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I'd try and get that out, that could clog up something? Maybe an air gun off a compressor would blow them out. It's possibly old pieces of gaskets, maybe the valve cover gasket? Don't blow air down, try to shoot it to the driver's side away from the valves and rockers. Good luck!

Looks like mine. I think you are okay if your fingernail doesn't catch on the marks/lines. If you are going to clean the lobes I would suggest a green Scotch-Brite pad instead of steel wool. Steel wool will kind of disintegrate after use and leave steel wool fibers. Then you need Woolite.

A "duh statement" but don't forget a hose pipe in the radiator with the drain valve open. Tom monroe's book.

Steve types faster than me so this is another option... I would think you could pull the coil wire off, remove the spark plugs and get someone to crank it over while you observe the cam's oiling??? I used a drill on low speed with a rod down the distributor's hole when I put an N42 head that was converted over to a oilier cam on my 2.8 motor after a rebuild while it was on an engine stand.

I used a shop vac on the return hose to suck the coolant out of the heater core. My advice would be a good set of 1/4" drive sockets with at least a 10" extesion. Take the passenger's seat out then lay cushions over the door sill and the seat's mounting brackets. Then a bottle of ibuprofen or your preference. Just changing the valve and new hoses about killed me. Another thing with the shop vac is you can "pull a vacuum" on the brass core and check for leaks. 90% of coolant in the cabin is from the valve not a busted heater core.

Have you found the black hook that goes around the driver's side strut to hold the hatch deck up while you fiddle with the spare tire or whatever you're fiddling with? The '78s have a flat deck so that speaker panel will work. If I remember right the '75 and '76 models have the flat cover over the tail lights but are about 3" taller than the '78. @Jeff G 78 will know.

Look at the one MSA has. It's $10 cheaper and you could call and ask about the sloped deck fitment. I don't see how it would work on that deck. I have that deck too. thezstore.com P/n 40-3754

In Alabama we call siphoning a "Georgia gas card". In Georgia they call it "stealing gas". 😄

Learned something new today! Thanks Charles, I'd never seen one of those before.

I cranked my 240 and let it run in the garage long enough to open the thermostat and move the coolant back through the radiator. Also fresh gas in the float chambers. It's cold as ice down here, high today was supposed to be 45F but I never saw above 41. How in the name of God do you Northerners live life for half a year freezing? I only have to stay inside around 2 months if we're lucky.

They most likely sandblast or dip into a cleaner beforehand, like powder coating I'd think. Taking Mikes off and having them coated would be a job for a busy man, unlike myself. I'd suggest double stacking the manifold gasket, 2 gaskets can't hurt. My 6 to 1 on my 280 has a leak with felpro gasket. The 240 has Nissan metal around the exhaust ports but I've noticed a small amount of soot around #2 runner but no noise. 280 sounds like a diesel to my ears and I hate it but I'm sorta lazy so let it ride until I get older and even more lazy. The Nissan gasket is the ticket and I'm pretty sure they are still available from Nissan dealer parts department.

If he decides to go through the trouble of getting his installed header coated, these folks do MSA's work. http://www.embeeperformance.com/ they're a little closer. Ask me how I know??? This was on my front porch, damaged. I contacted Joseph at MSA and we figured out that Embee sent them the coated headers in a flimsy box by the pallet load. His shipping guys weren't re boxing them and sent mine across the country in pretty much a paper bag. So good communication worked again, problem solved. I got another one shipped ASAP without anything but sincere apologies. Great Z supplier!

Hows the pressure gauge reading when it does this? They cylinder head shop may have put weak springs back on your head. Just guessing from far away.

In the small holes, out the big one.

Those are Libre wheels. Much loved but like "love", hard to find.

I was thinking about your Safari gold wall art. Then you popped out there.

Here's my only guess. Judging by the fuel rail, it looks like @Zedyone_kenobi motor but it seems like he has the triple carbs on his engine now. Just a shot in the dark. Maybe he'll see this?

But spell check? Auto correct? They're like those first Texas Instruments calculators. No superb education needed just a good 9 volt battery.

That's not my motor, I used the image to show the fuel rail to a guy that was having "vapor lock" symptoms on his 240. It looks like a K & N that was engraved with Datsun to me. There's no telling where it came from or how old it is. The zstore or zcardepot could have sold it? You might find one on ebay. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful. I can look around tomorrow when I'm home with my laptop. Cliff

Google has gone to crap recently. All the ads and pop-ups they used to block aren't blocked on my end anymore. I may try Fire Fox soon. The internet has gotten worse for me. I have better user end through my smartphone. Sad days, unfortunately for EVERYTHING. The Unabomber was right.

This is for Phillip, @240260280. I think about him every time I hear this song.

I have the 240 two wire type on my '77 as well as the '72 240. I like the stainless look best, no faded black wipers on my cars.

I believe he's taking about friction part thickness, how much meat they have left that can be cut smoothe to go next to the drum brake shoes. OE aluminum drums are hard to find that do not have broken fins.

When I bought my orange 240 it had a Jensen cassette radio. When I got it home and went through every nook and cranny I found the OE Hitachi under the driver's seat. Oh how happy that made me. Don't throw the metal thing away in these pictures if you have one. It holds the OE radio in place.