Interior
Discussions about the interior components of your early Zcar.
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For those who have replaced carpet and bought new snaps for the parking brake boot, what did you use and where'd you get them? Yes, I've seen them everywhere from ebay to walmart, but would love to skip the trial & error phase. I imagine they would have to be a little taller than regular fabric snaps, no?
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I pulled my heater control panel to fix this problem. As I was reinstalling it I was making sure the cables and controls operated as expected. I went to test this and BAM! It bent again with little effort. This is the cable that goes on the lower right side of panel to the vent door above the blow motor. The door opens and closes freely and it has its spring mounted but the pushing action on the cable keeps bending it. Before I buy any new parts can someone post up the routing of the control cable? Maybe I am putting too many curves in it causing a build up of pressure. Thank you!
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I've read some threads about restoring a 240z steering wheel, but I'm not sure what method I should use to restore mine. Someone mentioned using an SOS soap pad, which sounds like a good idea. What do you guys think is the best way to restore the wood on a 240z steering wheel to its original look?
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That thing is hard to get out. There was already a crack below the strut mount from whomever tried to remove it years ago. The driver side was tough enough..had to remove the strut nut and muscle it out. The other side is a bit more complex. The rear light panel is out, all of the press-board decking is out, the right-side deck mount piece is out, too. It feels like its going to snap if I put any more bending pressure on it. Any tricks to getting this out? Is there a bolt underneath the weatherstripping to remove the strut mounting plate?
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well that was easy. My headliner was detached for about 1/3 of the way on the driver side, sagging down and rubbing my head (I am tall so any sag at all is an issue). Got some headliner 3M glue, used a spatula to separate the driver and passenger side and then about 1/2 back (the rest was stuck on very well, I did not want to tear up the foam) where it was not holding real well. Covered the interior with bed sheets (seats/dash, anywhere it looked like overspray could be and issue) reclined the seats, put the brake handle down all to get as much unfettered access as possible, sprayed on a good even coat on both the roof and headliner, let it tack up (did not take long the …
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Does anybody have padding like this in their car ? They came out of my 12/71. Are they stock ? They're in good condition. They have brown rust spots on them. I'm going to put them in the classifieds, but not sure if they're stock or not. Thank you
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MSA seat covers 1 2
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I installed the bottom cover over new foam. I noticed there was a flap in the middle of the bottom and a corresponding slot (not cut all the way thru) on the foam bottom. I decided not to try and attach it thru the slot since the old OE cover did not use this attachment point (no middle flap). The seats look great, just wondering if others use or did not use the flap. It seemed like even if I was going to use it, the fit would be real tight, perhaps that is the way it suppose to be?
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As near as I can understand it, the conventional wisdom is that there are only two versions of the choke knob for the 240Z: an early, rounded version and a later, more square-ish version (the knob in the 260Z had a more slender design than either of the 240's, and I guess the fuel-injected 280Z didn't have a choke knob at all). In all of the many pictures that I've seen of the 240 choke knob, never does the design include the script, 'CHOKE' in addition to the icon. My small assortment of choke knobs (see photo) includes these three items: right - a new, later-style knob left - two used-condition knobs of an unknown origin, both of which include …
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23 cents at Ace hardware. Called a K-clip I think. Keeps the shoulder belt attached to the lap belt. Had to file it down a little on both sides to make it fit.
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Finally getting around to re-doing all the plastic panels that make up the hatch area. They came out of the car black(ish) and quite dirty, so I gave them a good scrubbing and found out that they'd been painted -- poorly -- to cover up some pretty decent fading. There's more cleaning yet to do, but this is what I've got to work with: I have three options in mind for how to go about restoring/refreshing this stuff... 1. Mix of boiled linseed oil and paint thinner. This trick comes up often as a way to fix faded plastic. Pros: it's cheap and easy. Cons: I don't know how well it works, or long the results will last. And, if it doesn't work, …
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One of the small half-round covers that covers the bottom mount/bracket of the hatch lift is missing, so I'd like to get a new replacement. The ZCD doesn't have it on any of the diagrams, and I can't find a photo of one via a Google search. What exactly is the thing called? Can anyone tell me of a source for one? It's the passenger side part.
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I need to rebuild both seats. Please let me know if you have done business with http://www.classicdatsun.com/ It looks like if I buy the upholstery kits and new foam together it is $405 for both seats ... $ 90 cheaper than the Z store (and the site says they are the same kit). I'm not looking to go crazy ... just something as good or maybe a little better than the originals. Also, if there's a better solution for redoing the strapping underneath the seat bottom than the kit at http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/classic08f04/40-2690 please let me know. Finally, I recall reading somewhere I may need a professional to install the covers using heat guns, etc. If that's th…
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