Yay, Today i started her up since i did all the motor work. Took a secoud to prime the fuel lines. but she started. She is smokin And i mean Smokin. almost a pure white smoke. And somthin i did not notice. When i put the key in the run spot. The fuel pump does not come on to build pressure in the lines like my Blue Z does. Why is this?

 

i love the factory manual, i even have the full COLOR wiring diagram for the 79. it is soooo handy cause its all one piece, and all the colors line up, front to back.

 

I've got both the Haynes and the FSM for the 280zx. Thus far the ONLY benefit I've found useful in the FSM over the Haynes (other then the wiring diagram) is that the information is less general due to the fact that it only covers one model year. I dont have to sort through the info that has nothing to do with my year. Sure the FSM has a few more details in it but most of those details apply to things the home mechanic isn't going to be doing anyways. My FSM will tell me every single clearance within my transmission. My Haynes wont. The odds of the average shade tree mechanic needing that info? Not very likely and thats the type of information that the FSM includes over the Haynes. Need to do some maintanence or looks up a specification? Both are equal in their representation of that type of "useful" information. I dont need to know how to use a Nissan engine analyzer, something else you'll find in a FSM and not the Haynes. And guess what: when the Haynes tells you consult the dealer about ECU diagnosis or something like that odds are the FSM is going to refer you to something like that engine analyzer that 99.5% of the population does NOT have access to. So while the FSM may have more information, that doesnt necessarily mean it has more useful information.

I still think my FSM was a good investment cause it came on CD and I can print page after page and it's not going to wear out like my Haynes did. In the field I never consulted Haynes or an FSM for specs or procedures though. We always used All-data for things like that. Clymer is a great manual, but costly compared to a Haynes. But for best bang for the buck nothing beats a good ol' Haynes manual

 

Ok. I am geting confused here. Napa online has like 5 diff head gaskets for the 81. Not brand wise, but diff in the gasket it's self. water passege way's and whatnot. Whitch one do i need? F54 Block, P79 Head, made in 11/80.

 

http://napaonline.com/masterpages/NO...er+Head+Gasket
http://napaonline.com/masterpages/NO...er+Head+Gasket

either one of those two. up to you.

 

thanks. i am gona order one friday. hopefully have head done my sunday afternoon. Would thsi be the reasion why the motor ain't to powerfull?

 

could be. If the headgasket is blown between cylinders then you'll end up with low compression in those cylinders which means those cylinders aren't going to produce much, if any, power.

 

By any chance, have you done a compression test?

 

no. ain't got the tool for it.

 

you should get one, one that does vacumme to, i dotn know if they all do that but w/e. they arent to expensive and are so very helpful.

 

You go up there to put a battery in and come out with a car?! What is the world comin to these days?