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Good Morning all. Ended up not doing BaT - they'd only accept it no reserve. I wonder if anyone might offer some recommendations on who I might want to speak with as I try and figure a fair value for the car? Thank you in advance.

Howdy all, The time has come to say goodbye. I'm getting ready to put this up for sale; hopefully at BaT (waiting to see if they accept the reserve). lf this tickles anyone's fancy, please let them know. Cheers Bill

Dang, I'm with Patcon. Need that, but need it in the mid-atlantic

Hello everyone, I have two Series-1 hazard switches, and on both, the rocker inside the hazard switch (photo attached of a good one, from google) appears to have snapped, rendering both switches useless. Not sure how common this is, but they both failed around the same time. Are we at a point in 2016 where someone can 3D print this bad boy? If not, does anyone have spares, or lastly, know anyone who can rebuild these? Cheers and thanks. Bill

http://www.autoportal.iol.pt/carros/Datsun/240Z/164240/ Stumbled on this while doing research last night. More photos in the link. Works out to about 48,000 miles on the car, and an asking price of $37k! But hey - the Euro is in your favor right now. Get it while it's hot.

Thank you all. These were bubble wrapped pretty darn well. I had zero issues with the shipping here to VA.

Good morning. This is the first new header I've ever bought or inspected. I supposed I was expecting better build quality, having seen the ones that are on my current cars. Is this normal? My current problem is an exhaust leak at the flange; this doesn't inspire confidence that I won't have the same issue with this set. Thanks for the $.02. As always, if anyone knows a suitable alternative. The Stahl site says these folks bought their equipment, but they don't answer the phone or return calls: Datsun 240/260/280Z headers will be offered by: ProFab Aurora, OR 503-678-2948

Woo hoo!

Got the tank back. Looks great. Bolted it up today and MAN does it feel great to not worry about your filters clogging. For anyone interested: Looper's Service Center, in Rockville, MD: http://www.loopersc.com/ The owner, Glen, remarked that Mike from Bansai has been taking his tanks there for years.

Hardway - I haven't the foggiest idea. I bought those bumpers off of Craigslist, I think, years ago. Or maybe from a Forum member here. I'd never thought about that before. Mark - That sounds like what I did. I didn't want to cut the car's wiring harness anywhere, so I built a "jumper" harness that connected the '72/'73 radio to the '70's wiring. Worked out well. The antenna up/down work fine, the look is clean, and I can get FM. ...I just can't hear it over the twice pipes when they're wide open

Well overdue update: Still running strong. Had a new friend for a short while: A 1978 Land Rover 88 Santana, fresh off the boat from Spain. The highly-and-professionally modified 1975 280z in the photo is for sale. Jason @ www.JTMmotorworks.com

Quick update: Fuel tank: Dropped the fuel tank and brought it over to Loopers in Rockville, MD to get the Gas Tank Renu process done. Getting rather tired of stopping to clean the in-line fuel filter, although I would have never seen this guy had I not been forced to stop a few months back: Brakes: The issue was, well, a combination of things. I suspect I had the wrong booster and MC. I apologize, I know how frustrating it is to start trying to diagnose an issue and have a forum post come up short. I should have dropped an update back then. Tach: Still no tach. MSD #$%#$&... Anyone in the DC area who knows their way around this sort of thing will be paid well in beer or food for their services. Windows: Still looking for good window regulators. Are these still available through Nissan? My P/N searches come up short. What do the rest of you do when the window regulators are bent and the windows won't roll? Bend them back? Splurge on the $300+ replacements? Fortunately I have a garage...

Never hurts to inject some muffled humor

My luck. Waited too long and now they've up and retired. If anyone has a set of their round-port 1-5/8" headers they managed to order before they stopped and wants to sell, please let me know. Their stock is exhausted. Is MSA the only other suitable option now?

Leon, Chas, thanks much. No grinding. Entirely possible I failed to readjust the slave cylinder (the distance) back from tohe 5spd to the 4spd. Will start looking there. Much appreciated.

Good evening, When I pulled the 4spd from the '70 a year or so ago during the motor rebuild, it ran fine. I opted for a 5spd and so the 4spd sat covered in a corner of the garage, upright, but elevated to protect the spline. When I re-installed the 4spd, I noticed it was difficult to get into gear. It felt as though there was something wrong with how the shifter itself was interacting with the box. I need to find the slot for the gear, and then apply an undo amount of force way down at the base of the shifter to get it to go in. Once it's in gear, it runs fine, but this same force is required for all forward gears, and reverse. I assumed I'd stored it improperly or otherwise damaged the box. I sourced another 4spd; a low-mileage, rebuilt transmission from a '70 locally to swap in and alleviate the issues. But, the same amount of force is required with this new one. Before I blame the transmission, does this sound indicative of an improperly installed shifter, or something similarly obvious? Thanks in advance.

Hey Blue, 4.11 revved too high. Like an 18 wheeler; was in 3rd before I cleared an intersection. The LSD is an added perk to be sure, but a lower mileage differential was attractive as well. I have gears, and it still pulls strong. Yes, slight edge gone but not missed.

Quick update: Swapped in Subaru STi 3.90 LSD with Beta Motorsport shafts from Wolf Creek. Such an improvement in driveability over the 4.11 Tidewater Z helped sort out the brakes and other details.

Would also love to know the answer to this.

Thanks Both, and sorry for the delayed response. After losing all braking on the last drive of the season (fortunately without any of the hairy stuff that normally follows such a loss), I'll be really trying to figure this thing out. For now, if anyone is curious, here's what doesn't work: 280zx 15/16" MC 240z Booster Stock 240z Proportioning Valves 4-Pot Toyota Disc's up front (Stock pads/ Rotors for said application) Stock 240z Drum brakes in the rear Unless I'm missing something, that combination stops about as well as a good rumor about a Senator and a Mistress.

Might drag the '71 down to Norfolk at some point over the winter to get some help on a few smaller items, but otherwise they're tucked away as well.

Thanks Carl, that's more like what I've been looking for. Some of those are so basic I'm not sure how I forgot them (store hours) and others are that customer-oriented feel-goodery that just has to be there (Owner, Mission, Captions, etc.). I'll be incorporating most, if not all of your notes up there. I'd like to get your once-over again when those are incorporated. Chas, duly noted on both points. Thanks for the review!

Awesome, thanks for the feedback tamo! Stuff like the email isn't my MO, so great to get other's perspectives.

You all are too nice. Thanks much, appreciate the feedback so far.

Elvis is alive!