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Jon, have you found anything yet? It sounds like your car is running the same as mine, so if you come up with anything -please post. You can use the old screwdriver to the ear trick to listen to the injectors. I am going to try some seafoam this weekend to see if the injectors are clogged. Search and you will find a FSM somewhere on this site and get out your ohm meter and start testing everything. There are a days worth of ohms tests that will help eliminate stuff. Good Luck!

Well I'm sure I found the exhaust smell getting inside the car. I was installing the antenna and I realized that I could see my garage floor from the INSIDE of my rear quarter. It is time to jump on the bodywork. So the other day i got out the cut-off wheel and welder and started to hack away. The rust isn't really to bad for an Indiana car and I will be able to just fab up the lower quarters pretty easy. I need th get this exhaust issue sorted out . I also noticed the muffler was shot and holes in several places that made the fume issue even worse. Then I started looking at the pipe from the cat to the muffler and thought-crap-I'll have to replace that too. I guess I will order some pieces from summit and weld together a set up to duplicate the factory, except with mandrel bent stuff. It looks like magnaflow has a SS muffler for about 80-$ that should fit in there just right. As far as the idling issues I got all excited the other day because I thought I found the source of a vacuum leak , the crank hose to the pcv was cracked badly. I replaced the hose and the car seems to idle even worse now. I had taken the car for a spin early(I have to pry the keys from my daughters hands), and the car excellerates very hard in my opinion. The car is very quick comparing it to what I drive, which is a turbo Baja Subaru. I say that because I can't imagine it is anything too bad or it would run worse. If you are in park(automatic) and slowly raise the rpms it sounds like ther is a miss or something because the rpms are not very smooth-regardless of rpm speed. I haven't replaced the wires and cap, but they both look good and new. I am going to try some seafoam or something to see if it might clean up any injector issues. I know I need to get my OHM meter out and do some more diagnostic work AFTER I get the exhaust issue dealt with.

I didn't find much searching mufflers on this site and others. I am looking for a reasonable replacement for a stock 81 280zxt. Maybe some of you guys have found a good source for a stock replacement and want to share that info. I want to find something that doesn't require me to reconfigure the whole system to fit. I guess an adapter is okay if that gets me a better deal on the muffler. I'm not in the postion to buy a SS set up right now, I just need something to get her going.

Well I have major improvements to this car since I purchased it. I got a fender on and painted and replaced both headlight buckets and painted them along with the front bumper. This car is now at great 10 footer. My daughter LOVES the looks she gets while driving this car. I believe I scored big with this car. Hell, she actually washed the car without me asking. She has driven it for a couple of days now and I think I cured all the leaks on the car:mrgreen:. Even the AC works great. I only wish I could get the car to idle better. I still have some trouble shooting to do, but I am trying to cover the basics right now. I checked compression and all cylinders were 130+ Install NGK plugs and they show a lean burn Temperature runs good. Oil pressure is great Replaced afm and O2 sensor I am running fuel injector cleaner Injectors all sound good I believe I have a vacuum leak , but I can't seem to find it. I have been reading posts about bccd, maybe an internal leak?? Anyhow,here are some pics

