zman525

HAHAHAHA... sry thought that was kinda funny

me to... i sent you a pm... i love this thing wish i could buy it, but A: i dont live in Aus, B: i dont have any money, C: i dont have room, D: I wouldnt have the ability to restore that back to the way it should be ( in a museum with not even a single peice of dust on it )

i was watching the news this morning and they mentioned it.. maybe for like 2 minutes tops? they said that its been affecting everyone and blah blah blah ( pretty much just said the prices and its hurting everyone... no reason for why its happening or whats goin to happen) then they put on a 20 minute special with parison hilton and her show. I was like ARE YOU F$#%*(% KIDDING ME!

figured id bring up this post. Gas prices are steadily increasing and its kinda tickin me off. Its up to US$2.63 for regular unleaded gas. This is gettin to be ridiculous. Is it gunna stop increasing? are there any new rumours goin around that i havent heard? I went to get gas for my dirt bike start fillin it and i get a gallon an a half for $4.40. GRRR!!!! :mad:

im lookin through my victoria british LTD magazines and i cant find anything on what brand they use ( if its OEM or not) but ill tell u one thing... there prices are cheap =) If i find out ill repost

for my 280 i went to a pick n pull for my fuel injector and i ganked one off a 81 z and its working fine. I THINK they are compatible from 1983 and below however i could be wrong. Take the # 5 injector with u and just match it up with something there. Hope this helps!

same thing happened to me... turned out to be the master cylinder... luckily i had a spare! hope this helps

dont use chrylser orange. I used it on my air cleaner box and it was off pretty badly.

k thanks a bunch ill do that asap

My speedometer and tach are not working properly.. They dont show you you speed or RPM's however they do light up properly. I checked the speedo cable that goes into the tranny and its fine. Any suggestions on where i should look or what might cause this?

buy this one! =P it needs a home not a crusher!

to bad its on the other damn side of the country

HOLY $^!# THATS SO NICE! i have been following your resto the whole time ive been here and let me say congratulations and i absolutely love it. Beautiful paintojob, amazing style, and an amazing engine. I rate this thing 11/10. Once again congrats and enjoy it!!

yah im 15... im young but hey what the hell can you do...

kinda what i ment, but just take it out and move it up and down when u push up and let go does it fly back down? if not then it needs to be cleaned and lubed, and yes when you put it back in make sure its ontop of the lobe

wait wait wait... this happened to me on my 72 240 aswell.. Check the arm to the mechanical fuel pump that is suppose to be pushing on the lobe, make sure it has downward force on it... This is EXACTLY what mine did and i just loosened it all up and she pumped like she just came off the showroom floor

Well lets see.. I cant even drive yet and my first car was a 1984 dodge d-250 prospector. I was going to restore it but it was to far gone to restore ( they look cool all done up) So i had some fun with that in my back yard till i towed it away ( i was doing brake stands and it started to slip down a hill.. I slammed into a tree and broke the body mounts on the bed :nervous: ) My next car to restore was the 1972 240z Which seemed to good to be true. I had the car for about a month or two months just stripping it down, gettin the engine running smooth and all that good stuff when it came down to taking the fenders off. This thing was so rotted that you couldnt even put ur own weight on the unibody. The car ended up being a former resto job where they did NO rust proofing and decided to use bondo for the rear quarters and some weird molding puddy for the rockers ( in other words the car was more bondo/plastic than metal). Im now partsing that out ( has an amazingly strong engine with only 50k original miles) . Im currently restoring a 1976 280z from cali and that should be my first car that i use on the road legally =). I may be young but i have so much experience with cars and small engines. I think the 2nd word outa my mouth was either truck or car. Im just fascinated by every automobile. I have the car bug really bad...

I had 6 by 9's behind the seats of my 240 but they were custom, as for the 10 inch woofers... try mounting the somehow in the corner of the rear shock towers so the the driver side speaker is facing the passenger and the passenger side woofer is facing the driver. Just to give you that... all around sound Just an idea... ohh and for the front 4 inch my 280 has them mounted in the door pannels right near your feet. Heh the 240 i was restoring had em magnetised to the stearing column and the firewall... what a half arse way. But i can take some pics of the door pan speakers if youd like.. they look really nice in there.. If you wanted to get fancy you could mount them in the dash towards the far right and left with those screen covers on them like you see in modern cars nowadays

i went through the same procedures as u listed before i fired up my 280. Plugs, rotor, blew some compressed air through the gas lines incase it was clogged, new dist. cap, plug wires, new gas, ( gas tank was nice and clean so i just put some of that heet water removal stuff in it, id reccomend seafoam... stuff works wonders), charged battery, terminal cleaning ( by the starter and starter slonoid), After that i turned the key and she fired right up. Make sure to check fluid levels ( tranny, engine oil, coolant etc..) Pretty much just perform a basic engine overhaul pefore you fire it up just to keep things clean. I did this on mt 240z and 280z and it worked out fine. Good luck and keep us posted! EDIT: sorry forgot about the rust proofing part. Rust eats away at Z's rapidly and theres ways to treat it. Stuff called POR-15 is usually the best way to go.. Just apply to arreas that are prone to rusting (floor pans, front end of the unibody, etc) do a forum search on it and ull find plenty of information. There youl find the process of applying it and what materials u need and where you can purchase them. In the long run it is really worth it.

ill trade both my Z's my dirtbikes and my snowmobile for jims skyline =P