General Chat
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Just got a call this evening from a bud who was looking for a Maxima.
He found one, and bought it. All original, runs well and doesn't burn a drop of oil.
Mileage?
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385,000+!!!
He will be taking compression readings at my request (curosity)
In his words, "The tranny is noisy"---yuh! It's got a REASON TO BE!!!
I guess that means the tranny I took out of that 83 Maxima Diesel with 275,000 miles on it has another 110,000 on it before rebuilding is due!
LONG LIVE THE L-ENGINE!!!
People Are Idiots, Just look around here and you will see!
Tony D: "Knowledgeable but Caustic"... rationull
My brother from another mother calls himself "Willie D"
Post Edited (Dec 13, 12:46am)
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wow. thats some mileage for sure.
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1985 300ZX n/a
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More than halfway back from the moon. Damn.
'60 Chevrolet Apache 10 235cid Stovebolt 6
'79 N/A MT (My Dad's but I drive it)
'81 Turbo (Mine)
FSM: $60
Shop Manual: $20
Reading the manual: Priceless
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Hear, hear!
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Pete1978z: "It's not that I think stupidity should be punishable by death, I just think we should take the warning labels off of everything and let the problem take care of itself."
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Always said these engines were strong.
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77 280Z - TEC3 Engine Management, Coil Packs, 3.1 Stroker, 550CC injectors, tripple throttle body FI intake, MSA Stage II Cam, etc...etc...
79 Fairlady - Rusty
81 280ZX - DD
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324,000 on my L28
'82 280ZX N/A Coupe
K&N Filter
Flowmaster Muffler
15" Turbo Wheels
260Z Leather Seats
"23years, and 322k miles and still going, and going, and going,..."
'83 280ZX N/A Coupe (parts car)
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I went to a car lot to see this 82 or 83 N/A and got the keys to start it. Got in and the odo read 220 something thousand miles. Turned the key and it turned over twice and started as if it just came off the showroom floor and I didn't even have to give it any fuel. They are just great engines. My friend who told me about it said he actually drove it and said it ran like a dog that just pissed on an electric fence.
God must love stupid people, he made SOOOOO many of them!
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hey phxZ31,
i thought you were gonna e-mail me your report on acetone....
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P.O. of my '76 said it had 375,000 on the engine when I got it. If true, 389,000 now. Have no documentation, tho, and frankly don't believe this to be true as I've replaced head gasket and there was NO runout in the cylinders. Wonder what the highest mileage L28s might be?
'76 280Z driver, '75 parts car
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"I've replaced head gasket and there was NO runout in the cylinders."
At 275,000 with SPC instrumentation I could not measure a deviation in the cylinder walls, same for the one with 225,000, and many others with similar mileage.
As I have said many times before, Nissan set the PISTONS AND RINGS up as the wear components, NOT the block! Makes for a brisk service parts business where just about anyone can slap in new parts and be running again without having to machine this that and the other thing before reassembling with something they bought somewhere else!
People Are Idiots, Just look around here and you will see!
Tony D: "Knowledgeable but Caustic"... rationull
My brother from another mother calls himself "Willie D"
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Let me know when it hits a MILLION like on the local here w/ a '96 Accord.
Rusty but running.
Polish cell phone and two tubes of Aluma-seal.
And, now we are historic.
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216,000+ on my wife's 1980 ZX and burns no oil, well, maybe a tad. It really just needs valve stem seals I'm pretty sure. But like stated above, first hit of the key and she just fires right no with no problems! Gotta love it!
Dave
12/70 240Z, L-28, flat-tops, N-42 head, N-33 intake, MSA 10-2002 cam, ZX ignition, early 5-speed, R-180,4:11 gears, 903 Blue paint.
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So assuming that car was produced, shipped and sold in September of 2005, that would average to what....275 miles a day? EVERY DAY, from the day it was produced, to the same date in September 2005?
I would like to see some documentation on THAT claim!!!
I am almost in a tenative "Call Bullshite" mood on that Million Mile Accord Post...
People Are Idiots, Just look around here and you will see!
Tony D: "Knowledgeable but Caustic"... rationull
My brother from another mother calls himself "Willie D"
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My 60 yr old father has a '94 Toyota pick-up truck with 350,000+ miles on it. He was the original owner. The truck always pass smog too. I guess he knew what to do during smog day :)
He told me on some mornings, he would find notes on his windshield from people who want to buy the truck from him.
Anyhow, someone rear-ended his beloved truck and now it's a total loss. AAA gave him about $4500 for the loss, which was a surprise to me because that's a lot of $$$ for a truck with that much mileage. He now has a 2006 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner V6, Off-Road package.
Makes me want to get a truck too....
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1975 280Z (Stock)
303 Emerald Green
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keyser soze - That story is almost identical to my uncle's. He had an old GMC work truck with over 400,000 on the clock (original owner, everything you said) and was rear ended but got paid $2,500 for the utility bed that was on it.
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Pete1978z: "It's not that I think stupidity should be punishable by death, I just think we should take the warning labels off of everything and let the problem take care of itself."
