TKR514

To me, it looks like a 1974 260Z that's been repaired a few times. I have had cars with typo's in the title, it's not that uncommon. The 1974 cold have been transposed to 1978 easily.

Ya do both. The suggestion in the FSM on mine says do it cold for an approximate setting then do a hot clearance. Mine have never been way out-of-spec during the hot test if the cold settings were accurate. Now I just do the hot test and it seems to be fine.

Of course a piece of paper keeps people together! Hell, they are still together because of a piece of paper called a lease. It's not morals, it's not love, it's just a piece of paper that keeps them living together... It's not any kind of moral judgement, just an observation.

Yea, the burning of gasoline produces water vapor. The water vapor drops out of the exhaust gasses IF the tailpipe is cold. It will drip a lot till the tailpipe and muffler get warmed up.... The black stuff is probably soot from the tailpipe mixing with the water. No worries, it's normal.

The title of the thread is "Chicks are effed". So, "sympathy" would be to join in and say how bad chicks are? No thanks. I would say that St. Steven is the one that has no sympathy for his fellow Man (er, woman) with a thread title like that.

Nah, I'm a realist. There is a reason that things work like they do. Marriage is a contract that spells out legal obligation. Obligations during the marriage AND in the case of a break-up. The moral issues of such an "arrangement" are his concern...not mine :stupid:

I did not know that you could sign long-term paper together if you were not married.... Sympathy for living together unmarried and signing financial agreements together? Sorry....

"This is a hard situation to handle because we are still living together and will be for a little bit. " Kick the girl out, now! I don't get it. You never got really married. Now you never really broke up since she's still living with you. Kinda unusual...

Sooooo, what's keepng YOU from sending her flowers? Ad what does "effed" mean?

I'm confused... we talking about rental on the appartment, right?

Live in girl friend? If you can't trust a girl with loose morals, who can you trust?

Yea, cheaper just to buy new ones.

Hmmm, why take away a signature Z styling queue? I like my big round lights just fine.

I stopped after 24 years or so and just replaced EVERYTHING. Nothing ever broke much, but it was time for a total rebuild. I should be back on the road next week with everything new(again). The next 24 years will hopefully be as much fun and trouble free as the last. My only worry is that parts will get so rare in the next 5-10 years that I may have to retire it early from it's daily driver role.... Fingers crossed.

Appropriate? Why the heck would it NOT be? Grow a skin....

Compression testing is bogus at this point. Usually it's used to decide if a rebuild is required. texasz has ALREADY decided to rebuild and the engine is out of the car. From here, just remove the head and pan and then pull the piston&rod assembly out. Inspect the pistons for wear. Inspect the block for strange cylinder wear. Take the block in for a vat cleaning and have them look at it for wear and if it's still within "standard" size limits. Generally, they can just run a hone and be done with it and use standard size rings and bearings. Oh, actually the FIRST step is to keep the bearing caps in order and number the pistons so they can be reassembled in the same locations. I numbered them AND made a chart on bearing cap orientation and order... Once it's known that standard size hardware is OK, rings and bearings and a gasket set can be bought for about $200. Add 20 bucks for the book "rebuilding Nissan OHC engines" and your almost done. Best of luck with the project!

But it's not a 240 any more

Just finished one a few months ago. I had a shop do the head/valve work, hone the cylinders,vat clean the block, and polish the crank journals for $325. Then I ordered bearings, rings, new oil/water pumps, gasket set, ignition parts. I kept the same pistons and rods since they were in great shape. Assembly took me a week, working very slowly and CLEANLY. Total cost w/ rebuilt injectors was $900. Since a rebuild shop woul have cost me twice that, it was worth it. Best of luck.

I agree with BambiKiller. Way too much work to do EVERY part that could be replaced. Also a lot seems to depend on location as to what it's worth or availability. Sure it would save a newbie a lot of time, but would a newbie PAY for this "service" to support that kind of man-years of work to find a maplight for a 260?

Interesting, but "stress" is also relative. A low compression turbo engine might have less stress than a high compression V8 for day-to-day city driving. I would also assume that the new 350Z N/A is a LOT more stressed at making almost 300HP than an 83ZX turbo making 180HP. Like I said, it's gotta be one dumb writer's comment instead of a real techical issue. Just try to find ANY old cars in Nissan's home turf before saying that the U.S. is less capable of keeping cars running for a long time. Maybe THEY are affraid that the home market is unable to keep one in tune well enough to pass Japan's stricter smog standards every year?

As far as oils, any oil you can buy in the U.S. is gonna be good enough for the requirements of a turbo. The oils are so much better now than even 5 years ago. Anyone that designs a turbocharger for a mass market that requires aerospace skills to maintain is doing something seriously wrong in the first place... Q.E.D.

But it still seems silly to me....I'm sure that the all the entire world has it's share of "maintenance-ignorant buyers" . It also seems that there are some "geographically-ignorant" authors out there since America contains Canada, Brazil, Mexico, The United States, etc.... Either way, would not a V8 suffer in the hands of bad maintenance as well as a turbo engine would and therefore they should not send anything to the U.S. market? Just trying to follow the logic here and it's not adding up... Sounds more like this is just a silly comment of a lone writer rather than something that a manufacturer would say....

Maybe I am a dumb American, but what the heck routine maintenance is needed on a turbo?