naviathan
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Welcome to the club, I've been through 4 trannies in the last year. And that's on my daily driver, all stock 81ZX. Anyhow, dropping the tranny and putting in a new one is simple. Get a Haynes manual if you have to or just download the FSM from http://www.carfiche.com and follow the instructions.
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Sweet, I have a TEC 3 as well, just don't have anything put together yet.
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Good point, never thought of that.
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A laser pointer? This is a new one on me, how does that work?
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naviathan is this in your 280ZX? The reason I am asking is because my buddies 280ZX is doing exactly what you are describing. Him and I are both gear heads and we can not find any indication of where the coolant is going. There is no white smoke, no sweet smell, no water marks or puddles under the car and he tells me that he did not find any wetness inside the car. I examined the bottom of the radiator and the underside of the coolant hoses, checked the oil and any place on the car I could think of that the coolant may have left a mark. We have found nothing, if you find it on yours let me know and if we find the problem first we will let you know.
Dragonfly
Dragonfly,
Yes this is on my 280ZX. Sounds like your buddy has run into the same walls I have so far. Baffling isn't it?
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Heater core?
Already checked.
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Sorry, thought I'd gone over that. been there done that. Nothing on the ground. A friend at work suggested a freeze plug could be seeping and it dries on the block or under the exhaust manifold before it hits the ground. I'm going to look into that one.
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Well, I don't think it's a lean burn. The plugs are pretty new, say a month at most. The car was running rich because the O2 went out then I replaced that and the plugs at the same time because of the rich running. They do have a very slight tan coming in on the ceramic portion of the electrode, but it is very light. Maybe it is burning in the cylinders, but all of them at the same time? I pressured tested for that very reason and got nothing back from the cooling.
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Nah, you can easily cut it with tin snips or carbon wheel.
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Probably custom made. Looks like steel mesh.
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People seem to have trouble dealing with the stresses of daily life. More and more I see people with social disorders and stress related conditions because everyone is pressed so hard to be what's expected of them everywhere they go. Kids in school are expected to learn, understand and score high on everything. The class work and level of intellect involved in schools today are much higher and it's pushing some kids too hard. The ones that can manage it seem to have a more general understanding of the world or are simply social outcasts due to the pressures of parents and teachers. I wonder if they'll ever come to point where school boards will recognize the need for a more grounded and relaxing work enviroment for kids. Think about it, if you took a corporate office building and tore down all the cubicles and walls around everyone, how stressed out do you think everyone would become? Classrooms are just like this. Cubicles make for a more personal enviroment to work in, more relaxing and comfortable. School desks and open classrooms make everyone anxious and uncomfortable. Some kids cope by being the class clown, some reject others and close themselves off socially and others bottle everything in and eventually become our social walking time bombs.
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how much do you drive it per week?
Mostly just back and forth to work, usually around 500miles a week give or take.
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Best retro fit kit I found for our cars is the Xenon Xe7 setups. They're awesome and when I get the money to snag a set for both my Z's I will. Look them up. There was a set on eBay not too long ago.
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Trust me I know this. I don't get it either, but I have not been able to find a leak anywhere and there's no oil in the coolant or coolant in the oil, no white smoke or steam except on cold startups, but that's normal. No wetness in the floorboards, nothing on the bellypan, the sides of the block are dry. I'm completely and utterly confused on this one. No idea where it's going to. The only thing out of the ordinary (besides the missing coolant) is whenever I pull the radiator cap after it's cooled down it sounds like someone flushed a toilet. Like there's air in the system and the cap is holding the water in the radiator then when the cap is removed the pressure releases the water into the rest of the block. I've replaced the cap and the thermostat in the last two weeks. Still nothing seems to be working.
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Nerds shall inherit the earth!!!
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Ok here's the compression numbers just incase anyone has any ideas.
1 - 170
2 - 168
3 - 171
4 - 161
5 - 170
6 - 164
The numbers just don't seem to match the plugs or the pressure test.
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Ok, check these out they're left to right by cylinder:
#1 looks oil burned and the rest seem lean to me, but they're not. When I pressurized the cylinders (connected an air line from my compressor) they all checked out except #5 which blew quite a bit out of the crankcase through the valve cover. I was actually looking for a leak into a water passage but found none. my cars been drinking about 2.5 gallons of coolant a week. I didn't get any blow back into radiator at all. I'm utterly confused on this one. #1 looks oil burnt, but checks out, #5 looks clean, but blows out the crank case. Any thoughts?
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Yes the engine would have EGR. The N42 and the P90 are comparable in performance when worked. The P90 off the factory floor is better flowing though.
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I recently just got my first engine build running and i noticed that if the brake booster vacume line isnt connected then it will run alot different, and also check the dampening on your slides on you SU's
Ummmmm, yeah the brake booster line is a BIG vacuum leak.
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Any deck clearance will be fine so long as it's not negetive. I've looked at destroking an L28 before as well. Except I was planning to use an L24 crank and rods with L28 flat tops, L26 "C" stamp cam and an E88 head. A friend wanted an engine for a turbo project with high compression and could wind out to at least 8k. I figured going that route and keeping moderate boost, say 12psi, would be fairly quick, reliable and have a crap load of top end. Might want to think about trying that instead of custom rods and pistons. it'd be cheaper.
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Junk...Heh....Yeah, the newest car I own is 1989. House payment takes care of the rest of my money.
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Yeah, loose connections can do that. I think it could sabotage....
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No, it's the solenoid that releases the bendix and allows the starter to engage the flywheel. The solenoid has two tasks: 1 - bridge the contacts to send power to the starter motor. 2 - Release the bendix to allow the starter gear to engage the flywheel.
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Hmmm, I'll have to check on that one.
BSR valvecover on EBay...sit down for this one.
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I checked the winning bidders past purchases and he seems to be a collector of things Datsun, especially Z. And he obviously makes much much much more money than I do.