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Well, I was hoping this afternoon would be be the day to start the 300ZXC after the engine swap...NOT! I went out an bought Dexron/Mercon, Prestone, and seriously high detergent oil, took the old battery to be tested after trickle-charging it for 48 hours, filled all of the fluiuds except...in the bustle of the day forgot to get some GAS! I drained the stinkiest of the stuff I have ever smelled out of the tank, and intend to flush the lines before plumbing the injectors. Oh well, a fresh start, and a good nights sleep never hurt anyone when getting ready to crank a newly replaced, previously stored engine...hopefully I will find I didn't miss anything else... Hopefully I will be able to get the tag and the insurance in time for the CZC meeting tomorrow night. Will

Great Find! Must have been ahead of its time-wide wheels narrow tires... Will

Our Member "Ed" converted 280ZX power windows for use in his 240Z-his gallery probably holds some pictures of what he did... Will

I'll see about posting some pictures on Monday, the wheels are in storage, I have just shy of $145 in them (pd 34 each plus 6% sales tax at the PNP) plus shiipping cost-pm me your address and I'll figure that. Will

240Z 6 Alpha1 GTO Replica 6 300ZX 6 Datsun Roadster 4 280zx 6 Volvo 6 Dodge truck 8 2 spare L28Ets 12 Riding Mower 4 chainsaw 1 Weedwhacker 1 RC Z (Nitro?) 1 Generator 4 13 Zs at the farm 108 11 Roadsters at the farm 44 Farm Tractor 8 Total 233 I think I reached the point where CI may stand for Cholesterol Index...and my age is seriously overshadowed... Will PS, Don't you just hate Proportional spacing for lining things up?

I have a couple of sets if you can't find any from the above sources. Will

I missed this thread somehow, I have always thought the Z32 was the second most beautiful Z-just behind the 240Z. I bought a Z32 convertible around a month ago-bent valves, worn seats, dirty ultra suede, missing the bass knob on the original radio, weathertight but worn top(the opaque back window cracked when I folded the top down...so she has been covered when I am not working on her.) a chunk missing out of the lower lip-cracked fog light lenses, missing splash panels, broken antenna drive, and other odds and ends issues. It had been sitting for over 2 years. It was almost complete, and totally original. The weather strips were good as was the original super white pearl paint I had asked about it last year just in conversation, and the owner of the shop-Mickey Carter, pulled me aside one day and said the delays with the car were coming to an end, and the owner was anxious to sell it. I offered $1,000 and was handed the title and a titanium key! I towed her home. put a battery in to check systems-but not the primary ignition- and found everything I could check without starting the car worked except the digital clock, and the CD changer(the mechanism made noise, but not through the speakers, but I discovered someone had taken it lose form its mounts, na dit may well be disconnected signal wise. Neither theThe FSM nor the Owners manual deal well with the radio in a convertible...and I still have to find a replacement Bass knob! Will I bought a documented 26K JDM engine, and have replaced the valve cover gaskets, the PCV valves and hoses, the cooling and fuel system hoses, the waterpump, all of the belts, thermostat, engine harness, plugged the throttle body coolant(warming) removed and plugged the EGR, manifold/throttlebody warming plumbing and passages, and several other things listed in five pages of a Nissan invoice-including most of the parts witn issues listed earlier. I have new leather, a new top is on the way, I am hunting down the bass knob for the radio, and truing to find the ultra suede replacement article I found and thought I bookmarked right after buying the car. This week end should be the last of the engine work, and I expect to start her up Tuesday...and maybe even drive her to the Z club meeting that night!

