Road Trip, What could go wrong? - Home Built Datsun 240z part 108
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Inhaling acid fumes together - that's real love right there.
Jeff you seem to of used up alot of husband points! Poor Mrs Jeff was made to refuel several times, no radio, noise and rotten eggs. I recommend a lovely meal, flowers and possibly chocolate to regain some points! Great trip for you and the Datsun though. Thanks for taking us along!
Your wife Is really an angel for standing all the noise and the smell, maybe a better isonorization of the cabin would help.
You did a really good job in the car!
Jeff, 240Z has an externally regulated alternator and of course a voltage regulator. These regulators can be problematic. I recently replaced my alternator with an internally regulated one and eliminated the voltage regulator. A little wiring mod is required but the results are awesome. Maybe the way to go for you.
Nothing MAYBE about it we have the technology to make the Z more bullet proof..its a no brainer.
Any original enthusiasts wanting to keep things original put the parts in a box for the next caretaker.
I need to find me a Mrs Jeff that fills up my classic car for me every time and looks gorgeous while doing so. :D
Need to see Mrs Jeff partaking in the driving since she is such an integral part of everything. Of course only if she enjoys driving the builds
Liked your road trip. Good on Mrs. Jeff to put up with it being noisy and smelly.
Eerily similar to the drive when I had just purchased my 240Z. We drove from Charlotte, NC to Chicago, IL. Things that were the same:
1. Lots of road and wind noise, not very comfortable after 3+ hrs.
2. We took a wrong turn and went down an unpaved road, big mistake not to just turn around right away. Shook us and the car to bits.
3. We only had the stock AM radio. It actually worked, but was completely useless.
4. We couldn’t fill up more than 1/2 a tank at a time or it smelled like petrol (gas fumes in the cabin).
We made it 1200km (745 miles) in 2 days stopping for the night once. You can’t ask for more than that. Truth be told we shipped it on a flatbed the rest of the way and flew home. The Z car probably could have made it further, but we had given up. 🤣
Hydrogen sulfide is very poisonous. Shouldn't affect the Aussie too much but I'm worried about the Kiwi. :p
It's a smell you get used to very quickly so if you were still smelling it after 10 mins (let alone an hour!) it was pretty serious.
It is my hope and dream to totally restore my 1976 280Z..much respect to Jeff!
ZCON 2019 in the U.S. Is next week wish you could come.
Nevertheless, I will be spreading the word about your 240-Z build and channel. One of the best !! Informative, and entertaining. Your emotions are very relatable. The Thrill of victories and, the agony of defeats along the build.
I enjoyed this video like a dream come true! Amazing Datsun, works good and definitely looking forward to see you guys on more roadtrip adventures 😊
Love the road trips!! Just a nice change from the builds. Also we get to see the cars being ironed out.
Great to see things unfolding for real, good on Mrs Jeff 👍
Nice work Jeff. Loved Mrs Jeff's face when you started up in the servo and she looked worried that it would not start. :) That dash is going to need some lov'in after you fix the rest of the things that have shaken out. Keep up the good work and remember efi on cold mornings is not a issue. :):):)
awesome destination,,,thumbs up for Mrs Jeff,she has all love from RUclips world that is for sure
Great video! Love to see you both going down the road together!
LOVE THE
TEAM WORK!!!!
I am adding Australia to my bucket list, both for the beauty and the racing!
How cool.. great to see you make the whole trip with major issues..
Really enjoyed the trip guys, especially the mount! Cheers
Awesome episode.....great to see Australian countryside and a great surprise to see Bathurst too!
I love your built Jeff, absolutely great looking car
Looks like you had fun even with the noise and battery smells, Hats off to Mrs Jeff not blowing a gasket at the irritation of a basically new car shake down, glad you had fun.
More Road Trips would be ace. They're one of my favourite videos of Harry's Garage on RUclips, when takes his cars on long trips and points out the good and the not ideal, be it the cars performance or the practicalities. Cool destination choice for this one too.
