Oregon260z

Thanks everyone for the help found the problem the red/black wire was broke in harness so ran new wire tach works now. Thanks again Jonathan

alhbln, I dont see a yellow wire or black ? The ignition is all stock I belive Iam not sure. Here are pics of the wires on the tach and the coil. The coil on + side goes to some negetive side of a block of some kind that has 2 other wires hooked to it. Then one the negetive side there is a wire going to my distributor and thats it no other wires.

wow no help or even input kool : (

I cant seem to get my tach on my 74 260z to work I got all the lights to work but the tach does nothing.. I have changed it out with 4 others and still nothing. Can someone please tell me how to make this *%@#*^ thing work. Where do the wires go to make the tach opperate? any help would be great. I have tried to look at wiring diagram but I cant see it well enough to trace the problem out. Also maybe a diagram showing how the coil and dizzy and everthing is spose to be hooked up showing positive and negetive the PO cut wires and taped wires so Iam unsure how the correct wires hookups. Thanks Jonathan

Well the car is starting to come together. I still need to high speed compound and buff the paint then add the emblems back and then add new rims and tires once I decide on something. got the twice pipes installed sounds pretty aggresive and the tips dont look bad I kinda like the look. Still have to install new windshield and seal. Let me know what you guys think so far. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v202/jlnuna/cars/260z/ Jonathan

Well I have been gone for awhile due to medical problems.... but I got the twice pipe setup and I will tell you what this is the biggest POS setup I have ever seen.. nothing lines up it smacks right against the Aarm the pipes crush real easy.... to anyone else I would say stay away from this setup(just my opinion)...

iam probaly wrong nothing new to me but when I worked as a motorcycle tech a guy brought in a bike complaining of a tapping sound that started after he had someone rebuild the motor.... took me about 2 mins to figure out that it was 1 spark plug was just a little bit longer and was tapping on top of the piston changed plug and problem went away.

here are a couple of Z for sale in Tri Cities Washington http://kpr.craigslist.org/cto/1698336944.html http://kpr.craigslist.org/cto/1698351889.html http://kpr.craigslist.org/cto/1689728620.html

That looks really nice. Where did you get it from?

Well got my new color now Iam putting car back together:cool:. I will post pics of car when its done right now all I have is the new avatar picture

I have searched and havent found anything I need to know where to get new fuel hosing all of mine is rotted and brittle. Please post a link of a supplier that would carry all the fuel hose I would need for my 74 260. Thanks Jonathan

well my car is lowered so I might have to reroute the exhaust so it dosent scrape. hmmmmm a new twist to the puzzle

I have buffing paste and a bench buffer I use for fine metal and plastics. I use to be into the RC car racing scene so I have a bench buffer made for lexan bodies and fine metal parts.

Hey guys Iam soon reinstalling my fuel tank and I need to know which lines can be eliminated from the tank and inside of the car . Alot are rotted and old and really dont want all the lines inside the car. If someone could put a pic up and maybe put color marks on the ones I dont need that would be awsome. Also if I can eliminate the big thing on the inside looks like some kind of venting setup that would be great too as I want to run my amps on each side . If i dont make sense tell me and I will try to explain better but doubtful .

Arne, I went and bought a good gravity feed gun and made a sealed booth in my garage with 2 heat lamp setups. Mgood, I have all the paint mix numbers that make that color and found a place that can make it so Iam still checking into it.

well I decided on paint 302 #4935M Green Leaf Metallic I think it looks pretty nice in the paint chip samples I have seen under Datsun colors. Can anyone tell me how this color really looks. here is the link I found the color under 260z and 280z Iam a little confused the one picture shows kinda pale look and the other picture shows more of a rich green which color is the real color. http://www.zhome.com/History/ZColorGallary/index.html

well dont like the white so Iam sanding it all down the whole car is stripped down then Iam gonna buy a nice auto paint once I figure out a color.... thinking maybe Kawasaki Green.

I made sure they were clean I removed all the old wax and then used a very fine brush and Rust-oleum in a quart can the oil based enamel stuff. I picked this because it is self-leveling and gives a very nice finish when dry. I have tried other methods over the years and the look you get from this is much nicer.

Thats good enough info for me looks like there next on my list to purchase

ok kool thanks leftover z 86 pics are added to the starting slide show

here are my DIY reconditioned badges, They were all faded no black was left . Now they have there black back and all that is left is buffing before installing on car. tell me what you guys think if they look good or if I should buy new ones. [ATTACH]35239[/ATTACH]

well the car is painted and the holes are drilled for the fender mirrors and BRE rear sprolier. Rims I got were wrong bolt pattern so the guy is going to send me the right ones these will fit right? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270512581435&viewitem=

Thanks guys for the comments. So far total cost of paint job is $32.00 and 14hours of labor, which is fine Iam just glad my family is into cars because I wouldnt beable to do it by myself with my poor health. The final paint and wet sanding and then buffing up is what is gonna take the most time.

like I said I wasent sure but now I know : )

Not sure if this car has one but I had a 1st gen celica supra that did this and it was the MAF sensor was bad. But like I said Iam not sure that the 280z had that.