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Ok, So Beverly Hills Auto evidently has no shame and plenty of brass!!! I would be ashamed to ask that kind of money for that car....

I agree. I believe they are interchangeable although the 280z fender may have mounting points for the fender liner that the earlier cars don't have (UIM)

We counted twice but I will count them again. I will also take some time to pin down the ratios and the year

I was noticing that the 5th had parts that looked like the Porsche synchro

Thanks Chas Thats interesting, I am pretty sure we pulled it from a 280zx. Although it could have been an early one

You are correct Off of memory, it is in the tunnel near the diff

Thanks, Chas I think I follow all of this Also I was checking some of the parts numbers in the revised list and found the bearings are NLA from Nissan but obviously available elsewhere and the baulk ring for 5th shows as available as "32604-3N21" My transmission has the metal speedo drive, does that help determine year. Dave WM's had a plastic drive it seems

I am not sure the cap being raised doesn't change the spark, making ignition easier, but that is above my paygrade.

there were 4 completed ads on Ebay searching by "Datsun Mikuni". The similar 44's brought like $2200 without the air filters but included the intake. So not an unreasonable number provided they aren't too varnished up Look at my previous post

What size are they? Completed auctions on Ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/MIKINI-TRIPLE-CARB-for-DATSUN-240Z-260Z-280Z-with-Manifold/333744215926?hash=item4db4b49776:g:mOAAAOSwRoVfey8g https://www.ebay.com/itm/MIKUNI-TRIPLE-CARB-44mm-for-DATSUN-240Z-260Z-280Z-with-intake-and-heat-shield/254802489229?hash=item3b53696f8d:g:pD8AAOSwDchfstZ7 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Datsun-240Z-260Z-280Z-Triple-Mikuni-40phh-intake-manifold-linkages/284106629648?hash=item4226132210:g:fIIAAOSw1A1fzYmp The 40's seem to go for less money

Yeah, the appeal would be cold starts, tuning and fuel mileage. All nice things to have

I dont recall but are you sure your fuel is good. Fresh and no water? Have you verified fuel pressure? I recommend plumbing a gauge in aand watching it while it idles and when you drive. There are two parameters that are important, pressure and flow. You could have pressure but low flow and it would idle well but not spool up. I know the dizzy has some issues but this sounds like a fueling issue to me.

I ordered the rockauto transmission kit that @zKars found from his research thread. I need to sit down and come up with an order for courtesy nissan. Cody and I will check the tranny sometime this week. Then wait on parts to arrive for disassembly Which factory manual is correct for this tranny? I am assuming 280zx...

How do you like the jenveys? I thought about going that way. What are you using as the brains?

Jim, Did you ever get this thing running? Can't find your build thread...

As an aside. I just found out that the MG guys seem to like these transmissions too...

So Cody's Wagon is getting closer to being whole. We need to rebuild the 5 speed we had in it because 1-2 was baulky and reverse was stubborn. I believe this is an FS5W71B wide ratio I am trying to source a reverse idler. May have a lead on that. I have looked at @Dave WM 's thread, @Av8ferg 's thread and one that @EuroDat was in. I will probably use Dave's videos for tear down and build but I need to get all the parts here. I will also use Zkars recent teardown thread. Who did people order parts from? Can I just order a kit that will cover most of the parts I need? Do I need to order the bushing for the rear end (Titan bushing possibly)? I have Chas' parts pdf and exploded view although I wonder how many of those parts are NLA (the list is from 2012) nd I really don't know which are priority parts to replace... I remember there being one 5spd that had some parts that weren't available, maybe some synchros, black or something. How do I identify that? Also what should we check before teardown? there was a post by Chas that talked about checking baulk ring to gear clearance but I didn't get it to print very well. Also the rings that the shifter forks ride in appear (to me) to have some pretty significant grooving...

Cliff, you don't heal like you used to at your advanced age and use! All I see when I ride now is a big belt sander going underneath me. And I don't like being sanded!!

At least the engine bay pics aren't as painful as the interior pics! 1...,2..., 3... Squirrel!!

I know, I know... But I find they dont always adjust as designed and the pedal stroke gets longer to take up the space. The discs really dont have that issue

I rode my neighbor's CBR900RR, it was stupid fast! Would have been really easy to over ride your abilities on that bike

I agree, I would try to straighten out the damage on the control arm. Haven't seen the shims before Most rear brake upgrades dont increase brake efficiency. Some can throw off the F/R bias and increase stopping distance. All that said I am going with rear disc because they are self adjusting.

Kids are amazing projects but you might find you grow as much as they do...😉

I suspect the car was in a major collision. Front was trash, rear tail light panel trashed, doors messed up and they found a 280 donor and rebuilt it. It seems to fit the configuration the best

Except the gear in the tranny is 23 teeth and one of those is 22t and one is 21t!