Gilzee

Sorry, I can't seem to find any horse and buggy pix to post.

Hey, got it working...loose wire!

Out of the blue my two z eyeballs quit working. I checked the fuse box and all seems well. I checked the 2 headlamps themselves and they show no indication of being blown, but that's just an asumption. Also, my right, front amber side light appears to have gone out at about the same time since I always make sure ALL of my lights are working. Any suggestions on where to begin troubleshooting? Thanks.

Well when I was pulling parts off of that mouse invested z at the junk yard, I noticed a mouse nest in the glove compartment and another inside the front chrome bumper! I bought the bumper, cleaned it up and installed it on my '78. Looks brand new! You'd never imagine it was once a habitat for breeding mice.

Oh gawd, and here I was a couple of days ago pulling parts out of a musty, mouse invested 280z at a local salvage yard. The interior looked superb but that mousy odor was something else.

Cool, thanks alot.

Can somebody tell me what the ECU part number is for a 1978 280z? Is it A11-600 000 or A11-601 000? Okay, thanks y'all.

Well, if you've been following this thread, you're probably wondering if I resolved the leaky injector hose issue. Well I ended up installing a brand new fuel pressure regulator and used fuel rail from a non-running zx. To my dismay, two more FI hoses sprung a leak! After removing the rail for the upteenth time, I then decided to install 5/16th inch hose from Motorsport (instead of the 1/4th inch) on the fuel injectors *and* to try a different set of fuel injectors. Well it's been two days of testing without any of the injector hoses busting and I believe that my original fuel injectors were defective. Knock on wood I hope I fixed the problem. My next question is why the engine dies when it's cold? It runs beautiful warm, but when it's cold it keeps dying on me. I understand that the cold start valve and thermotime (sp?) switch have something to do with cold starts, right?

I've always wondered whether or not to use 1/4 inch or 5/16 inch on the injectors themselves. If you click on the following link, the author suggests using 1/4 inch on the injectors and 5/16 inch on both ends of the fuel pressure regulator. Victoria British (I know, not OEM) sent me the 1/4 inch fuel injector hose. (I believe Motorsport uses the 5/16 inch). Life would be much easier using 5/16 since the 1/4 inch scrapes the skin off my fingers squeezing them into the rail. Anyways, if the manual suggests 5/16 inch, so be it. I will change my hoses/clamps over to the recommended size and see what happens, thanks for everybody's responses! http://people.ucsc.edu/~penniman/injectho/IHR.htm

I didn't notice any sharp edges on the affected barb and the clamps are all new. I also switched injectors and still the same located barb caused the hose to swell and leak. Well, we'll see what happens this weekend when I reinstall the rail for the third time!

I think what I'm going to do when I install the rail (for the third time) with the repaired FI hose and new fuel regulator is to use regular fuel line hose on one end of the fuel regulator. That way if it springs a leak with the weaker regulator hose (fire extinguisher in hand), it would be an easier repair without having to remove the entire fuel rail again....that is provided the problem is not in the injectors or fuel rail itself.

The last two times the hose swelled up and began leaking from the hose itself. The leak did not come from the top or bottom clamps but from the damaged hose.

My '78 280z was running fine until I decided to remove the fuel rail and change the incorrect hose clamps on the fuel injectors to the proper type fuel injector hose clamps. To make a long story short, I have removed the fuel rail three times due to the same hose leaking upon reassembly and cranking the motor! I am using 1/4 inch fuel injected hosing at 400 PSI. The leaky hose in question is the second injector nearest the radiator. Yes, I have switched injectors to no avail...the same situated hose still swells up and starts to leak. Someone suggested changing the fuel pressure regulator which I currently have on order. Could this be the problem? It appears that all injectors are firing up and the engine purrs smooth before the FI hose bursts. Any input appreciated.