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Lazyeye

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  • Birthday 06/10/1985

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    Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
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  1. Hey Ive seen your car on craigslist here in Medford.

  2. They've backordered items on me for almost a month twice now. I'm displeased with their customer service. *frustration*
  3. My Z is still down from stuff that failed during a shakedown run. Bench racing is all I got!
  4. Thanks for the advice, I'll be checking it out this weekend.
  5. The oil pressure shows in the low-middle of the gauge (I don't recall numbers) and then about the time the rattle goes away it moves up to 2/3 to 3/4 position.
  6. Vehicle: 1979 280zx, stock N/A engine Symptoms: When the car is cold there is a rattling sound and it runs very rich. After running for 5-10 minutes the rattle clears up and the engine stops running rich. If I stop the engine and wait a few minutes then start up again, the rattle is there for a few miles again. While it is rattling and running rich, the engine idle is low, about 400rpm and it hesitates and tries to die when I come to a stop. After 10 minutes or so the richness clears up and the idle comes up to 1400 (I have a lightweight flywheel and haven't adjusted the idle yet). I adjusted the valves very carefully using the fit/no fit method (thanks to KammyZ's photo tutorial), there was no change to the sound. I stethoscoped the engine with a driver extension rod and the sound seems to be coming from the block and or the valve cover. Link to short video I shot with my blackberry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6MAzNcwmS8 I've been searching a lot around HBZ and youtube and it seems this could be a timing chain rattle. What do y'all think? If I take the valve cover off, can I check the chain tension? How loose/tight should the chain be?
  7. If you're going to do something stupid, use a deserted length of rural highway to do it, then have your friends tow you back when you break something.
  8. Still breaking things

  9. Vehicle: '79 280zx My ZX has all the symptoms of a bad alternator, so I went to remove it. When I removed it I found out that the adjustment bolt was the only thing holding it in. My question is: What kind of bolt(s) should be holding the alternator on in addition to the adjustment bolt? Thank you.
  10. My guess is that some people just haven't come back after the migration. They had "remember me" checked in their login and forgot their credentials. I like the new boards.
  11. The Fidanza flywheel you linked to is a 240mm, and you shouldn't have a problem mating it to the 240mm clutch you linked to. The TOB will be the same size, but the collar may need to be changed. What transmission and clutch are you CURRENTLY running? Measure the length between the back of the fork mating surface and the beginning of the bearing mating surface on the TOB collar, what is it in MM? There are two common measurement of TOB collars here, and you may or may not need a new one. The turbo clutch pressure plates are typically "taller" than the NA pressure plates and thus require a slightly shorter (1mm or so) TOB collar, which depending where your tranny came from you might already have. When changing to a performance clutch from a normal street clutch, almost always the clutch pedal will need to be adjusted. This is so that the TOB pushes "harder" into the diaphragm springs on the clutch. Spray some WD-40 on the lock nut, turn it out, then turn the rod (the one that goes through the firewall). Turn it (clockwise?) so that you have less of the rod in the cabin and more on the firewall side. *Edit: be aware that the Fidanza flywheel has shallower bolt holes than the stock steel one. 2-3mm shallower.
  12. Rgr that. Thanks for the help. I'll continue investigating for leaks and probably replace a lot of these 30 year old hoses.
  13. The Distributor itself was OK. The cap/rotor/wires were all toasted. I checked around for leaks and didn't find any. I replaced the melted/burned parts and it works. I think I'm going to chalk this up to some kind of short or something due to the squirrels the previous owner kept under the hood. I'll keep a close eye on it as I work on other parts of the car.
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