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I agree with BRAAP. In fact, I believe he was the one that helped me solve my tps issue when I first got my Z. Mine did the same exact thing and it turned out there was a little water in the bottom of the sensor housing. I stuck some paper towel in there to get any visable water, and then just let it air dry for a few days and then plugged it back in and i have not had a single issue with it since then. I also had a little bit of rust on one of the pins that wasnt allowing it to connect right (because of the water it rusted) so i took a bit of sand paper to it as well just to be sure. Hope it all works out for you.

Sorry, I just noticed where you said not primered. The car is primered but sprayed with hvlp guns (all but the roof because I haven't had time). Not rattle canned. The interior is good except a cracked dash (half dash cap installed). Again, let me know if you are interested.

I have a 75 that I am willing to sell. -5 speed swap from 77 280z - BRAND NEW sportmax 522's 15x8 with less than 500 miles on the tires. -new(ish)/nice center console with cd player (speakers included for extra $100) -tokico blue struts (front installed rear not installed but come with the car) -dynamat in the interrior cabin area but not hatch area. -speedhut reverse el-glo guage faces. -comes with stock 4-speed that it came with in 75 as well. Perfectly good transmission. This car runs well and I hate to say that I want to sell it. But I am going into the military and do not want the car to sit for the next 4 years. This car isn't posted on craigslist either. I will let it go to an HBZ member for 2,000 firm. I have nearly that much in parts and wheels an tires in it. Pm me if you are still in the market and I can send you some pics. Or jst search any threads I've posted pics of it in. Thanks.

So just today I found nearly the same hole in my frame on the drivers side. Can anyone chime in here as to how well just cutting out the bad part of the frame and adding in new metal and then treating it for rust prevention? Maybe just for a couple years even? Would this be a viable solution or is an entire frame rail replacement the only solution? I plan on keeping the car under 300 hp at MOST with future plans realistically being around 220 hp or so and the car is currently stock (75 280z) besides shocks and springs and 5 speed. My floors and the rest of the frame are nice and not rusted, so I do not want (at this time) to replace the entire frame rails. Thanks, Matt

Love the wheels. Same as mine! I am also doing a rustoleum paint job but just in the grey primer stages right now. Nice car though!

So I went to start my car last night when working on it and i noticed that a wire was hanging down out of the front of the ignition switch. I then noticed a little smoke coming from that switch when I turned the key or something. (not sure when it exactly happened, I just saw the smoke and took my key out before i made it worse) Now I am talking about the two wires that go into the front of the ignition by the key bezel. NOT ANY OF THE HARNESS WIRES. On my car both of the wires are black, so they have apparently been replaced or fixed because on zcarsource.com they arent black. here is a link of the whole ignition lock and switch and the wires I am talking about are the only ones shown. Zcarsource Ignition switch and lock What are these wires called and what do they do? My ignition still works and starts the car. is it for the accessory option of the ignition? Thanks, Matt

Alright guys here is an update. Actually first I need to add a little more background info. Before I discovered this BCDD issue, my car had an issue with soundig like it was missing ad wanted to die at idle. The timing and everything was correct and it was getting enough fuel and everything. So all I did was unscrew the idle needle and when it idled at about 1,000 rpm it seemed fine, but toned back down to 800 the car seemed to want to die ad the engine would shake as if it was missing on a cylinder. So I just turned the idle screw back and left it at 1,000 and then I noticed this issue. I would like to repeat that I am positive that the timing is not off and it is in fact getting enough fuel. Now to this current issue, I took off the afm to get to the BCDD. I removed the BCDD needle (or whatever it is called that is screwed into the side of te BCDD at the bottom of the throttle body. With it removed I just put the afm back on and started the car to see what would happen. Now when cold the car is not going to act up so I wa by able to see if it changed anythig. I did however notice that it was ifleing higher than what I had it previously set it at. So iturned the idle back down to it idleig at 800 and, without the BCDD Needle in, it idled perfectly at 800. So I was sort of perplexed and put the BCDD back on to see what would happen and it remains to idle perfectly now at about 800 rpm. Now keep in mind ALL I did was remove the BCDD needle. I did not clean it or adjust anything. All I did was remove it and start the car, shut it off, put it back on and restart it. Can anyone tell me why this may have happened or hy it possibly might have fixed the issue? I haven't been able to take the car for a spin yet so I cannot comment on how it performs when warm. Maybe the needle in the BCDD Was simply stuck or something? If anyone can give me any insight on this I'd appreciate it. I know one solution is to plug the BCDD port, but I don't want to keep having a backfire and possibly ruin my cat (or worse stories I read about splitting the exhaust in half at the seam). So how do I adjust this needle on the BCDD? Simply by adding another washer or something? Thanks everyone, Matt

Paul, Thanks for those links. The second link is exactly what my car is doing. I am going to research on repairng the b.c.d.d. Valve or replacing it. From what that post said, it wasn't getting the 12v needeD when the car was warmed up. So I am going to try and trace that issue down.

