MikeW

Welcome to the club. Please post some pictures to your gallery here and update your profile to include your location.

Searching CarDomain for Denmark and Datsun only turns up one hit: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2199165

The covers are hard plastic so I don't see why filling cracks would be required. If the vinyl next to the cracks is raised then perhaps trimming it down would help the cap attach better.

Yes, I mentioned it here: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showpost.php?p=123286&postcount=17 The video is still available here: http://www.sr240z.com/videos/images/260zt.wmv Unfortunately most of the video has gone missing (especially the crash). Perhaps it was incriminating? As I recall from watching the video there were several Z cars driving well over the speed limit for the parkway all following each other too closely. The lead car didn't realize there was a curve in the tunnel and spun out.

As I recall a video was made of that crash and a link was posted here ...

Sorry, I was just teasing you. On the L-series engine the distributor shaft is driven by a gear at the front of the crankshaft - behind the front engine cover. This same shaft also drives the oil pump. Any fluid you're seeing is just engine oil. If the car has not been cranked for a while the oil will simply run down into the pan so you might not see much on the shaft.

You'll need about 5 quarts of standard motor oil. However, instead of adding it through the distributor you'll find that it is much easier to add through the hole in the top of the valve cover.

Is it 2007 already?

Me too. That's why I asked as I also went the metal tape route.

It's a wire that runs under the seat from side to side. As I recall it's actually two wires that are side-by-side in the middle. It's used to properly fit the vinyl seat bottom to the seat cushion - without it the seat bottom would not be contoured properly. There are hog rings that hold a loop of vinyl to the wire.

This is no guarantee but when I bought my car in 1985 the exhaust system (including the stock manifold) looked really old so I have no reason to think that a previous owner replaced more than just the muffler (if that). I have 160,000+ miles on my 240SX with the original muffler and the 240Z didn't have that many miles when I bought it. I still have that system. I just measured the outside diameter of the pipe just before the muffler and get a whopping 1 5/8". Obviously the original specs would be in metric so, perhaps 40mm?

Same seller. Same item location. Perhaps Oregon allows you to transfer plates between vehicles and the seller likes (what appears to me to be) a vintage plate with a "Z" in it.

Would this same fix apply to the chrome on the door panels?

Have you considered a Pertronix Ignitor? It replaces the points inside of your original distributor and is very easy to install. The only external difference is an extra wire running to the distributor.

Here you can see who got the domain: http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=katysnest.com&type=domain You'll notice that it's going to take at least $200 to get it back: http://www.afternic.com/p/offer0.php?ref_id=2990&name=katysnest.com

They let the domain name expire yesterday: http://www.whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=katysnest.com Pinging doesn't always work if ICMP packets are blocked at the firewall.

I think you need to keep in mind that this site was started for the S30 models (240Z, 260Z and 280Z). The 240K was added as a kind of cousin that shared a lot of mechanical components with the others. In fact, in the car forums there are only 3 sub-forums: S30 Z Series - 240z, 260z, 280z Zcar Conversions & Aftermarket Datsun 240K I would actually prefer it if there were a 280ZX forum as well.

You can't. New car VINS have all of that information encoded in about 17 alphanumeric characters. The Datsun numbers are simple sequential serial numbers preceded by the model type. The only way you'd be able to get the information you seek would be if Nissan had maintained a database of VINs with all of the options stored there. I've never heard of such a thing.

Yes, yours is the 120th car produced of that model.

Let's see. HS130 would indicate a 280ZX. 220226 quite possibly makes it one of the last 1980 models. While it isn't necessarily accurate, the Black Dragon catalog at least makes an attempt at breaking down the numbers: http://www.blackdragonauto.com/icatalog/z/0008.html What kind of information are you expecting to get out of the VIN?

I can't help you with the Kansas City part but from everything I've read on the subject there's only one place to get the pans from: Zedd Findings http://www.datsunzparts.com/NewParts/summary.htm I'd suggest searching this site for past discussions on the subject. Many people here have used these pans and can offer good advice about the installation. I've never seen a single complaint about the product.

As Gary said, Octane is the measure of the resistance to detonation. In other words, the higher the octane the harder it is to ignite. It's not somehow a measure of power but I think that people somehow associate the two since high-performance engines tend to be high-compression engines and therefore require higher octane. What you don't want to happen is pre-detonation or pinging. This is when the fuel/air mixture ignites before the spark. That's bad. If it's not pinging on 87 then higher octane buys you nothing (except for the fact that premium fuels might have better additives).

As I recall it just pulls out through the front but you have to unscrew it in the back first and that's the tricky part since you have to really get up under the dash.

I don't know that 72's are considered the best any more. They used to be simply because they were the most refined version before the 1973 models came out with emissions-driven carbs that people considered less desirable. A lot of the deficiencies with the earlier cars were corrected along the way. Now the emphasis seems to be the earlier the better with certain people proclaiming that a specific maximum VIN is what really matters and that the potential maximum value of the car drops considerably if you're not in that elite range. There are plenty of people with very nice examples of all of the models. I say go with whatever makes you happy and don't worry too much about what others think.

Ted's victory with Courageous was incredibly inexpensive compared to more recent America's cup races where the syndicates build multiple yachts out of carbon fiber and other advanced materials. Also, money alone wouldn't have been enough to win. He was actually a good skipper. I agree that in recent years it's been more about the money. Shoot, the current champion is from Switzerland As an aside, I got to crew aboard Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes (USA-55) a couple of years ago that he used to win the cup back from Australia in 1987 before losing it again.