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Well, after selling over 4000 of them, 1 was bound to be bad..... If you'd like a new fuse holder (pre-tested of course), I'll be more than happy to send you a prepped and tested fuse-holder. PM me your address and info and I'll ship one out free of charge. On a side note. Call the seller (Motorsport Auto) and ask them for a replacement or for the manufacturers info. They'd be more than happy to help and I gave them permission Years ago to hand out my email and shipping info for any issue that may arise with my products. Let me know what you'd like to do, Dave Datsun-240Z-Upgrades.net

And the prerequisite safety gear shot...

TESTIMONIAL........I couldn't be more satisfied with your upgrade. Thanx for setting the record straight. Good to see you here again.

Got the windshield in. That was a piece of cake and took just about an hour from start to finish. Wife helped out a bit on the install. The more challenging item was the stainless metal trim installation. It goes pretty well if you use Windex to lube everything up and then roll the windshield rubber over the edges of the trim. Also got the windshield wipers on, love those things. Now its back to the interior.

The Relay upgrade harnesses that they are referring to are made and sold by me. I sell them to MSA (Motorsport Auto) They are all plug and play units. No cutting, drilling or hurting your ca, and easily installed and removed, if need be. I Also offer a Headlight and turn signal rebuild/refurbish service for all S30's (240Z-260Z-280Z) I only charge $70 per switch or $135 for the pair. Return shipping is included in the prices. You can also get the lighting Upgrade harness directly from me. I've made and sold over 4000 of each harness. (So ignore Phil Z, as everything is built by hand and quality controlled. His was a 1/4000 fluke... haha) Welcome to the club. We're happy to have you. Dave https://www.datsun-240z-upgrades.net/

Can't really go wrong any or all three of these - https://www.amazon.com/Rebuild-Your-Nissan-Datsun-Engine/dp/1931128030 https://www.amazon.com/Modify-Your-Nissan-Datsun-Engine/dp/1931128049 https://www.amazon.com/How-Restore-Your-Datsun-Z-Car/dp/1931128022

ok guys, its Saturday night. One of my favorite things to do is have a couple cold PBR's and record some tunes. (very relaxing) Here are a couple pics of my machines. feel free to post some pics of your stuff and links to your favorite tunes one of my favorite bands.

It looks like Hitoshi Uemura?

Here's the latest update: All - ZCON 2018 host hotel will be at the Sonesta. In order to book your hotel, you may use the following link and Group Code. They promised to simplify the code after the new year, but this one works so you can get your hotel now. The event is October 16-20 in Atlanta, GA - the website is www.ZCON.org. Event registration will go live 1/1/18. Get booked now within the room block for $105/night with free parking and free wifi included. We've extended the group-block two days before and after the event for those coming in earlier or wanting to enjoy the area after the event. https://gc.synxis.com/rez.aspx… USE BOOKING CODE: 10166823ZC

I bought a '72 240 for my son for Christmas. Going to give it to him on Christmas morning.....It's going to be awesome! I want to give him some small things as gifts that he can use to restore/maintain the car. The basics: -- The care is in pretty good shape. Solid daily driver w/ no rust. Mostly original interior and engine. Picking it up from the mechanic tomorrow (went through brakes, carbs, a few hoses, etc to make it ready for daily use). -- Examples of the kinds of things I'm looking to buy: penetrating spray for siezed fasteners, cleaning liquid for interior, fender cover (to drape over fender while working on engine, etc. -- Anything else we might need as brand new owners just getting started with our Z. I have most of the basic hand tools we'll need, but anything that is particularly useful on a Z would be great to know. Thanks, everybody. Looking forward to participating in this forum and getting to know people. Once my son has his car, I'll let him into this login so we can both post.

Technically it was just a little over 3 years ago! Who can remember yesterday!

You even made a comment on it 4 years ago .

Thanks Dave, I will call MSA first. Well after selling 4000 of them, it’s me, my bad luck. I did say I cut off the culprit. They may want a complete unharmed power wire back! Also, I am very happy with the Parking kit and am going to get the headlight kit eventually. Thanks again for reaching out to me. Phil Smith

Maybe you saw this already but it's a very good deal. MFactory has a good reputation. Don't know what the ratio is. He has the other parts too, apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1AWV3F8muI

......and nice to see your avatar on the forum again Dave.....welcome stranger!

Haven't heard this in years!

this one takes time. nice and mellow

Last Sunday I officially waived my personal banner of "Mission Accomplished" as I made it out to the final Cars and Coffee of 2017 in the Z. The trip there and back was drama free and the Z got its own fair share of lookers. It was great to hang out with Mike W. and our buddy Kyle McKenzie. The previous owner of the car was there too and was happy to see it out, taking in all the work I had done, and being enjoyed by its new owner. Once the sun came out it got packed fast with lots of foot traffic. My apologies for the poor picture quality as it was nearly impossible to get a picture of our row without people passing by. My goal for 2018 is to start using my DSLR with a glare hood to get better pictures. For now, phase 1 is complete and I am making plans for phase 2.

So, you think your neighbors would ausfahrt to the dealership just because of a little auspuff problem? Gott in Himmel! Gotta love those German words that bring out the eight year old in all of us. Dennis

All you need is that bike inner tube, an adjustable hose clamp, a pair of scissors, and you'll have instant tuned auspuff. Be sure to yell scheisse like the camera operator did. Too much fun! Dennis

Is that a bicycle tube? I'd like sneak one on my neighbor's car.

I cleaned up both head light buckets (a lot of overspray from previous paint job) and installed them along with the Koito headlights. The only problem is the Koito's don't match . The passenger side headlight has a fine glass grid while the Drivers side has a larger glass grid. So, I will have to find a third headlight that hopefully matches one of these. Preferably I find the a fine grid Koito as I beleive that is the correct style. That is what the '70 has anyway. You can see the difference in the pics below.

Got the new brake cylinder caps in. Also got the rubber seals for the air filter installed along with the carb gaskets. Got the battery put in. Still need to get a battery cover and cables. Need to put the guts inside the engine light. The original switch toggle was broken off, so I will replace that with a spare that I have. I am still toying with the idea of putting in a metal switch and painting the toggle white. Most plastic switches out there are pretty oxidized. I cleaned up the floor pans, painted with POR-15, and installed the new sound dampening material. I put it where the old material was but will probably extend it aft a bit. I think that will look better (although no one will see it since it is under the carpet) . Seems like it would look better going all the way back to the seat frame. Got the under dash electrical connections made on the passenger side. Also got the heater fan put in. And, got a nice new custom fit car cover from the owner for it

I got all of the connections to the fuel tank completed today. It is pretty much like an octopus under there with all of the fuel vapor/smog hoses. Also got most of the electrical in the back end hooked up. Put a few more hoses on in the engine compartment. So this completes the fuel system which is nice to have done . The brake system, clutch system, suspension, and steering are all complete. The engine compartment is also nearly done. Just a few more details here and then I will tackle the interior. Finding a new windshield has been a bit of a challenge. RockAuto is out of stock and Motorsport has a two month lead time. I called Les at Classic Datsun Motorsports and it sounds like he can set me up there. I would like to get that in this weekend if possible. The current windshield is not OEM and has a couple of significant rock dings so I won't be able to use that. The glass guy said that a repair of the rock dings would most likely be noticeable. A few pics of the gas tank connections are below. (sorry for the poor flash pics)

Cool. If you were closer.... https://spacecoast.craigslist.org/cto/d/1986-nissan-300zx-na/6354701091.html