TomoHawk

I like that idea. I've seen TV shows about how you could recycle almost everything you buy. I recycle as much as possible, or sometimes everything (each week.) I only have one small bag to put in the bin each week, but a big bag of paper I take to the paper bin and one bag of plastics items the collectors pick up. I wish I could say that about the neighbors.

A colour chart. It doesn't say things like "warm white" but the descriptions seem adequate.

I would like to find out what those part numbers (DE3022, 3175, DE3175, etc) mean. I presume they are just some industry designations, as the incandescent bulbs use. The regular festoon bulb is a 3175, and the headlamp bulb is 9003. The 31 is the length in millimeters, but I dunno what the 75 refers to, maybe the wattage (7.5) Here is one more to bulb for you.

No one uses toothpaste in Netherlands?

Anything is better than reading about rebuilding engines.

I go through them pretty fast it seems, but they are sort of small, so I have some empty ones in the drawer. And I wondered if you can re-use them for things. The first thing I thought of was to put in grease or silicone lube, or Chrome or glass polish, or any other kind of thick liquid or gel you might use on the car when you travel. You could also fill it with similar things you might use around the house. Calking or sealer comes to mind, and that would be a source for even larger tubes. they'd be be impossible to flush out too. So I cut one tube open on the sealed end, and now I have one that I can't seal! I think they were heat-sealed, but most people don't have one handy. So let's discuss what you might do with your empty toothpaste or bathtub calk tubes, probably starting with how you'd reseal one. Then we need to figure out how to fill it. I think a large syringe with a long metal tube to inject it to fill "bottom-up."

Here is a video from an LED bulb manufacturer discussing how they measure the light output, in lumens, of their bulbs. He mentions that most of the statements you'll see on the Internet are over-rated, and the actual output is only about 75% of what the claim is. So beware of the claims you read on eBay products.

OK, I'll bite. I ordered this 6-LED festoon panel bulb from Amazon, and we will see how well it works, at least in the basement workshop. Is there a cheap or DIY light meter calibrated in lumens?

Correct. Even if you try the link that says 'product details' all you get is some dimensions and weight! Not even a voltage range, let alone a light output value.

I did that with the new car when the cabin bulb burned out. You take off the clear lens (it has the diffraction rings&lines) to change the bulb, and I tried it before putting the cover back on, and didn't like it because you didn't get an even light as you say. I will keep this in mind for the next time I visit the JY, to find a cabin lamp with a large cover that could be transplanted. But this is something for a new topic.

I've not decided on which LED panel bulb to buy. I like the 'vertical' board, but I haven't found one that's not too "white" or has enough lumens. I think the white ones would be fine for testing, but I want to make sure that the light is bright enough to begin with. It's hard to compare the stuff you see on eBay. I think their "specs" aren't technically measured (the show the 'brightness' by a picture from a phone in a dark room) so they could say the lamp has 10^6 lumens, and you wouldn't really know unless you buy one. I don't think the eBay sellers themselves wouldn't even know the difference. They're counting on the 'stupidity' of the American buyer to keep them in business. The only specs you see on the auction page is the compatibility chart. I recently wondered if you could replace the white cabin lamp cover with one that's clear? maybe there's a clear, circular refraction lens that could be inserted.

Does anyone have any experience with these lamps? I haven't been able to find any specifications on them, but I think they are a 3 x 5 inch spot lamp with a 50 watt bulb.

Higuys, With regards to this LED festoon bulb, would you think that at 12 LED bulb would be brighter? I found some 3175 LED festoon bulbs on eBay ($4 for 4) and this might be a good time to try one, before I actually need to light up the cabin in the dark. http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-X-PURE-White-31MM-12SMD-Festoon-Dome-Interior-LED-Light-bulbs-DE3175-3021-6428-/201019614778?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2ecdb3e63a&vxp=mtr OTOH, It seems this 12-LED bulb has 54 Lumens and the 6-LED bulb mentioned earlier has 95 Lumens, so the latter is twice as bright. then agai, this one is 400 Lumens- wow. And 36mm tip-to-tip.

It's because the 240Z is just a cheap sports car and rust bucket from "Datsun," but I won't say that...

My tool roll has spanners to change the alternator belt (14 or 15mm) and the battery cable clamps (12/13.) I think I have the 10/11 spanners too.

What are "overheard camshafts?" they are so loud you can "over hear" them?

Suppose you wanted to have an autobahn mirror attached for driving, but wanted it removed for show. Is there a way to do that? This photo from the autobahn mirror website shows a mirror mounted on a scooter, using some type of clamp. So that could be a way to mount it to the driver's-side A-pillar.

Do you know how the wink mirror mounts to the roof? The only place I can think of to attach the mounting arms is the forward headliner moulding, but the arms in the photo are angled backward.

I wonder what the spanners are in the tool kit. I think 10/11 and 14/15 maybe?

I was watching an old 50s racing movie, and i it I saw a guy painting a racecar number on the big white roundel using a large (round) paintbrush and black paint. Is that how they actually did it back then? What kind of paint was used, and how did they remove or change the number for the next race without ruining the white roundels? I did a little Internet research, and found some references that when you go to places like Silverstone, Spa, Targa Florio, they had an official number-painter or signwriter, so all the numbers looked about the same. There was also a few mentions of black "tyre paint" which sounds like black plasti-Dip, which should be removeable. The white roundel should not be a big deal today on a vintage sportscar, as it would be (to police) on a modern tuner. So you could paint the roundels on, and either paint the number or apply adhesive ones as needed. If there is official jargon for this, please inform me, and thanks for the discussion.

I just remember helping my neighbor mount a wink mirror in his Porsche 911. It was not very easy. BTW- nice avatar, Stephen.

No, it's not a wide mirror, or one of those 4-pane racing mirrors. An autobahn mirror is what you'd call a blind-spot mirror that attaches to the back-side of the windscreen near the roof pillar so you can see cars as they are next to you, in a similar way to the convex "bubble" mirrors. I couldn't find one until I posted the question, then I found a lot of information about it. Maybe I forgot to spell Autobahn with an H. I have a 4-pane racing mirror, but you can't mount it in the S30 without drilling holes in the roof. the roof is too low to see out the back with one, anyway.

The armrest holes measure 7 3/4 inches on mine. I thought the 240Z had a pull strap too? I would like to see if you can leave the arm rest off.

The drill press will make it fitty Or I will just go see what's in my box of stainless steel scraps, and a bit of leather.

I think the armrests on the 78 aren't that nice, and I like a minimal amount of stuff, so I saw an auction for a door pull on eBay described as "1970 - 1978" so I wondered if it would actually fit on my 1978. I can get a measurement of the distance between the 2 main mounting screws if anyone can do the same on a 240Z door pull. After that all you'd haft to do is to cover the third hole.