Well, while not an L series, I am getting ready to be in a similar situation with another Z, This weekend I will be starting up the JMD engine I put in my Z32, By the paperwork attached to the engine it has been 2 years since it was run and has around 26K on the clock. It was compression checked right before it came to me, but not run. I drained the gas for the tank-the car had not run in over 2 years either and this was the stinkiest gas I have ever smelled. I am going to pump some carb cleaner through the tank and fuel system-but not to the injectors because everything I could find says using conventional dedicated injector cleaning solution the injectors on a VG always results in corrosion in them followed by expensive replacement. I have both Seafoam and Marvel Mystery oil, and intend to use one in the gas and the other in oil-along with Rotella-for the first 500 miles(monitoring the oil and modifying this schedule as led by the oil consistancy). This engine has around 26K(documented) on it, but because of sitting up I want to give it every opportunity at a long and healthy life. as I plan to keep this car as a companion for my 240Z Any thought or suggestions? Will PS this was the cleanest used engine I have ever seen, (not the typical pressure washing patterns under the protective coating) and it was very obvious the PO loved the car it came from-the best spark plugs that can be found for this engine were in it as was a Greddy OIL sensor adaptor, and the any other longevity touting JDM tidbit(most of those that will fit will end up on my 240Z).

You might PM Victor, this is a five year old thread, and if it is off the front page the next time Victor logs on, he might well miss it. Will

Better Business Bureau shows 1 complaint in 33 years and rates him a B. http://www.la.bbb.org/BusinessReport.aspx?CompanyID=13030433 From the Better Business Bureau " Our opinion of what this rating means: A good rating that still implies reputability. The rating may relate to length of time in business, a past problem that’s been corrected, or something else that does not cause problems for consumers. We believe a company with this rating would generally conduct business and respond to any complaints satisfactorily." Esprist-do you have a shop? Lots of new parts in the member classifieds for a new member... Will

There are inexpensive repair kits that do actually work in almost every national parts house chain-the key to making them look right is to do a good taping job before applying the brush on conductive paint(if you are careful in maskinging the area, no one will be able to see your repair. Will

One just sold on ebay for around $30 framed! Will

If I had purchased the car, I would get some law enforcement involved-the proof the seller was aware that there could, and probably was, a problem is clearly documented here and in ebays internal messaging system-before the auction ended. The buyer could get his money back and the seller would have to deal with the situation he was aware of and chose to ignore. Will

search "bad ebayer list", and you will get the largest(mostly about one problem child...), but it has links to another one or two. Will

Show me how a properly engineered solid axle can outperform a properly engineered IRS on any conventional four wheeled production vehicle with the same center of gravity and the same conventional automotive tires-I can't wrap my head around it, and I want to understand and I don't! Feel free to direct me to an article, Magazine, or book, Just point me in the right direction-preferably without using your middle finger! Will

Depends on how you look at the investment... A week long stay at Disney World/Orlando for four (out of state) about $3000. I tried to sell my memories, videos, and photographs for what I have in them---no takers! What did I get to show for the money...something no one would buy at any price! Not that Disney wasn't fun...it was. Spending $3000 on a Z, well, I could feel that difference in the seat of my pants every time I got in the car-it could pay for better seats, nitrous, a suspension upgrade, and a better AC! Course there would be nothing Mickey Mouse about it... Will

Well, with any luck, the seller will get bent when the buyer tries to register it-or has it worked on. Possibly the buyer will join the club, find the thread and head right back to the seller with the law-since several of us let the seller know he had a major VIN issue that could and most likely would bite him in the butt. I would say the seller bit, found the vin problem and is selling before getting stuck with the issue-hoping it won't come back to him-if it was my 3550-you can bet I'd be bringing the police back to his door.. thrashershop...I just hope the buyer knows to get good documentation, and pays with something requiring ID to cash. Will ps just for later searching Ebay auction # 300275847579 Seller trashershop 1971 DATSUN 240 Z. COLOR IS RED WITH BLACK INTERIOR. RUNS GOOD BUT NEEDS CARB WORK. I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE CAR TO RESTORE BUT NOW HAVE DECIDED TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. TRUTH BE TOLD I THINK A BIT OFF MORE THAN I CAN CHEW. LOOKING TO SELL THIS CAR TO PUT TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF ANOTHER CAR OR WOULD CONSIDER A TRADE FOR A JEEP WRANGLER IN EQUAL STATE OF REPAIR.

