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Yep, good stuff from Dave. He has an alternate kit for the 77-78. It's not plug/play but all I needed to do, per instructions, was cut one wire and run power from the battery. Very simple.

Just installed Dave Irwins' parking light upgrade on my 77'.

That's something most everybody here can relate to, me included. I'm not opposed to fender flares, just not on my car though. I put too much effort into parts searches and lean towards the purist side. Your Z, your whim. Welcome!

Sorry, I've never considered doing that, so therefore I have no opinion. I know you're going with a different fuel rail, but I am curious as to why you would want to reconfigure the charcoal canister?

Wait, if you have light in your tunnel that means there is a hole. Sounds like more welding needed to me…….JK. Can't wait till you get your paint on!

Yep, +1 on the caution. Let them soak like suggested. I also heated my studs (just the stud, not the head) with a propane torch and used vise grips with some tapping with a hammer. Go slow and they will come.

Welcome! Siteunseen's link to atlantic z is worth a Z's weight in gold. Be sure to get the EFI bible while you are there. It also has many more aspects covered as well. Thanks again Blue! Just seeing those disconnects looks like you're in for some work. Good Luck and keep us posted.

I've been thinking on this Jai. How long has it been since you've had a full tune-up? Like Distributer cap, rotor, spark plugs, spark plug wires, timing, Air filter and fuel filter? If I remember correctly, I changed the spark plugs well over a year ago. Before that SteveJ, Tony and I replaced the vac lines, temp sensor and dist cap, not the rotor, added a G3 filter and kind of flushed out your fuel tank. I know we did not do the spark plug wires. Have any of those been replaced since then? Regular maintenance can sometimes be a cure all for problems like this. I think before we can potentially diagnose an ecu or fuel problem a good tune-up would probably be in order. All of the stuff I mentioned can be bought at your local Parts store. They might have to order a couple of things from another store but those parts should be available.

Unless there is a paper history on the car and it's mileage, IMO It would be a safe bet to put a 1 or a 2 in front of the current odometer #. You're talking about a 42 year old car. It would have to be in pristine condition to have less than 100K on it. Not to worry though, the L engine is legendary for endurance so don't let the mileage get in the way. It's more about the rust.

You guys…...

First off, I'm not an electrical guy. I'm sure they will chime in shortly. But I do know that the electrical connections in these cars tend to oxidize or corrode after 30 or forty years. I would recommend cleaning all your connections with something like deoxit and maybe some kind of abrasive like a wire brush or sandpaper. Be sure to disconnect the neg cable on your battery first.

Now there's the way to start a new year! Congrats!

+ 1 on what grannyknot said about the seams. It looks like yours has a repaint already. A lot of what you will have to do depends on how well that paint job was prepped. If you are going to repaint it in the future, the sooner you address the rust spots, the better, like that one at the bottom the hatch glass. You want to prevent holes. That will lead you to having primer spots until you have it properly painted. If you don't mind that look then I would start on those spots now and prime them when ready. For under the hood, I stripped mine to bare metal with Aircraft stripper and used a razor blade scraper. Powerful stuff. Definitely use a mask and rubber gloves. Then, I sanded some and sprayed rattle can primer. I wound up stripping the whole car that way. Other folks have done it with media blasting. Either way, once you start, you're committed. There is no going back.

Yup, by chance if I happen to drive by a strip club with my wife in the car I get a 20 min lecture. This one is a no go for me.

And I thought I was kinda nice to that young whippersnapper! Moonshine around here could be used as an octane booster, right Cliff?

you know it's true! Or at the very least a broken arm trying to hang on to something back there!

Yes, 19mm I believe. Just make sure the trans is in neutral.

I did it it photoshop. You can drag the small one to your desktop and then upload to your profile.

Resized it for you. Merry Christmas!

I recently had to help Jai out with Redwing not having heat. Turns out that when she had her aftermarket AC installed, the guy who did it put in a petcock valve on the water hose in the engine bay. Is that how you did it CO?

I was a little concerned at first with my green car but decided on complementary colors to the green would be the most pleasing to me. Little splashes of color here and there, not too much of any one color. From my experience, red is a very strong color and a little bit goes a long way. Ford blue is the color of my block with NGK plug wires. These should give you some ideas.

Spindle pins come to mind…...

Also, double check your oil level. It's easy to forget simple stuff when your new baby comes home. Nice color, looks like a good find!

I think they just have an old guy sitting around nearby and when an old car pulls up they say "Hey Charlie, come look at this". That's what they do at the parts counter at Nissan anyway, No?

+1 on the Suaoki. The only time I've had to use mine was to jump a Volvo S80 (not mine). Fired right up. Seems to hold a charge well. I carry it with me in whatever vehicle I drive.