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Shoud there be gold on the 8 big holes in the wheel rims? I thought only the "cross" is in gold?

Hi Bart, so to also do a little update.. your as old as my new girlfriend.. HAHAHA, really! She is 38 at the moment.. speaks english.. to sugardad. ;-) But she has Duchenne/becker.. oh well you know i'm a basketcase myself, so why not two bascetcases together! Just have FUN! 😃

Yeah, i had almost the same thing Google was so kind to mess with my mailadresses to get loged in TRY ANOTHER MAILADRES FROM YOURSELF OFCOURSE IF YOU HAVE ONE, I DID ON A ADVICE FROM MIKE AND, IT WORKED! google had changed my inlog mailadress, no one did give or asked permission they just did!!

Take a piece of tubing, 2 feet.. put one end to your ear, and look for the noise with the other end, watch out for the fan! But i bet you will find the bearing or so that makes the noise within minutes! Very interesting noise, let us know what it was!🙂

The 79-80 280zx came absolutly with rear discs (and ventilated front discs) so, discs all around.

I would say use carburetor cleaner, what's good for the inside should be safe on the outside.. Carb cleaner spray can and a hard brush will do the job. Or use a cooking pan sponge on the outside dirty bits? later on you can polish the outside parts with special aluminum polish.

Yes, do the garden first, make your girl HAPPY! I had a lot of Ukrainian help in my garden last year and this year! After i neglected it for over 10 years as i have no energy to work.. I can show you pictures wow.. It's all gone and looks the business these days! I'll see you and your car in juli or august.. no problem! After 12 years i can swim again as the pool is as new again!

AS your MOT (In the Netherlands called a APK) is for 2 years, your car does not need any APK again but it will be in a month's time 49 years old as it is 2026! Cars in the Netherlands need every year from 3-4 to 30 years old a APK, but after 30 years it only needs it every 2 years. After 50 no need for safety, it's a crazy world! The coverment thinks that people with 50+ year old cars are the real fans and know themselves when a car is safe to drive.. I find it a crazy rule but hey NO extra costs! So Mitchell, this means that i can see you with your car one of these days? 😊

That's a good idea BUT: Watch that you do use a power supply with a current set to low because they will burnout if you put 12V directly on them. How low the current should be i don't know.. i always use a small 9 volt battery to see if they click! A 9V battery has not the current to damage the injector! You could also use a resistor that normally sits in series with the injectors in the car.. see elec. diagrams.

Congrates on your car, it could well be a 70 k miles car as it was a wife shopping car for xx years? Find out how many years she used the car. Another clue is the worn pedals.. they are not? That's a good sign. I got myself a 119000 km car in 2013 and i took a look at the original "scratches" in the cylinders and they were still perfect. I KNOW the car has only 119000km or 73968 miles on it. How i know, the last owner before me was a RDW (see www.rdw.nl) employee! And they register every year the milage (Or in this case the km on the car) If the scratches (hohning?) in the cylinders are very nice looking it can be a 70k miles car! I have some pics in my topic: restauration of a datsun 280zx slick roof 2+2 1979, here on the site.. When converting to 5 speed (or 4 speed) you will need also a differential with the right gear.. A auto-diff has 3.3:1 and the manual has a higher number 3,7 or 3,9:1

The green comes from the copper that is damped up on the plastic to chrome the part. So it's probably poison.. the copper green.. Maybe google how to remove copper green.. But as the copper shows through the chrome, it will not get very nice after clean-up i think, better to look for better ones that had a dryer life.