Loved the video Jeff, more please! You guys are the best :)
I did a trip from the sunny coast to Bathurst with my dad in a mini. I know the feels. But it's awesome.
Looks like a fun trip and kudos to Mrs Jeff for dealing with that loud exhaust all the way. Also conrgats on the Aussie petrol-head rite of passage, a lap (or two!) of Mt Panorama.
Thanks mate. The car is all settling nicely and it is becoming better to drive with time strangely enough.
Thats an awesome road trip! I never realized Mt Panorama was an open road, gotta ad that to my bucket list with the Nurburgring
Maybe you should get an internally regulated alternator. Keep things simple is keeping things realable, but not always efficient.
Cold start problem is carbs' life you choose to live :D
PSA (Peugeot & Citroën & DS) experiment EFI on carburator before going multipoint. But they are with upside air intake, not side air intake.
Thanks for sharing, what a trip
New sub! Great vids! Happy to be on board!
The winery at the race track makes a pretty nice drop of port
Good on you Jeff for taking it on ALL roads!! If nothing shook loose on that dirt - you built her nice & solid!! Tiger.
Bad luck about running out of fuel - you need to get that gauge fixed!!
Like Le Mans circuit a big part of the track is an open road with houses (by example Hunaudières, Tertre rouge, etc..). The percentage after the top of the mountain seems very important, I assume brakes during the race are quite suffering... 😱
Hi Jeff, there are 2 plastic vent snorkels that go from the radiator support panel to the inner guard that you took
off the paint under the bonnet , they blow fresh air into the cabin though the round vents onto your face and the positive pressure helps with the fumes and the vent hose off the top of the fuel tank is not working so you can only put half a tank of fuel in
I did check the vent hose and it is connected and clear so I don't think it is the issue, but I will check it.
Bathurst - awesome. When I saw the footage in the carpark I thought it looked familiar. Its quite frigthening that its two way and 60k's - particularly when you come over skyline and there is a bus sitting in the middle of the track - we had a full brown pants moment...
No better place to go to for your debut road trip than to Mount Panorama!! Well done on your terrific build mate.
Thanks mate. If only I could have done it at speed ;)
Great video, thank you!
Lets see Mrs Jeff pumped fuel.Mrs Jeff was photographer..
Mrs Jeff sat closest to the battery.
Road trip was "good" its a little nerve racking the first few tests. At some point its just GO. If something poos up it pops up. Nothing you can do.
Well carry a" road service card"
Alot of builds .Stop at the COMPLETION when really using the car is as exciting as the build...in my opinion.
Good Show...
Good to see your out there enjoying it.. nice relaxing trip to bathurst before you jump into alfa rust repairs ;)
Now make a vid on how to fix that fuel gauge! I have about the same problem as you. When gauge reads emptry I actualle still have 20L in the tank. Fuel sending unit is good, gauge is good and wiring is good. Maybe adjusting the arm on the sending units is key
Great video.
Cant wait to see you both taking the Porsche out!
Greetings from the USA and nice road trip! The car looks good and it sounds good. I also liked the footage on the race circuit. My only question is .... why didn't Mrs. Jeff get to drive on the track or other portions of the road trip?
Great vid. How good is Mount Panorama! I have raced there a few times, and I can guarantee you it's a scary concrete canyon that is unforgiving should you make a mistake. That was a good road trip and I guess you have learnt some about the Z car (or should that be "G" car). Perhaps your fuel pickup has a split in it, hence it's not picking up fuel less than half a tank? I look forward to the fault-finding. Cheers, Andy.
Have you considered that the fuel gauge might be right? I recall you had issues with the filler neck or evap line, you might not be filling it as full as you think. You might look at your evap and canister, make sure its fresh and placed where it works properly. Have a spare fuel pump available too, that one that went dry probably used up most of its life expectancy. Definitely more road trips with the project cars. If that's not the point of all that hard work, then I don't know what is!
I had that problem with my '72 and sad to say it was still a problem when I sold it.