Well I have been busting my a$$ to get this car up and going for when my daughter gets home from college for the summer. I have made significant progress, but still many unknowns since I haven't driven it since I bought it. I was waiting on an AFM so long I had to make other progress so I started on the cancer. Every golf ball size spot turned into a small patch panel worth of work, but all in all this car is in pretty good shape for a midwest Z. I had a local sheetmetal shop bend me some 18 guage to make some "caps" for the frame rails. The damage was mostly cosmetic but i wanted to prevent further cancer. This car was hit pretty hard at one time in the front and this has led to some of the corrosion in the panels-plus a leaking t-top I am sure. After the cancer removal I moved onto checking the engine out. It idled very badly and it fell on its face at 4000. I removed all the connections that I could find and cleaned the all electrical connectors and coated them with electical lube. I found the wires broke to the TPs and went to the junk yard and found another one to splice on. I pulled the radiator out and to have some pin holes fixed-40$-for a flush and fix. I noticed when spinning the clutch fan that the water pump was shot-and I mean shot, I don't know how it was staying together or making noise. I also found the major oil leak which turned out to be the oil pressure switch. This was all done AFTER I spent 2 hours and a gallon of degreaser to degrease the engine compartment. I also found while looking around the original(I believe) brakes hoses on the car that were ready to break in half. This car was a ticking time bomb:shock: I also managed to find time to install a new carpet kit in the car. Man what a difference that makes to the interior. The right fender had huge rust holes in it so i got another one from Dannys Datsun (great guy) and had it painted up. I also found a better front bumper here on the site and I replaced the metal backer under the rear bumper. It was completely disengrated to a rusty powder. I tried doing a better job on fixing the the front enf radiator core support then the hack body guys did the first time around for the PO. I por-15 everything and i hope it lasts for a while. I would like to see my daughter and I get some fun years out of this car. I will post some pics of the progress now and then to show the car coming together.

Found!!!!

I need a scoop for the passenger side off of a 280zx. It must be without defect(black would be perfect ). First one that can ship one out pronto gets the sale, I need it for the painter. I also need one chrome 280zxt fender emblem thanks Steve 317-979-9929

Found one!

I have a nice shifter(bwt5) and inner and outer boots that I would trade for your auto shifter.

I am still needing the bracket that bolts to the afm so you can secure it to the car. I sent mine in with my afm for a rebuilt unit, now I don't have a bracket for my car. My afm has 3 tapped holes for the bracket and the bracket has two other holes to sit on some pins to keep it in place. I need this asap guys so if you have it, I'm ready to pay-help!

Call this guy, he is friendly and has both side new for 400$ 815-562-7978

If you go on the MSA site and pull up the kit, it shows what part# goes to what seal.

thanks for the heads up!

I found this parts # searching the Z sites nissan # b4340 n-4205 is for a connector kit for the tps. 15$ delivered to my house

Thanks Jon, that's what I was looking for. This will give me some ideas to work on and a new Fab project. I will probably run a standard cover until I get it made, but I think I can come up with something. I like the idea of getting some adjustment out of it, kind of 2 for 1 deal!

I have been searching for a while and i guess I don't know the proper nomeclature, but I am trying to find ideas on making a bracket that connects the rear A arms together that will work with the LSD cover. Any pics would be great. I know AZC sells a very pretty set-up , but it is too much money for me right now, I just need to fab something to get me going. I swore I saw it before on a thread , but I can't seem to find it now, so any help would be appreciated.

Yeh I have a great digital camera, I guess I forgot to use it. I'd ask MSA for my bracket back , but that would be a lost cause with them.

here we go!

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My Afm has 3 tapped holes, so if someone has one please e-mail me a pic to refresh my memory and I will paypal whoever to send it to me. sfinnerty@indy.rr.com

Well I guess I sent the retainer bracket in with the core. So anyone got one laying around let me know.

I must have sent it in with the core --SH%T. Anyone have one laying around??

Here's what I'm looking for.

The plug end from my harness that attaches to the throttle switch is fried. Both wires were corroded and broke off inside the connector. I would think that these are about the same on all the fuel injected models.Here's apic of mine, if anyone has one laying around please help me out here.

Okay so I had to replace my AFM on my 81 turbo. So I sent my core into MSA, and 3 weeks later(maybe more), I finally got a refurbished one. Now I have to rely on my memory to reinstall, and that doesn't work either:redface: I know this isn't brain surgery, but somethings not right.So I'm looking at the mount --and I'm looking at the AFM , and I'm thinking I sent the old AFM back with some kind of mount left on there. I can see the tapped holes on the top of the AFM. So please look at the pics and tell me what I am missing.