Looks like a good start to me, but I am not fond of the body work. I am a fan of the stock Z body lines and rear light panel. Looks to have a bunch of work done on it though and I admire that, not my cup of tea though. Great find for a good price if the body work isnt hiding any cancer or anything and the floors and everything are solid. Is the rear bumper painted or something or is it just the lighting of the picture?

Heres mine. I know the car is ugly right now but like everyone its a work in progress and going for paint next week! 15x8 xxr 522's running (i believe but for some reason I am drawing a blank on tire size right now) 225/45/15 tires. Thats the only decent picture I have thought unfortunately. I plan on lowering the car another 1".

So I have recently been trying to get a little seat time in my z before I park it for paint, but a weird issue has me confused and I have no clue how to search this in the search criteria without being too vague. The car is a stock 75 280z with only a muffler on it for the sound affect but still running a cat and all stock emission control devices. I also have a cold air intake on it. My issue is, when driving the car, after taking it out of gear and coasting (without the clutch pressed on just coasting) the engine rpm will stay at whatever rpms i was at in gear until the car is at a COMPLETE stop. Then they will drop back down to idle correctly. What may be causing this? Maybe a vacuum leak? I am going to try and check all my hoses today, with the little time I have available being that its fathers day and have family obligations,to look for any obvious hose leaks. What else might cause this though? P.s. Sorry if this has been covered before. I simply don't know what this issue would be called to search for it in the search function. Thanks, Matt

Hey all, I am in the market for a spoiler for my 280Z. I am not too picky as far as fiberglass or urethane or a 3 piece or one piece. Not really in the market for a carbon fiber one though. Let me know what you guys might have available. If worse comes to worse I will eventually buy one new, but if I can get one that needs a little work for less than what new would cost then I figure it is worth a shot. Thanks

You make a very good point. I will look in my black dragon catalog when I get home.

I had the same wheels. I replaced them with xxr 522's now, but I though about Doug this to them but didn't know how it would turn out. I think it looks good. I wonder how it would look if the paint was reversed though. Having the majority of the wheel black with the other part the silver. Good job though I like it.

I had a problem similar on my 75 280z when I re-did the interior. One of the harness plugs that plug into the firewall was loose. It made my right side lights dim and the a/c not work. My tach wasnt hooked up at the time so I cannot comment on whether or not that was affected. I really cant remember if the car started and ran when I had this happen either though. Might be something to check though? I have no idea if the 240z's have the same type of harness there on the passenger side firewall. edit: Just did a quick google search and someone said that the 240z and early 260z get the signal from the + side of the coil and the late 260z and 280z's get it from the negative side of the coil. Im not sure where or how this works if it is the right info but maybe it will steer you in the right direction.

I agree. After finally now having moe all installed, I really do not want to do it again. I love love love the gauge faces but it frustrated me beyond belief. I did it with te dash nearly taken out of the car too so it should have been easier. I removed the gauges from the car completely as well when installing the faces to make it easier and to also paint the needles orange. After supergluing the wires to the gauge face it's self I have not had any issues. I still get a flickering but I am not sure if it is the same issue as you described or if it is a bad ground. Either way it's not something I want to do any time soon. My speedo gauge face was put on a little crooked and I didn't notice until I had them all the way installed. I am not even goig to bother with fixing it for quite some time. I can live with it being around 5 mph off. Haha

He says he didn't and would hav picked it up any time. He also claims that I never told him I was closing te storage an getting a place of my own. I did on numerous occasions and that's why he offered to give me a washer ad dryer from his parents house that they had given him, as repayment o me of getting my things auctioned. He knew I was movig and it would be at my place and never made any contact with me or any arrangements until 2 and a half months after I moved and had gotten rid of his items becausethey were sitting in my garage ad takin up space so I got rid of the 12 year old matress for 30 bucks. It would have got ruined in my garage anyways with allthe body work and sanding I've been doing on the Z lately.

If it leaks out like a drop or 2 through the slave each time you use the clutch, you may not see anything. How old is the slave ad MC? I agree with what hoov100 said. When my slave cylinder was bad it leaked the contents of the master cylinder out completely in just a couple days whether being driven or not. When I checked the slave it looked fine until I took it completely off and looked at the seals and saw that they were shot.

So I ended up replacing the wire connections to the fuel pump and it was still doing te same thing. I traced the positive power wire back all the way under the car (the previous owner ran a seperate wire not in the harness). And it was spliced into some wire in a relay up under the dash. So I got rid of all that and ran a direct power wire to a switch in the cabin with an inline fuse and re-ran it to the pump and it worked awesome. Is this bad to do though? I can run the wire into an accessory wire if that would be better so that way it comes on like the radio does. I figure this way it's somewhat of an anti theft device as well though ad I am happy with it. Took the car out for a spin with the new front shocks and the car feels like a completley different car and can't believe it is 35 years old!