Jeff, the Z looked "at home" on the "Mountain", pity about the paltry speed limits.
I remember my first ride, (road trip), in a 240Z, a friend had just picked up a brand new 1971 Z in a colour, like a tan or orange, he let me have a drive on a country road, with only the number of miles on the clock from Sydney, where he bought it, up to Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, where we worked, it was noisy and I thought the seats were hard/uncomfortable compared to my HK GTS Monaro, so things are still the same apparently. We didn't run out of fuel on my test drive but the owner encouraged me to take the Z up to the old ton, 💯 mph, to see if it'd do it, did it easy!
entertaining show, like to see the Datsun out on the road
Mrs. Jeff... Keeping it real!!!!
I have driven Bathurst hundreds of times in various games, and never imagined it was a public road. Of all of the iconic race tracks, this would be one of the last I would have guessed was accessible road.
Hope we'll see you at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 this year mate.
Some of the best car videos are ones that show the host's country. More drives that show Australia sites please!
I would have made fixing that alternator a priority. Not only was it over charging/killing the battery, it was cooking the ign coil and probably blew a few light bulbs as well. If its got a external regulator, just unplug it for 30 minutes, plug it in for 15 minutes, etc. Saves a battery.
G'day from West Australia, ahhh Bathurst such a nice track to drive on😉🙂👍👍
And those views from the top of the mountain makes the trip and small trouble sooo worth it🙂
Regardless of low speed driving LMAO bet you got to see boy's in blue above 60 kmh 37 MPH.
I followed one years ago and he couldn't say anything coz he would of had to give himself a fine, passenger had him on film yes film. Not digital camera🙂
I had a big exhaust in my 240z. A mate upgraded his race car. I put his exhaust on my car. Too noisy. I put a muffler on it (just one) and it made a big difference. This and some sound proofing did the trick. It was still bloody noisy but the drone went away. I did Bathurst once. Hooned around. Not excessive but over the limit. I was young. When I got home my dad mentioned they had speed cameras. The next few weeks were horrible. Luckily no fines in the mail. 😁
Looks like you'd had a lot of fun.
Bathurst, did the up the esses hill climb one Boxing Day many years ago.
I love seeing a little bit of Aussie Land, I like the reg stuff also. You brought everything but a gas can !. Is it using alot of fuel ?
6:56 antenne says hi
I took that same wrong turn on the way to Bathurst one year. ended up on that same dirt road. hahaha.
jeff, you have built my dream car.
You forgot duct (duck) tape. Fun road trip you had a bit of everything. The race track was very cool I can't believe it is a residential area. I know there are other "tracks" that are on streets, They used to run Indy cars in Toronto, but after the race was done you would never know it. I couldn't live there it would be so tempting to apex all the turns on the commute too and from work. Thank you for sharing!
Duct tape should definitely be on that list.
Finally, The Z is movin
Light steering = not enough caster maybe?
My next road trip is Bathurst!
Jeff take it to track leave the missus in the pit lane and give it some whelly.....you know you want to so just DO IT
33% batt on my IPad , I'm gonna drain it to zero tonight with Jeff.
I do miss those random breath tests, liven the day up. :)
Sad about the battery but you will sort it out in no time
Mrs.jeff is a saint...lol
How not to unwind , drive Bathurst backwards .
Change your Alt Regulator . Put a GPS speedo app on your phone and try using the little soft foam ear plugs.
How did using the wing mirrors go ?
Wing mirrors even with the fish eyes on them are not great, but they look cool ;)
Wow, even my wife watched this. Really enjoyed it. Mrs. T here has asked if Mrs Jeff there could do some driving next time. (She tells me its a womens thing..??) Anyway, great, loved it, we go for liked drives up here in Qld. You definetly have done a great job with the Datsun. (Just love the ole school carby jobs, thats my era of mechanical doings).
Great to hear the you both enjoyed it. Mrs Jeff will definitely drive some more in the next one.
