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It's just courtesy.

That conversation has been going on for decades. I think that regional fuel quality might play a part as well as altitude and temperature, plus timing and other tuning factors. You won't really know until you try it, basically. I'd just make sure you're conservative on your ignition timing, including the fine details like the rate of centrifugal advance and vacuum advance. There are many variations in timing curves out there in the world of Z distributors.

Trimpe.bob is still around and you've kind of hijacked his thread. I was going to suggest that you put the details of your car in your signature but something has happened to the site settings and that option is gone. A person used to be able to Edit their profile but the Signature option is missing now. @Mike Study ground loops. Sometimes you just have to add and disconnect grounds randomly to get rid of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_loop_(electricity)

I linked an article about the need for the trucks. People are definitely dying from COVID-19. It's definitely hard to keep up with what's happening in the world. There's a lot going on right now.

https://tabcoparts.com/amfinder/

I just found instructions for a fingertip pulse oximeter by a neighbor's car. Texted her to see if they were hers and found that a friend of hers had just contracted COVID even though her friend was vaccinated months back. She had just delivered the oximeter to her porch. Thinks she got it in a stuffy thrift store that had unmasked patrons. She was masked but got it anyway. So now she's living alone checking her blood oxygen level and waiting. Watched a soccer game over the weekend in Columbus Ohio with stands packed with people singing and shouting. NFL is starting. Schools are starting. Hate to see it but the next wave is here and going to get bigger. Get your guard back up. Here is hospitalizations. Forget about your elective surgeries. Stay healthy.

I watch the numbers to see the trends, so accuracy is not super critical. And, in the big scheme the overloading of the hospitals would be pretty hard to fake. Those people aren't lying when they say there's no room left. I don't think that refrigerator trucks for the dead bodies are being borrowed for media hype either. Idaho is way up there on the "you're on your own" scale and the governor is asking for help. That's a sign. https://ktvz.com/news/ap-oregon-northwest/2021/08/31/idaho-governor-calls-in-help-amid-surge-in-covid-patients/ https://news.yahoo.com/texas-officials-asked-5-refrigerated-010202435.html https://covidactnow.org/us/texas-tx/?s=22401166

Lots of interesting ways to think about death.

Sorry CO, I left out some middle years just to make the size of the post smaller. 13, 14, 15, and 16 add up to 150,000 so 359,000 is the correct ten year number.

Never heard of them. Only found them when they popped up on a Google search of that part number.

Is it an automatic or manual? Might not matter but good to know. If I had your problem I'd probably try to lever the starter away from the ring gear while I tightened the starter bolts. Crude, but it seems like the starter gear teeth aren't fully engaging with the ring gear. Maybe the wear on the ring gear teeth is enough to finally cause binding, from what was a tight tolerance. Actually, an even simpler quicker test is to loosen the starter bolts slightly so that the starter can move away when actuated and let the teeth mesh. It should be fine for a few starts as a test. If it works you'll know that you have gear meshing problem. Edit - do you still have the old starter? Take a close look at the teeth on the drive gear. You might find that they've not been fully engaging in the past. Might be a clue.

It's a 75 280Z. I wonder if the rest of the car is similar. That is not a typical rust area, to that degree. Might be best off to find a new shell and move all of the good parts over. https://www.classiczcars.com/profile/35466-ennisdavis/

Has it ever worked for you or did you just buy someone else's problem?

Facts only mean so much but here are some. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/past-seasons.html Looks like 510,000 for the first full year of COVID-19. We're at 127,000 already at about 6 months in to the second year. https://ourworldindata.org/covid-cases

Found a web site. Who knows? 436 Euros for the top piece. http://www.autospares.eu/search.html?search=search&article=66300-N4700&term=0&sort___search_results_by=final_price&chk_smode=on&smode=A http://www.autospares.eu/price-lists/nissan/2568/

I didn't narrow it down, just found the part shown and posted a starting point. But, since you brought it up... http://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun/Z-1969-1978/body-260z-280z/2-seater/cowl-top-grille

Use this to figure out which wrecking yard cars to chop up. http://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun/Z-1969-1978/body-240z/cowl-top-grille

If you go with ground control then any short circuit in the wire between the device and the control relay will power the device. If you have power supply control a short will blow the circuit's fuse instead.

Type A definitely looks different than type B. I really don't know much about either. I did find your part number under the Sports pages though. You probably did too. You might see if there's another old Datsun forum out there somewhere. Your idea of trying a 1.0 mm shim makes sense. Can't hurt. Might be the guy before you was in a hurry or just didn't have the tools to do it right. https://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun/sports-1965-1970/power-train/transmission-shaft-gear/5-speed-(warner)/20 Here's the link that you copied the numbers from. http://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun/Z-1969-1978/power-train/transmission-gears/4-speed/to-aug-71 And for those who want to see the change... http://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun/Z-1969-1978/power-train/transmission-gears/4-speed

I've wondered if the broken magnet was a show stopper. Apparently not. Make sure the blue wire is connected to the negative terminal. It's Pin 1 trigger to the ECU for the injectors. Counts sparks then opens them up.

Lots of good stuff on this page, linked below. Menu down and to the right. Not many ZX's here. @dutchzcarguy has one. https://www.classiczcars.com/files/

What are the issues? Might just be the module. You can wire in a GM HEI module for about $25. Or buy a ZX module for $134 (ouch). The HEI module will work as well or better. You could also convert to a 280Z distributor if you happen to find one. https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/nissan,1981,280zx,2.8l+l6,1209338,ignition,ignition+control+module+(icm),7172 Here's a detailed, make-it-look-right example, but you can also just extend the wires out to the fenderwell.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/28/unvaccinated-teacher-infected-half-her-students-covid-california-cdc

Here is that recent thread.