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Got the PM's been swamped today I'll reply with some pictures tomorrow.

OK. Thanks for the info. It came out of a rusted to nothing car and is complete. BTW, I have one that is not cracked as well, but again is in good to fair condition & incomplete. PM me if your interested or want pictures of either.

I have a an early 71 dash that's complete that I'm thinking about giving away with a car I'm selling. It has one pretty decent sized crack in the top, otherwise is good to fair condition. Is an early dash worth anything after it's cracked?

Just an update: The swap went fine, no problems. The diff stays small enough that the strap wasn't a problem.

OK, that isn't too complicated. I did hear a 240Z was in the local junk yard that I was going to check out this weekend, possibly I can acquire those parts. Thanks for the help and advice, appreciate it.

Nope. Would be moving everything. 73 has doors, hatch, fenders, hood etc. but no or incomplete drivetrain/suspension and interior. So I'd be moving all drive train and suspension, and wiring/Dash. The PO of the 73 wanted the drivetrain/suspension as it was upgraded, and had the dash, but I didn't purchase it because I didn't really need it. Wasn't complete and probably would have been more work than just moving everything over anyway. I actually didn't know about the drivetrain differences until I got into this. Stumbled upon a thread somewhere on here about series one having different moustache bars and started looking into it. Live and learn I guess. Do you know by how much approximately the later mounting moves the assembly?

Arne, Exactly. All I have that's '73 is the body. And all I don't have that's 71 is a body that's not rusted away. I have everything from the 71 gutted anyway, and have nothing else to put in there, so it's about my only choice short of buying more stuff, and I have more time than money. It might not be ideal, but I just want something that works for the time being. Long term I'd like to repair the 71 body, but this will take me at least a couple years, so I'd like to have something driveable, even if not ideal, for the meantime if possible. Long term I could swap in the later diff mounting parts into the 71 when I get a hold of some and the body is finished.

OK thanks Arne. The '73 has a hacked away tunnel already, plus I have a 5 speed I could use so one way or another I should be OK there. OK, so the mounts on the '73 body should be the same, except the diff strap might not be in the correct location. I have all the parts for the '71, so I'd be swapping everything. At the moment I don't have any components for mounting with the '73 set-up. Eventually I can swap over to parts from a 72 parts car, but right now that's not really possible unless there's no way the 71 stuff will fit. (This is sort of temporary, not finished product configuration)

I'm planning to swap in the entire drivetrain/suspension from a '71 series 1 to a '73 body. I understand there are differences, but I should be OK doing this as long as I use all 71 drivetrain parts. The body mounting, etc should be the same, correct? Or might I run into problems? Also, will the dash fit as well, I noticed the mounting by the trans tunnel was a little different.

How to restore your Datsun Z by Wick Humble and the typical Chilton and Haynes manuals have been useful for me.

Thanks for the help guys, she's out.

OK thanks for the help guys, hopefully it will be out over the weekend.

OK, thanks. So sounds like I should be OK with basically just two bolts holding the engine and tranny weight (I maybe should have specified I had planned to pull the tranny with the engine)

I'm planning to pull out my L24 soon here, but the lifting lugs to pull the motor have been removed from my car. Is there another place I can attach the chains to pull the motor from? My load leveler has 4 brackets that I could possibly use the valve cover bolts, but I guess I'd rather not have the load on bolt threads. Thanks for any help, Eric

Update: This smell is very difficult to get rid of. I've used lots of vinegar and simple green, but the smell remains. It's much better, but it's not easy to get rid of. I'm just gutting down to the shell until I'm sure I have every nook and cranny cleaned out well.

Very nice, you give inspiration to us newbs.

Good call Mike, there was a small nest under there! When I put the car away I remember being mad because I bought moth balls to put around the car, and this place was in the middle of no where so I couldn't just go buy some. Man am I kicking myself for being forgetful. They couldn't nest in the parts car I don't care about either of course... that one smells great!

Thanks for all the tips guys. Looking around the web I found other people suggesting the vinegar like Carl suggested. I guess you are suppose to use baking soda then to neutralize the acidity of the vinegar? It seems simple green is a popular choice as well. Apparently a product called "odorxit" is another possibility if conventional methods prove unsuccessful. I guess you can get an ozone generator that is suppose to work very well, but I also heard it can accelerate any rusting, which I already have way more than I care to deal with, so don't need to make it any worse. I am a little leery about putting strong chemicals on the inner body paint as well. I think first crack I will try the vinegar and maybe the simple green on the body, and freebreeze on the carpets and let you know the results.

OK, well that will be easy to try, Thanks. Any advice on the shell. I'm thinking of scrubbing it down with bleach, that kills pretty much everything usually.

I recently brought a 240Z I've had in storage for a couple years home to start working on it. The bad news is something decided to use my Z as a toilet over the last winter, presumably mice. I have stripped and cleaned everything but the dash out and the car still smells. They seemed to be living in the tailgate area and I don't see any signs of life in the dash area, so I think the dash was not inhabited. Do I need to wipe down the entire body on the inside with bleach or something? I think all the carpets and such are destroyed by the stink. Has anyone had this happen and any solutions to rid the car of the stench would be greatly appreciated.

OK thanks. You should be able to click on the pics for larger versions.

Thanks guys, you think any of this stuff is worth anything, or at least putting on ebay starting at a buck or something? Is there any way to tell what year that computer might be from?

When I got my 240's, the guy gave me more parts than I knew what to do with. Some of them I'm pretty sure are for some other year Z cars. I'm planning to sell what I can, and toss what's not worth anything. I'm looking to you guys to tell me what these parts are commonly called and what year these Z parts are from so I can have some kind of ebay description. If you have an idea what they are worth if anything, that would be helpful as well. Also if you see anything you want, let me know and I'll be happy to send it your way for very cheap. I just want them gone. Click on the pics for larger versions Part A: Console I'm assuming for a Z, but not sure what year Part B: Heater control plate Part C: Signal Stick Part D: Lights from something, I have a bunch of these Part E: Tail lights Part F: computer for L28?, 280Z? says on it: Part No. A11-600 000 Lot No. 5510 For L28 I hate to throw stuff like this away since these is probably someone somewhere who can use this stuff. Thanks for your help.

Yeah, Thanks Mike. I did find some stuff on here about that most likely being the problem. My problem is I'm totally Carb illiterate. That will change soon though, just need to skool myself on them a bit. Next I need to figure out what is going on with my clutch. I guess first I'll check the master and slave cylinders. I hate the car being 20 minutes away, makes it hard to work on.

Yes, got it started today! Actually it wasn't terribly hard to start. Tinkered for about an hour after work tonight and got it running. It definitely needs some tuning. Noticed a couple problems. One is my carb is basically shooting gas out of what I believe is the vent into the air filter chamber. I'm going to order the therapy videos ASAP and get the SU's at least operating decent enough. I also noticed I can't get it in gear when the engine is running, which is probably the clutch not working. I'm really hoping it's something outside the bell housing so I don't have to open it up and do some clutch work or something. I really need to score myself some manuals, since I have nothing right now to help me out but you guys. Thanks everyone for the help.