My tr3 sounds/does exactly the same on a cold start-up 😁. Really wonder what the battery issue was...does it have a "voltage regulator"? Thanks for showing us Bathurst, driven it many times on the Ps4, but great to see it from a normal car pov.
Onto the next trip :)
The Datsun has a separate voltage regulator, and I am not sure if it just wasn't working before and now it has kicked back in. Either way, while it is working I plan on leaving it alone ;)
Is really important to check that the drivers are sober, they have to be fast in case a gigant 50kg spider crosses tries to ambush the car
Why is it so loud? What are you running for silencer?
Modern up electrics like Alternators, windsheild wiper and ignition. I for get what your running.
Are your carbs 40mm or 45mm?
I love you, your vids, your work, your wife, your pets, your home.
I love (just a little) your Nissan, I love your Alfa (I'm from Milan)...
But the Porsche 911continues to be a pedal car! Why?
$6.51 per Gallon 😢 I'm sweating at $5/G here in the US.
96p a litre! It’s £1.22 in UK at the moment! ($2.19 AUD)
All things considered that drive was pretty uneventful which is a good thing!
fuel indicator really really important i guess..
That Z needed to be on another level....
sounds like if you are only putting 33 liters in that maybe your fuel tank breather isnt working?
Its mid winter is it not my luvvies? Where is your snow shovel, travel rug and thermos flask? Soooo adventurous! Lol
Basically no snow in Aus ;)
Home Built By Jeff lightweights lol
A Barra swap would correct that cold start issue. Could be a project to do with Turbo Yoda.
Just an EFI swap in fact.
Alan will want to put a turbo on it.
Even in Australie, nothing is better than a girl happy in a car...
Nice trip with some problems, but all of them solved on the road. Towing to home no needed, so the trip went very well.
Hope Mrs. Jeff will go through with Datsun in the future too.
Refilled jerrycan may save You by the long walking.
I just kill My Datsun zx280 battery week ago by forgetting drive lights on overnight. Battery never recover even battery charger, so new one needed. Fuel injection model needs good condition battery and charging must play well.
what happned to the dash? full of bubbles
You missed some videos ;)
How did those mirrors mysteriously reappear in place 🤣
Does the 680 have a mechanical regulator? if so that would explain why it 'fixed' itself, one of the relays in it must have been stuck. Swap it for an electronic one, if you can't find another zed one the 180b uses the same electronic one, it will plug straight in.
It fixed itself, so now it works great.
@@HomeBuiltByJeff probably the vibrations from driving around freed up the contacts, I would still change it out,
Jeff eats burritos and then blames the smell on “battery acid.” Hmmm
$1.35 litre up here in Cairns this morning ,,
Nice , in Sweden the price is right now $2.34 per litre (95).
$0.66 a litre, in Colorado..... You guys really pay!
But how much fuel did it take at the end??? 60l?
Only 43L. Now I just know when the gauge reads E, fill it up ;)
Last road trip for Mrs Jeff in a classic...hehe.....A sound proofed bonnet would make big difference.....Century batteries are best....super strange how the charging fixed itself...must have been a poor connection somewhere that healed itself after some running....
Apologies for being "That guy", 9:19, was that a picture in picture attempt?
I never even noticed that until now. Weird..
What's a "Detsun"?
bahahha yup that's the 240z experience.........fumes and loud.
My god, the price is high .. you should get yourself an app to find the cheapest fuel .. but I guess when the gauge is saying empty then you don't have much choice ...
Highlands tax ;)
25% less than it is in the UK!!
@@toby9055 I just wish that they would do prices like Cuba and Sudan still every country ... www.globalpetrolprices.com/gasoline_prices/
Was it comfortable? Where were you when you were near that gigantic elephant rock?
It is not what I would call comfortable, but I have been in much worse. The giant Merino (sheep) is in Goulburn NSW.
@@HomeBuiltByJeff Ha ha! From the back, I totally thought it was an elephant. Thanks :)
Car looks great but you probably should have done some shorter road trials first. You also likely got walloped off camera.
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