omar_munoz123 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 So i brought my 76 280z (2+2) over to a mechanic and told me that the distributor wasn't working so i brought him over another one to replace it and said it was different so thats when i thought should'nt all distributors from the z's be the same...??? I mean 72-76 should be the same right...??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG58 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 pics would help this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I'm not too familiar with 72, but I thought they were points distributors. Can't speak for the 260 series, however 76 and 77 had some odd ball distributors. One has two pickups and the other has one, although, I'm not sure which is which. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar_munoz123 Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 I'm not too familiar with 72, but I thought they were points distributors. Can't speak for the 260 series, however 76 and 77 had some odd ball distributors. One has two pickups and the other has one, although, I'm not sure which is which. Thanks for the help, info really helped out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zedsn Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Hi, the 2 pickup distributors were for automatic cars and the single pickup was from a 4/5 speed manual trans car. 1974 and above were electronic and before 1974 they were points type. The points type will not interchange with the electric type. You will need to get the specific one for your car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar_munoz123 Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 Well actually the one with the two pickups weren't just for automatics mine has a 4- speed standard transmission and has two pickups. I know that the 75 has two pickups as well so will one of those work on my 76 or do i HAVE to get one from a 76...??? ( does it matter if it's a 2+2...???) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rolling Parts Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 "should'nt all distributors from the z's be the same...???" No, several were used. My personal choice is dropping in a 79-80 280ZX unit if I stick with a distributor based ignition system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zedsn Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 My 260z automatic had a distributor with 2 pickups and when I did my 4 speed changeover I took the second timing retard pickup out of the loop. Maybe your Z was an auto trans originally and someone did a 4 speed conversion? I just parted out a 1976 4 speed car and the distributor only had one pickup. Sounds like you will need to get a distributor with 2 pickups as I had an extra wire with my 2 pickup distributor so I couldn't run a 260z 4 speed distributor. Or atleast it was easier for me to keep the original distributor and only use the main pickup out of the 2 pickups. The secondary pickup uses the water temp off of the block to retard timing once the motor reaches operating temp. I think it retards the timing like 7 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaohabq Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 the s130 distributors are supposed to be a good swap for all L series engines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zedsn Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 The 2 pickup distributors have an extra wire so the 4 speed distributors are not plug and play. I picked up a 4 speed distributor when I changed out my auto trans to a 4 speed and was hoping to just drop it in but it didn't happen. The connectors were even different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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