Yes I am sure that he was the only one doing pot. Because of what I went though as a kid with my parents on drugs, I have never tried any type of controlled substance in any way shape or form ad I take pride in that. The reason why the stuff was mixed is because we had originally gotten one f the largest units availible at this place and it filled up quite quickly so we had to open up another one and both agreed to pay each respectively eventhough the contents were mixed. We were supposed to come back on a time that we both had days off to seperate everything, but like I stated he never awnsered any calls or anything from me an then never made a payment on his storage. So by the next month the lock that we both had keys to on his storage that he defaulted, was cut and I had no access to the contents. Meanwhile he always had a key to the storage unit in my name and had free access to it any time he wanted but would never go back because the owners would recognize him and hit him up for the money he owed. I ended up telling him to go ahead and sue me then if he thinks it's worth it and I will enjoy the paid time off work. He hasn't contacted me since. Haha

Yeah that's what i was tol. That if he were to actually take it to court and for some weird reason actually win (wich I doubt). Then he still has to file another case to collect the money. I'm not too worried about it. Haha

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So he cannot get those records without a subpeona though? I was going to have my lawyer do it anyways but was just wonderig if it was possible for him to get thin on his own. I am nearly positive that he did not use any type of service as you mentioned because his phone most likely isn't compatible. I figure if for some reason he does take me to court and wins because I do not have the right paperwork, then I will appeal it and then he HAS to get a lawyer. In small claims court lawyers aren't allowed except before and after trial but if I had to appeal it for some reason, which I doubt i would, my lawyer can present the case much better than I could. And the lawyer would be free for me anyways since she's pretty much family. He will hve to pay for one and if I have to pay 1,000 to him still, thn atleast he will have to pay 5,000 in legal fees with a lawyer. Haha

No he used to make 2400 a month after taxes when he had his job at the company where I am employed. He stopped comic to work in hopes that they would fire him so he could collect unemployment. He forgot that when we got hired we signed papers stating that if we simply stopped coming to work, it is a voluntary quit and are not required to have a hearing befre termination and are not eligible for unemployment benifits. So he is currently not getting any money (that I know of, I haven't really talked to him in a year) besides probably selling pot on the side. He has a "friend that is a paralegal assistant" that is giving him the legal advice. Which if I am correct, it's illegal for a paralegal to give out any type of legal advice whether on the clock or not because of the nature oftheir job. I could be wrong about that, but that's what I heard. That's not the point reallythough. I was just wondering if there is some type of presidence where he had a legal upper had eventhough he voluntarily left the items in my storage unit for over a year, with complete access to said items at any time he wanted. And also was in my posession in my home for nearly 60 days before it was disposed of. He also stated that he ad a copy of his complete phone records of all text messages ad phone calls that he recieved from the entire last year to show in court. If that's so, then I know I will win. But is it even possible to get those types of records from a phone company on a mobile phone plan where he is not the primary? Also if it is even possible for a primary account holder to get them, do I just need to simply call the phone company and request my own (for a fee. I'm sure) so that I may take them to court in my own defense if it does lead to that?

No i only sold the matress. I only got 30 dollars for it. If he wants that He can have it. I never really expected him to pay me any money nor did I ever confront him or harass him to pay me anything. The only times I contacted him was before I moved when he promised me the washer and dryer ad kitchen table ad I wanted to know when I could pick them up. Once I moved I knew inwouldnt get the items so I bought my own and hadn't talked to him since. He texts me the other day offerig to pay what I payed for the washer ad dryer to make things right and I said ok I payed 125 and he said alright. Then last night he says by the way you owe me 1000 dollars for my bed frame or I'm suing you.... The other stuff I had to take to the dump and pay to get rid of because I could not keep it any liger ad no1 would buy it. I also did attempt to contact him but he would never return my calls. I talked to my girlfriends cousin who just graduated law school and took the BAR (pending results right now) and she said he can sue me. ( should have known that from watching judge Judy. Haha). But that the judge will laugh in his face (figuratively of course). Also that he cannot expect to get 1000 dollars for a bed frame and head board that was bought brand new ( in a package with a large dresser and 2 night stands that he currently has in his posession) for only 1500 over 10 years ago. She did say that I can counter claim for the things I lost in the storage that he defaulted on even if I don't have reciepts for them as they were personal gifts and family heirlooms. So if it comes down to it I will bring it to court I guess. I really doubt that it will though, I think he is just trying to find an excuse to not pay me 125 dollars. Which is fine with me, I could care less about the money since I never expected it in the first place.