SteveJ

October 14 & 15. Friday is track day at Road Atlanta. I'm going there to hang out & take photos. Saturday is the car show at Coolray Field in Gwinnett. That's the parking lot for the Triple-A Braves affiliate. Send me a PM if you plan on coming up.

When I drained my tank a few months back and replaced rotten fuel lines, I did not have any trouble pulling fuel through it, but the line to the mechanical pump wasn't pulled. You might try priming the fuel rail and the line going up to the mechanical pump. The electric pump doesn't run unless the key is in the ON position. It doesn't get power when cranking the engine.

I think @Zup and @S30Driver may live in Northwest Arkansas. That's a lot closer to you than most of us.

1. She Who Must Be Obeyed has a strict policy against me bringing home strays. 2. I have no place to put them, and I don't think the HOA NAZIs would be fond of them. 3. I need to focus on my 240Z.

Read up on it first. One of the things you'll need to do is see how the electric fuel pump is powered. If it is the Nissan modification, the power for the coil comes from between the voltage regulator and the alternator. People with a 1973 240Z experienced the battery draining on their cars because the coil stayed energized all of the time. I had that problem until I removed that part of the harness.

This will give you a good idea of how to get to Greg's place. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Cohutta,+GA/Lugoff,+SC+29078/@34.3087835,-83.9771355,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x886078136ab0abfd:0x607ffea3819d63a8!2m2!1d-84.9527235!2d34.9595209!1m5!1m1!1s0x8855f9301a989ad7:0x9aaecd3c9951c49a!2m2!1d-80.6892486!2d34.2273712 Frankly the road that cuts through Tennessee looks to be the most enjoyable route. Greg is good Z people, too. It would be worth the trip for you.

Well, you have a voltage regulator, and the alternator has stock plugs connected to it. It's probably a stock sized alternator.

I bought this one in 93, but I don't think I have any photos of it before this one taken in 2001.

And it's available. Snag it!

To which are you referring not to miss: ZNationals or your wife's birthday? Heck, combine them and treat her to Chateau Elan. http://www.chateauelan.com/ Leave her at the spa while you enjoy the car show.

That's okay. You'll feel better after you get it running right.

You look to see if the voltage regulator is missing. If you haven't already, download the 72 & 73 factory service manuals from the link in my signature. The EE section will have info on the voltage regulator. The 72 will have good information on the carburetors. You could also contact @Bruce Palmer from Ztherapy about the Just SUs video they sell.

Yes, the mechanical fuel pump is on the right side of the engine toward the front. I guess a PO fabricated that blue box as an AC compressor bracket. Rotten fuel line will let air into the system. It's good just to replace as much as you can. Verify that the electric fuel pump is running/pumping, otherwise it's just drag.The voltage regulator would normally be right where the AC compressor is. Did someone swap to an internally regulated alternator?

I was looking up the procedure for replacing the rear wheel bearings this morning. I looked at the PDF of the 74 manual, and then I looked at the 73 manual PDF. It was like night and day. As @CanTechZ said, the 73 manual PDF is a much higher resolution.

Just a couple of notes from experience: 1. Buy a non-contact infrared thermometer. Take the temperature at the thermostat housing when you think the gauge is reading high. The stock thermostat should open at 160 degrees. 2. Make sure you don't have any loose bolts on your exhaust manifold. I had a couple work loose under the rear carburetor. One of the symptoms was crappy running when the car had been sitting in traffic because the exhaust leak was right under the rear carburetor and would heat up the intake on cylinders 5 & 6.

See if you can watch the video attached @Palmettobug Upload Photo.mp4

Play hooky and go to the track day. To me Road Atlanta is more fun. Going to watch track day is free. You could try calling Z1 at 770-838-7777 and ask the price of just attending the car show without a car.

Mechanical pump mounted above the first carburetor? Could you post a photo of that? Normally the mechanical fuel pump is mounted on the right side of the engine toward the front so it is actuated by the cam. There could be an electric fuel pump mounted by the tank. As part of the effort to relieve the vapor lock issues with the 73, Nissan had a factory authorized modification to add an electric fuel pump. If that pump failed, a PO could have replaced it with another electric fuel pump. If it is there, it will be on the front of the fuel tank on the right side.

Is anybody planning on coming to Atlanta for ZNationals? Track day will be Oct 14 at Road Atlanta. The car show will be Oct 15 at Coolray Field in Gwinnett. Registration is at http://www.znationals.com Photos from 2014: https://stevescartography.wordpress.com/znationals-2014-track-day-49-pictures/ https://stevescartography.wordpress.com/znationals-show-2014-199-pictures/

My philosophy is along similar lines. I remove the rotor from the distributor. With the coil wire, someone could possibly use one of the spark plug wires and drive off on 5 cylinders. If they have a spare rotor with them, they are determined to drive off in my car. Of course, anymore a manual transmission is somewhat a theft deterrent.

Ebay can help find 4x114.3 bolt pattern wheels with zero offset. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&Bolt%20Pattern=4x114%2E3&_nkw=wheels&_dcat=43953&Offset=0&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

What's all this FUSS I keep hearing... about endangered feces? Now, that's outrageous!! Why -- why are FECES endangered?! How can you POSSIBLY run out of such a thing?! Why -- why, just look around you, you can see it ALL OVER the place!! Besides, who wants to SAVE THAT, anyway?! My goodness, where would we KEEP it?! It's DANGEROUS, especially in the Summer!! Then -- then, it could REALLY hit the fan!!

Taillights, bumpers, center console, center stack, hatch struts, ballast resistor, fuse box, etc., are different. The carburetors for 73 & 74 were not SUs, either.