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Hey guys i'm somewhat new to the forum, so hello! Also what would y'all say the difficulty level of changing the stock header to say a MSA 6-1 would be on a L28? I'm a 20 year old college kid who has a little background with working on cars (I recently changed the 2 piston fronts to 4 pistons myself) and an ample amount of tools. Here's a picture of my Z btw.
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You likely have an intermittent connection or multiple suspect connections. Buy a multimeter, learn to use it, learn how electrical circuits work and get testing. Before that though, you could just do a visual inspection of your wiring near the radio, since it is the most likely cause. Look for loose plugs or wires, broken/cut wires.
My question though is who installed your radio and why did you not immediately take it back and say WTF when you realized your blinkers didn't work?
I had it installed at a local shop in my college town that has been around since the 80's and I would but I rarely have time to since I'm busy with school. When I do have the time it's usually late at night
But I do plan on trying a multimeter to test it. Could it also have to do with a shorted fuse? -
Okay so here's my problem, I recently got a new radio installed in my 75 280z, as soon as I had that installed my blinkers stopped working for the longest time (month or so) as did my right brake light when pressing down on the brake pedal. But maybe less than 30 min ago they started to work again, then all of the sudden the tac stopped working as did fuel gauge. Like I noticed the voltage gauge showed the battery at a quarter charged then it would spike to full.
What's happening to my Z?
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Sounds kind of like a cracked exhaust pipe/header gasket like miles said for the second video, although if it only occurs after an hour or two that kind of makes me wonder.
Noise is really hard to find. You kind of have to give us a bit more input, especially when you are capturing the noise on a phone with a tiny microphone.
Little inputs like, louder at certain road speed, at certain revs, location front or back, will help us out a bit.
I think its a misfire like Pillar said. But it only happens at low rpm after running for an hour then starting up again. An example would be say I went to Downtown Nashville and stopped to get gas after driving around for an hour with mixed road speeds and rpms, turned the car off, get gas, turn it back on and what happens in the second video starts up again. But once I get going again (bringing it from 950-5500) it goes away...
But some info on the car exhaust wise: I had a custom built magnaflow exhaust built for it by a local shop. All the exhaust piping is stainless.
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Well we figured out what causing that horrendous noise, the crank pulley came completely undone. The only thing that was holding it in place were the belts.
But on another note, I've noticed after the car has been running for a good while (driven around for an hour or two) it starts making this noise as well. Could it be that the engine isn't getting enough airflow? -
torque converter and flex plate is on an auto car, manual has the flywheel and clutch. Get close to the car and pinpoint where the noise is from then, could be related to flywheel and clutch, could be your engine getting ready to throw a rod. Regardless you shouldn't drive it, at first I woulda guessed torque converter but you said it was manual.
It sounds like its coming from the front of the car.
I'll take a stab at it. On one of my 240Zs an exhaust header came loose and blew out the header gasket on one cylinder. It made a mechanical sound very similar to this.
Crap, is that an easy fix?
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Auto or manual? Loose flywheel bolts could cause a similar noise...
Manual 4 speed
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Sounds like your flex-plate is broken or torque converter is bad.
Thanks for your input, I plan on talking to Clark Crawford at Z Car's by Clark Crawford in northern Nashville on monday to see what he has to say about it too. How much does a new torque converter or flew plate usually run?
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Hey guys i'm new to the forums and also a new s30 owner. I'm 19 and this is really the first car I've ever owned. I own a 1975 280z with a recently rebuilt/newly built engine, but my question today is WHAT IN GODS NAME IS THIS NOISE?!?! Below is a link to a video I took of the car with this horrendous sound. I also noticed I could feel what ever was making the noise on the gear lever.
But I do plan on trying a multimeter to test it. Could it also have to do with a shorted fuse?
But on another note, I've noticed after the car has been running for a good while (driven around for an hour or two) it starts making this noise as well. Could it be that the engine isn't getting enough airflow?
Difficulty level of changing the header
in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z
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Well shit, would it be costly to have a muffler shop do it?