Jamaican_Z_Lover

Thanks for the advice but excited me already put them in. Feels good. Now to tighten up everything and prepare to carry them home. Any pointers on setting them up in the car? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Operation C.O. was a success but the o-rings are fitting tight. I will see if some lubrication works and how well it returns when I assemble everything later. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah thats true. Guess it wont hurt to leave it alone. The car is now at the garage with the mechanic but it gets worked on on the weekends and when things are slow as the usual traffic of customers takes precedence plus he doesn't want too many people drooling over it when he is working on it. Plus I have the carbs so he cant start it anyway. Still need to drop the shafts off at the machine shop. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ok i will leave it alone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nice Z and great photography. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey siteunseen i was just gonna reply and send the same pic. Thanks. Yes that is what I meant. To cut off the smaller side pipe and 1 nice clean inlet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This may seem weird to you guys or a waste of money but has anyone cut off the heater branch on the water inlet housing and welded it up. The heater has no use to me in the Caribbean and I was wondering if any of the skilled welders on here think this is worth the effort. I was just thinking of a nice clean inlet that didnt look like something is missing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The horn thing shows how cultures differ. My friends from Canada find it so strange that we use our horn to communicate both greetings, gratitude and anger. Always have to resist using the horn when i am in the US too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@grannyknot I honestly have no clue what the wheels are. I can check next time i am there. @ Hr369 yeah I know him pretty well. The 280z is presently being wired and then they will finalize the last few bits. Should be done by April. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Finally getting some movement on the restoration of my S30 after months of being broke. The only comfort is that my car is in Jamaica while I am working in Barbados so the distance keeps me from getting frustrated. This was the day my friend went to pick it up from the previous owner who was restoring it but had some health challenges and decided to sell it. Circumstances were not ideal but lucky me. This was months after purchasing the car and I still had not been to Jamaica to see it. This was taken by another friend while the mechanic checked on the condition of the parts provided. The plan is to keep the matching L24 and upgrade things to make it more roadworthy. I was lucky enough to have a friend donate two (2) Mikuni 44 PHH's he found in a storeroom from his father's S30 and I got 2 more at a steal of a price. So now I have four 44 PHH's so I guess 1 will be spare. These will be restored at some point in the future and a Harada Shokai manifold purchased for them. But I will be using the 3 screw SUs to get her started and on the road. Thanks to Bruce for his advice and parts. And this is the last pic I received from the mechanic. Matching L24 should be going back in in the coming days. You know who is dying to go back home now.

Just as an update I still have the throttle shafts to machine but I have been putting in some work on cleaning up the carbs. So far I have spent a few hours on the dome with an assortment of sandpaper and I like it. I may try some polish but I love the bling so far. Anyone who has done this before, should I clear coat the domes?

So since I am new to the forum I will reiterate the obvious that Captain Obvious is a great guy. This gentleman, who I am still yet to meet, sends me a few odds and ends to help make my carb refresh that much better. Bruce I salute you sir and table a motion to promote you to Major Awesome!

There are machine shops that I can have do this for me but that would be taking all the fun out of bringing the carbs with me to Barbados. The reason they are here is for me to get my hands dirty. I will check it out and see as I think I will take the broken stub to the machine shop so I dont do any further damage.

Hey Bruce, You are talking about calibrations to a metrologist so I already took your measurements only as a guide. The reason I live in Barbados is because I work for an organisation where I am responsible for improving the calibration capabilities of the labs within the Caribbean. My previous job my background was calibration of pressure gauges, force equipment, torque wrenches and gauges along with some flow and volume work. Since I am now a paper pusher this is the only way I get to dirty my hands and have some fun. Gratefully there are guys like you that already did all the research so I get to do and not think so much. Everything I do would be relative to the o-rings and the shaft diameters as indicate by my instruments. The key is that I want a sealed fit between the o-ring and the bushing. Problem is in Jamaica I would have access to a machine shop. Here I will have to use a drill press and hack saw blade to make the grooves.

So this rookie gets the screws out of the throttle plate but looks like I damaged 1 of them on the way out but didnt realise. I put them back in and 1 is getting really stiff so by the time I start backing it out the head breaks off. Stupid mistake because I know better but just too excited a guess. Hopefully I dont need another throttle shaft. Thanks for the guide and I will sure to give it a try.

Hey C.O. I started writing a response this morning and swore I sent it. Anyway, thanks for the offer. I will be in Orlando as of next week Sat so I would most definitely appreciate the offer of some of the o-rings mailed to me. Just let me know when you find them and I will pm you the address. I would also welcome any lessons learned with the SU's that aren't covered by the available tech guides.

Hey C.O. your mod is the reason I was going this route but since it has been proved that Viton works then I will follow. What size o-rings do I need? Also does anyone know what size the throttle plate screws are? Sorry for asking pretty simple questions but some things are difficult to come by here in Barbados so I tend to order stuff online and ship them in or pick them up when I am in the US.

As stated by SteveJ I just picked up a pair off ebay. Now to get the broken screw out of the throttle plate and hope the threads are fine. I am thinking to add 4 teflon o-rings to each throttle shaft and convert to a throttle cable setup. Does this sounds like a stupid move? I dont want to spend too much on the SU setup as I have a set of old 44phh mikunis I want to refresh and get a harado shokai manifold for them.

Hey Guys, I have been slowly restoring my 72 Z in Jamaica and I am now refreshing the stock 3 screw SUs. I disassembled them to change the gaskets and it appears that the dipsticks do not have the plungers, washer or snap clip attached to them. I have no clue why this is the case as the car was not running when I purchased it. I will take a pic later when I reach home just to be sure but from all I have seen on the net the dipsticks look a bit lacking. If this is correct then I am in need of a pair of complete dipsticks if anyone can spare. Thanks in advance.

Hello all, I have been reading up on the pros and cons of the various electronic ignition upgrades available for my stock 1972 240Z and I am leaning towards the Crane Cams XR-3000. I checked Summit Racing and noticed that there are 2 different part numbers. Can someone please confirm whether the 3000-0231 is the one I should buy if I want to do this upgrade.