gogriz91

Not to shoot Dave's business in the foot but if you can't have the harness you might consider the 105 amp alternator. I don't know if 260's and 280's have the same problem power wise that 240's seem to but an alternator that pumps out more juice might make up for what you're dealing with now. I may replug my lights back in to the old system after I get the 105 amp alternator put on the car to see what if any difference there is.

I'm in the process of installing a 105 amp alternator and a Honda blower motor and I fgured the system might actually do a decent job provided there were no leaks. I just didn't want to carry the weight around and put the load on the engine to run it in stop and go traffic.

Ronnie, I may take you up on that. Right now I'm figuring I'll call a local transmission shop and see if they can quote me on a rebuilt 5-speed out of an '81-'83 ZX first and then out of a '77-'78 Z. I'll see what it'll cost to rebuild the one I have because I've had no problems with it up to this point. I may take you up on one of yours just to have a spare in the garage. If the costs are the same, would I be better off getting a 5-speed out of a 280Z or a later one out of a ZX?

Here's one of the control knob.

Drove the car three days ago, no problems. Car has a 5-speed I picked up 3 years ago from Eddie Radatz in Atlanta, don't know what it came out of. I go to take the demon out for a spin today after ripping out the A/C and the tranny won't go into 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th. It will go into 5th, and when in the neutral position, it'll pull as if it's in 2nd or 3rd gear. It will go into what I think is reverse, and the engine will drag as if a load is being put on it, but the car won't move. i look under it and there is a small puddle of what may well be transmission fluid, about a half or 3/4's of a cup. Is the transmission dry? How can I be sure it came out of the tranny? I checked the clutch fluid and it looks okay. What can I expect to pay for a rebuilt transmission? Should I just try to get another 5-speed from the shop it ends up at to be repaired? Any help would be appreciated, my driveway is from hell and I shudder to think what it'll take to get the little demon out of the garage, up the driveway and to a repair shop.

More of the cooling radiator and the footwell how-ya-doin'.

Here are the pictures. The Coke can how-ya-doin' looks to be the same as what Zguy circled on his pic. The a/c unit says "Sankyo" on top of it.

It didn't seem to me like he had enough suspension to keep up with his horsepower in the turns. Novice or not, I was expecting more from a late model vette.

Sorry 'bout that Dave, I read over the money order part in your original post. Got a little over excited there.

Thanks Daffy, I appreciate it.

I'll try to post some pictures of it and the rest of the system tomorrow. I'm removing it mainly because I want to eliminate the weight. I'm going to hang on to the stuff in case I want to put it back in and after one summer in Middle GA, it may go in quicker than I think. The little canister I'm talking about is about the size of a Coke can and has a small round glass "window" on top of it. The how-ya-doin' in the footwell is on the right of the heater blower motor and looks to be at least two large pieces of plastic held together by a row of phillips head screws. Will this thing come out with the rest of the stuff or is it a part of the heating system?

It's next to the trip meter. I'm pulling the stuff out of the car. There are two hoses running through the firewall into ??? in the passenger footwell. Will I have to seal up the places where those hoses mate with the rest of the heating system?

The A/C setup in my Z looks like it was "meant" to be there. There's a metal mount for some little black canister on the wheeelwell between the cooling radiator and the passenger footwell how-ya-doin'. I always thought it was a dealer installed option but it looks like things were put in the engine compartment for the purpose of mounting the A/C hardware.

Dave, has my check shown up yet? I mailed it last Saturday..just curious, not trying to rush the process.

Worked for me and it looked great. That idiot in the Vette must have had an interesting look on his face when you went by him. It was neat to see you eat him up in the turns, but in the straightaway it looked like he was getting on it and accelerating away from you. What kind of mods do you have to your suspension?

Anyone who's stuck it on a post 7-72 240 can chime in now to tell me if they had any problems mounting it or what they modded to get it to fit.

I haven't seen one of these F/S before. Looks like you would need more parts to make it happen. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-IHI-RHB6-280Z-260Z-240Z-S130-S30-TWIN-TURBO-KIT-NR_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33742QQitemZ8036970546QQrdZ1

I'll vouch for the build quality, ease of installation and dramatic improvement the headlight harness gave my car. Took me about 15 minutes to put it in and there is literally a night and day difference.

That's the one. When I originally bought it I thought it would fit any 1st gen Z but when I did a search here to see if I could find some pointers for putting the thing on I read a thread that said for post 7-72 there would need to be some "mods" done to get it to fit. It doesn't seem like it fits at all, too wide, but I may just have to use the bodyman's 3rd best friend and a little physics to get it in there.

Got the grill and am in the process of trying to shoehorn it into place. I know some slight "mods" need to be done but am curious what anyone else who's got a grill in a later 240 did to get it in there.

Looked awesome to me. Lap traffic helped a little and considering there's a 30 yr difference in technology, you did good in my book.

Don't forget Valentines Day is less than a week away too. Dinner on Sunday may be for V-day, but have something special for her in mind on Tuesday too.

Stones sucked, Seahawks were robbed of a touchdown they made but it may not have mattered. I can't figure out why the NFL snubbed Motown by bringing in the Stones.