Mark Maras

Looks like you have an early 240 judging by the fuse block location. I believe all the shift knobs from the factory were wood with the shift pattern in the top. The extension on the muffler looks too long.

Interesting. I haven't seen that brand before. I guess I never looked at my orig, bearings. Googled NTN, it appears to be an excellent bearing manufacturer with a long history of quality.

Wow! Beautiful countryside. Those hairpin switchbacks must have been fun to drive. The stretch of highway in the 10th picture is interesting. It looks like one of the turns on a roller coaster ride.

I realize the car is for sale but have you priced fixing it? It seems a shame to part out a solid car with low miles. Parts are available. PM sent, I have the entire section (in orange) to repair it.

The carbs don't have to be removed. Do you have a manual (Nissan, Clymer, Haynes, etc? that deals with SUs? Any that I've seen have good information for noob's about caring and tuning SU's. BTW, these SU's are the simplest, easiest, most dependable carbs I've ever used and worked on. I was amazed at the simplicity the first time I worked on them. I would recommend getting a copy of the DVD "Just Su's" from ZTherapy. It goes into detail about them but for now a basic SU tuneup manual should be all you need. If you have any questions in the process, just ask.

Is the retainer ring fully tightened? I remember Cliff @siteunseen talking about how tight the ring was supposed to be.

Judging from your description of the problem, the engine is running lean when the choke is off. Giving the engine choke is richening the mixture. Places to start. Finish the complete tune up including adjusting the valves. Make sure the rotor is in the right position when the engine is on TDC, top of power stroke, check and or adjust the float levels in the float chambers and lube the outside of the jet nozzles. Start it up and tune the carbs. You could also throw a compression test in there too. These basic procedures will usually fix most poor running engine problems but if they don't fix it, you'll narrow down the options of what else might be wrong.

Win! Win! Win! Trans. does look good. I think you could hold the quarter panel for ransom. What a find. Please share any new-old info you find in the tech bulletins. There's always great trivia hidden in those.

Agree with the 1000 volts but you'd end up with a GT40 "Gurney Bubble" in your top.

$20.000, Hope you get more.

Is it leaking around the o-ring or at the elec. connections?

Excellent advice. I've never disassembled one to see what was wrong. It was always, out with the old and in with the new. Odd now that I think about it. I usually tear down my throwaway parts. I love reverse engineering.

If the car runs fine when it finally starts, it's probably not crud in the tank. I'd check the pump for pressure and volume flow. IMO the pump is weak.

That's Fron-kon-steen! Seems like I remember that line in the movie too but that was 1974. If you know what I mean.

Not good for the tank either.

I remember the smoking WWII German soldier as a repeat character near the end of the shows. His critique of the previous skit, or maybe the entire show, was usually "Veeeeery Interesting, but stupid."

Googled the part #. It's a good Mercedes #, Couldn't find any pics to verify it. One description says it's a console part, another says ABDeck Cover. How large is it?

Thanks for that info. I didn't realize the covers affected the acoustics.

I agree the "unknown plastic piece" is a speaker guard. They were used to protect speakers from dripping water damage when the speakers were installed in the door panel, or almost anywhere in an old Z.

I don't recognize them as a Z part. Never seen wing nuts like them either. Could it have been some sort of flange nut before the distortion? The bends don't look uniform at all. What is the small round? protrusion on the left pic, left side in the middle?

I have the linkage, I'll have to get my spare SU set-up back from another member here in town. It has the linkage attached. RossiZ already got the crossover tube. I'll keep my eye out for one. There's always SUs for sale around here. ZTherapy in Salem has crossovers if you can't find one anywhere else.

Nope. But if, there was excessive blow by caused by poor piston ring sealing and if the PCV valve was plugged it would be possible to build enough pressure in the pan to move the dipstick out to relieve the excess pressure. No oil pressure in the pan, just air turbulence from the crank, the bottom side of the pistons and ring leakage.

W.T.F.?

Yeah, but it's a SCARAB! Just kidding. You speak the truth. IMO someone paid $10,000 extra for the name and a V-8. To each his own.

Worse yet, it's a dung beetle. The ancient Egyptians held the Scarab (dung beetle) in very high regard to the point of worship. Don't know and can't imagine why.