I'm BLUE Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Moar pictures/explanation/details later. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to purchase this. A friend was kind enough to pickup/tow and deliver this hidden gem to me ;). I am a zcar guy. Never thought id own a 280zx ... let alone a 2+2 ... but i must admit ... i like s130's as much as i like s30's. I wanted to try to get this car started as it deserved a chance. *I took a big chance and bought the car blind. *she was non-running ( owner said she would ... but i when i cranked her no dice! Just an occasional cough *The clutch system was blown/mis-adjusted. It too had been tinkered with. *Lucky the brakes worked good! *Previous owner took some items off the interior. *Previous owner primered car black. *Fenders have seen better days. *minimal rust! Yes it exists but not bad at all! !! Pleased. ( I am picky) . Rear quarter somewhat rippled from a minor accident. Not bad at all. Paint is brown. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jennifer Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 cool!!! :thumbup: 1 Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 I temp took off ps pump to install alternator. Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 This seems to be a rare ign hot spark brain box. Not much info on it through google. Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 New clutch master. New starter. New alternator Drivers floor pan Cruise control stuff under drivers seat. Power mirror switches. Not sure if they work atm. Dash has 3 cracks ( maybe 4 ). Haha rockln the 80's Drivers door edge. Not as bad as it looks. Po was taking off trim to do bodywork/paint i think .. Passengers side Original color ... http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j447/zguy2/IMG_0420.jpg[/iM Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 rhd zx News ! There is a short story and a long story ,,, you choose lol ( I know I write a lot :lol: ) / Short Story : rhd zx run-ability issues fixed and running great so far ! ( moving in the driveway under light load :lol: ) I still have the O2 sensor out for now , so i should really get that back in haha The real test will come once insured/actually driving lol. Fuel system was the culprit. Fuel Tank Filter was clogged with rust/crap/years of sitting and not cleaned ! A few rubber fuel lines at the back were bad as well ( bleeding in air but not letting out fuel was ecular ) Clutch system was fixed/bleed/workling properly as I made a "custom" slave cylinder rod for it. Alternator bought and need a metric bolt or stud to install it. Brake system is next and last as it will be getting at least a master cylinder rebuild. Maybe the rest of the brake system as well BUT rest of the system looks to be dry atm ! I probably won't fix things that are not broken haha. She moves around in the driveway some moar lolz. Move to long story for details if ye wish be lolz. But a few oics below. Thanks for reading ,,, Dtp Long Story :rhd zx update. Note: O2 sensor still out hahaha. As you know ,,, I got done fixing the clutch hydraulic system. made an extended "custom made" slave cylinder rod , clutch cylinder rebuilt and all. bleed. it engages/disengages into gear a-ok , so it works ! yay ! so time to move onto a different portion of the car right ? yup ! I was satisified with the clutch system working. I had already changed the inline fuel filter and had barely tried to really run the car before getting to the runability issues. Car started sputtering/stalling out like it did occasionally/rougher idle. I fixed some vacuum leaks and proceeded to test again. Same issues ! So I pulled the fuel feed line from the fuel rail while sticking it into a 1-gallon gas container. , I then switched the key to the "on" position and disabled the oil pressure switch ( so the pump would run before oil pressure acheived as I understand it ) lots of air and a little bit of fuel came from the feed line ! I decided to proceeded to pull the line before the inline filter in the compartment. I tested it the same way. The same issues were showing up as well. I did not wish to throw money at the car. One could believe the fuel pump was at fault. So I decided to pull the fuel pump/clean it's internal filter and perform a "volume test".While I was disconnecting the fuel pump to perform tests on it , I noticed (2) of the rubber fuel lines to it were "bleeding air" BUT not leaking at all ! So I aksed myself if it was just pumping majority of air all this time ? or what ? Looking at the age of the fuel lines it wasn't a hard to understand concept as they were very old. Onto the fuel pump volume/operation test ! I basically setup a temporary fresh fuel pickup tank and temporary return tank. The (2) blue wires were hooked up to aligator