TomoHawk

I have a wiper motor from an Escort ZX2. It was dirt cheap after I took it out myself,, the bolt pattern was similar, and it uses the (slotted) arm. I experimented with the wiring and found that it just uses 12V to power either low or high speed and it's self-parking. Relating (translating the wiring) this motor to the civic motor is the problem.

I use the Plasti-dip to recoat the metal wire wraps on the intake. If you practice it enough (and warm up the plasti-Dip) it comes out nice. OTOH, what do they call the plastic wire wraps with the barbs that you push into little holes on the fender?

Somebody told me there was an error in the beginning. Did anyone catch it?

Actually, I've seen a bunch of the My Classic Car shows. I watch Car Crazy too- when I get bored. They give more time to the American car events, like the Woodward Dream Cruise, but even though ZCON 2010 is significant to people like us, it doesn't seem that way to them. I wonder what the real reason was for them to go there. It just wasn't the right kind of TV program to give a good report on the convention. I had the same comment for the so-called "ZCON 2010 teaser video" that was submitted to YouTube. It looked more like a sales ad for 350Zs or 300ZXs than a preview of a Z Convention (just cars driving fast, blurry scenery, no smiling conventioneers, judged car show stuff or nightlife shots.) Lon- where were you? I'll go look. I noticed three cars from my club, one was in the opening/trailer, and on the Facebook slideshow.

Well, that was disappointing. The VCR says it had 15 minutes, 45 seconds of stuff recorded from a 29 minute show. The rest was the featured product(s) and annoyingly-long commercials. The interviews were OK, but that's all they did. There was a LOT more to ZCON 2010 than just some cars sitting in the grass. There's the souvenirs & displays, seminars & meetings, and the driving events, banquets, Mad Mike party, and nightlife during the entire week.

To add a little insult (no real offense intended ) to the injury, The "Best of" Car warriors was on May 4th, and they named the white 240Z thing :sick: as the "best" car on the show. Even the HybridZ guys hated the car! there's some added proof for you.We really should make a campaign to get them to do some more appropriate customizations if they continue the show. Maybe we can get the "CEO of Nissan" to threaten with a lawsuit if they don't retract the show or re-do it tastefully? It looks like they changed the show to a 36-hour contest, which would limit the stupid -ness...

There's a couple seconds of a car from my club on that trailer. Does anyone else recognize their car?

Was Dennis Gage actually there? Did he talk to anybody, or just run through with some camera guys? That's 3pm for east time people....

Not only that, but you have to take into account the topography of where you are or will be driving. Long range beams do very little in a hilly area.

Traditionally, fog lamps, usually with yellow or orange light, should be very low and wide to spread the light across the road just ahead of the car, to illuminate the edges of the road, so they should go under the bumper near the ends. Driving lamps are traditionally mount higher, and closer together to illuminate the road more brightly and further away, so they should go at about the same height as the headlamps, and closer together, but can be tailored to give light as desired. the S30 has a problem with the mounting position for driving lamps, because the later models have the turn signal lamps in the place where you would probably mount the driving lamps, so you will need to compromise. Alternatively, the rally cars put the driving lamps in the best position, across the hood, but that's not a good idea for use on public roadways.

I don't see any INFINITI cars in the teaser video. One would think that all the types of cars entering the show would be represented even for a moment?

I'm hoping the next ZCON has no Infinitis in the judged car show. I don't car how people travel to & from the show, or if there are are some extra places in the track/lapping event, but the SHOW is for Z Cars.

There is a new Car Warriors coming up on Wednesday night. Despite the recent lawsuit by SKJ customs ( from the '79 Lincoln show) it looks like the All-Stars are still in the show...

