Pitanious91

The intake manifold has been removed, and the injector tip has been extracted from the head. Now before I reinstall the manifold, is it okay to put anti-seize on the bolt/stud threads? On another note, the steering wheel retaining nut seems to be of the M16 nature. I'll try to get the thread pitch this week. Now I'm waiting on parts from rockauto like injector seals, retainers, and injector connectors. I just need it to run long enough to piece together this 350.

Okay... I made out a list this morning of things I wanted to get done on the ole car after work. I got all the way to "Replace #3 and #5 injectors" and total chaos was unleashed. The tip of #2 injector is nowhere to be found and the tip of #3 was broken off into the intake manifold.I tried to pull it out with some needle nose pliers but that only broke it free enough to drop down as well. So I've started pulling off the intake manifold to try to find my missing pieces. On a good note, I figured out that my distributor shaft was more in the 1030-11 position. I seem to be trying to fix one problem only to find 2-3 more...

I dropped in a new dizzy this week and I'm still having problems getting the timing right. The reman dizzy I got apparently had a dead ICM (was not signaling the coil to spark). I put my old ICM on the new unit and it'll run but it is still rough. Shooting the timing light shows 20 btdc at max adjustment. I've exhausted all the play in both adjustments. When I put no.1 at TDC the rotor is pointing around 1130 if you were looking at it from the drivers seat... I've seen a lot of other people have this problem but it doesn't seem to ever get answered. I'd like to avoid breaking down the motor, but it seems to be necessary if a new icm doesn't fix it.

I haven't quite had this car for a year now and it already has been quite an adventure. As of right now I own a 350 block and a set of hand-me-down heads, and the plan is to eventually build a decent set up piece by piece. For right now I'm trying to get the L28 running. I've had some issues that this forum and a few others have helped me work through. The 1979 calipers seem to be near impossible to find, so they've been replaced with the 1983 setup. The 79-83 brake swap was pretty straight forward on the back end of the vehicle. I just pulled the control arms off of the 1983 and they bolted straight on. I had to fabricate some Sway bar brackets since mine looked like they'd been beat to death. I also pulled the brake booster and master cylinder from the 83 and bolted it in. I can't comment on how it feels on the road, but the brake system does build pressure and will stop a turning back tire. I've checked and changed the AFM, Ignition module, and the TPS. There are still some gremlins lurking around, but I've ordered some parts to take care of the issues. After changing the ICM, I wasn't able to get the timing or idle right. I'm changing the intake and throttle body gaskets, the entire distributor(with module), and the FPR for posterity sake and also because i had a little credit on Paypal that my lady didn't know about . All the vac lines have been replaced and tightened down. In the next few weeks I'm hoping to install my floor pans. I just need the car to run long enough to move it next to a power outlet. Wasps suck... There were about 20 of them living in the front bumper. I hope that half a can of wasp spray killed them..

Yesterday I bled the brakes and drove it down the road to the nearest gas station. MAN! I love the sound with no pipes especially now that it's running right.

I changed ALL vacuum hoses, chased down my last ignition gremlin, swapped out my 1979 booster and master cyl to 1983, ran a proper ignition tuning, and locked everything down. Now i have to chase down my brake gremlins :/

I finally got my replacement injectors in today. I would have installed them, but due to freeze protection at my work place, it'll have to wait.

Well, In an attempt to speed up the process, I received some help from a work buddy putting on my rear brakes. I started hearing some blacksmithing sounds from the other side of the car and went to check it out. Turns out he wasn't listening when I said he might have to turn the piston back in. When the c clamp wouldn't push in the piston he figured a hammer would. Needless to say, I'll be headed to the UAutoPullit in Alexandria this weekend to look for '79 brake parts...or the parts to swap to '83 or 5 lug '86 z31 rear brakes. I should have a full day to "play" out there so if anyone wants me to grab or locate specific parts I'd be down to help the cause. According to their inventory they have: 1 1976 280z that's been there for 155 days 1 1979 280zx for 93 days 1 1983 280zx for 53 days 1 1986 300zx for 93 days. My plan is to test fit the 83 s130 and 86 z31 parts on the 79 that is sitting out there. I'll bring my camera so I can document the swaps. Just let me know if anyone needs anything.

I became street legal today! Transferred the title from Texas to Louisiana, rebuilt the rear calipers and brake master cylinder.

I bought and installed new tires, ignition control module, dizzy cap, rotor, spark plugs, wires, fuel filter, air filter, oil filter, fresh oil, and then I started her for the first time in 5 years!

I ordered a new Ignition Control Module this morning. Now I'm mentally preparing to cut part of this roll cage out. I feel like a 90 year old man climbing in and out of that tiny opening. Hopefully she'll be roadworthy by December.