Spartan Warrior

Please PM me I am also in Canberra and live in Yass with a possible swap as I am at a decision point with my 260 2+2 cheers

chris will check, they have been spot on every time I have been in, holden is in at the moment like Canberra it pours, I need a new pulley, get it back on Monday, a long and wet walk to woolies for some tea soon! will let you know how it goes, thanks for the help

chris its off to DAS Fleet there is someone there who is working on a 240, no rush on it, only moving as far as yass

No joy on car so its off on the trailer on Monday, full service, a sort and rego, hope I am back on the road in about three weeks, on top of moving house as well, still spring is in the air! thank you to everyone who offered advice, keep changing gear!

zaxzeds thank you very much I appreciate that and will try at the end of this week when I get back, will let you know how I go Cheers

Update on issue, checked fuel in bowls and all good, charged battery, cleaned plugs, car will start run lumpy for slightly longer 10 - 15 seconds and then cuts out, do you think that a bump start will work? Cheers

Chris thank you, will give that a go

Salty Will do cheers

Salty Thank you, I will try that as well, I suspect that I will need some help, cheers

Salty Thank you, I will have to ask someone to help, so can anybody in Canberra recommend a mobile mechanic or be willing to help, thank you

Salty Not really it is very lumpy and runs for about ten seconds and will not respond to the accelerator at all, cheers

Salty Cheers, update, plugs cleaned, fuel checked and flowing, car will start for a few seconds and then it will cut out, it does not seem to want to catch

Chris Thank you, will do, cheers

Zedman240 Thank you, I will try your advice and update on my progress, cheers

chris I am in Jerrabomberra, cheers

Salty thank you, i have checked fuel to the carbs on both sides and there is fuel there, I have some of that start spray and the car almost starts and then just turns over?

Not sure where to post this but now in Canberra after leaving the Top End! After a bad accident I have not been able to drive my car for almost two years with a tour overseas last year as well. My 260 2+2 started a couple of months ago but she will not start now, as much as I turn her over. I will be moving house in a weeks time and need to get her started so I can get her on the trailer, any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated, thank you

Wanted left hand drive car as a project if there is one hiding out there?

Australia needs to do itself a favour and not air another show, I for one will not be watching it again as I treasure both my sanity and eyesight, it was boring and lame, who chose the presenters? In fact I am trying to remember what was on the program, hmm it must have been really bad. Anyway my son and I had a laugh at the so called Stig's performance on the airfield, poorly shot, poor driving, the plane moving in the background was more interesting, in fact had this have been a pilot show I am hoping that it would have been canned!

After a lot of running around and exploring different engine options I am well on the way to ordering a complete 3.2 engine from Rebelloracing (just sorting the finer details) in the states for my 260 2 plus 2. He has advised me that the best setup as being a combination of a 1982/83 280zx gearbox with either a 3.9 or 4.11 diff. I would be really grateful for advice as to what would be best. The only down side was that after telling the wife of the cost she fainted and I had to bring her round I decided on this option as it will allow me to retain the original engine etc, has anyone else got a rebello engine? Plus the states is just as close as to Darwin as is anywhere else! Cheers

count me in if you find some, I did a search last night, sad I know with no luck :'(

On another subject got some great advice and tips from Hunter today which confirms what a great forum this is! Spooky that I was offered a very tatty 300 zx last night outside of the club that I play in, not too sure if it ran on beer or petrol fumes from the guy that offered me it! Anyway thank you Hunter!

Monday night is a great night its 8 Ball night and I play for a team in Nightcliff. Last night cruising down Stuart Highway with the windows down, music on, and my 260 at a steady 80 km into a magnificent sunset what more could you ask for! The 260 is a great place to think! May be I would ask for a rear facing laser which would eliminate all traces of those more mundane users of the road that persist in tailgating me, and then swinging out to speed past at the last possible moment, proving what? Then on the way home I have another narrow miss which would have T Boned the car. Do I feel the same need for speed, well definitely not on a Monday night, what never ceases to amaze me is the reaction that my car has on the drivers of that classic The Australian Ute (WOW)! Stuart Highway here in the NT is a curious beast which changes constantly throughout the day, some mornings can be easy (its twenty minutes to work for me) others can be very aggressive perhaps that’s linked to pay day. What has always been a Taboo subject for me is drinking and driving, and having arrived here from the UK last year I am utterly amazed by the amount of drinking and driving that’s occurs here in the NT! On a more sober note the Highway has a fatality tally board which now stands for this year at 37, I often wonder who has the job of changing it and what he thinks, the recent 2 additions I believe have been two young girls. So what’s my point am I ranting about aggressive UTE drivers and drink driving or thinking about buying a rear mounted facing laser? No my point is that, I have a great car, its relaxed and fun to drive and when you need to put your foot down it responds exactly how a car should. Don’t get me wrong I have always been a petrol head, had some great cars and love to drive fast. I see that Jeremy Clarkson has had his hands on the latest V8 from Holden although I have not yet seen the episode; maybe he should introduce it next to the board above!

I would like to try and get an idea of how many Zeds we have here in the Top End? I would also like to organise a quick get together one weekend (I suspect that there might only be two of us attending anybody interested please let me know and we can fix a date, if I manage to get the other Zed here in time I can always get my wife to join me! :'(

zbitz, yes I am just sorting out the delivery details!