akangler

Looking for the whole deal. If you have one let me know. I'll be posting a bunch of engine parts from a '75 280Z tomorrow after I can take some pictures, so trades are possible for sure.

The guy I bought the car from had the original engine in it when it dumped a cylinder. So the 6 speed was in it when is was running. He is now up north at his gold mine, and I can't reach him until late fall. No pix tonight, tomorrow maybe I'll remember the camera.

Yup, one two three four five six is straight down from five, and reverse is off to the right against spring pressure and down. I'm in Fairbanks, and I'll post some pics tomorrow night.

Just got a '75 280z with a 6 speed tranny, any idea what this is or where I can find identification tags or numbers? It's still in the car but it's coming out soon.

Any oil in the engine? Oil pump?

So, does one need the bumpsteer kit if droping the ride height by an inch with springs?

Thanks EM, better to go with new springs then.

Guys, I'm told if you use 240z strut insulators on the rear of a 280z it drops the rear about an inch. Does the same hold true for the front of a 280z?

Some pictures.

Ok, found the camera, so tomorrow after work I'll shoot some pix. So, got the engine bay painted black. Engine on the stand and torn apart. The guy I bought the car from said he had the engine rebuilt, then it quit running........so he just let it sit for years. I found two main bearings were spun, and stacked both of them. The crank was .035 bent, jounals could be ground, but nobody up here can straighten a crank. So, I got a Crank from Challenger, who is a member here. Block is good but needs to go .010 over. Engine is coming later, I'm addressing that body and interior now. Got the left rocker replaced, along with the dogleg. Also patched several holes in the front fender wells. Waiting on Rust Bullet so I can paint the front fender wells. Next is the driver's floor pan, totally gone along with 3/4 of the frame rail. I am making the floor pans myself. I have a 24" brake so I think I can do it. Anyway, if this gets boring for everyone I'll quit with the updates, but it should be interesting when I get the pix loaded.

I'm rebuilding this car..........from the rust up. Not sure of the history, but I found it sitting in a field in North Pole Alaska, that's where I live. I'll add pix tomorrow and update progress after that. Flintstone mobile though, floor pans are gone, frame rails too......for the most part, fiberglass front fenders I found out after I got it in the garage and started to tear it apart. She is basically stripper down now. This will be my third rebuild. First one was a '71 240, really nice car I drove around Seattle for a number of years. Sold that and got a '72 when I hit Alaska. Mostly done, straight. I rebuilt the engine with ztherapy carbs, header, monza exhaust, total interior, paint, suspension, pretty much the whole deal. I sure like the carburated engines, but I'm trying the '76 with FI now..........I traded that for an airboat last summer. Airboat is worth $14k.....both of us were really happy........Now I have the '76, paid $200 for it.

While rebuilding my engine, one of the inserts was broken and fell out of one of the exhaust ports. I know what these were for, they got super hot to burn unburned fuel for better emissions out the tailpipe. Question is.....now that I'm short one, should the others be removed? It is a non Calif car.

Just get the same size brake line, line bending tool, and a flaring tool and make your own.