'll ever spend. Can't say enough on how simple Tom Monroe makes the rebuild. Simple to follow instructions and advice with lots of pictures. It's the best instruction manual I've read. Buy it and read cover to cover about 3 times then rebuild your motor. Oh and I almost forgot the wisdom and kindness of the people on this forum. This forum plus that book and you'll think your a Nissan mechanic.
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240K Why DOESN'T IT APPEAL TO ME?
Beauty is in the eye of the owner.
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Rear Suspension Rebuild Thread
Mine next? Your doing a great job. It appears very thorough too. I'm ready to do the struts now myself- I did mine backwards from yours, engine 1st then all the bushings in front and the steering rack. I'm hoping to get some tips from your work, thanks.
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77 280z problem
If the car still runs then it must have been the ac belt that tore loose. There's only 2 on my '77, the main water pump, fan and alternator belt then the ac compressor belt. If that belt came loose it could have knocked some vacuum lines off around the distributor advance or BCDD. That could cause a bad running motor.
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celebrity owned z's
Maybe Bruce Kardashian rode around in it.
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At The Crossroads of Color - Paint or Sell?
Put two wide silver stripes down the center outlined in black.
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Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
HOLY GUACAMOLE!!! It's alive! Haven't been able to yet but I'm laying rubber down now. Thank you Fast Woman, Zed Head and http://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/tempsensorpot/index.html. Everybody should try this. $5 and 30 minutes to revive an old sports car.
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Shut my hood on 2 fingers. Ouch!
I hope y'all fall down a flight of stairs and someone is there to capture the Kodak moment.
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Shut my hood on 2 fingers. Ouch!
Now I know what it must feel like to chew off your own arm. It was not coming up with my pocket knife and I couldn't reach the pull handle in the cabin, I was in a pinch. Thank God for pocket phones and neighbors that don't work.
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Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
That's what mine is doing too. Flat spot then it screams ahead. A fellow that's helping me thought higher fuel pressure would clear it up but it hasn't. Thanks for the part number Zed Head.
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Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
Does an FPR have to have vacuum? Would a constant pressure of 36psi be ok at idle as well as WOT? I found a guy without the vacuum on a adjustable FPR and he says it "works like a charm". He has my same set up it looks like. I apologize for being hard headed sounding but I have no knowledge of resistors and am a little hesitant to go outside of my abilities. If I do use the resistor is that something I could get at Radio Shack or auto parts stores? Radio Shack has 1 that looks like a volume knob, with 3 post, I would need 2 post right? In and out? They're a couple of bucks vs. $70 for the FPR. Probably should try that 1st.
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If I had Power Ball money...
Nice car that was originally bought 45 minutes from me. http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/cto/3429372777.html
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Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
Well I've learned the difference between boost and a hole in the ground.:disappoin And manifold vacuum decreases with RPM. Is there anywhere that pulls more vacuum with RPM? I've got to get my car back! It's driving me nuts.
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Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
Thank you so very much for your time in explaining things. Would you please give this a look and see what you think http://www.summitracing.com/parts/msd-2222 I don't know boost from a hole in the ground but if my intake vacuum rises with the RPMs I think this would work.
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Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator
I've bought a cheap universal off ebay but it, like others, leaks down after awhile. I've read Zed Head say that the Aeromotive Tech guys said theirs does it too and Wade Nelson put a check valve in the line before the fuel rail on his. I've found a retired Nissan mechanic that's getting mine fine tuned now that he's put that adjustable FPR on. So if my new Bosch pump has a check valve in the pump wouldn't I want another in the return line? I have brand new injectors so I hope they're not the cause. Or has someone found one that doesn't leak down? I need more pressure because of the larger fuel rail and some other things I did. And probably the drift? in the ECU Fast Woman talks about. Thanks for any helpful replies. Cliff
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Oil Pan Removal
I googled that, http://www.jdmgallery.com/information/diys/s30-2/replacing-oil-pan-gasket/
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Just some boys having fun in NZ
That's burnt into memory.