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I bought a motor that had half fuel half oil too. The head was nice and shiney under the valve cover. Had to rebuild the carbs. Did your's just start doing this? Something is out of adjustment. If not consider rebuilding. Just thought about something to check. Make sure your nozzles are moving up and down with the choke lever. They could be stuck in the down position. Your choke wires could be loose or out of whack. The flat linkage bar could be bent. The small hoses could be wrong and hardened preventing them from movement. A lot of "could be" on those SUs.

I would buy a set of plugs, $10 and make sure the wires are in good shape and the right order. The cold start valve could be dumping fuel in also?

"500 miles in the last few years" Sounds familiar. Priming everything worked. Good to know for us "Garage Queen" owners.

Wow! Big thanks for your time explaining that better. That post will be saved for sure. I'm guessing you have some experience in hvac. ? Thanks again.

If you use a small jack under the tire once you have the whole car up and get the weight off it's easy. I didn't have to use the fork removal tool, just tapped the vertical threaded rod out with a hammer after removing the castle nut. Hollar back when you get ready to do it if we can help.

Is your freon number in the video? I ask because my 77 has factory air that's long gone r12. A refrigeration guy we use at the restaurant said he has a drop in replacement for old commercial coolers and freezers. I think it was r222 maybe? I know it was in a pink tank. Thanks for any suggestions.

If you do the tie rod ends remember the driver's side has left handed threads. Lefty tighty, righty Lucy.

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Here's a DIY idea for those using MSA kit. http://woodworkerb.com/home/datsun-240z-rebuild/seat-rebuild/ https://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/classic08f04/40-2690

@GregP Clarifying my point here because it's bothering me. The fuel valves above the floats can and do get sticky/stuck after sitting. I've bought new ones, to me, that were. My thinking was if those valves aren't opening your fuel has hit a dead end. By filling those bowls the floats should raise and move the needles in close them off. BUT poking the floats with the straw should get them to bounce like a fishing bobber and move those needles. The floats are so close to the wall the straws movement will be minimal, maybe up and down a quarter inch? Best of luck and please share the problem when you get it whipped. Cliff

I like the bcdd and the dashpot on mine. I had them both mia but after reading I found out how to get them working. No more stalling at stops. My $.02.

It's a measure 10 times, check level up and down 6 times, don't get in a hurry job for sure but it's actually easy. I was quite surprised with my results.

The injectors hold mine up nice and firm. You'll need to get a '78 FPR and I used high heat threadlocker I believe from Permatex. Tried teflon tape but it leaked. That stuff dissolves in gas. Just saw your post above, Slow Hand typer. You buy it by the foot but it's actually shorter. I'll measure mine and get the total length asap. I have some photos on my laptop you need to see. Run a "T" out the back, one to the FPR and the other side to the CSV. And the threads on the barbs won't reach into the main line of the rail.

When I did my horn pad I put Vaseline on DATSUN lightly with a Q-tip then sprayed it satin black. Wiped off the jelly then went over the DATSUN with a metallic silver oil based Sharpie paint pen. Looks onederfull.

Have you checked behind the water pump? The front cover corrodes behind that little baby.

I zipp tied mine to the driver's side windshield wiper and it worked great.

You should buy this book if you're going to keep the "habit" we all have. It's for rebuilding but also a good reference after the build part. My $.02. https://www.amazon.com/Rebuild-Your-Nissan-Datsun-Engine/dp/1931128030/ref=asc_df_1931128030/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312014160183&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4264106029397166523&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9012731&hvtargid=pla-684015945792&psc=1

Henry Hoover!

This is nitpicking bulls**t but look at the front of the valve cover above the thermostat housing, driver's side. They could've put the gasket on upside down. I guess an easy way to test that would be removing the oil fill cap and see if there's a change in rpms. If they drop you most likely won't have a vacuum leak that small...

I'd go back. Sounds like the vacuum leak wasn't fixed or you have more. They could have the timing right now but forgot to lower the idle adjustment which is too much airflow just like the vacuum leak.

Pour gas down through here and fill the float chambers. I call them chambers but they're float bowls too. When you get them full try sticking a wd-40 red straw down and see if you call feel the floats moving up and down.

Thank you! I couldn't remember who and how to find that blue one. I can sleep now.

D a m n! I agree with you but WOW that's crazy money. bizarro world A world where everything is the exact opposite. Up is down, first is last, good is bad, wrong is right, white is black, logical is illogical, giving is taking, insanity is sane, liberty is tyranny, and vice versa. It's a place where literally, the sky is forest green and the trees are sky blue.