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Keep an eye on the temperature of your front bearings, if you suspect problems take a ride and do all the braking with your e brake, then after half hour drive measure the temperature of the bearings.. just in case..

I also have the original 3! point belt in the 240z and also a 4 point rally safety harnas on the original bolts and on one of the top of the rear strut towerbolts. I always use the harnas, the old belts are under the seats. (the third belt just hangs in the rear on the side of the roof.) @steveJ , was very funny to just say: Yes !!

Before paint you have to assemble the whole car to check the gaps between the panels. All panels are empty then. If they fit perfect you can go for paint and assemble everything. I believe the last time i put my 280zx with very long doors together i smuggled a little by hanging the doors just a tiny little higher than they should and it went very well.. You can simulate the weight by just laying your hand on the door.. But it's always a guess. You might need to readjust them after complete assembling it. If you do, use some paint protecting towels as a paintchip can be very frustrating.. (no i had no paintchips)

And while he does that.. He plays the record with Madonna singing: Get into the groove !! 👍

I haven't read the whole story but i guess when you reach 30 !!! pages you have done every aspect.. IF NOT.. do get yourself a new distributor and coil and stuff.. I drive a datsun 240z now for 24 years and always have a lot of spareparts hanging/laying/standing around.. i can't understand why people sell every part they have laying around when they have restored a car. I drive it summer and winter (300zxtt in the summer only also) and it's VERY HANDY to have your own partsstore! I once bought a spare engine complete and took a car completely apart for parts as the bodywork was to far gone. Always handy to have some extra parts as you can barter/exchange.. and your stuff keeps it's value.. once bought a good gearbox for 75 euro.. now it's 1500 euro.. 🙈 What people also do is exchange parts from another car and see if the problem moves to the other car.. but i guess you can't or already done that.. (I mean asked this..) Btw, i admire your patience, I would have stuck that car behind the wallpaper ages ago!! (It's a Dutch saying translated! hahaha.. ) 🤣🤣🤣

Yeah, get the parts you need and pull that engine apart.. very interesting to see what the problem is.. Although the compression looks good it could be some broken rings on your No: 4 piston or something like that.. Can't wait for the pictures! I would have taken it apart years ago.. just start to do it, you learn A LOT! And... ASK if you don't know exactly how to do something like opening up a engine! And remember, pictures can tell more than a 1000 words so put a pic with your questions! I ones had to open up a 300zx engine, it was a non turbo z32.. my dealer told me YOU CAN'T DO THAT! I told him "you don't know what i CAN! I brought it to the dealer because i had an accident at work and was very ill.. then the dealer wrecked the engine by making a "testride" It had a timingbeld problem.. I took it apart AT THE DEALER and repaired it all,It costed me 1600-2000 guilders. (Then about 1000 dollars..) This was in 2001... the car is still on the road today!!

In 2000 i restored my 240z brakes with original rubber hoses and are still on it.. so get the orig hoses from nissan.. simply the best. 😉

I don't know if there are more people that have this but my side vents always open up automaticly during driving.. In the winter i need to close them every 10 minutes or so, i guess it's because of all the shaking going on haha.. So, don't lube them.. make them go stiffly, otherwise you'll have the same "problem" ..

Oh well.. then the problem must be my eyes.. because at 0:42 minute into the vid i see A LOT of paint difference between the fender and the door.. to many not a problem.. But i got a saying here.. If that car is painted in one piece (As it should have been done) I eat a car! (And then i always say: of chocolate ofcourse..) 🤣 But (anyway..) is has some paint differences in the "bolted parts" like the doors,fenders,headlightscoops rear hatch and hood... They are small but are definately there. (That's why i insisted that my painter painted my car in one and the same afternoon in the same conditions in the same booth.

Nice car but a lot of color difference between front fender and door.. they were not painted at the same time.. (See the small pictures on bring a trailer.. there it's very visable)

YES! We drive V8's... He means 5... oohh...😀

Strange emblem for a Nissan? What type of Nissan, it isn't a Laurel or so is it?

Maybe a brand from India? Go meet the guy and ask! 😉 Seen from a side of the car it looks a bit like a BMW.

Don't know what could be wrong but those little flashers on the front fenders can also give a lot of trouble as they rust away on the back and make bad contacts.. just check them by taking them out of the fenders, the rear rots away..

Nice picture of all the parts on the antenna! That grounding part (under the row of parts on the pic.) Is.. i think.. not necessary IF the radio makes a good ground, it does in our Datsuns. (It might even make a disturbance, as it creates a circle in the antenna ground..) Grounding something should always be in a star form.. from one point to everywhere, not making (round going) circuits..

Thanks for the heads up about the clock on 1,5v.. on the other hand i hear they work already for 13 years.. anyway.. i can install it in my car as it's also not in a hot spot overhere.. Thanks for the explanations, i also have the older square datsun clocks, and they have a very good working clockwork that fits in the 240z clocks 🙂 These square little clocks came in the cherry and sunny models.. It seems they run forever..

Eh.. I would? As i have invested few 1000 hours into mine.. i'm not selling under 35 grand euro's that is.. (You get a near new 280zx for that..) The biggest problem is there are (in my country) few people that remember how good a 280zx was as it was a very expensive car overhere.. Yes they were rusty but also very relyable. If you did the whole anti rust treatment you can have a good car for a very long time!

Accurate also when you feed it different voltages between 12 and 14,5 volt.. test it.. (It should not matter, a week 12v and a week 14,5v..) I got a restored one with a 1,5 volt battery holder for in the glovebox/compartment and.. still not installed hahaha... I got it out of a whole sale of datsun parts so i don't know who sold/made these.. It looks exactly like the 240z clock but works on 1,5 volt.. and it ticks on time (It does tick).

Yeah, IN THE BIN! But Maybe one day they will suddenly be in high demand.. until that day...

Yes, there is a official service anouncement made in 1973 that the 1973 240z engine L24 had a different head as the pistons go ABOVE the deck! Watch out for this, it's just a small part of a mm but they go above the deck!

What i remember from a 260z driver in the neighborhood.. the flattop needed a lot of tuning.. After a few weeks the idle was AGAIN to high.. they were sick and tired of them.. I never took a set (on my attic!) apart.. i bought them years ago cheap just to see what kind of trouble makers they are.. My view so far.. they are made to complicated.

Like the OsGiken.. the costs will ad up to 20 grand.. is my estimate..

You have to put the lugnuts all on before you tighten them.. Also i discovered there are different diameter shafts on these lugnuts. I don't think your bolts are bend. These lugnuts with the shaft are a pain to install.. but it's do-able if you wiggle the wheel. but first take a calliper and measure the diameters from the holes in your wheel and the shaft of the lugnuts. That there are also lugnuts with longer/ to long shafts is new to me! (So i leant something today.. Yay!! 😉 ) If the lugnuts shaft is to small, that can absolutely give some clunking noises! Good luck! Mart.

Even when it would be available under 10 grand (Dollar or Euro) it's a big investment.. On the other hand it's a big change in power.. i guess? (From 150hp SAE to 300hp DIN?) (Most people forget that our 240z's engines power is measured in SAE NOT DIN. (150 SAE is about 135 DIN Horsepower?? I estimate..)

Hahaha.. On MY desktop computer i get 2 plus 1 under those 2.. (on 100% ) But when i set the enlargement to 90% then i get them (3) on a row! 100% gives 2 with 1 under the first pic. At 150% i get them in a vertical row.