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Here's my best shot. Fuel injection cars have coolant running through a plate on the intake to heat the car up faster and all the cold starting stuff closes off. that hooks to the coolant entering the motor, one at the thermostat housing and the other at the lower radiator outlet, I deleted that from mine so they're plugged. A carbureted car has the coolant line running a little different. Here's entering the carbs intake at the rear and then leaving out at the front, into the thermostat. I think your valve cover hose is connected to the front carb through the coolant opening. I don't think that's all too bad? I also think your thermostat housing is connected to the lower radiator outlet, I don't guess that's all too bad either? If it were mine, I'd get a plastic fitting for under ground sprinkler system or something similar and put the valve cover hose on back of the air filter like this new one Then I would plug the thermostat and the rear of the cylinder head and the carbs intakes like what I did after a bunch of reading Well that's my effort explaining that now to see what you have. The head number is under the front two spark plugs The block number is under the rear two plugs I gotta go now, there's an old lady trying to walk across the street by herself.

Since you have carbs that L28 diagram won't work. You don't have that thermal heating plate before the air regulator. I'll post some pictures of what I did on my carbed L24. The block doesn't matter. It's the type of intake you have, fuel injection or carbs.

That made ME nervous just watching but the drivers seemed very alert. Thanks for posting that, it's the closest I'll ever be to Japan. Do not touch! My Dad had something similar on an old beater VW bug when I was a kid, "Mafia Staff Car, keepa you hands off"

So is the EFI conversion off the table? I was anxious to see how that turned out.

Great 8, great titties. Pretty good move sis!

You are eliminating the small stuff that really affects the motor. Good time spent! Add dielectric grease to those connections or any type lube to keep them from oxidizing.

Oh lord! Dolly, Dolly Dolly! I'm hot for her body, I mean boobies.

If Barbara Mandrell gave it to me I'd be there! Self promotion is the only promotions I get in my little town. Maybe I should move? Psych!

Tell that to the cops! 8^)

You know Guy, I've been told that my whole life thanks to Bob Knievnel. My own #1 fan.

Eager to learn, #1 priority. The help is here!

After enough beer it's like trying to stuff a fiddler worm in a key hole.

Do I get a cookie or something for breaking 500? I think my goofy arse has the high score? I'm working on 500!

Water and beer. That's all a man needs. A little nooky is good too but with enough beer I don't care.

Well that's a plus if it has flat topped pistons. Dished are fine though as you are just starting out. Beat that hood out and get the driver's door to close. We don't want to hear a fixable tragedy. The motor is an easy fix, you getting flung out is not.

Would you be adopted? That'd be cool. But you look like Eric Roberts, Julia's brother. I think we have the same genes. Old dirty blue jeans as ZZ Top would sing.

Discretionary funds! WTF is that? Coors in discretion.

What coincidence! Here's your filters and shows where the valve cover hose should be connected.

Thanks for the replies. I have to do some family favors this morning and that means ALL DAMN DAY with my family. I'll try and get a better grip on it this evening.

Cool car! That rubber shift boot is out of a ZX I believe, you may have a short throw 5 speed. If the inspection light works, you'll have good luck with the car. Curious about the hose running around the distributor. It looks like the intake coolant line from the thermostat housing but where does it terminate? The valve cover hose looks like it connects to where the coolant hose should be connected on the intake. I just got through plugging all that off. Looks like it has a period friend across the street, maybe a Buick or an Oldsmobile or is it a Cataract? It still has the fender skirts.

It is weird holding something that was last held by a man in Japan 40 years ago. The more I work on mine the more I like it for it's simplicity. Great write up too. I buy stuff and look at it for a year or two before I get the courage to tackle the job. Then when it's all over with I always think how easy it was.

That's a classic sign of the coolant temp sensor. Mine would spit and sputter until 2,500RPMs then pull like a champ. Put a potentiometer in line and now it's like a new car. $5 at Radio Shack then do what Blue explains here. http://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/tempsensorpot/index.html I ran my knob into the cabin for tuning on the fly, played with it for a few days until it was right and haven't touched it in years. EDIT: On second thought, put a G-3 filter coming out of the tank like above said and see what comes out of the tank. Easiest to do and you'll need one anyway. http://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/fuel/g3filter/index.htm

FWIW I bought a "last until I'm dead" Kobalt super nice upright 60 or 80 gallon? can't remember, $600. Harbour freight pressurized media pot, $100. With all the stuff that air compressor runs I feel like I'm ahead on those purchases. The Datsun Z cars turned me into my Dad, which ain't a bad thing. I'm the guys dad in Fast Times with the "ultimate set of tools" that's a TV repairman.

Should I bypass everything with my own pump and gas can? Or drain the tank and put some new gas in? I've got an EFI pump and the wiring to a battery, drop the pick up in a 2.5 gal. can and secure the output to the fuel filter in the engine bay. Would that work? Neighbor has an older Sentra I can get for nearly nothing. Id like to crank it and limp quarter mile to my house without much work done from where it is now. Mosquitoes!

How did you get the rocker arms out without prying down on the springs retainer? I guess turning the lock nut and the adjusting nut all the way down, just thought of that, sorry.