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RE: MMmile Honda
Call the Washington Post. They did the report. The owner scouts routes for trucking cos. and practically lives in the car. Said the only thing he does special is use Mobile 1.
Rusty but running.
Polish cell phone and two tubes of Aluma-seal.
And, now we are historic.
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Wait a minute. Was Wilt Chamberlain driving that Million Mile Honda. Maybe that's how he got around to boning the 10,000 women he claims...
Wish I could somehow document or at least confirm that my '76 engine really does have 389K. (Still shows 135-145 compression across all six, too.) But the paperwork I got from P.O. was pretty sparse. It apparently was originally bought by his uncle who, he said, "Drove it everywhere and parked it on a carpet in the garage every night."
The PO himself was a chiropractor and didn't know anythign about cars.
Anyway, it still runs great. Recently drove it from Bakersfield to SF and no probs. Well, except the non-working heater. And the clunking rear strut. Hey, I got the Tokico set, but it's WAY down the to-do list.
'76 280Z driver, '75 parts car
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It's hard to trust odo's, they are so easy to tamper with on older cars, but why would someone put more miles than the car had. In that respect I believe all the claims except the Accord I'd have to scrutinize, but it's probably true.
I may have many of you beat, I was in a bennigan's rest. about a year and a half ago when I had recently sold my z. I overheard this guy saying he had inherited a 90 300zx [said it was an 89, but I corrected that] from his uncle and how it had 415k miles on it [n/a] as the guy used it for consulting around the country and refused to drive anything else. I was suspicous then, but I put 20k miles in 2 months doing a similar occupation this past summer.
I got to talking to him and he showed me the odo at 414,xxx. I asked him about the drivetrain, and he said the 5spd transmission was rebuilt at 300k and the motor was replaced at the same time because the wiring harness was cooked and it was already out. That's the most I've ever seen on a 300zx [z32] by about 100k. I'd believe it, it's only 2k miles a month.
19[TT]91
My TT beauty is gone.
2[00]2 Honda 954RR
Suzuki 1200 S; sportscar eater
19[I4]94 Integra GSR Sedan
Long live the Z...
aka SAHTT
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I could think of something other than an Accord to drive scouting trucking routes!
If you think of the mileage I posted, that was for 7 days a week, if the guy worked a DOT 10hour day, or even five days a week it's 383miles a day.
As long as it's highway miles I could see that. Hell, I put 26K on the Ford F150 I had this summer between July 15th and September 15th.
But I was rarely putting more than 20-40 miles a day on each weekday. All my driving was done on Friday and Sunday going home and going back to the jobsite.
UGH! An ACCORD of all things. Eeeeeyah! YUK!
People Are Idiots, Just look around here and you will see!
Tony D: "Knowledgeable but Caustic"... rationull
My brother from another mother calls himself "Willie D"
Post Edited (Dec 13, 6:00pm)
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The 280ZX Turbo that I have had an overheated engine. The mileage was about 250k miles. The head was warped and cracked, but the block still had the factory cross-hatch polishing pattern on the cylinders. I simply got new crank bearings, rebalanced the crank, then had it put back together. With a replacement head, it should be running like new.
If engineers in the 60's came up with an engine that lasts this long, I can't wait to see how long the engines of today will last.
1971 240Z
"Fear is exciting for me." -Ayrton Senna
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"planned obsolesence"
Sadly I doubt that is the wave of the future!
People Are Idiots, Just look around here and you will see!
Tony D: "Knowledgeable but Caustic"... rationull
My brother from another mother calls himself "Willie D"
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my '82's odd. showed 288K before i replaced it. The speedo part had died, and i wanted 130mph :)
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http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0805/weingarten082605.php3
Rusty but running.
Polish cell phone and two tubes of Aluma-seal.
And, now we are historic.
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Not a Z but I have a Buick Regal with the 3.1 liter engine with 387,000 miles. The only thing I've ever had to do with this car is replace a couple fuel pumps and the alternator. The engine has never been opened and still gets +/- 28 mph. Cheap miles.
Brent
'78Z
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A few years ago I parted out an '81 280ZX that had more rust than miles on it at 149k. The engine was disassembled and cleaned and reassembled and installed in a friend's '71 240Z. The bottom end including the main bearings, caps, crankshaft and cylinder walls looked like they had barely been run in! Amazing.
On another note, I ran across an '86 720 pickup with 389,000 miles on it and the owner was a courier who kept the vehicle extremely clean. I kept tabs on it from time to time and at roughly 420,000 miles the timing chain needed to be replaced. Unfortunately given the nature of work that this particular shop turned out the engine only made it another 35,000 miles before it finally died. The shame of it is he gave the truck away and it had nearly perfect paint and body and no rust on the frame. Even the interior was in great condition.
Bob Dadd
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/daddsun/my_photos
70 240Z HLS3008323 08/70
77 280Z 12/76 HLS30366531
78 280Z 04/78 HLS30456240
81 280ZX 4/81 hdtp
82 280ZX 11/81 hdtp
86 300ZX 1/23/86 hdtp
86 300ZX 2/7/86 hdtp
03 350Z 11/14/02