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  1. dotMorse

    Bicester Heritage - Sunday Scramble, April 21st

    Afternoon All, Anyone planning on heading to the Sunday Scramble in April? This will be the first show meet I have done in the completed car. Good to see a few more and its also only 15mins down the road from me.
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    240z running, and now it’s not….

    So like an absolute idiot…I found my stupid mistake. I had independently verified TDC and the cam lobe position and the distributor rotor direction. But between each time had tried to start the engine. I took off the cam cover and the distributor at the same time and surprise surprise…it was...
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    240z running, and now it’s not….

    Thanks for the tips. If the rotor was 180degrees out it wouldn’t point at cylinder 1 when at 10degrees btdc? Just trying to cancel everything out before I drain the oil (again)
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    240z running, and now it’s not….

    Afternoon all. I took my car to a rolling road and they picked up that the mechanical advance was not working. At this point the car lacked power but ran fine, just quite rich. (Did a 60 mile round trip with no problems) When I got back I disassembled the distributor and found the cam lobes...
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    What did you do to your Z this week?

    They are the watanabe center caps that came with the watanabe wheels. The colour is the 918 orange. Full nut and bolt rebuild and respray. Tuned the carbs a bit further last night. Smiling all the way to work this morning. Glorious.
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    What did you do to your Z this week?

    I actually got my car on the road after 5 years of rebuilding. Just needs a setup and tune.
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    Noisy Diff?

    I have just put in a new mechanical fuel pump as the old thought the engine could survive on a tumble of fuel every couple of hours. Hopefully the new one has not gone. Going to pull the fuel filter tonight and see what it looks like.
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    Noisy Diff?

    Thanks rob. Will take a look at the fuel filter tonight. That would make a lot of sense. In other news I also have some coolant in the inside of the bonnet. Looks like it could be out the breather. No overheating while driving though. Temps all read fine. Again what could be the cause of this...
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    Noisy Diff?

    So replaced the diff with one from @Mr Tenno and now no noise. Success BUT now it doesn’t like to rev under load. Go over 2k revs and it struggles. Could this diff be a higher ratio? Is there a solution to this?
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    Noisy Diff?

    Thanks @ALN That will be next on the list after testing @Mr Tenno diff.
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    Noisy Diff?

    From what I can see the standard 240z 4 speed was a 3.36? Wouldn’t put any money on it though https://www.zhome.com/ZCMnL/tech/GearRatios.html
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    Noisy Diff?

    Brilliant. Sent you a DM
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    Noisy Diff?

    So I have taken my car for it’s first drive longer than 1 mile. After about mile 3 a low grinding started. Turned around. By the time I got home it was fairly loud. Definitely from the rear of the car and no noise when not under load or in neutral rolling. My assumption is that it’s the diff...
  14. dotMorse

    Another indicator issue

    So it looks like I have one last electrical gremlin. When I turn on the side lights the left front indicator turns on?
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    What did you do to your Z this week?

    Finally got my indicators working. I also re-artworked and printed new stickers for all the shiny car bits.
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    Another indicator issue

    FIXED! For anyone else having the same issue. Basically I must have had a split wire somewhere. Routed the 12v supply back to the hazard switch but had a good supply coming from the green wire when the hazards are off. This wire was not showing a connection to the green wire that connects to...
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    Another indicator issue

    So another night of head scratching. I get no power to the indicator fuse if I remove the flasher unit altogether as I guess it breaks the circuit. Reinstall the flasher and I get 12v at the fuse. But no voltage at the flasher or switch box. If I bridge delete the flasher and bridge the...
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    Another indicator issue

    So I am having the age old issue of the indicators not working with my 240z. I have been troubleshooting all the common issues and this is where I am at. Hazards work fine. Indicators sometimes click on the flasher once, but then nothing. Almost always they do nothing at all. Changed fuses...
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    What did you do to your Z this week?

    After not posting anything about my 5 year long build….I got it running yesterday
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    Watanabe 40% off sale?

    Found the original quote. 4x R-type 15 x 8.0 4H-114.3 Std.Retail $550/ea Wheel price $1320(40% Off) 16 piece lug nuts $152 Center caps $88 (They come in only black/silver) Black is slightly different from the wheels color but they are the closest match and everyone fits them perfectly...
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