Everything posted by Patcon
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Possible Electrical Problem?
Possibly and if you have high current, it can fry things like ZedHead pointed out. Like ignition modules
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float bowl overflow
They evidently dont leak and make a better seal
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Advice for buying
Depending on what year your 240 parts car is there could be lots of differences in parts Yes, I believe I stated earlier, it looks to have been painted
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Saturday Houston Auction of my 1972 240z
Yeah, that seems like a high place to start
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Saturday Houston Auction of my 1972 240z
Too bad, what did it bid to, if you don't mind?
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Possible Electrical Problem?
The ZX distributor has a small black box on the side of the distributor body with plugs on top of it
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float bowl overflow
So Cool! Thank you!
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Advice for buying
Looks like an early 240 with a late 280z hood. Be sure and post up the VIN when you look at it. Check for the data plates and the vin on the dash and the firewall. Check the usual rust areas for signs of patches or filler. Looks to be freshly painted
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Saturday Houston Auction of my 1972 240z
How did the car do? I can't tell from the website
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float bowl overflow
I don't know if I'm happy for you or not! ?
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Running issues
If you shoot starting fluid into will it keep running? or you could add a fuel pressure gauge into the fuel line and see if the pressure is dropping off
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Possible Electrical Problem?
Chase what ignition are you running? Points, Pertronix, 280zx, MSD? A voltmeter while idling will tell you if the 13volts at idle is really 13 volts. Hard to check at speed
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1976 280Z Restoration Project
I totally understand. It's easy to stripe a metallic color when you paint it disassembled or have adjacent panels be different colors. I think it's the right choice to paint it assembled. Watch some you tube videos on taping cars. 3m also make a backer rod type product that is intended for use to help make soft egdes
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float bowl overflow
@240260280 Are those for reference, or are they available new?
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Parts Wanted: looking for.....
Bob, Did you get a gauge lined up from Karst? If not, I will do some digging C
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1976 280Z Restoration Project
You have to be a very good painter to paint a metallic disassembled. I thought I would paint my car like this Mark, but since it's a solid color, I plan on painting it in pieces. The hardest challenge when painting all assembled is learning the right way to tape up the edges and gaps for soft edges and not too much overspray inside the gaps
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float bowl overflow
Is there a way to reverse engineer another Grose jet into our SU's?
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Complete Misfire on Three Cylinders
Also the valves could be rotating between adjustments. If the seats are inconsistent then your lash would change based on orientation
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Patton Machine Fuel Injection
Yeah, that could be smoother
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78 280z turns off with turn signal/reverse lights
@SteveJ
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Patton Machine Fuel Injection
I have done some tuning on those years of GM vehicles. They have the ability to adjust the fuel base on the values in the fuel map and O2 input but it's limited. You will need to data log and adjust from there. Be careful and dont spool it up until you get the fueling closer.
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78 280z turns off with turn signal/reverse lights
Multi meter should be able to handle the diagnosis
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Saturday Houston Auction of my 1972 240z
Will be interesting to see how it does
- 1976 280Z Restoration Project
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California 1978 Datsun 280z Restomod
I have 2 turbo engines in the shop but when given the choice I would go NA over installing one of the turbo motors I have. It's just simpler and much more forgiving. If I build the other Z in the driveway, providing I live long enough, we might go turbo in that. If it stays broken all the time I will still have another Z to drive