sblake01

Tomohawk, post #2 answered your question. No one could really answer as to why you've never seen a 280Z with one since that would be based on the ones that you've seen. Mine has one and thanks to dzrt1st, we've etablished that they were on 9/74 and up S30s. And thanks to catfish_wiskers and a little photo cropping, here's what it looks like. It doesn't do much and my air dam actually hides it. I wouldn't worry too much if you don't have one. You can't really see it anyway.

Huh?? I'm still learning about the non-USA engines but isn't an L20A also a 6 cyl? Do you mean the L16 with two cylinders added on?

No, Carl, it's not just you. I sat in the one that Toyota bought out to last year's Japanese Classic Car Show. It was cramped, as you said, but nice considering the period it was built in. I found it to be asthetically interesting but not anything I would like to own but then again, I drive them rather than collect them and this car wouldn't work for me at any price. Sometimes too much is made of the low production number thing. That alone doesn't make a car valuable in my estimation. Not nearly in the same catagory but my daily driver is a 1979 Datsun 810 2dr. Not many of them were made either but no one cares today except for the handful of us that own them.

The strange thing is, that the wiring diagram shows that relay as the accessory relay.

The 'late' 260Z may have also had them.

Well, I looked through my junk and the only non 810 or 280Z relays I could find are three that have a 4 wire plug but they don't fit the description you gave. The have 4 wires, Black, blue/red stripe, white/red stripe, and red/blue stripe going into a 4 wire plug. I can read the part number on a couple of them. It's 25230-E4100 which is, according to the microfiche, the relay for the rear window defogger up to 11/74. Oh well If anyone needs one of those, I've got them.

I think we should just leave it like it is rather than argue about the need for another fourm like was done in the poll you linked to. I don't have a problem working around post that are in the wrong thread or forum. Hell, how many times have you seen our beloved Tomohawk twist these threads and forums around with his 'forward' thinking.

Is this better? It's one of the patches I have. I know it's a lion but I've always heard people call it a griffin for whatever reason.

Could you post a good picture of the relay you refer to? I have several misc. relays and I might have a couple of those.

Now that one I've never seen. As far as the griffin or lion pin, the pin broke off of the back years ago so it's stuck on the monitor with double sided tape.

I've got those. On key chains, shift knobs, etc. Here's a lapel pin that's on the corner of my garage computer monitor. It's rather small so the pic isn't that clear. I didn't feel like dragging out the good camera.

Does it look like this? If so he got it from an early 80s RWD Maxima. My 810 has the second one pictured.

That may help but technically it's still in the wrong forum since there isn't an S130 fourm.

I saw this in the other thread. So, this problem didn't exist until you after you had changed the battery and starter? Are you sure that all connection are proper and clean? Until I hear more, it just falls under the mysterious heading of 'electrical issues'.

rdefabri, in this case we are referring to the 'BRE' man rather than the recently deceased Australian driver. I met the American Pete Brock along with his crew chief Mac Tilton at his shop in El Segundo, Ca. nearly 35 years ago and they were one of the main reasons I got into Datauns in the first place.

That should be 'Pete' rather than 'Peter' Brock in Carl's post. Just to distinguish between these two great men.

And, unlike Enigma, I don't find it funny. Two guys, actually all four people involved, acting the fool out on the road and someone eventually threatening to blow their friggin' brains out, if they have any, isn't my idea of what's funny.

Well, if you couldn't get a reading until you cleaned it that should solve your problem since that's the same scenario I experienced with my 810. I cleaned the contacts and the problem dissappeared. I always keep some extra 5/16 fuel injection hose on hand for just in case.

Yeah, the video looked staged to me also. Otherwise, how do you explain it? These guys would have to have been driving around videotaping their foolish escapades until this incident happened.

I'd have to see more pictures. It will surely go for more than the starting bid. I wonder if we have any members in Mass. that could inspect it.

Sorry, my bad, I didn't see the 't' in your original post.

Will these fit in an S30? They are for an 84-85 200SX 4.11 ratio. Norm sell things really cheap sometimes 60-80% off. http://oem-surplus.com/nwp/picpages/38300-76S00.html

So you had two 80 amp links where 50 amp links should have been. Which one blew? I have an ample supply of replacement links but I've never had a problem with the stock fusible links so I never understood the need for an upgrage to fuses. Especially since it's virtually impossible to find an 80 amp fues so you'd have to settle for a 60 amp as did you and Atlantic Z.