Everything posted by w3wilkes
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Too bright?
When I did mine I used LED's that matched the color of the lenses they were going under.
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fuel pressure regulator location
Just a couple of comments on this. When the dealership put an electric pump in my 73 they put a fuel pressure regulator in the line between the front fuel filter and the mech fuel pump (which was left in). The fuel rail still had the restrictor at the end of the fuel rail back to the tank. Four years ago (2017) in my 71 I removed the mech pump, did the low pressure K&N pump from MSA back at the tank and have no regulator other than the restrictor at the end of the fuel rail back to the tank. It has been completely trouble free. I would consider a different low pressure pump that's quiet, the K&N does make some noise.
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saturday night music thread
In My Life (Remastered 2009) - YouTube
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Z's on BAT and other places collection
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Forwarded to the North
Loved both the @Captain Obvious drive and the @madkaw drive videos! The exhaust note on both cars is great.
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Series 1 vs 2 seats
I replaced my 71 seats with seats from a 77 so I could have the seats recline and flip forward to access the tool bins on the floor behind the seats. Had to swap the rails from the bottom of the seats so they would mount. The floor mount of the 240z's is different than the 280Z's. Wasn't a big deal. And while I was at it I did leather seat covers and new foam. I also think the springs instead of the straps for the seat bottom support is a nice update too. Here's my seats Leather Seats - Interior - The Classic Zcar Club (classiczcars.com)
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Just Another Damned Z Car Project Thread
Yes, more beer is required!
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Just Another Damned Z Car Project Thread
Or these for less than $5 EF32 12V 25A 2 Pin Electronic Flasher, FSH7212 Flasher, 232 Flasher, 582T Flasher, 44810 Flasher, 87712 Flasher, 752 Flasher, 2590-001 Flasher, FLR232 Flasher, EL12 Flasher, 250/262 Flasher, EFL1 Flasher, 262 Flasher, 091206 Flasher,EF32 Flasher (jacksonelectricsupply.com)
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Just Another Damned Z Car Project Thread
With the LED's you'll need electronic blinker and flasher modules. Superbrite has them FL2-RED LED Bulb Electronic Flasher | Super Bright LEDs Couldn't remember if my 240z is 2 or 3 lug, they have both.
- 240ZBUILTBYME 1971 240z HS-001063 Project Georgia
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Sad - Chuck Yeager Death
This American icon/hero passed away yesterday at the age of 97. I don't care that he spelled my name wrong.
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saturday night music thread
I had not seen this before... Excellent, and it's definitely Jimi!
- Muffler
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Advent Calendar - 2020
Here it is the 1st of December so I'm breaking out my Advent Calendar I picked up at Costco a couple of months ago!
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COVID-19
Or a record number of people going for Darwin awards. There's proof that stupid can't be fixed.
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COVID-19
At least all that I see in that picture are wearing masks. They must not be paying attention to their fearless leader Trump. 🤪
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Future of driving a "classic" car
Now days the 4 on the floor is also a theft deterrent. Not that many youngsters know how to drive them. 😁 Our youngest is in his mid 40's so we're now looking at grandkids that are coming up on driving age, oldest is 13 and goes down to the youngest of 8. These kids really have no interest in cars other than a way for mom, dad and grandparents to take them somewhere. The 8 and 11 year old think it's cool to ride in the bed of grandma's truck in the parade at one of the local car shows, but that's it. By the time they're grown into their 20's and 30's I think they'll have an app where they summon a self driving car to take them wherever and about anything they buy will be over the airwaves and delivered so shopping as it has been when we grew up will no longer exist. Most people will not own or drive cars and it will probably require a special permit to drive your own vehicle. Our niece in Germany is in her 30's and has never owned a car. Europe is way ahead of the USA on public transportation, but they also really don't have the distances we do. When she's been over here visiting my wife and I talked about going to St George, UT from our home in Layton, UT for the winter and our niece asked how far it was to St George. Her dad said "It's about a Germany south from here". This was somewhat of a revelation to her on how big geographically the USA is compared to Europe.
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belt molding
From the description it does sound like the part. I'm surprised that these are sided?? Why wouldn't it work on either side? From the listed dimensions it sounds like it's a 5 in square!
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Paint code error on all original barn find 280Z?
Is this chart complete? It doesn't show the #905 color (a tomato red with a slight orange tint). When I painted my car back in 1991 I contacted the Nissan regional office in Colorado and #905 was the number I was given.
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Future of driving a "classic" car
Me too! Plus all kinds of junk strewn through the yard and driveway.
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saturday night music thread
And here's one from our library that I can't believe we missed...
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saturday night music thread
Can't believe it took me so long to come across this thread! Here's a themed playlist my wife and I put together that we sometimes throw on when we go cruising. A couple of these were mentioned earlier.
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Future of driving a "classic" car
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belt molding
Google shows ZCardepot phone number as (844) 865-2473. Don't know if it's any good though.
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Old cars, synthetic oil
Thanks, I guess I'll leave that alone then.