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Sweet!

I guess you really don't see these with the dash in. I'd worry if I were doing a period correct restore but if I was making the car "my car", who cares!

So does it really hurt anything to run a little lean at cruise? I would presume better airflow for cooling so overheating shouldn't be a problem and I would guess you would also be seeing better cruising mileage if you're a little lean. Probably something way wrong with this line of thinking.

Possibly from a '73 240Z when they changed the mounting to give it "slight" crash resistance.

@Patcon And back to the grommets... I don't think the early 240's had that grommet you pictured. I think it was just a chrome button "surround" like a washer with the plastic switch poking through. Pictures of the switch. https://joeyzdatsun.com/products/datsun-240z-2-wire-door-open-light-switch

MSA Has "left door switches"?? For the early cars I don't understand what the difference would be between left and right? The door opens, the dome light turns on, just completes a circuit to ground, right?

@dutchzcarguy MSA sells Koni's and KYB's for the S30. Motorsport Auto - The Z Store - Koni Motorsport Auto - The Z Store - KYB

I thought it's the plastic domes/lenses in the gauges that are green. Didn't think it's the bulbs.

Thanks.

Thanks for finding that in the wiring diagram! Car has always been a manual tranny. Yes, the wire is green. I guess it was a good thing that my car is a MT so that wire was available for me to repurpose! With that wire being in the engine bay I guess the relay to the K.D. solenoid (if present) would be in the engine bay?

Did you use the white QasimLed's bulbs or the green ones?

As in my sig the car is a 1971, built 12/70 HLS30-17486

@HS30-H I found and used this wire for my electric fan controller. The harness had the "blue tape" (visible in the picture) which seems to be the Datsun factory method of identifying wires for some optional use. The wire is 12v switched power when the ignition is in run and had a female bullet connector. Do you know what the Datsun intended use for this was?

Ah, but does the heating make the needle go up... or down?

Since you've eliminated the starter and it starts fine from using the "hotwire" method. We know that when you turn the key to start you hear a click in the passenger footwell it sounds like it's not between the key switch and the footwell. I'm wondering if it's a bad relay in the footwell?

You mention that you now have an internally regulated alternator. Has the voltage regulator been replaced with one of these? Motorsport Auto - The Z Store - Alternator Upgrade Adaptor, 70-72 240Z

Who did you drive for? I had a good friend who drove for Amtrack before he retired a few years back.

I did the leather from Interior Innovations back in 2018 and would do it again. I also did the matching leather e-brake and shifter boots.

Can't find the member map. This has come up before and it seems like @Mike fixed it, but now it's gone again (or I just can't find it).

Also take a look at ZTherapy's master price list for part ZT128.

The new shop helper is pretty cute! The fun of new bling... I had interference on my MSA 6 2 1 ceramic headers with my thermostat housing causing an exhaust leak. A little work with a grinder on the thermostat housing corrected the problem.

The spring looks like it came out of some garden hand clippers, I have some clippers with springs like that, it pushes them open.

And don't get me wrong, I always thought it was a great color!

In some of the shots it looks like the British Racing Green that was a popular color on the TR4 through TR6's. Didn't pay much attention to the TR8, did it come in the BRG color?