sblake01

If you'll sell me the center (centre?) caps on the wheels in your avitar I won't reply to your cheap shot!:classic:

No, panchovisa. What I meant is that evidently we were responding at the same time and your reply came through first. When I noticed that I went back and added the line about you being a faster typist.

Where on the engine is this located? Is it on the intake manifold just ahead of the EGR valve with a vacuum hose between the two? The 75-76 had those but on the 77-78 it is replaced by the BPT valve. Let me know if thats the part and I'll look around and see if I have one.

Wait a minute! What would it be leaking? A 78 Z has manual rack and pinion steering. There is no fluid running through it. I think you are being scammed. (evidently panchovisa types faster than me!)

That ain't just a 510. That's a KH510 Bluebird. It would cost much more than that to find and refresh such a car to the point that this one seems to be at. Lots of goodies! Fairly rare especially here in the states.

I, too, am glad to have been of help. But the reason I am quoting Kieth is that unless your 78 has been fitted with an after market replacement driveshaft, the u-joints would be the sealed unreplacable type. I went through this on my 78 but I lucked into a driveshaft with good u-joints at the junkyard about 3 years ago. Motorsports Auto sells a replacement driveshaft with replacable u-joints. You can also use a 72-74 driveshaft in a 78 and then you'll have replacable u-joints. Of course, if you mean the half shaft u-joints please disregard my ramblings because they are replacable.

Here is a scan of the frame chart from the 1978 280Z FSM. Hope it came out clear enough.

Has anyone ever heard of or seen this carb on a Z? In the Haynes manual it says "Early 240Z and 260Z cars without emission control are fitted with a 'DAF' dual barrel type carburettor. This unit is of downdraught, fixed jet design and incorporates an accelerator pump and power valve." The Brittish spelling leads me to believe that they were not equipped that way here. I could post pictures if anyone would like but this is basically just to satisfy my curiousity.

According to 'Haynes' the supplimentary electric fuel pump was fitted to 260Z models. But I have also seen the same exact factory installed pump on 73 240Z's.

Make sure your fuel pump relays are good before you buy a new fuel pump. (Been there . . . done that!)

The fuel pumps on these cars are self priming. Remember there are relays under the hood for the fuel pump so your fuel pump may not necessarily be bad.

I believe that the 75-76 had one fusible link box and an external regulator, and the 77-78 had two fusible link boxes and an internal regulator.

Montrose is about 15 mi. north of Los Angeles.

This is the underhood bracket where the fuel pump relay(s) are located.

The ignition relay on a 78 is in the bracket in the kick panel on the passenger side.

The same one was this site sometime last year.

Try removing the fuel pump hose that draws gas for the tank and place it in a gas can so that it draws gas from the can. Then start the car and see if the pressure stays up and the car runs without bogging down. If it runs right then the problem is in the tank. If not then you have ruled out the tank itself and can work forward from there.

Try removing the fuel pump hose that draws gas for the tank and place it in a gas can so that it draws gas from the can. Then start the car and see if the pressure stays up and the car runs without bogging down. If it runs right then the problem is in the tank. If not then you have ruled out the tank itself and can work forward from there.

When it starts bogging down, is your fuel pressure dropping?

The reason I asked about that is when I bought my 78 in 1997 it has been sitting for quite a while and the gas tank had to be replaced because of all the sediment that had developed over that period of time.

The only other time I ever experienced that was on another car when the pin on the back of the cylinder part of the switch was worn or broken so as not to put the electrical part in the right positions when you turn the key.

Did you replace the key cylinder part of the ignition switch or the electrical part on the back? It sounds like the electrical part could be the problem.

I love to read through the posts on the Skyline that you Aussie and NZ guys have. It seem to be such a tightly knit group. Lots of info over here on the Z and many sites to choose from. I, however, am a DATSUN nut. Not just a Z nut. I own a 1964 320 Pickup and there is also a lot of info about for that. But, I own a 1979 810 2dr. coupe. If you're not familiar with them it's kind of like your 200B with a stretched front end and an L24E. I feel kind of all alone with that one! Although it basically has a 'Z' drivetrain, I feel it has more of a kinship with the Skylines of that era. I tend not to post anything about my 810 because you know how they are here about anything that is not a first generation Z, but I do enjoy reading about the Skyline. That having been said now I'll just fall back and become an observer again.:classic:

210's (1957-58), PL-310's, PL-311's, PL-312's (1959-1963), 410's, 411's (1964-67), 510's (1968-1973), 180B's, 200B's, 610's, 810's, 910's, and even the Stanza/Altima (U11-U13) have all been 'Bluebirds'. Where is the commonalty there?

So many cars were called the 'Bluebird'. It was just a name. There was no real commonality amongst the cars that shared it. Datsun had a tendency to do that with their names. It's not like 'Mustang' or 'Camaro'. But I don't think the 'B' in B-210 stands for Bluebird because the B-210 was a 'Sunny' in Japan and other parts of the world.