STUPID me.. i had the link ready but forgot to put it here .. dummy me.. 280zx 1979 2+2 slick roof restauration - Classic ZX - 2nd to 4th Generation - Classic Zcar Community

Maybe it helps, i got a restoration of a euro 280zx 1979 on here it has a L28/N42block/N42head. engine. At the moment the engine is stil out and has injection that worked perfect when i drove the car in 2020-2021, but if it makes any trouble i put it on 240z carbs and put in a camshaft with 475 lift and 274 duration.. (so called salom or slalom camshaft?) I got a original Nissan/Datsun cam brandnew in store for a long time now.. A big cam like that does not work with the injection system .. i have been told. So carbs and a big cam would make a lot of difference.. I hope this or next year to work on the car, have to finish paint under the hood and put back engine.. no energy for it now.. Last 2 years i put A LOT of energy in my garden and house.. they are almost finished so we'll see if we got time here to work/clean up the garage and work on the beautiful car!

Just kidding! But hey.. everyone here knows how i feel about pertronix.. my favourite parts!.... for in the BIN!! (Yeah i know, sometimes they work... i'm not having that sh*t under my hood.. eh, bonnet! 😃 or where ever.. )

Say WHAT?? 😃 Now Zed is hyperbolizing! (exaggerating) hihi.. 😅

C O , ( Don't be offended! I see this A LOT in American texts.. ) ... That's a big.. what we call a double denial! So you've seen a LOT of them? So funny how americans often use double denials.. It's like saying: i never had no problems with my sportscar! In our minds that sounds like you had A ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS with the car.. ( in Dutch.. Ik had nooit geen problemen met die auto.. dus.. er was altijd wel iets stuk!! Heel veel Nederlanders maken ook die fout hoor. Ik eet nooit niks... klopt , ik eet altijd wel wat! ) (In English I never had no problem with this car.. so.. At any time there was something wrong with this car!! Lot's of Dutchies make the same fault. I'm never eating anything. It's true, i'm always eating something!) Correct to me.. would have been: But i don't think i've EVER seen that bracket! OR: I think i never seen that bracket! Anyways, like i said long time ago, i;m also here because i like to keep on practicing my english language! (Like now i wrote this out of my head and only checked the word : practicing, and... i wrote it correct! nice!) @Mike and again, when i was writing this i could NOT use any of the smilies? Not available? (Gif's, yes, but no smily)

If something in the dash is gonna rattle on your first test drive, that's your first clue where this part is for.. Are you sure the part comes from inside the dash?

Yeah! THE TABLE !! 😀 Your a funny guy!

I would NEVER EVER... put a head like that on his valves, not even for a picture. Why? There is always a valve that's open and can get bend. You can now go and check for bend valves.. Only if the camshaft is not in.. then it's no problem. Always lay a head on his in/out or sparkplug side! If you want to make a pic. like that use some pieces of wood under the ends of the head.

And is the front left the caliper that is fed by the line on the front of the mastercylinder? That would suggest that there is a fault in the mastercylinder .. maybe a rubber cup was installed in the wrong direction in the cylinder near the rear and other (R) front lines on the cylinder? (But on the other hand.. would it work well if that was the case also only a small amount of time?)

I think you MUST have a leak somewhere.. as without that there can not come any air in a system that has a hard pedal after bleed.. Did you test it at the end by staying on the brake hard and feld no lowering of the pedal? If there is the smallest leak it should go down very slow.. Also i trust you started the bleeding with the rear left then the rear right and final the front brakes (does not matter witch first) Use a liter, say a pint of brakeoil and pump it through the lines so your sure there is only oil in the lines (1 pint for the whole car offcourse.) Do you use the brake pedal or do you use a vacuumpump at the claws to get the air out and oil in? At NO point of filling was the brake master cylinder empty i trust.

My Z-cars at the moment. The 240z is sold nov. 2025 as it was to much work for me to restore it again after 25 winters! of use.. (The 300zxtt is my summer car and has in 34 years NEVER driven in winter.. I bought myself a Little Mazda2 for the winter.. Maybe one day i will buy a restored 240z again, let someone else do the job! Haha..😉

That's the first thing i saw. to high.. but it can be adjusted so not a big problem, i think it's only flaw..

At 12 min.30 sec. 240z..