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I knew that was the car, I came so close to buying it or the caddy that was sitting on the east side of the bldg. There was an old wrecher inside that was pretty cool too. It was a treasure trove. Sorry, I didn't post sooner, I have been very ill, and am still just getting back on track. Tuesday I drove the Z to work..Ahhh success! If I have enough energy tomarrow I'll make a pass down elm swamp

Stephen, laughing with me is better anyway. It was the type of thing that happens to me when I get in a hurry, not really a Godsmack, but more of a thing that happens to make me laugh at myself, while providing a lesson of humility..I need that...a lot! the vac advance plate in the old distrubute was definately shot, still missing two bearings, so It's good to have a new one in there. And I guess the new coil aint a bad thing, so we'll see what excuse it give me next. It seems as if the 900-3100 power is a bit flat.not real bad just flat. Past that, it is really fast. And man will it cut a right hander. Stephen, this won't mean much to you, but walter prolly knows Elm Swamp rd., and elizaville rd...better road courses, INDOT was never built! I had to keep reminding myself "you just put it together..ease up! Back to the rotor, I had read about 50 posts on distributers....about 3/4 cautioned of forgetting the rotor, or is the rotor in etc etc etc...duh! I thought....I can be so forgetful sometimes!

walter..where did you pick that car up? There was one of similar year, with the same wheels as your picture shows, inside that ole giant shop on Patterson that they tore down a year or two ago. I almost bought it. Just wondered. Yeah, the new distributer was $108. coil $29..driving it up to ice cream paradise tonight....priceless!

Well, I got my new distributor today. Got it installed...turned the key..nothing. Ran a wire to the + terminal on the brand new coil....turned the key..nothing. Pulled the #6 plug (heavy fuel smell..and wet as the day is long) cleaned it and placed it but the shock tower nut....nothing. So, I'm walking around the garage in dispair..wondering how much I would spend..and on what next, and then I see it.....there, right there next to the tools on the floor. My rotor..ROG! I install the rotor on my new distributor, TAHDAH! So I turn the key off, because the # 6 plug and wire are no installed..and guess what??? The car won't shut down. Turns out the same idiot who forgot to install my rotor, also forgot to remove the jumper from + batt. to + coil.. I'm starting a pool on what will break next, and when..so send those dollars today folks

Walter, we gotta meet up sometime..how's the project comming?

Charlie's radiator shop on 106th and collage..Carmel...Good people, they take care of the radiators on our drill rigs.

You got that right stephen. Ran great Yesterday, parked it..would not run this am. No spark, *&^%$#@! Distributer, looks a bit nasty (rusty, corroded) Went to tak it apart for cleaning...and one odf the bearing holder was broke..and two bearings are missing. So i have a new one comming. My manual is trapped in my computer at work, but here's my description. There is a "pick up with two wires on one side of the shaft, and a "magnet" on the other. The magnet was rusted and orroder, and so was the part of the shaft it is facing.. I also put a new coil on today. I just found it strange that is was great when parked, and no fire this morning. At least the fuel pressure help all night, and After a lot of cranking, I could get the hint of fuel in the air. Hopefully the new distribiter takes care of it. Any other ideas?

ah, What a great day! Got the tank back thurs. It was bare metal inside and out. Coated the inside thursday night. The outside friday night. And mounted it, and test drove it today. What a rush! Thanks again for all the help. It's been a long road. The cost of the tank boiling, inside coating, and outside coating $ 140...worth every penny.

Hello Stephen...missed you..the tank is out being boiled, and while it was I spent my time bidding on one on ebay..as back up. The guy I was bidding aginst seemed to need it worse then me so I let it go in the last hour, He got it for $180+ shipping. My tank redo is costing about $125, so there was really no point to continue with the auction. I got my final title work and plate registration done this week, and so, I'm waiting for the tank to be returned, and then I will do some long road testing. I qualified for the Indiana antique plate( extra $30 and a Indiana State Police inspection to cert. that the car is operational), but in the end didn't want to brand the Z an antique just yet.. How do you like my fuel cell? I really wanted to run a bunch of fuel through the system, and thought it was the best way to do it as I waited on my tank. (not intended for hyway use) I have since added a vent line to keep the tank from building pressure.

Was the site down for a few days, or was it just me?

ROG...some folks will do anything to make something run! (including me) he only thing I really shoud have changed was running a vent line to the outside, the tank tends to swell after a bit..maybe that will be my next trick..

Okay here's the tank inside http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d168/jagnew3/Z%20page/DVC00009.jpg And here is what 2 cans of sea foam sloshed around in there, then drained look like http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d168/jagnew3/Z%20page/DVC00013.jpg And here is something, I want to state in advance is a bad idea..and stress should never be done should never be done...but I did it, after a long out of car test session. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d168/jagnew3/Z%20page/DVC00008.jpg ran the car three hours today on that and there was no fuel related problem during that time..car ran awesome..again, don't try this..ever.

Parked, or are we gonna try to drive? Funny thread BTW!

I hear you Stephen, I thought for sure the volume was good, and it seems to be..if the tank is all the way up. You should have seen the release of pressure when I opened the fuel cap, after pumpung 5 gal into about 4.5 gal worth of space...you would think that working around boats all these years I'd be a little more sensitive to the exploding nature of fuel vapor. I drained the tank last night, and will drop it Sat. Do you think there is a chance for damage to the pick up, or more of a crud/ rust problem? I hear about "boiling" the tank..what all do the radiator shops do during this process? Should this boiling take care of any crud that might be in there? So many questions for such a tiny tiny brain.

tank all along gents. I ran a hose to a 5 gal tank,got it primed...ran w/o a problem...until it had sucked the 5 gal dry...note to self..the unused fuel has to go someplace...duh.....make sure there is room for at least 5 gal in the car's fuel tank. doesn't take long to go through 5 gal. I noticed as the tank started going down the problem would happen much faster..when the tank is full the car runs long w/o the trouble.. BTW I did get all new connectors an everything out of the deal..and that aint bad. Looks like the tanks comes out this weekend.