Gearbox Troubles…
So last week I went to reverse the car out but the car was lurching forward when I would let the clutch out, then it was in 1st when it should have been in neutral. I'm pretty sure one of the nuts has come loose allowing the gears to move along the shaft. A bit annoying as this box was rebuilt not too long ago.
Anyway Steve was wanting a hand to replace his box in his 260 due to a slight whine whilst in gear. He said I could have his old box in exchange for one of the 6x9in speaker panels I had made which sounded like a pretty good deal to me.
We swapped Steve's box over yesterday and will hopefully do mine this coming weekend.
Sparkplugs
The front spark plug has been gunking up nearly every trip recently. It's not a good sign as the rest of the plugs are burning quite nicely which makes me think maybe piston or piston ring. Anyway filled it up with oil and cleaned the spark plug for the 5th time and it seems to be running alright now. I will rebuild the engine when I convert everything into the new body.
New Distributor Breaker Plates
My new vacuum advance pot and breaker plate assembly arrived from Z Specialites .
There is a plastic bearing housing on the 280zx electronic distributors the breaks over time (about 10 years I'm told) causing the vacuum advance to not function correctly. I ordered an "upgraded" metal breaker plate assembly from Z Specialties but it took about 2 months to complete the transaction and when they arrived they were still the plastic types. They offered a refund but with shipping etc it wouldn't have been worth it.
I have cad-ed up the bearing housing so i should be able to get some cut out of aluminium soon.
