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I think your right! btw, It's Dutch.. (from the Netherlands) 😉

wow.. The last time that happened here was over 10 years ago and i got compensated the next week.. hundreds of euro for a 4 hour no power! (I wouldn't mind a powercut ones or twice a month that way! 😉 )

Yup, if you don't like the proces of restoring your own car, it's much cheaper to buy one in restored condition.. As i'm a bit tired of it, if there is someone that can put my engine back in a already restored 280zx, i'm all ears! 😉 (To tired/sick and to much chores/odd jobs overhere.. Carlift and every sort of tools available!)

That's why we have torc wrenches.. 😐 Btw, the 5-7 mm difference is not the problem, the place where they are spotwelded is different, look closely to where they are placed and spotwelded. (Those 5-7mm is just costst and weightsaving from nissan!)

It's a 280z.. not a 280zx! 🤗

Ofcourse you mean: $16250,-

I hope those are originals, but watch out.. in or around 2000 there where an awful lot of those fore sale.. and these days they can make them fake-old.. Now guys, stop/don't start a long conversation about the authenticity, because we'll never know for sure. (Maybe someone had or found a stash.) BTW, have you heard, today this? On german radio i heard that there was someone that sold fake oldtimers just by making a copy and sell all over the world making 100's of millions !!! WOW !!! (I saw also a YT video about a fake mercedes 300sl one white and one red with same chassisnumbers!) If you have a piece of bulkhead with the chassisnumber you CAN make the car legal for as far i know..

Ah yes.. the red car on the big white page in middle and upper half of this picture.. i recognize it.. it's the Dutch folder.. It's (i BET) in new condition.. as it is a new made copy! I've seen those overhere everywhere for sale.. someone ordered 1000 copy's and wend selling them for originals.. but still a nice thing to have but not from the 70's..

I think Bart hasn't read it all, he thinks it's the one and same car! 😀

Hahaha, I totally fell for it.. Hahaha, good one.. How long before The other one is ready? Work on it on a regular day or evening and you get there!

WOW!! From "some assembly required" to a complete Car IN LESS THAN HALF A YEAR !! 👍 Was this your first resto? It looks very good and the orange is one of my favorite colors! What's next i would almost ask.. GOOD JOB !!

Put a pic of the part you need.. saves postage as it is lighter 🙂 just a thought..

That's a good one.. Obviously there is something very wrong with that engine and i think it needs to come completely apart to find it.. maybe a crack in the cylinderwalls or so i don't know, all i know that jalex needs a good technician who is familiar with the L24..

Hé Matthew, thanks! I got a reserve block L24 and this one says 21 of may 1973! I didn't know that there was a number on the block that indicated the day of build! THANKS! again. one learns everyday! (I Knew it was a 1973 engineblock as it had flat tops on it..)

AH !!! NOW i know why you'r struggling! 🙂 As Patcon said.. look at the valves (Remove cover!) and .. as i would do put a screwdriver or something long and thin like a stick in the Cyl. 1 sparkplug hole. (Take a look in your servicemanual.. NEVER work on a car without a SERVICEMANUAL!! (Do you still have no servicemanual for your car after 8 years of struggle? wow! )

1:3,7 means that the in going axle (On a differential) turns 3,7 times to turn the outgoing axle only ONES !!! OR AM I GOING CRAZY ????? 🙃

As you guys say: WTF.. is 3:70 ? You surely mean 1 on 3,7 or 1:3,7 ratio ???? Could be me as i slept about 10 hours.... this month!! so.. i'm sorry but wtf..

It's ( a ratio ) on automatics 1 : 3,54 on the 5 speed manual it's best 1 : 3,9 for the ratio of the diff. (I don;t get the numbers up here but i never heard of them 3:90 ???? that's the same as 1:30 ?? must be wrong..)

I'm almost sure you won't find the one your looking for as those of the 280zx are smaller.. and they are used to screw screws into.. The chrome of the rear side windows are done with tose little plastic things but again a lot smaller.. about 9mm.. not 12-13 mm....

My 240z smoked a bit and my garage had the tip to put some (about 150mL) ATF in the oil and... after about 200km there was much less smoke! He remembered this from the old days where he always did this when old mercedes 6 cyl. cars did this and he always did this standard to old mercedesses! It works! I think the pistonrings get stuck and the ATF frees them up! Use ATF from the auto transmissions.

Maybe someone can make them in a 3d machine? Put a picture in this topic? Maybe you could make one out of a piece of plastic? I got no idea how it looks like.. I don;t have one as the 280z was never on the market in europe..

That would be very special.. i think you mean E31. (as they had standard E31 and E88 heads.) An E30 head sits normally on a 2 liter engine out of, for example a Laurel. (A E30 would also make much to high compression on these E30 blocks.. no do not ask how i know! 🙂 ) The more parts you sell separate the more you will earn. An engine without the external parts AND NO CLUE about the internals go for 500 euro and a good compression one for 1500? A excellent new restored one with warranty might go for 4-5000 euro.. It might be a smart thing to do some compression testing as you could earn over a grand? That's over here in Europe. We often also buy a second engine for reserve.. I Know that Bart .. and me too.. have a spare. If i where you i would dissasemble it and only sell the lower part and keep all the spare parts on a attic or so. You can always use them to swap with someone elses parts.

You mean... the new Hitachi nozzles.. 😉

My Datsun was Datsun 1979 black metallic.. i know it had gold in it, you could i see when the car stood in the sun, very special color! very fine, little gold spicles, millions in a square inch.

I had my datsun sunny coupe in the early '80's resprayed in black metallic and my friend the painter then already used " anti steenslag" which is the dutch word for anti chipping, so it was already on the market then.. you put it under the main color paint. It loks like very corse sanding paper. He did some on the lower edge of the car and behind the wheels.