joelrs7

I recently did the same thing as you just recently and bought the car running. the first thing i did was check all the spark plugs, bought a new fuel filter, drained all old gas, and changed the oil. the lucky thing for me is that the car only sat for 5 months and i got it running for 45 dollars.you as well are going to want to buy a new battery and most likely replace the terminals as well. brakes are an obvious one and make sure you have appropriate tools for the back brakes (the shoes), or have someone help your or your in for a mess. as well change any old cracked fuel lines or vacuum lines. replace all the bushings for the undercarriage is highly recommended but not a must, you can pick up a kit for 170 dollars roughly off Motorsport. i would as well check all your struts, i put lowering springs on my car and one of the struts was completely shot and had no resistance, i could pull up on it and the strut would just drop down which iv'e never seen. make sure to also fill up on all your brake fluid and bleed your clutch and brakes. if you get it running make sure all your lights are working so you dont get pulled over , and replace your air filter. for the most part that i think will keep you busy give you a good start. hope this helps:)

hi so i have a 1977 280z that i did alot of work on the past week. before i did the work it ran fine other then it sounded like crap because of the exhaust leak. the things i did was delete the egr by welding the top of the two bolts that screw in with another bolt. i replaced the intake manifold gasket, i welded in a new exhaust, i replaced some old fuel hoses, crank case hose, and some vacuum hose,took out the ghetto cruise control, put lowering springs in and replaced one strut. the problem im having now is the car will start instantly and idles great but if i give it any throttle it wants to die. if you slowly give it throttle it can rev pretty high without dieng for about 10 sec. dont worry! i read and even printed all 77 pages of the fuel injection bible. so far ive tested the mass air flow sensor and the flap opens and closes fine, i timed the car so the timing isnt off, i bought a new ignition coil, i doubled checked the firing order and its fine, checked the TPS, cap rotor etc, new fuel filter, and im running out of ideas on what it could be. if you have any advice please help.

i plan on re coating my undercarriage and replacing all the bushings. when i re coat i was thinking about using herculiner because i can get a complete kit for 90 bucks, or i was wondering if it would be worth paying the extra money and using lizard skin. if anyone has done this and has some good feed back please let me know. thanks:)

tachometer doesn't work, but all other gauges do. fuses are fine so i know its not that, and im not to good with electrical. any help is appreciated. and its a 1977 280z.thanks.

yes i adjusted the hatch to make it sit as low as it possibly can to try and make it sit flush. i think your right! it must be the weather stripping because its coming off and who ever owned it before me did a ghetto job on putting it on. i plan on buying a entire weather stripping kit off motorsport so when i buy that, ill pray that its only the weather stripping keeping it from sitting flush. thanks for the reply

i cant get my rear hatch on my 280z to go flush with the body of the car. i went to a junk yard god a new latch and still wont go flush. i as well tried realigning it but did nothing. any ideas? thanks