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It has a rubber o-ring under it for a seal, maybe it needs a shot WD-40 or something around it? Mine came off by tapping a little on each ear until it became unlocked, about 1/2 of an inch maybe, not much though. Zip-tie that o-ring to the lock nut or you may lose it, I did. Looking back at your clear filter pics, I don't think it's that bad. Just a lot of varnish and some small particles. maybe after a couple of tank fulls it'll all break loose and get trapped in the G3. If you clamp the hose coming out of the tank, needle nosed Vise-Grips with short pieces of rubber over the jaws to keep from damaging your fuel hose works good, you can swap out filters with fuel in the tank. I'd bet your sending unit can be saved, it's probably just stuck from the old gas. Good luck.

That 8 ball's groovy man.

It could be a stopped up exhaust not flowing properly, causing the hotter tunnel. Not too sure how to test that though. Mine pushes a fair amount of air out the rear tailpipe, not a whole lot but you can feel it blowing.

Test google.com? I have one shirt with a collar and a couple of buttons, I'll bring it so you won't be embarrassed, I usually wear tank tops.

Oil plus water/coolant equals tan. Not good. I would loosen the bolts on the valve cover and pull it off. Take some pictures of what's under there. We can 'splain the upload procedure.

Two tricks for the forum it took me forever to figure out. First helpful tip is click on the time and date under the last user to reply. That'll send you to the end without having to scroll through all the other replies. You probably know this already but it took me 2 years as this is my only forum participation. 2nd thing is click on VIEW NEW CONTENT, about 3/4s to the right up top. Hope it helps. .

We have to go to Beale Street, maybe Saturday night? BB King's club is there and my t-shirt is long gone. Why do girls take my t-shirts?

It's an old commercial they (Memphians) make fun of according to google.com "get dope out your vein and hope in your brain"

I may have stepped out of line starting a thread for you, sorry. Here it is, http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/51639-redwing-nice-young-woman-needs-our-help/ Good info already on there, we're jumping at the chance to help.

Here's a start, http://staxmuseum.com/ then down Highway 61. One of my favorite movies, O Brother, Where Art Thou had the Crossroads where they picked up Tommy Johnson. I'd love to see some of that Highway's Juke Joints. maybe we could hit the blues bars and drink PBR one night then do the breweries and drink the good stuff the next day. Janis Joplin's song "what good can drinkin' do" I went to Graceland back in the 80s. I've heard now it's like a circus or something. All this other stuff to make money, not much about Elvis was added.

I've got a Mexican Orange 240, favorite car of my life.

I don't know if you saw about the coolant drip so I'll put it here. "If it's leaking coolant above the spark plug at the rear, that's #6, you may have a cylinder head gasket leaking. You could very carefully re torque the head bolts and maybe stop it but if you have to have the head gasket replaced, that is a major job unless you're a mechanic, a shade tree mechanic even." If it's leaking above the plug, it's coming out from under the valve cover gasket. Is it coolant or oil?

Please don't get mad at me for starting this thread, I'm just trying to help. Redwing, on 10 Jun 2015 - 10:36 AM, said: Redwing, on 09 Jun 2015 - 09:01 AM, said:

Fastwoman sent you a private message, look under your username on the left side MESSENGER & NOTIFICATIONS She can fix global warming.

The one I bought from Nissan was for my 240. I checked MSA and they're no longer available for the '77 & '78s. Maybe you can get yours working if it's stuck.

Look under the back mat by the spare and you'll see a circle with 2 screws, remove it and you'll see the sending unit under there. Short the 2 wires together by connecting the post together with a small wire, your gauge should peg out at FULL if the gauge is working. You can take a screwdriver and hammer and knock the locking ring hold down loose and twist it off, then carefully work the sending unit out. Pull all the way up until the float is at the top of the tank then lay the sending unit horizontal and the float will come out. Be extra careful with it though as it has some fine wires that the float sweeper contact rub against. It may just be stuck, squirt it with carb cleaner and try moving the contact.

I hadn't noticed that guys, thanks! My 240s have looped and the 280 is cut I guess, it looks like fake black fur, all original. I've had it outside under a cover for a month and got in this past Saturday to find some kind of mildew looking stuff lightly covering the carpet on the transmission tunnel to the sides of the shifter. Brushes right off by hand and it was dry as a bone so I don't know what it could be. I guess it's just old and getting grey headed. I wish my grey would wipe out.

Hey, I appreciate that diagram! I had no idea where all those smaller washers went.

I just bought Nissan side seals last week, p/n 12289-W0400. They were $3 The rear main is p/n 12279-2B500. It was $28. Local Nissan dealership got them both in a couple of days. Tom Monroe's book tells how to get those rear caps off pretty easily with a bolt, a piece of wood and something to pry with. When mine was on the engine stand it was simple, is your's in your car? I feel like pulling my hair out with my guy too but I've decided to drive my Camry to Memphis and take my time with the rebuild. He's getting my block done and back to me "ess week sumtime" he says but the head is going to be awhile. So I'll leave him alone, he seems kinda weird anyway.

I've made up my mind to go in comfort, white Camry 4 door. We can use it as a free taxi cab, I'm not drinking and driving so maybe for the brewery crawl we'll need a real cab or a recovering alcoholic with at least a six months chip. I'll post on this site when I get there, maybe even give out my room number or phone number. I'm going Friday, so I'll be there around lunch central time. Have y'all noticed check in's at 3pm central? That's kinda late isn't it? See ya soon, Cliff

I've got the part number for a new nissan fuel sending unit. You'll need a new o ring too, $1 83 I think, you get locally. I paid $48 but I get a discount, haha. I'll post it later if someone else doesn't. Cliff

I just bought 2 sets of carb gaskets from my local Nissan parts guy. Google p/n 16455-H2310 and look at kit. They were $3.65 each. Crush washers, float camber lid gaskets and something else? Cliff

It's easy enough to do yourself if you have a little space. I have never used Por-15 but have heard nothing but good about it. I opted for a less expensive tank liner, Red-Kote. $50 for everything, $30 for quart of the liner, 1 gallon muratic acid and quart of Acetone. A leaf blower helps and empty 5gal buckets, a few. One Saturday morning. It needs to cure though and that's about a week in my opinion, minimum. I'm no expert but I've done a '77 280 and a 240 with good results. Three years on the two eighty and still clear. I'll put up some stuff to read when I get home. Cliff

Like this?

So would the overflows on the lid relieve any pressure he's worried about? Is there a difference in fuel bowl and Float Bowl?