Everything posted by Patcon
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Any 88 Or 89 Mm Piston Alternatives For Stock L28 Crank And L28 Rod Combo?
That's interesting. I have thought about doing an offset grind with a V07 crank but would have to work out the deck height piston issues. I have never calculated what the displacement would be though
- Fastener "head stampings" or ID numbers/letters
- Fastener "head stampings" or ID numbers/letters
- Fastener "head stampings" or ID numbers/letters
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Hardway's 1971 240z #8011 - Build and Repair Thread
Your new fuse holder for your pump could be your "Dongle". Everybody wants one...
- Timing cover removal without head removal?
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Project Boondoggle (or, so I went and bought a Z!)
Post that in the Eastwood forum and see if one of their techs will chime in with an answer. Then let us know what they say.
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Q: Alternator Ground Path
Grannyknot, I think you need bigger cables! Just kidding. I love the wiring in your engine bay. Bigger cables are good...
- Timing cover removal without head removal?
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Road Test - 2400 Miles in the Z Car
We came down through Wyoming and Montrose, Colorado. One of the roads was in New Mexico near where the Andretti's live. Got a ticket in New Mexico on a road like this doing like 80 in 60 with no cars anywhere. What was I gonna hurt the telephone posts or the fence posts???? Went on into Texas from West to East. Super flat and nothing to see
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Road Test - 2400 Miles in the Z Car
I drove cross country with my wife in maybe 1995. Before we went I did some searching and found a Road & Track article of Americas 10 best roads. I think I hit 4 or 5 of them. We covered 7200 miles in 17 days. I had 4 or 5 days where I covered 900 plus miles. Would love to do it again and take my kids this time...
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Z links from the past
the "Stroker!" link is dead
- Koyo Radiator Install 240z
- No spark
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No spark
Steve No I haven't met any of the upstate Z members. Hadn't heard about them. That would be interesting to meet some other Z people CO Thanks for the help. We will see where it goes. Bonzi I have power so I don't know about the links but I will look. I evidently won't be able to work on it this weekend. I am flying to Dallas on Saturday and driving back Sunday. That's why my projects take years instead of months.
- Bubble Boy Z
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No spark
Thanks, guys I normally can't work on it during the week and the weekends have been so wet it is making it difficult to make progress. Same with my plating efforts. Bonzi Lon I hate the all black cables! I need to rectify that too. Did the partially burnt link limit the current so it wouldn't fire up. CO The voltage numbers to look for are just what I needed. Glad you caught the vernacular Steve, I may just take you up on that if I don't make some progress soon. I would enjoy meeting other members in person. I would like to make the Z confab but I don't know if I can swing the money. A house call may have to be in order. I will have to ask around to some friends on the food...
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83 280ZX accelerating problem
I would take the credit, my time is worth too much to pull the dizzy and retime everything. I also agree you could get another lemon...
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Alternator bearing?...squeal from dead stop plus...
My 95 suburban was stalling out on us recently. We have had a small short in it for years. The electrical shop couldn't find it so we put a circuit breaker in that fuse spot. The circuit breaker would trip and then reset when it cooled. They told me when it got to where it tripped more it would be easier to find. Recently it was tripping a lot and right before it would trip you would here the idle drop and sometimes the truck would stall. Turns out the brake light switch was shorting to the brake pedal when you stepped on it. Long story of all this is when the alternator loaded up on the direct short it would stall my v-8 Chevy that probably puts out north of 350hp and 400 Ft lbs of torque. Your belt may have been weak and it may be misaligned but I wouldn't rule out something loading the alternator up, especially since your headlights were acting up too. When they try to feed a dead short they get really hard to turn... On the headlight bypass are the feeds to the lights fused? I have these from Dave but I haven't installed one yet. If the feeds aren't fused and you developed a short there the alternator would probably shred the belt...
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No spark
Steve, I believe the points setup is stock but I don't know for sure. This car is not pristine, so who knows...I don't see a lot of loose connections like I would expect if an electronic ignition had been removed.
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No spark
Another for electronic ignition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYx8J_5l5wY
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No spark
I was having trouble totally understanding the operation of the points system. I found this video that boiled it down nicely. Lots of pictures always makes it better. Like I tell my wife 80% of all male communication is non-verbal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W94iksaQwUo
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[2015] What Did You Do To/with Your Z Today?
Looks good. Was the plug end for a block heater?
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Alternator bearing?...squeal from dead stop plus...
Is your voltage regulator connection still properly sealed?
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No spark
Ok I will try manually triggering the points Thanks