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Yes there is a trick in Tom Monroe's book that has worked for me. I posted pictures that I took of the text in the book. They're in this thread. Hope it helps.

Try running it without the air filter.

You could also pour some fuel straight into the float bowls through the overflow bungs.

Did you blowout the drain on the passenger's side of the wiper cowl?

Worm clamps on heater hose most likely. You can get FI hose and solid clamps at chain parts stores. That's what I used in 2012. Still going strong.

The new Nissan sending unit I put in my 240 is 5 gallons sitting on empty. I was in such a hurry to get away from the fuel tank and all the mess involved I forgot to compare it to the original and bend the rod to match. Oh well...5 gallon reserve when it hits empty.

Hahhah...ive got an e88 that's says 'NISIN'.

Prove him wrong. Still waiting on the coolant temperature, thermostat open idling in you garage.

My OE fuel pump had that pinkish looking stuff on the 2 electrical connections.

Look through these photos of the 355 mile 280 on Bring a Trailer. @Zed Head taught me the car is great for reference. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1976-datsun-280z-39/

From what I remember the pins are made so close to the inside of the float bowls that there wasn't any side play. Is that what you're talking about?

I put my carbs on after a rebuild but had the linkage "flats" out of order. It shot up to 2500rpm, scared me. Once I got those figured out after looking at a lot of pictures and diagrams I used Blues Quick and Dirty tune for the initial run in then more specific with the air flow tool. Hopefully you get something useful out of this.

Another possibility. The TPS vane contacts will stick sometimes. Pull the cover off and have a look. Look for spider webs and moisture like he may have pressure washed the engine bay recently. Here's a good read that explains the way it works. https://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/tps/index.html Something else to check for basic fuel pressure, the hose coming out of the fuel filter up front going to the fuel rail should be really hard to pinch if it has good pressure. Kind of sounds like it's loosing fuel pressure under load???

Saw this picture a few months ago and realized something I've never thought about, I'm close to 60 years old too. Read about it and found out it is just a coincidence. Before the 33 1/3 came out 78s were just called records like acoustic guitars were guitars before electric ones came out. There's a word for that, I can't think of it now though. Retronym is what they're called.