^^ long bolts suck, like rear shock bolts - or your caliper bolts. Even with heat, the ends are far enough apart that you usually just shear the heads off - slide the part off - then heat the threaded part of the bolt and extract that. Oxy acetylene is a must for anyone in the rust belt. Map gas or propane...pshh...you might as well be using a lighter.
Since my 280zx build thread is closed. Here's the update to the garbage car.
So it's been over a year since the last update. The car died whilst on the way to work, right after a spirited pull. I pulled the car home, and almost immediately afterwards I fell into my E30 sedan....so the budget car sat....
...and sat....until today.
I decided I was finished with mowing around the static 280zx sitting in the yard. It was time to do something about it - Either get it running, or part it out.
I checked for spark, and got nothing. So I checked for voltage, had it. Checked the CAS signal, had it. So that prompted me to pop the cap off the distributor to inspect the rotor.
I discovered that the bolt that secured the rotor to the oil pump/distributor driveshaft had backed out (during my high rpm pull) and caused the rotor to stop spinning as it should, in time, with the motor.
Eureka! A dab of Loctite, and three minutes later... (click the link for the flickr phone video)
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https://flic.kr/p/SFwDWR by
https://www.flickr.com/photos/146611451@N05/, on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2945/33264985323_aaf2387aa5_z.jpgBrakes feel like trash, so I'll give those a once over. Hopefully just need a rebleed.
Otherwise it lives on!
PM a mod and ask them to bump your old post, Andy.
Your Z still gives me wood.