adapter clips then to the (+) and (-) terminals of a battery ( safely ! ). The first 2 seconds of operations told me that the fuel pump was a-ok. it was flowing nicely and evenly. I decided to finish the 30 seconds/1-liter test. It passed with flying colors. The pumped "looked" new but I had to be sure ! I performed the test 1 more time and it passed gracefully ! After seeing the age of the rubber fuel lines and finding out the fuel pump was good I proceeded to pull the "Fuel tank sending unit/pickup". Once it was out , I found rust scales almost 3mm thick on the bottom of the fuel tank pickup filter and the sides of the fuel tank pickup filter we're very clogged. So I proceeded to clean it out with a special blend ,,, lolz. I regretably forgot to take pictures of the filter beforehand. Fuel sending unit pulled ZX fuel tank sending unti/pickup tube/floats (2) A clean fuel tank pickup filter installed it While pulling the fuel pump , I noticed the fuel pressure dampeners hoses were rotten as well ! At this point I replaced them. The high pressure fuel injection-grade hose is about $4.60 per foot now. Kind of a shock for me as I have not bought some "real" grade hose in some years. replaced ! So put it all back together in the zx. Poured in 2-gallons of fresh gas into her . Put her in neutral and turned the key from "on" to "start" . She fired right up and ran smoothly ! whoooo-hooooo ! She kept running ,,, I blipped her throttle ,,,, pretty smooth response and fast ! 75-100% better !!! lol ... I let here run for a couple of minutes waiting for her to die like she did before ... she did not ! I blipped the throttle some more ,,, very responsive yo !!! So at this point I was pretty satisfied. I've done quite a few other things to it in between but this was the important stuff as of this moment. lol . I bought a schmucks alternator and can't figure out if the post "E" is a stud or a bolt lol ( in example = did the re-manufacturer leave something out ? haha ) I gotta take it to ACE hardware and gander their metric selection as I always do. Next Step is the brakes ... I will probably just rebuild the ZX master for now and maybe a couple of lines. None of the calipers seems to leak. Although I may also just rebuild calipers and replaces the brake hoses at the same time. We shall see and time as well as $$$ shall tell :) I am much of advocate these days for " If it ain't broke don't fix it !" .... Thanks for reading ! Dtp Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 cool!!! :thumbup: Thankyou I think so too :hyper: :) Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 At this point since the car starts/runs/drives/stops. I can move onto body/interior/asthetics. i also performed a compression test and happy to report lowest reading @ 3 clicks dry is 157-160psi. Since this is a lower compression engine i deem it healthy! She seems to run well. Plan is to transfer many body pars from a donor zx 2+2. *Fenders *doors *hatch *hood *bumper *tailights *rare red tailight panel *wheels ( ai think i will have some six-spoke zx wheels.) I need to install a muffler pretty bad. I believe current muffler is partially blocked/rusted through. Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Now just paint it BLUE!! 1 Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 That thing is bad ASS. Can't wait to see it on the road. Great job getting her running :thumbup: Subscribed. 1 Quote Link to comment
ArchetypeDatsun Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 You got your work cut out, if for some reason you get rid of the mirrors let me know :D 1 Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Nice purchases. I'm surprised Nissan badged it as a 280Z instead of a 280ZX. Ultra was a semi-popular aftermarket electronic ignition sold in Japan-market. Google ultra cdi site:jp CDI makes it better than a stock Nissan EI. But if it still uses contact points, I'd switch over to a matchbox. 1 Quote Link to comment
Draynor Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 This thing is Awesome! Good job man! :thumbup: 1 Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted June 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Thanks to all for compliments :) !! Sad. I decided to put her up for sale. Starting/running/driving/stopping. Trying to let her go as a whole. Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Thanks to all for compliments :) !! Sad. I decided to put her up for sale. Starting/running/driving/stopping. Trying to let her go as a whole. This saddens me :( At least she will get moar love soon! Hopefully on here. Quote Link to comment
jalen Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 i wonder if he sold it? hey DTP you sell this? haha Quote Link to comment
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