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A late April Fools joke? I sure hope so.

I still have them. How about $1,000? Tonight I'll look and see what jets and emulsion tube sizes they have.

Here's where I trimmed mine, the red circle. The other red circle is where my header touched the bellhousing. Had to grind that down a little to keep it from rattling. maybe your's won't hit there. I used tin snips to cut that with then went back and sanded the edges then VHT spray paint.

I say yes. If it's a 280 the shield will need trimming, I'll post a picture of what I did in the morning. They keep the heat off your PCV hose and the master cylinders for the brakes. The coated header from MSA is what I have and they do a remarkable job dissipating heat, fantastic headers IMHO. If it's a 240 they keep the heat away from the carbs, percolation or hot restart prevention.

Me too! He makes higher education look like what I'd expect. Guy's the Man.

I've never had any patience until these cars, now life is better.

I'm pretty sure they hit the O instead of the H.

When I set my floats like the dvd shows, upside down lid with .5", my glass filter was never full. Now that I figured out that way is wrong with the valves they supplied, it stays completely full. A Xerox copy with directions would've been nice.

Fussy??? My Mom's fussy, that paint looks great! If I remember right the ZXs had a similar color. It was a silver/grey/blue/green. I'll find a pic when I can use my laptop.

Vise-Grips worked good for me. I didnt think about using a mirror until I rounded one off. Good luck. Cliff

Read over this if you have time. Great write up with plenty of pictures thanks to Blue/240260280 http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/39674-77-280z-head-removal-step-by-step-photos/

You do the "at" symbol first. @grannyknot

Yes, without failing. Ran one on my EFI too, no leaks at 32psi. I recoated the tanks and wanted to see what was flowing through, no pink gas yet. I've never had a problem with those filters.

The ZTherapy DVD says pull them off, potential restriction. I have one of these before the fuel rail.

You could stick the little red straw off a WD-40 can down the overflow bung and see if you can slightly push down on the float. The float could be stuck? The barrel screen on the banjo bolt, where the fuel line is connected on top, could be clogged too. Here's a pretty good read talking about cars sitting for awhile.

Looks like the one that came with my 01/'72 when I bought it a few years ago. Owner info on the back of the front page, service shops on the back page.

What's the opposite of "stump broke"? Dig a hole?

Good article I've never read. I just think the float's tab would ride so much better on a ball than the little pins the ones today use. This is what I've imagined a visit to Captain Obvious would be like. "It turned out to be a house in an old Stoneham neighborhood. I went to the door and knocked. A large man with a machinist apron on greeted me and invited me in to the manufacturing shop set up in the basement of his house. He wanted to know what model of carburetor I needed a gross jet for. Since I was there I picked up one for the Quadrajet on my mother’s Pontiac as well as the Holley on my VW. He took the time to show me how his jigs were set up to manufacture the different Grose Jets. For motorcycles he used glass for the larger ball to keep the mass down and deal with the vibration better. He pulled two Grose Jets out of the drawers of his cabinets and sold me what I was looking for. I drove home enlightened to see what a Yankee inventor could produce out of the basement of his house and become famous for in an underground sort of way. Look up D & G Valve on the Internet, you can still find it. Amazing."

I think the money's remaking these, I need four when you get there.

Did it run hot before you found the fan clutch failure? Can you replace the fan clutch? I replaced both fan clutches on the two 240s I've had along with a new water pump and thermostat. The needle points straight down, south. 175 fahrenheit. The one I have now has a 280Z radiator and full plastic shroud off a 280ZX. It runs 170 fahrenheit. It's a lot easier to install a 280Z radiator than more electronics like the fans, to me. The only drawback is the 280Z radiator hangs down 2 or 3 inches more.

This was something I would have had to search for soon, I'm about to replace mine. Thanks for the head start. Here's a 240 I had that was barely touched. Cones are facing the engine bay too.

If you could figure out the volume per length of the hose, you could get 1cm playing with the hose from the bowl to the nozzle?

I'm sorry to just be getting back with you, but like Zed Head says it's the only big hose that I know of on a 280. The one coming out of the tank to the suction side of the pump. On a 240, the Fram G2 works better for me, that hose is smaller.

Me too! You'd be great. I would work for free carrying the "football" in one hand and a presidential sized growler in the other, Not So Secret Service.

I hate the FSM. $50 dollars I spent for one, used one page two times, fluid capacity for the transmission and the differential so I'd know how much to order from amazon.com. Glad you got it though, after 6 tries I'd be throwing beers and taking whatever killed Elvis.