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Maybe a fouled plug burning clean after a few seconds?

Crown & Coke but not one of the car? Come on, we're not all mechanics. Your killing me with the stripped down KTM. A camera is my favorite tool.

Could you use a smaller 3/8" drive and extension? maybe unbolt it from mount to tranny to give you more wiggle room?

You'll be better off, IMHO.

Does everybody's stock turn signals blink faster than most cars? Mine is faster on the tach gauge than the blinkers themselves. My Dad says older cars are like that but he spells Datsun with an "O". They work fine just faster than I'm used to, like there's a blown bulb. Just curious.

Northerners have salt to deal with. Down South it's humidity or stupidity, close call. I bought a dehumidifier for my Z nest and it's pulling a gallon a day at least.

Don't ask for it back? I've turned over a new leaf, no more borrowing from me (except my Dad). Edit: No more borrowing my stuff with the only exception being my Dad. My neighbor has been borrowing my weed whacker for 2 months. Always empty fuel tank when I have to go over there to get it back. Ahh neighbors, like opinions, everybody's got 1 or 2.

Put longer wires on there and run them through the fire wall leaving the box inside while you drive. Put some fuel in and go play, you'll feel, hear and see the differences. When mine got "right" the temp gauge was cooler the fuel gauge didn't move as fast and the car itself will pull like never before.

How about posting a picture of that fancy box, I'm curious to see the difference from what I did here. Except I ran mine into the cabin and mounted the knob where the radio volume knob should be. http://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/tempsensorpot/index.html

I see plenty of Permatex Assembly Lube dripping out, looks like a murder scene.

I would think if you didn't touch the cam or anything related it would stay intact and in time. I'm looking at an extra cover right now and do not see anything that attaches to any timing parts. Just guesses. Good luck. I've only built one motor so I do not know, BUT it does look like you could leave all that stuff on the cover. You'd probably want to pull out the distributor and check the spindle position though. Maybe one of the racer will tell you for sure.

You did a good job on that, congratulations. I can't wait to see what the motor turns out like.

I've got the high flow Melling oil pump on my 280 and it shows 3/4's on start up then 1/4 when hot at idle then back to 3/4's while driving.

I'd take the car that matches the cones over 2 of those 370's.

Plus me on those speed bleeders, fronts are different size than rear though. I put one on my slave cylinder too.

My best luck/prices has been rockauto.com and amazon.com. If you have an Advance Auto close by buy their stuff online and use coupon codes from retailmenot.com, sometimes you can get $10 off for every $25 spent, then pick it up at the store, no shipping charges. Also your local Nissan dealer. Bring the parts guy a cheeseburger & fries and you'll have a friend for the life of the Z. They used that motor up to the '84 Maxima I believe, so parts a plenty!

I had one fall out after a rebuild and Jeff helped me to get it back. I couldn't explain the procedure like he can. Way to go Jeff!!!

You sold it already? Or you kept it?

Kinda sounds like somebody was getting it ready for competition of some kind. You shouldn't try and crank it right off the bat, they'll get all the muck from the gas tank ran through the fuel system. Use the search box and put in "waking up the beast" or something like that, not positive what the words were. Read, read, and read some more, then when you get it take a bunch of pictures and then ask what to do. You'll get bombed with good ideas and suggestions. This is more about restoring to original condition but there's tons of "fast badass" on here. Here's a good read Datsun L-series ZCAR engine modifications. Welcome to CZCC

Good luck and I'll tell the 2 people around here that drive me nuts wanting mine. I'd be proud to ride with that car. Rocker stripes look good too.

Felpro from amazon.com $18 with free shipping to me, I'm not sure about your latitude.

https://www.google.com/search?q=240z+fumes&rlz=1C1BOFA_enUS494US494&aq=f&oq=240z+fumes&aqs=chrome.0.57j0l3j62l2.3885j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

That's a good looking car! He'll enjoy that for many miles.

And people make fun of us Rednecks racing lawnmowers.

Z_lis, 240s won't have BoostControledDecelerationDevice, BCDD, unless you have EFI for fuel delivery. Google it.