kelly969

@YoshiDori It starts up immediately after dying only on occasion. Sometimes you do have to wait a couple minutes. When son tried to start it himself it started up back to back but only ran for a couple seconds and the running was very choppy and it died off.

Going through paperwork, it fired and ran after injectors were cleaned, spark plugs replaced and distributor cap and rotor installed

Also, we cleaned fuel injectors and replaced spark plugs. I think that is when it started and ran for less than five minutes.

At this point, I have no thoughts of being a mechanic; however, I told my son he should definitely give it a whirl. He is 17 and chose a non running "dream" vehicle as his first. Everything being done is his $. Our mechanic is trustworthy and all techs for datsun's ask for 300 just to look at it. I am the researcher. Info that you asked about, it just dies. The longest it ran was five minutes. Fuel filter, pump, afm and hoses, cold start valve, just bought ignition coil and a part that I thought was the one pictured but it only has one wire and a larger cylinder. As for gas tank being an issue, my mechanic did bypass the gas tank and results were the same. Being that it sat for a long time, we have been using premium gas during trial and error. I will say we have a mechanic younger than vehicle. With that being said, his father is a mechanic as well and enjoys working on it.

My son purchased a 1978 280z. He is 17 and not a mechanic. Of course we have a mechanic; however, he is younger than the car. The Z was sold to my son. It was in a barn for approximately 10 years. My mechanic is honest; however, this vehicle is challenging. At this point and time, the vehicle starts and shuts off after minutes. The cold start valve has been replaced among other things. At this point we are working on the ignition coil and a part that cannot be identified, I read post and yet have not located this part to purchase. Please let me know if you know what it is. I have heard distributor condenser, ignition capacitor...at this time it cannot be found. The capacitor I purchased had one wire. This part has two. Please help. No I am not a mechanic but I am intelligent enough to understand parts on a vehicle. So please help and not belittle.