This is a little side-related, but where did the 280Z have the intake for the floor vents? I have the round holes in the radiator support, but not the oval holes in the fender. thxZ

So I'm having the mechanic install new bearings while I wait for better weather, and today I get a call from his boss to come over to look t a problem with the axle. When I got there, he explain the guy was turning the stub axle nut off, and stripped off most of the threads. I asked why he didn't consult the documents I provided, and he said there was no need, the tech used a punch to loosen up the peened area of the nut. The FSM says to "remove the wheel bearing lock nut." the Atlantic Z writeup says you should use a mototool/Dremel with a small cutoff wheel to cut off the outer, peened ring That obviously didn't work, because the tech guy just turned the nut off and stripped off most of the threads. See photo. Si now the shop manager wants ME to buy two new stub axles (at $300 each, -IF- you find one) and new nuts so the tech can do the other side too. Do you think the shop is at fault? Maybe they should accept some responsibility and do the job for free or something? Here's a photo of what it looks like. Maybe it can still be used? the Atlantic Z writeup says you can use a ZX nut which has a plastic lock ring in it in stead of peening it down. That sounds better to me. thxZ

I would never let that guy even touch my car. My car would look really ugly with 23 inch wheels and pink pastel paint. After arresting those guys as accessories to a felony theft, I would have to have it overhauled back to normal. Yeesh. BTW- Speed is showing the 240Z show AGAIN. To add insult to injury, I'll bet, I just heard the one guy say "EVERY RACE CAR HAS TWO STRIPES DOWN THE CENTER!" After this is the next Car Warriors- '79 Cadillac! Maybe they'll put Semi-tractor exhaust stacks and a fifth-wheel on that?

The new show starts tomorrow night (Wed, Mar 23) on the Discovery channel. From the previews, it looks like a better show than car warriors, but we will see for sure. I kinda miss Junkyard Wars, where they built interesting stuff that actually works from what you find in the junkyard.

Radio shack sells a bag of short pieces of heat shrink tube you can use or practice, and you can borrow a blow dryer if you have to, but the butane lighter works, if you are careful not to burn things. Practice and experience are what makes the prettiest solder & shrink jobs. Clean the wire up well (no black corrosion) before soldering, ad use a low wattage (25W) instead of the soldering gun. Put the shrink tube over the wire before soldering, and don't let the shrink get hot (you'll find out )

I was referring to the lamp inside the hazard switch. There wasn't any consistency between the few wiring diagrams I have. One shows the lamp wired to the hazard switch connector, and another one has no lamp. The FSM shows the lamp wired to the connector. See the attachment.

Yeah, junkyard connectors will clean up really well, just be careful which ones you cut off, and if you get them from the newer cars, they'll be better then the ones Datsun used. IIRC, for the price of one new connector from eBay, you could probably get all you need from the JY.

I will have to say I was speechless when I saw the finished white car, only because i was busy filling up my trash can with BARF. I wasn't too crazy about the red car either. If the red car team was bunch of "pros" who work on megabuck imports all day long, it sort of explains how they didn't do so well putting in the V8, and I really think the interior person wasn't even part of the real team, just somebody they grabbed at the last minute. I saw Car Warriors a week or so ago, when the TV guide said it was the 240Z but all I saw was a couple newer Monte Carlos, which looked kinda nice with only a new engine and some fresh paint and interior. they looked like they were almost new. OTOH, I was chatting with the Hybrids guys while the show was on the other night, and we all agreed that the show was "fixed." I could never believe some wrench monkeys could have drawn that car design so easily, or done the body work that well. If you want to see a vehicle show where everybody gets along and they build nice vehicles, try Truck-U, chop-Cut-Rebuild, or some of those Sunday morning shows. If someone wants to start an email campaign to end or fix up the show, I'm in.

Use some RTV silicone stuff if you just want to keep them on temporarily,but replacing them with new ones is the only good solution. You can get good ones from the JY. I got a whole bunch from a JY called Vines Auto, where they are loaded with NMWs.

No way! That's one of those extremely rare one-off 250s!

The factory only used the insulation in the form on compressed mats, so anything that looks like it came from the garage attic was probably added by the PO, as a cur for something that made noise while riving. I think you're right about it being a good seed for dirt accumulation and rust.

My rubber hoses from the body to the calipers/cylinders were old and soft, so they would swell and even leaked a bit occasionally, which I think caused a weak feeling. I installed a set of the braided stainless hoses and it improved a LOT. I had the same issue with my DD (rear rubber hoses would swell.)