feero101

Just picked up a new fuel pump... This baby will run tonight if it's the last thing I do!!! Ha, will update when I'm done

zeause have you seen the 77 280z over by lowes on rogers? i almost tried to pick that baby up... but got a way better deal on my zx

So finished another day on the Z today, dropped the tank to remove the bad gas first. went pretty well, wasnt too bad. It was easy enough to remove by myself with the aid of a few jack stands. There was only about a quarter tank in there and man did it smell like some old varnish! took it down to the car wash and washed it out, not too much rust flaked off. getting it back on took a little longer than expected. but it probably only took 2 hours total, so not too bad i would say. started to rip out the carpet to get a good look at the floor pan. IT'S PERFECT! i was so surprised to see a beautiful floor pan under there! the only rust is the battery tray which has eaten through the firewall, so ill tackled that asap. put some 91 octane in the tank and tried to fire her up for the first time in over eight years.. no such luck. ive got good spark but no fuel. switched out the inline fuel filter and blew out the hoses with my compressor. now im having some problems with my fuel pump. at the pump im getting about 1 volt. hahaha i was hoping for 12! so i tore this baby apart getting to all my relays, cant figure out whats going on. so i hardwired my pump and got absolutely nothing... more money coming out of my pocket... this 400 dollar baby has already turned into a 700 dollar car over the course of 2 days.. now a bit more for a pump.. i think i am just going to hardwire the pump into my hidden ignition switch so i wont ever forget to turn it back off when im done driving. what do you guys think of that? so here is a few pics of my lovely Ms. Ro"Z"lynn! ALSO! in pic 7 its of my fusible link box.. should there be another male connector on the middle section??? of course the actual connectors are gone and i have them wired up individually. btw its a 82 NA 280zx

Ok little update. Clearly I'm a newb. I've read millions of threads about fusible links but never learned exactly where they were. Found out that my fusible links where the problem... Imagine that! Wired all that up and she cranks!! Didn't try too much, dropping the tank tomorrow! It's been sitting 8 years with half a tank. It's probably all turned to jello by now.... Also wired up a push button start! Moved the cig lighter to the right side and hid the main switch to inside the ashtray. And once I finally got power to the car I realized my headlights don't get power and the driver side brake light stays on all the time and when brakes are applied I get nothing. More gremlins to workout tomorrow. Def going to have to replace the battery box, noticed a hole through the firewall into the cab... Yay more work! But now I'm going to relocate the battery to the spare tire area. Should be fun. Then I'm going to try out some interesting fab I'm not used to. Anyone else used the spray foam insulation to create a form to cover in fiberglass? Think I'm going to form out some nicer curves in the hatch area, also to add some surfaces to add a few rear speakers. All is well in Fort Smith tonight besides a few electrical issues!

Also my ignition is stuck on run? Or possibly lock? It was turning just fine lastnight

No but I did find a box right next to the battery that looks like it needs to be full of relays but is completely empty. Has some abbreviations on it. I'll add a pic after work. Reads acc, L, h.l., ign, egi, b, br, gbr if you know what parts I need. Thanks!

Hey everyone this is my first post, as I am sure you will all notice as I will probably come off as completely ignorant! But I have been chasing my dreams searching for the perfect Z! I finally found one, just a few miles from home surprisingly enough! There's quite a bit of surface rust but nothing too major, all but the battery box, thats pretty much toast. The interior is trashed... of course the weather stripping is in horrible condition leaving plenty of room for rain to fill up my Z. Supposedly everything worked just great before it was parked about 8 years ago, and has been covered for the last 3 years. So I put a new battery in it and whatta ya know! NOTHING! not even a door buzzer, of course this would not be easy! but hey, thats the fun part. Tear down begins tomorrow, gut carpet, take out seats, remove dash hopefully and start checking my electrical! He even through in a complete extra 82 280zx motor, oh.. by the way, my new toy is a 1982 280ZX. anyone live around Fort Smith AR? I'd buy the beer if you would like to help fix up a virgin Z! Pics soon to follow! and please let me know if I'm posting in the right spots! Thanks! Jonathan also, where should i start with the electrical?