I knew that the Japanese dumped their excess cars in the ocean before the day when "Half-cuts" became popular-I never knew the Italians did the same thing much less that some guy in Michigan figured out that rescuing them from the ocean was possible... "Just because you can do a thing does not mean you should do a thing" That is an interesting sacrifice to the rust god-reminds me of the "green: Toyota commercial about environmental impact... Will

Here is another update on The Car AL sent to South Carolina. I picked up the car from Asian Automotive/Carter Racing this morning. I spent the day with the car and drove it in all kinds of dry conditions while getting estimates for correcting Als version of award winning bodywork and Concourse paint(Every estimate included a replacement hood and a replacement hatch-those on the car were too full of poorly done previous repairs, filler and rust to economically repair at $44/hour. The lowest bid to correct the work so far is $4270.11 with the provision that hidden poor repairs will add to the cost of those that were exposed when the back sides of several repairs were examined(anyone know how to take a photo through a non-camera ready borescope?). 1) Even though the car ran strong when I drove it before, it turns out Al tuned the car for idle-IDLE! The carbs were neither balanced nor adjusted for performance. Now that they are tuned really well, the muffler installed properly, the ride height corrected, proper tires installed, and the brakes functioning properly the car is still seriously too loud at and about 2000 rpm, but at least now it is a blast to drive-it is night and day different than the last time I drove it. At 4k you can feel the aftermarket cam come into its sweet spot. 2) Only the headlights and one side of the emergency flashers work. No other lights(other than the one on the new Kenwood radio that AL installed so as to make no noise at all) actually light up! No turn signals, no markers, no running lights, map light dash light or engine light. Replacing the fuses-all of them-made no change! 3) At any speed the exhaust fumes in the car are so bad that the only way it can be driven is with the windows up-since the AC was wired to be on if the car is on(NO THERMOSTATIC CONTROL), it is on all the time, but there is very little airflow through the car, and even less cooling-it was in the 50s here in Savannah today, and with the AC running full blast all the time it was still colder outside than in the car-almost no airflow through the system, and inoperative controls! A fine example of Als HVAC ability-he was paid extra to install a WORKING a/c unit! On a 50 degree afternoon holding any speed up to 70 miles per hour with the Ac blower on full blast and the compressor on continuously, the AC Al installed can't keep up... What about the heat you ask- the AC was wired to be on all the time! Will

There is a great thread on early Shift boot grommets that demonstrated exactly the point! If the remnants so many of us kept had been tossed because of the tatters the shift boots were in, we would have had an issue finding something that would work instead of something that is almost indistinguishable! Will

Being that the car is in Arizona-and evidently has been for quite a while, I would not expect rust to be as much of an issue as I would on a car from the east coast. Go over the car and inventory/picture/post the issues, and we will help you figure out what to do. I don't see to much that would make me think you have any more a money pit than the rest of us. Rust repair is the single greatest source of repair expenditure found in most Z cars. If yours is fairly devoid of rust, you can get away with learning how and rebuilding(essentially cleaning and/or re-gasketing) most parts of the car yourself-if you are handy, patient, or at least determined. A factory Serivce manual would be a large step in the right direction-as was joining this club! Will

From Zhome.com Competition Hood vent illustration also clean her up, and start with the advice in the thread below! http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22619&highlight=drain

Welcome to the club! I would start with mechanicals-get the car safely driveable-if it has been stored, replace the fluids-all of them. It is much more fun to restore a car that you can take around the block after doing something-momentum becomes a large issue when the car will not move with a twist of the key and a blip of the throttle-as well being able to stop becomes important once moving! There is a wonderful thread about what to do to a car that has been on extended vacation from the road-I would start there-I'll see about posting a link shortly No '73 came with hoods vents! There was a vapor lock issue in '73, and one of the "solutions" was adding a single vent to the hood right down the middle-it is sometimes called the competition hood vent-I'll post alink to this info as well. From the looks of it, you have a '77/78 hood that came with vents in front of both the passenger and driver. Will

Here are pictures of the same seats I have. I have three pairs, two as pictured, one more from a BMW convertible...similar, but not the same... The Black ones are the ones I am leaning toward using in my 240Z. I fitted them to the car two years ago, and will recover them after the car is completely ready for them. Will