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I'm with you on older is better but when my "newer" "fireball" coil goes to sh**...I'll be walking home on my brand new artificial knee. I ran the old one for 55 years and that SOB just quit.

Walter Moore is the one that did the work. Distributor advance curves revision 1-2.xls

Everything looks good. I just need to start over with the basic tune up. The dizzy I have says 17 and 34 with full advance. I used that excel spreadsheet someone made for all the distributors. My markings show it to be a '79 dizzy. It's ran great until I pulled the plugs and "cleaned them". The car has sat since my knee surgery almost a year now. I haven't done anything since but trying to get back to normal but I admit my priorities have changed. I'm going to get a set of bpr6es and leave that big ZX gap out of it. I read a pretty sensible thread on keeping the gap to the head not the distributor. So I'll try .035 to start then see what that does. I know carbs need protruding tips so I'll go with that. Thank you for the help!

You can check fire at each plug with a 12v light but before that you should make sure the firing order is right. 153624 which is not the same as a straight 6 Ford or Chevy.

I'm using a Crane/Fast PS20 Fireball with 1.4 OHM coil, no ballast resistor. I wanted all that old stuff gone, I've never fooled with points except file down the contact point on my go-kart. Cool little file too. It starts missing with the wider gap up high but from what I remember I've always ran the wider gap? Grasping at straws, the easy ones.

I have an later e88 with SUs and ZX dizzy, e12-80 on my 240. I've read a lot of different stuff on the plug gap. Half say go with the motor and the other half say go with the ignition. Motor says protruding with .035ish gap. Ignition for '79 says non protruding .044ish gap. I like to think it has the strong spark at .035 protruding for carbs. I opened them up to .042 on bpr6es-11 and it didn't run too good. What do you all think? I also read that a closer gap on the 1.1mm would angle the tip downward too much and you don't want that. I think I should buy these instead of the 1.1mm https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/ngk-standard-nickel-spark-plug-bpr6es-reliable-oe-performance-4008/18090163-p?product_channel=local&store=6668&adtype=pla&product_channel=local&store_code=6668&&&&&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=16396150477&gclid=CjwKCAjw6vHHBhBwEiwAq4zvA_2SIcXPfpN8WAkuS9dMgo6W_K-pa5oGWg56uecTiat8BKKgmfmKTRoCxtAQAvD_BwE Thank you for any input.

I would think the motor oil you're using squirted down the spark plugs holes would be good and take the valve cover off add soak the cam and valve train. Then turn it slowly clockwise from the the front and notice any hang ups or anything but smoothe rotation over and over. Leave the plugs out and use the starter but don't crank too long, short burst as to not burn the starter up. You will need a battery charger and don't rush the process, feel the starter and if it gets too hot to touch call it a day. The coolant should be all the way up to the top of the radiator fill hole. Let it run until you see the coolant flowing. I would add some water to your coolant, it looks to be straight antifreeze. That's not bad but 50/50 is what most people do.

I use a long screwdriver to jump the the 2 big wires on the solenoid. Touch them both but you want the car in neutral and the key in the ON position. It scares the crap out of me but I'm a big ole sissy. Good luck and be careful, use and old screwdriver because it's going to leave an arc burnt spot on your screwdriver. I like to have a person filming this to hear my scream. Just kidding but it really is good to have a witness in case something goes wrong.

I had an alternator that popped mine. It was a reman from a chain store. The smart electrical guys on here said it was "back charging". Took it back, they tested it and it showed BAD. Gave me another one and so far so good.

Can you post a picture of your floats? It should not look like a ramp, more like a hump. They should look like this... Not like this...

You are correct, I apologize it was the BPT clip that failed. I'm responsible for this off ramp of @chaseincats thread. I get bored and try to add to the forum but always end up confusing people. I'm the one that is confused and it's bad wiring since the day I was born. Please try and overlook my bad days as I try my best to add some good days as well.

Just about everything I own has some type of emotional value or I would not have it. But you are absolutely right, moving on was a wise decision. I can only hope to be wise some day.

That EGR tube was a recall from Nissan and if you had the work done there was a sticker inside the hood on the passenger's side. The pics show efi then carbs. Which 1 you running?

Seems appropriate.

My 240 had almost a pound of rust and crud. Tank cleaned up beautifully and I haven't had any issues since I coated it with Red-Kote. I'd already done the tank on my 280 and was anxious to do the 240 then I realized all the hoses and the evap tank I needed to replace. What a job that turned into! For my 280 I think I bought the last Bosch OE fuel pump in 2011 thinking that was my problem. Oh boy was I wrong! A lot of other problems with the EFI were ahead but I got it all worked out and made a fuel rail for it and put in a 6to1 ceramic coated header. The EGR was clogged up and caused a huge rotting hole in my aluminum intake manifold. It runs good now but only after adding a potentiometer to add more fuel to the ECU's coolant temp sensor function. I've got the OE pump still and it works fine but newer is always better. I think it was $250? I say run it until it starts not keeping the pressure you need. These pics of my 240 tank are not indicative of the 280s tank from what I've seen with my cars.

I am trolling Spot the Bot. It's a new game I like instead of telling brain dead people the same stuff over and over.

I've gotten that before but just for a minute. Happened yesterday then took a wizz and back to normal. The least of my worries is with classiczcars.com, but I understand. Logging onto government sites for insurance scares the bee Jesus out of me.

It looks to be a nice Seiko watch with excellent features. Can't speak about the quality of Seiko watches. They were all the rage in mens wrist watches in 70s and 80s. My Dad received one when he retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber.

After seeing your battery upgrade you have the 3rd white/blue early car that I have seen. Eiji had one in Atlanta, a guy that lives not too far from me has one dismantled in his garage and even asked me about helping to put it back together but he's been in bad health and I can't get in touch with him. That's one of my favorite color combinations.

With what happened to your fuel pump you shouldn't trust the accuracy of the (in tank) fuel sending unit. They get crusted up to. If the gauge goes to different spots when the key is on maybe it's okay. Don't want you running out of gas.

It might be the front, AFM? It'll spit and sputter and buck under load. A lot of folks have done this tweak. I did mine when there was a Radio Shack in every mall. Cost me $5 and it runs like a top.

Is it popping out the tailpipe? If so you should read this. I've got one on my '77. https://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/tempsensorpot/index.html

Pull the camera out more to get a better shot. I can't tell where that is. I've got a '77 and a "72 so I could look at mine if I knew were to look.😁

I've been reading about this guy for years but had no idea about this, I assume it's true but haven't checked. In 1972 he sets a record of 152 MPH at Bonneville in this car... Then Nissan ups the ante in 1976 to 166MPH with this car... The Datsun 240Z that rewrote the Bonneville record book _ Articles _ Classic Motorsports.html

Your saying $12k for a new driveway with those measurements? Not digging up the old asphalt and hauling it off? Thank you Charles, I've just guessed at the price of concrete. One of my neighbors with a smaller drive paid $15k for concrete but that included breaking up and hauling off the old concrete. I'm just going to wait on my Powerball winnings. For the time being it's gonna be patched and possibly sealed. If I do a good job the next owner's will buy the concrete.😁