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Difficult to tell from a couple snapshots on a phone camera. Did they come with airhorns? Did they come with an air box and filter? Intake/exhaust manifold gasket?

The two barrel side draft carbs were used on many different cars, not just Datsuns. Find a supplier that can get rebuild kits and do it yourself. It is easy. Or, find a shop that specializes in carburetors and be prepared to spend a considerable amount more to pay someone else to do the job. The installation and tuning is where the skill comes in. Having a set of various sized jets, a tool to read the spark plugs helps. Even better is having an exhaust gas analyzer to get the carbs set and jetted correctly. Get it too rich and it will consume excessive amounts of fuel, and wash the cylinders down, shortening the life of the cylinders and piston rigs, pollute the oil and risk bearing damage. Get it too lean, and melt pistons. Oh, and when the atmospheric pressure changes, you’ll need to check and change jetting.

It is a sweet, pungent scent. The first time I encountered it I was barely 12 years old. I still like the fragrance of it.

Another 72 on BAT. I have never seen a Z with a vinyl roof. Gotta say, it isn’t for me. Looks like crap. The finish around the hatch and alongside the quarter panels is weird. The termination at the lower end of the windshield pillars is unfinished. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-datsun-240z-242/

Switches don’t have polarity. They are either normally open or normally closed.

Hoovie has a Daytona? Didn’t know. Hope he didn’t thrash it.

That is a Dodge Charger Daytona. It came that way from the factory. Chrysler also produced the Plymouth Superbird. The cars were manufactured for homolgation so NASCAR teams could run the body style in NASCAR’s top level Cup series. Those cars sell for huge money these days.

My eyes are sensitive to bright light. I’ve been driving since 1970, over 2 million miles. Every vehicle I have ever driven at night the dimmer has always been turned down, usually just bright enough to see the gauges. The dim illumination in the Z has always been just fine for me. Although I welcome an LED replacement, having something that is dimmable is a requirement.

I see recent auctions for S30s have not been drawing the big numbers we saw over the past year or so. But today a low mile 300ZX twin turbo hammered at $95,000. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1991-nissan-300zx-twin-turbo-70/

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If it is only when the car is in motion then it has to be in the drivetrain. Transmission, driveshaft, differential, halfshafts, wheel end hubs. Take a close look at the u-joints.

This guy built a digital dimmer. https://woodworkerb.com/home/datsun-240z-rebuild/changing-instrument-lighting/

The bulb sockets should just pull out, but twisting them a bit may help them come out.

OK, finally got it to work. Putin is an arse. Someone needs to give him a 45 cent pill.

Can’t get it to show English subtitles.

Here is a comprehensive write up on the R160 through the R200 differentials: https://www.diyauto.com/manufacturers/nissan/generations/240z/diys/differential-cv-lsd-hp-torque-r160-r180-r200-r230-diff-mount-faq-by-jmortensen Interesting to note that the Rxxx refers to the diameter of the ring gear, I.e. an R180 has a 180mm ring gear, the R200 has a 200mm ring gear.

You won’t be able to change gear ratios by simply changing the ring gear only. The ring and pinion gears are always matched. It doesn’t matter what make or brand of differential. A gear set is machined to work together as a set. So if you have a 4:11 gear set, and a 3:90 gear set, the ring gear from one will not mesh with the pinion on the other. If you want to change gear ratios, the ring and pinion both have to change. Will a ring and pinion from a Subaru R180 fit in a Datsun R180 case? Maybe. But why take them out of a case and put them in another? It takes special tools to set up the pinion bearing preload, as well as training and skills rebuilding differentials, getting the bearings set and the gear wipe pattern correct. If you want an R180 with a given ratio, buy it and swap the whole unit out.

Yes Ryan, it is very readable now, thanks! The progress looks good too. As mentioned, the roof to windshield pillars and roof to quarter pillars are spot welded or brazed, then filled and smoothed with lead. Using a propane torch to melt the lead out usually works well, and after installing the replacement roof using the same torch to place new lead (or the tin substitute used today) also works well. And now, rust mitigation! Have fun.

Aha! That might be it then.

I did? Sorry, eh? My memory is going. No worries, I don’t think it is anything you’re doing, but rather an anomaly of the forum software.

Um, the 240Z was made for 4 years, not 3. 1970 1971 1972 1973

A patina mobile. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-datsun-280z-83 Hey, it’s got a helical diff. Might be a good candidate for a full makeover if the price doesn’t get too high.

You might have luck with this: https://www.technoversions.com/TachMatch.html

Looks like you’re making headway. Awesome! Trouble is, I use a dark theme, and when you post the text gets formatted black, and the dark theme doesn’t correct dark text to a lighter color, and I can’t read your comments. It looks like this: