I am planing to part out my 260Z, but what will i do with the left overs? =X, or if possible i will sell the whole car for 400. I have everything in the car at the moment. So if you need anything please let me know.

1974 junkyard 260Z
100% Junk Will be restored to a new car by next year.

 

I thought you were planning on hopping her up and fixing her up, what happened?

Jamie Shelly
kd5izq@msn.com
ICQ - 159705433
IZCC Number is #12402

 

yer even ur sig says it, so u can't deny it...

lost interest, found a better Z... etc... wats up

<font color=blue>76 260z</font color=blue>
The NiteRider

 

haha no...I can't find a new engine!, and i just got a ticket!.
They say i abandoned the car, and i will get a ticket for $50.00+ and they might tow it. =( I am planing to sell this one, and buy another Z that works. I live in a apartment, so the car is parked outside in the streets.

1974 junkyard 260Z
100% Junk Will be restored to a new car by next year.

 

 

good idea, i just pushed it down about 30 feet. THIS CAR IS HEAVY! is it because of the drive shaft? Well yeah, i guess i will be doing this for a few days, but i am still considering on selling it. If i am not able to find a new engine, or if i am able to find a 280zx for a cheap price.
-tony-

1974 junkyard 260Z
100% Junk Will be restored to a new car by next year.

 

=P thats what i got for a 300 dollar car =X. I think i messed up my ignition when i tried to install my tach. Or else the car is just out of gas =). If someone lives in the 408 area, PLEASE COME HELP!!!!!!! I AM CLUELESS OF WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PEICE OF METAL

1974 junkyard 260Z
100% Junk Will be restored to a new car by next year.

 

Yeah it started 4 times, and 10 minutes later it didn't.

It cranks, the starter motor and battery are still good. Its a carb. I am looking for a electronic Disturbtor, and i plan to downgrade to a SU carb.

1974 junkyard 260Z
100% Junk Will be restored to a new car by next year.

 

SU carbs arent a downgrade.....

 

Intresting. What was the reason for Nissan to new a new carb in the 260Z. when the SU was already good?

1974 junkyard 260Z
100% Junk Will be restored to a new car by next year.

 

Tony I believe I may have some answers. Your car won't run if you've been toying with your tacho because the Z tacho was connected to the ignition system it's strange but when I wanted to replace mine I took it out and tried driving without it and it wouldn't stay on the car dies 2 seconds later. It will stay on if u hold the key in the start position. So whatever u did just plug your tach back in and she should be right.

Nissan changed the carbs because of the US emission controls that were introduced late 73 there. That's why early 240z's are the best because they had the E31 head which had the largest compression and more power but more pollution. The 280z was fuel injected and therefore managed to pump out more power using even more emission controls. It is important to know that if a 240z has an L28 in it running on early carbs it will be alot faster than any other early Z. People are often confused and believe the L28 isn't as good an engine.
Gav,

Gavin,
Melbourne
Australia
73' Datsun 240z

 

Oh yeah, i forgot about the SMOG law. So thats why they were not able to bring the 240 carb into the 260. When i unpluged the connector to the disturbtor to tap my tach wire. all my gauges died. But the car still started a few times. Then when i gave up, i pulled out the tach wire and pluged everything back to normal, the car stopped running. All my wires are connected, i dont know how come it wont start anymore. is there a way i can check if there is still compression in the engine?

1974 junkyard 260Z
100% Junk Will be restored to a new car by next year.

 

sounds more like you have broken a wire in teh distributor .. have you check for spark at:
a) coil
b) the leads ??

 

i dont have a spark tester, is there any other way i can tell?

1974 junkyard 260Z
100% Junk Will be restored to a new car by next year.

 

pull out the cable stick a screw driver in the end ... ground it on the chasis and crank it .. if there are sparks its all good

oh and btw dont ground ur self on it

 

haha, sounds great, Should i tap the screw driver on to the chassis, or should i leave a small gap.

=P "what happens if i touch the screw driver"

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1974 junkyard 260Z
100% Junk Will be restored to a new car by next year.

 

small gap should be good .. it wont kill you it will just hurt like hell and i said that on the chanse you have a heart condition :P

 

When I was in college - broke and stupid - I used to test for spark by holding the wire near the block. It's quite a shock, but nothing so bad that I stopped after my first attempt.

These days a timing light works a lot better.

The shock is about the same as what you get from a 110 outlet in the house. More then enough to hurt.

 

mmm, gotta love electricity

In my ragged and dangerous car repairing life, i have :

- arc welded my hand to the chassis accidentally touching a shifter to the positive terminal and chassis at the same time.
- disabled my arm for about 8 hours after pulling a coil lead on a running engine.. (12 inch long blue sparks everywhere...it was on a mitsubishi though so who cares)
- shocked the hell out of myself on a faulty Z31 distributor simply adjusting timing (got the shock THROUGH the plastic dissy cap).

Finally I

- discovered the advantages of having a friend hold the spark plug lead and checking for spark while I crank the engine from the safety of the drivers seat. I knew I had decent spark from the yelp under the bonnet.

Coil sparks hurt a hell of a lot more than individual plug sparks but it's more likely to hold you to the car than throw you anywhere - alot like AC from a wall socket will prevent you from letting go no matter how much you want to.

If I'm checking for the existance of spark now, I just use a timing light. Sometimes you need to pull the leads to check spark quality (my Z31 had a dead coil and was giving crappy orange sparks, replacing it gave me a strong blue one) but I found the easy way was to pull the lead and hold it about half an inch from the dissy cap with an pair of insulated pliers - you should get an arc from the lead to the cap.

iksteh

What Rust?

 

wow, how did your arm get diabled? numness?

=P

thanks for the information, i am trying to win a electric dizzy on ebay at the moment, It looks decent, is it possible to rebuild these things? (just to clean it out and replace the worn parts)

1974 junkyard 260Z
100% Junk Will be restored to a new car by next year.

 

No, if it was just numb I wouldn't have minded. The shock was shooting pain all the way up to my shoulder and I was basically unable to move my arm at all for the rest of the day. I ended up putting it in a sling. Was done on a VN Commodore (Buick based 3.8l v6).

iksteh

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