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Good morning, I’ve been trying to mate my 5 speed transmission onto the engine. This should be pretty straightforward. I used the clutch alignment tool when lining up the clutch to the flywheel and removed it after tightening down the pressure plate. But the transmission still not go all the way in. The input shaft seems to get hung up. How can I rectify this? Any ideas would be appreciated.

No I haven’t. I’ll get that knocked out

I wasn’t greasing the bolt holes, I was trying to get the pilot bearing out by packing grease. it was a mess… I cleaned the grease out.

A lot of advice the past few days. Had the flywheel and clutch installed…. Then realized they may be different sizes. figured or they are both 225mm. Then I realized I didn’t swap out the pilot bushing. Everything came off and had that fixed. Thanks to autozone for having a puller for rent. moved into the the transmission. Replaced the throw out bearing and reinstalled the fork and bearing. I’ve heard the flywheel and pressure plate doesn’t need to be balanced because the L28 is internally balanced? What’s the verdict?

Just measured both the pressure plate and friction plate off the flywheel. Both are in the ballpark of 226mm-228mm

280ZX. I hate having parts order 10-15 years ago and finally doing the build. I believe my flywheel is 225mm and clutch is 240mm. are there any issues with mating them togethe?

6 of the 9 line up.

It’s not stock.

Good evening, trying to install this XTD clutch. 6 of 9 bolts line up. Is this normal for after market pressure plates or is this a part that needs all 9 bolts. I’ve tried researching the part number and haven’t found anything relating to it or if it is for Datsun Zs.

I appreciate the input over the years siteunseen!

Greetings, I am getting closer to dropping a rebello with SU carbs into my 77’ 280Z. I removed the EFI cables and EFI computer out of the vehicle. Will removing the EFI computer and cables affect any other operation of the vehicle or am I good to go since I’m using carburetors? any insight would be appreciated!.

The rebello has been moved from Dad’s house to my house for prep to be dropped in. currently working on mating the transmission to the engine. More fun to be had.

I’ll have a mechanic friend take a look this upcoming weekend. we will be putting together the engine, trans, and clutch and installing on the 16th. what radiators do y’all recommend?

Swapped out a new friction plate on the Flywheel.

I saw a spelling error in a previous post. I shaved it and installed it. Picture was before I got the shave closer

They were aftermarket from zcarsource.

Heard back from fidanza. They have a replacement friction plate I can purchase. new engine mounts came in, one wasn’t a perfect fit so I can to do a mod. Now I need to fund beer, pizza, and friends to bring the engine over, assemble the transmission, and drop it in.

I’ll take a look. I wouldn’t be surprised if the bolts didn’t line up.

Ok I’ll keep that in mind. May need a new flywheel. This one is a used aluminum flywheel. It does have a replaceable friction plate.. I’ll need to see where I can find one.

Ok guys I need some guidance. I’m about to mate the transmission, clutch, flywheel, and engine together. From what I gather I will need to purchase; *new engine mount insulators *engine mounts *bolts to add transmission to engine Not sure if I need bolts for clutch or additional parts. Any guidance would be appreciated!

The job gave us a family day today so we can have a 4 day weekend for Memorial Day. Took today removing the EFI cables. relatively easy, I did use a door clip remove to disconnect electric connections and fuses. Made short work of it. EFI is now removed and I’m ready to work on assembling the engine, transmission, and clutch. clutch slave cylinder was installed last weekend.

Tried to repair the lock cylinders. Removed the driver door panel and trim to work on it. It’s trashed. The uninstalled passenger cylinder was functional. in a move of genius I reversed the latches and installed the functional cylinder on the drivers door. Additionally installed the new handle for the passenger door with the seized cylinder. It ideal reinstalling the seized cylinder but whatever. It be like that sometimes.

I just noticed a small “bugsplat” crack forming on my original dash. what can I do to prevent further damage to this dash? The rest of the dash is pristine.

Quick review of what’s been accomplished so far from when I started on this 280Z: Remove and clean fuel tank-Completed remove rear end/install R200-Completed new fuel filter/fuel pump-Completed New fuel line (possibly)-Rubber parts/Completed new tires/wheels-Completed brake job-Completed To Do: bushings- (heard I need to replace and not necessary) drop in Rebello w/5 speed transmission additional to do not anticipated: Repair passenger door handle install new motor mounts repair locks fresh paint install HVAC minor odds/ends new exhaust new radiator I still have the old OEM radiator… debating if I want to keep it and pair it with the rebello. I guess it be that way sometimes.

Had a mechanic friend stop by yesterday to help with the brakes. Brake hoses, which I didn’t swap out, were trashed. We ended up replacing them and we were able to bleed the brakes. in addtion, the clutch slave cylinder was installed while I turned my back. I advised my friend “you don’t know what you are getting into” but he figured it out once the cursing started. so now I’ll focus on lubing the locks on the car, then onto assembling the engine, clutch, and transmission