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Access door for fuel vapor hose

Hi all, I put in an access door for the large fuel vapor hose that connects on top of the back of the gas tank making it easier to change out the hose. After dropping the tank to change that leaking hose I realized I wanted easier access to that hose though I recognize it might be a while before it needs replacing again. I figure anything that makes upkeep easier prolongs the life of the car. I put an aluminum rod approx 1/4" DIA about 10 inches long into the part of the hose that connec
Mikes Z car

1973 240z 3 speed auto swap to 4 speed maxima

I've done this swap in my Nissan Cedric 1978 year model. You'll need: The 4 speed flexplate, An overdrive rocker switch to lock out O/D A modified crossmember. A modified tailshaft (shorter and different spline than the original) Some slight transmission tunnel adjustments (read, make larger at some points where the trans touches the tunnel) These are things that i had to consider and do to make things work, you may have some of these issues with your S30 cars...dunno, never owned one mys
ozconnection

Electric Fuel pump

a couple of weeks ago I visited my local pick a part, and found a 240Z with a Holey electric fuel pump, unfortunately I opted not to get it cause the pump was rusted shot and the guy at the counter was asking for too much $ I thought. It had the stock electrical conectors and a red body.........not too sure that the one on my 260 is working and was wondering if anyone here would know what the specs are on this type of fuel pump.........looked at the Holey website and it does not list cars for t
VITAMIN Z

Gas Tank sealing with POR 15 standard tank seal

Many thanks to Jeff G 78 and postings by others for help with this. I noticed the instructions on the standard tank seal can called for thoroughly stirring the tank seal which I thought I had done but when I poured the seal in the tank there were a few lumps. If you look closely at the flat surface on the right (tank baffle) in the completed picture below you can see a couple of small lumps likely from lack of stirring. I used a pint and a half which is a half pint more than what POR says you
Mikes Z car

6/70 240Z Ball Joint

The bottom tube of my 6/70 240Z Macpherson strut has a horizontal plate inside about 3/4” from the bottom opening. Recently purchased new ball joints with larger diameter stud and used later-model steering knuckles fit together well. My problem is that the new stud is about 1/4” longer than the original stud and won't fit inside the strut, interfering with the strut plate. I haven’t cut down the stud of the new ball joint yet because I feared it would be of hardened steel (difficult to
sevangelos

72 Z Master Cylinder quandary

Redoing my brake system for the first time. Got a rebuilt Master cylinder from Black Dragon & found that it: 1) had a two hole flange mount vs the original which had 4 holes 2) the collar which fits in the booster hole is ~1" deep vs 1/2" for the original, thus 3) Master Cyl will not bolt flush to the booster. 4) Dragon says that they have not had any customer issues with fit but are happy to take it back Has anyone else observed this and do I have any options besides rebuilding or mounting
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75 280z Need advice on what this could be

I bought the car recently and replaced the coil, plugs, wires, battery terminals. The car is getting spark and fuel. If i hold the key on the start position(where the starter is turning the motor) it will rev up and seem to run. But whenever i release the key and let it go to the run position, the car shuts off. I have no idea what it can be, mabye the ignition or something electrical. Anyones advice will be greatley appreciated.
The moist shaft

Hatch anti corrosion interior passageways

Hi all, I went to spray the interior metal passageways of my 240Z hatch with a Transtar Amber anti corrosion spray can and noticed there is a reinforcement plate on both sides and top of the hatch. To spray the two passageways created by this plate on the sides was easy as I just had to guide with my hand the 3 foot long spray wand above and then below the reinforcement plate as you can feel the end of the plate with your hand. See drawings. After I did this on both sides I drilled a cou
Mikes Z car

Map light stuck fix

Hi all, The map light in my 240Z got stuck so that when the switch was pushed in to make it turn on or off it would push in and wouldn't pop back out. This was largely due to the top and bottom of the assembly pushing in on the clear plastic switch cover causing the clear plastic to drag. To cure this I glued in a sawed off ordinary lead pencil to bow out the top and bottom of the assembly reducing the friction on the clear plastic switch. The pencil length that worked well for me was appr
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