Arne

Here's another thread on this. The process outlined above and in this thread have resurrected several Z motors. Waking the sleeping beast?

Yes, but it is generally best to not make too many changes at once while troubleshooting. Make one or at most two changes, test and repeat as needed.

Internal by-passing in the master cylinder will not affect the fluid level. It will stay full. What is probably happening is that the master cylinder piston seals are leaking, and so not enough fluid is being pushed to the slave.

Agreed. One of my Zs ran much cooler with a Nissan t-stat compared to a brand new aftermarket. I've stuck with Nissan on this part ever since.

Clutch cylinders (especially the master, but also the slave) can leak past the seal internally - no external leaks seen. I would probably replace both master and slave as a pair. (I've never had success replacing only one or the other, the old one always fails shortly after replacing the first.) I'm betting this will fix your problem.

In my experience, this is ignition, not fuel. BTDT. Fought mine for a long while. What ignition are you running? Points, ZX, Pertronix?

That's pretty much what I did to mine after the roof re-skin. I'm still pleased with the work after a couple of years. Although I drive it often enough I'm picking up new flaws. But at least these flaws are mine.

Strut tube and spring seat on 280Z is different. You'd need a 240Z or early 260Z strut.

I believe the backing plates are different, Charles.

There were no factory options on 240Zs in the US, other than the automatic. Everything else was dealer installed.

www.cocomats.com FTW! :thumbup:Edit - Man, we lost half our smilies in the upgrade. Gonna have to fix that...

Yup, that's the name. Do all four look that good?

OK, I was wrong. That appears to be one of the rubber mats that the low VIN cars came with, before carpet was spec'd as standard. I've never seen that mat on a car with a VIN as high as yours, I had always been under the assumption that the US cars with those mats were all sub-1000, if not lower. More details here - Early rubber mats

Good point, ztrain.

I'm not expert in this, but I think the 2+2 clutch kit should work fine on a 2+2 flywheel in a non-2+2 car. The disk and cover will be larger to match the larger friction surface of the 2+2 flywheel.

Nope, not OEM, probably not even from Japan. Would love to see a picture of it though...

Yeah, they are American Racings, can't recall the name off-hand, but it'll come to me. Not terribly common these days, but I don't know that I would call them rare.

Don't match up how? We need more info, pictures maybe.

No need for it if you are running stock (or other low pressure) fuel pump(s). If it were me, I'd pull it.

It'd be nice if we could get these pics uploaded into the Photo Gallery, in the 2011 Events section.

The set that Blue posted was the original AMCO version. Note that they say "240" over the "Z". Sometime after the 260Z and/or 280Z was introduced, AMCO re-tooled to have only the "Z". This latest set is the second version. Yes, the shipping cost is exorbitant. I also get annoyed by that kind of thing. But as long as it is quoted up front and I can figure it into my bidding calculations, I can deal with it. I can't see much difference between $0.99 opening + $20 shipping or $9.99 open + $10 shipping.

One additional thought for those of you thinking about KYB GR2s. After reviewing my notes, I found (and now remember) that the initial ride height increase on installation was not the end of the story. Both beandip and I found that the height actually increased an additional 1/4" or so after a bit of break-in, say 2000 miles or so. My best guess is that may be due to less seal friction ("stiction") after break-in.

I know I've seen Carl say 8 1/2" in some places, but in others he has said 7 3/4" - 8". (See the last paragraph in post #27 in this thread.)FWIW - my red car at 60k miles, stock height tires, stock (unsagged) springs and non-gas shocks sat at 8" front, 7 7/8" rear. Based on that, I'm supporting the 7 3/4" - 8" figures. I think 8.5" is too tall.

OK, people, that's enough. Time for everyone to take a deep breath and relax.

Totally from memory. I'll get my tape measure and documentation out soon.