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How many timing chains around the Z? That is a great piece of artwork you've made there. I want one!!!!

$21K and I'll get a warm moist, without anyrust, damsel. 👰‍♀️

I can re-click and get to the forum but only recently since we "got with the times"

It's goes good with the spoked wheels. Needs some curb feelers, then it's Huggy Bear's.

Go to the Nissan museum wherever it is. All I have seen were the pictures and it's fantastic. Kats is a pilot so he's probably pretty busy but maybe...? Have fun and try not to spend all your money in the dirty panties vending machines. That's what I'd do.

It goes to the bottle I've never paid attention to. Paying attention is like having bullets in a gun. I missed that one though. Damned if I'm not getting old.

Mine is a 9/'76 and has factory a/c but no bottle. My 280...

My early '77 doesn't have that bottle, just the charcoal cannister. Anybody Anyone know what year they started using those bottles? @Zed Head the cross out text isn't the same as strikethrough?

Cybersanford...

20 years ago. Good memory.

I used a wet/dry shop vac to suck all the coolant out and used the vacuum suction on the heater core to check it for leaks,cracks. Then new valve and hoses. I move the controls levers when I drive mine to keep things freed up. My tip to save your back is put a couch cushion on the door sill and use 1/4" sockets. It's one of the hardest jobs I've done that sounds easy. Have fun!

Resurrection is better than speculation.

Here's my OE 1972 flywheel. I think yours is the same.

Here's some threads on that. I never knew it was called a Ron Tyler mount. https://www.google.com/search?q=r%2Ft+mount+installation+classiczcars.com&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1121US1121&oq=r%2Ft+mount+installation+classiczcars.com&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg60gEJMTc2OTVqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Did you put the ZX distributor on your 280? I've got one on mine and it fires right up with all that cold start stuff removed. I'll mention it again, how about the valves?

I used this stuff to fix my broken console. Used it on the bottom side mainly and smoothed out the excess on the top side with fine sandpaper. Turned out good and is still holding up. That was 2015. There's other "strengths" too.

Looks close to "Scott Hyatt's" 260Z http://www.gladiatorroadracing.ca/group-8-historic-gtu.html

I put the wide B 5 speed in my '72. Wouldn't stay in gear until I ground it down. You can do all the install and see what happens. Taking the shifter out is not hard if you need to grind some off.

Hard starting could be from loosing pressure...the gas you're smelling. I good valve adjustment seems to make mine start quicker.

#1 at my house way back when. Now I'm a Frosted mini-wheats guy too, no milk, straight out of the box. No dairy...how bad that sucks, I miss cheese.

There's no fuel in the cabin so if that's where you smell it it's gotta be the weatherstripping. Easy way is to extend the tailpipe, maybe turn it down too. The rear hatch is usually the suspect. If it's under the hood, most likely the cold start injector if everything else is right. You can make a new gasket out of a cereal box or gasket material. I used Fruity Pebbles or Coco Puffs, can't remember? Stay away from bran.

I like your valve cover. I sand blasted a few over the years but the last one I added some shine with super fine sandpaper. I did the Nissan part and liked it so I went further and shined up the 3 lines that run the length of the cover. Then cleared it with high heat satin. I don't have a picture of the final iteration but you see the start...

The 1st thing you should do is take the valve cover off and drench the cam with oil. You put ATF in the spark plug holes. Once you get all the moving parts oiled up put a socket on the the cam gear and slowly turn it clockwise looking from the radiator. Leave the plugs out and turn it a little everyday. Start cleaning stuff. There's a bunch of places spider webs can be a pain. The AFM sweeper arm and the TPS contacts are especially important. Open the air cleaner box and look for acorns and other critter $^!# they hide.

Mix a quart of ATF with a quart of acetone in a spray bottle for penetrating fluid. Works great and is a lot cheaper than PB Blaster.