26th-Z

Will, You're scare-n me! When was the last time you had your meds checked? Perhaps a little too much Juicy Juice? Or could it be the macaroni and cheese? I know how I suffered on the small children diet years ago! I thought I was Peter Pan! No matter, I recovered. However I never had any car dealings with Butt McKrack, ever. Just an argument.

I drink rum at the conventions

Will - my comments to your comments... The ZCCA annual convention isn't just a car show. There are many other activites. The car show is only one activity. You just can't compare the convention to the car show events you mentioned. If you want to compare, then compare the convention to the PCA annual convention or the BMWCCA convention. Both week-long events involving track days, rallys, car shows and socializing. (Not to exclude the drinking!) And in a certain sense it IS a private party. Or at least I look at it that way. It is a chance for all the clubs to get together and share experiences and new ideas about local club enthusiasm activities. This is where you get to meet the Japanese guys, the Datsun Gang, and the influencial people from our Z past. Think about it. If the car show was on Saturday, you'ld be taking time off work to travel anyway. So just take the week off, charge it to the IRS, and come party!

There is a huge thread about this in the archives.

Technical Service Bulletin TS70-37, dated October 1970 shows the stranded wire replaced by solid wire begining with HLS30-01831. The part number referenced is 18410-E4502. I don't think anyone is going to find stranded wire cables new.

I would say just the opposite, Alan. Press release, yes - internal consumption, no. Your notice of the 'vast Datsun design center' is the very point I was trying to make some time ago about brand identification. I have no argument with your point of view. Nissan is, of course, the mother corporation. However Datsun was the brand identification in America. I enjoyed the 'encapsulizing' term that was used to describe the size of the automobiles. Capsule was a household word in America during the '60s describing the extent of spacial engineering. What I found most entertaining was the discussion about the level of consumer sophistication in Japan and the twist that the Japanese cars were designed with the Japanese consumer in mind. A far cry from the more accepted thought that Mr. K personally designed the 240Z for Californian football players who wanted something flashy that they could afford on their meager NFL salariies. :-0

Yea, it sure does. That brochure was the first thing that came to mind when I saw your pictures.

Lube your choke cable or replace it?

That is way beyond cool and should throw gunpowder on the endless argument that the 240Z was designed specifically for the U.S. market. Far beyond 'interesting', Mike. The archival library of Her Majesty the 26th bestows gracious honor on you for your posting. The wind tunnel model looks similar to the 270X project from this 1970 - 1971 Nissan corporate brochure. The 270X project was a 1200cc, transverse engine, front wheel drive layout with an entire access canopy that folded forward; doors, roof and all.

According to the parts book, 17201-E4100 and E4600 fuel tanks are good up until 7/73. On 8/73, 17201-N3400 applied to models fitted with the L26 engine and supersedes the earlier tank. The difference between the E4100 and E4600 tanks is the accomodation for evaporative emission equipment. The original HLS30-U and UN models did not have evaporative emission equipment while the HLS30-UV did.

Here is the engine diagram from Service Bulletin 125 dated May 1970. No mention of the frost valve. This diagram is of the non-emission L24.

Going back over this thread... Ron, I bought the air cleaner in the middle. Can't confirm what it is from. Here are two different filter element alignmet methods. The picture with the spring clips on the outside is from Her Majesty the 26th.

Jimbo, I am completely correct on what I know. Read what I wrote. Reading comprehension is elementary for greenhorn status. So is spelling. Further, you forgot to mention the various designs for holding the filter element in place and their application. As well as the various shapes of the air horns. Don't spar with me, boy. You'll get bruised. I would love to see pictures of the winter / summer setting feature. I'm looking for a picture of the manifold Mike describes. I have one with the shield.

No, I don't think the search tool recognizes 'quoting'. It takes a while to find exactly what you're looking for and it can be a little aggrivating. But kats had a big dicussion about three (I think) different steel pressings for the inside of the hood. The hood is made up of several layers of stamped metal shapes folded over each other and spot welded together. Obviously, the later style with the gussets is stronger. I should weigh them and see what the difference is. The next big difference is in the rail for the hood latch. The later style has holes stamped in the metal and the pressing around the latch mount is smaller. Between my two really early hoods,it is difficult to see, the way the metal is folded is different between the yellow hood and the green hood. The green hood has a tab that folds over to form the side rail of the hood. The yellow one just has a solid fold all along each side of the hood.

The biggest give-away difference between early, early and just plain early is this gusset.

zalex, the direct answer to your title question is; "Yes". And all the advice you read here is good advice. Radiator stop-leak is for radiators, not head gaskets. It won't work. I can't believe that you can't find a mechanic in the Orlando area to fix your car and a machine shop to deal with the rest of the head issues as they may exist. There are PLENTY of Z guys in the Orlando area.

I wouldn't guess that Ron needs to worry about the value of his car.

Her Majesty the 26th, HLS30U-00026 / L24-2338; 907 green with tan interior, build date 11/69 and Princess Ziesta, HLS30U-00027 / L24-2162; 907 green with tan interior, build date 10/69

What a difference! Very nice

Greg, As Alan pointed out, this has been discussed in the past. Blue air filters should be commonly accepted as a standard color although fairly rare here in the states. With decals fitted to yours, there should be every reason to believe that it came stock that way. I would photograph it before any restoration and keep it blue as an interesting conversation point about your car. Somewhere in my mound of photographs I have a pre-production photograph of the HLS30 fitted with a blue air filter. Chris

This topic is the very reason I had 26th dipped. She was rusting from the inside out and total submersion was the only way to derust her. And I'll take Diseazd's comments a step further and say that the seam sealer used by the factory when these chassis were constructed did not particularly last long. It dried and cracked. Indeed the area of the dog leg inside the wheel arch is a water-catcher and not sealed very well at all. Heres a shot of the chunk I took out. I used a garden type pump spayer with one of those long plastic wands to spray primer / sealer up inside the chassis as best I could reach. Then after that mess dried, I srubbed the outside down and sealed up all the seams by hand. Will, in one of your pictures, there is a black strip over the inner fender well where it would touch the outer skin. Is that tar mat insulation?

Thanks, Yes, the service bulletin date is August and I was the one who asked if there were three different head bolt lengths. (Edit) Oh, and yes I have seen the blue and white tape on the steering rack - presume it is "factory".

Ok, something doesn't make sense. Maybe I got it wrong - it wouldn't be the first time. Rich, you said your engine serial number was 005353? That can't be. Your engine serial number should be L24-xxxx and 5353 would be way too high for the reinforced oil pan. I believe that starting with engine # L24-3607, the eight counterweight crankshaft was used replacing the six counterweight crankshaft in August, 1970. That's when the oil pan should have changed. Didn't you mention that you had three lengths of cylinder head bolts? That changed in April 1970 with engine number L24-04257. And now that I'm reading the service bulletins, I see that one bulletin lists the engine number with five digits and the other lists four. WTF? Her Majesty the 26th is fitted with engine number L24-2338 and Princess Ziesta the 27th is fitted with engine number L24- 2162.

Thanks for the info, Alan.

Alan, Take a stab at it. History is something you will never get your arms around and no one expects you to. Documenting the one car would be a project by itself however well worth the effort. But just looking at the floor picture has me thinking of questions already! I see what you mean. Chris