NewZed

They're connected anyway. Moot.

If it was a short at/in the starter it would turn as long as the big cable from the battery positive was connected. Since yours only turns when the key is on you just have something providing power to the small wire (probably yellow) to the starter solenoid. It's a wiring problem. Wire colors are shown in the factory wiring diagrams. It's not as hard as it seems once you dig in. Start at the starter and work backward until you find out where the power is coming from.

I ran a 76 intake and exhaust on a 78 round port head for a couple of years. Shouldn't matter. The exhaust manifold can be an issue but only if you use the round port exhaust on a square port head. It blocks the edges of the ports. But you don't have that problem. If you go through my list you might find something. I've the same problem when I forgot to reconnect the AAR power. Without power to the internal heating element it takes a long time to heat up and close. And the connector is jammed up against the hose so it can look connected when it's really not. Actually, I've had high idle problems from five of the things on that list.

Thought this was about the RB26DETT in your sig. If you're using the stock 280Z throttle body and intake, there are many possibilities, from sticking throttle blade to hanging throttle return dash pot to bad BCDD diaphragm to stuck AAR to no power to the AAR (although it would only hold the idle up until the coolant got warm) to cracked PCV hose (including the one from the valve cover) to no dip stick in the dip stick tube, and more. If you're using the stock 77 ECU, there are no sensors that control idle directly. Don't forget that advanced timing will speed idle. 77 had a solenoid valve, controlled by a switch on the transmission, that only let vacuum to the distributor advance when in top gear. If you connected the hoses wrong you might have more advance than planned and a faster idle.

Spooner...

If correct, the ending will be a disappointment...

Page 80. Last clue before 10!!!

Does the shift lever go side-to-side like it should but not back and forth or does it not move at all except to drop down in to 4th or reverse? Describe how it seemed to be functioning just fine when it seemed to. You can always pull the transmission from the bottom if you get the engine hooked up and can't fix the problem.

Kind of looks like this one but you'd have to trace back to the pins to be sure.

Is it a Pathfinder? Or a Maxima?

I have only worked with the FSM's like the one in the link below. Your picture looks like it came from an FSM for a more modern car, with a more modern font and more modern parts. Kind of weird. Good luck with it. Added a picture from EC-16 of the 1975 FSM. Maybe there's a separate FSM for California, although the 1976 Owners Manual (can't find a 75) also refers to a floor Temperature Sensor, not a converter temperature sensor. Edit - by the way, even if you do have an updated more modern, specialized FSM for your car, it should still have a full description of what the ECU uses to determine fuel enrichment, in the Engine Fuel chapter. It will tell you if the catalytic converter temperature sensor is involved. It shoudn't be though, unless it's using it's reading as a proxy for O2 sensor temperature, which I don't think you would have in 1975. http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/280z/1975/ http://www.xenons30.com/reference.html (page 3 of the 1976 Owners Manual)

To 280zex - You have the ZX fuel rail cooling setup, I see, pointed generally at the carburetor. Is it on a temperature switch or manual, and when does it come in to play? Just curious.

The price will depend on how accurate you want the work to be. Some machinists will look at it and say "that is a critical area for proper operation and durability and will take time to set up to provide the accuracy and precision to do it right - could be expensive". Others will look at it and say "two holes and some grinding, that's a piece of cake". Here's that Ermish guy's web site - http://www.ermish-racing.com/

You missed my point on the fuel mileage (but got it at the end of your post). You don't really know what it is, you're just assuming based on the gauge needle moving a small amount, and the odometer number changing. And who knows if the odometer reads right. Post a page number or a picture of the FSM's reference to a catalyzer temperature sensor (the Nissan Factory Service manual, not a Chilton or Haynes book). I've never seen the sensor so don't know what it looks like, but I've also never seen a reference to it for a 1975 USA market car. Sounds interesting. It would help you to know if your car is a Federal model, or California, or imported. They have differences. If you have an adjustable FPR you could drop a couple of PSI to change the rate of the Ford injectors. Also noticed your bungy cord battery hold down with the battery on its side. It doesn't even have to come completely free to short out, just slide forward a few inches. Your problems are set to grow dramatically with one hard braking situation. http://www.rceng.com/technical.aspx

Those injectors are in the ballpark. Stock is 188 cc/min (17.9 lb/hr). 6% too much fuel. 1975 doesn't have a "catalyzer temp sensor", but it does have a floor temperature sensor. It's only function is to tell the driver what is causing that smell,so that they can have their converter checked. 1975 didn't use an O2 sensor for engine management, so if you had an O2 sensor installed, it was added later. Finally, 75 miles on a half tank could just be a bad fuel level gauge. You might be worrying about nothing. Getting real numbers will make you feel more secure.

What kind of help are you looking for? You put everything together and the parts worked correctly, as implied by the fact that you started the engine, shifted in to gear and drove. Then something changed and now you have a problem. So you could assume that you had a part failure or something came loose. Or that you're beating yourself up with the wrong set of parts, that are breaking because they're not designed to work togther. Since it's broken three times before this seems highly possible. And what do you mean by "pivot ring was out"? And how do you know?

Shouldn't a good Hybridz member be able to look at the diagrams on the Dutch site, pick the best distributor model, then modify/fabricate to make it work? They give all of the critical dimensions.

Click on "More Reply Options", then "Browse" under "Attach Files". You should be able to figure out picture posting from there.

Re-read your post and can't tell what you changed between the time it ran well and now. The problem is probably tied to the changes.

Gasoline can go bad within a year. It loses volatility. Doesn't ignite well.

You mean the EFI, or main, relay, right? The EFI rely and the fuel pump relay are combined in the same container for 75-77. It helps to distinguish the two when troubleshooting, especially since the FSM separates the two functions. You could disconnect the wire to the fuel pump and install a completely separate relay, but you'd still need the main relay to power the EFI system.

See what they go for in the local wrecking yards, then add a premium for being able to hear it run. That's how I would see it if I was buying.

You might have the "I've done so many things I can't remember exactly what I did" problem. Still, confirming the basics won't hurt. Engine Fuel chapter in the FSM. Get a multimeter. Your replacement pump should put out about 2.5 times the pressure the engine needs.

But EDIS may not be needed, right? "megasquirt" comes in many flavors.

Pretty ingenious but there is a reason that they section strut tubes. Three and four inches of lowering seems guaranteed to bottom out your shock absorbers. You'll be bouncing down the road like a bad Honda. And how much force will those clamps take without slipping. You're depending on the friction between shiny new clamp steel and 40 years of rust, at the limited contact area between the two. Not safe at all, you could easily be dragging frame rail after a hard bump. Add a little rain water and it's even more likely.