260Zed

My first question when I was looking was "why are you selling it?". After only a month I'd doubt he'd know any real problems with the car, how long ago it was painted etc. Glass on the frame rails sounds scary. Is it in patches or all the way along? What about taking a decent bar magnet along with a bit of felt (so the owner doesn't get funny) and check that the rails and panels are all even? Just seems wierd that if its in such good nick, that he's going to go thru the trouble of selling it to get another... Oh well, second ahnd cars are full of unknown quantities :stupid: good luck :classic: Luke

Looks like you've got your priorities around the wrong way! jk:tapemouth I went halves with my parents for my first car (read POS). It lasted 12 months then I got a loan and got a Zx. paid that, went os, came back with money and found a nice 260. But I'm not a teen anymore. I agree with the pennies saved when you have no debts, ala at home etc

I remember seeing on a TV a couple of guys that removed their number plates and while the driver sped past the fixed camera, the passenger hung his bare arse out the window. I'd rather have double the police on the road than these revenue raisers. I hardly ever see them in blackspot areas, only the bits where everyone likes to speed. They're there for our safety Luke

just people calling their l28 powered 240z id assume

Hey everyone, Today I finished my tacho swap. For our U.S mates they can easily grab a 280Z electronic/trigger tacho and rid themselves of the inductive loop type, easy. Unfortunatley we dont have that option. So when my 260Z loop tacho started playing up (periodically working, bouncy etc) I didnt feel like finding/paying for on that could crap out just as easily. After hunting the yards I found that a 77 240k sedan had the similar tacho face, but most importantly the same gap/distance between rpm units. When I got the cluster out I found it was a latter style pulse tacho. All set up on a circuit board. So I got the tacho for $30. Anyways to the good bits, you have to remove the needle and face off the 240k tacho, switch the tacho guts upside down, fit original 240/260z face and needle. Thats all nice and easy. Then I found that it's a little longer than the original, which means it doesnt quite fit in the original case thing :stupid: . So I moved the circuitry from the back of the tacho to fit on top of the tacho's guts. Fits in sweet then. Screw holes and all. Then wire up your new feed and hey presto! So now I've got a original looking tacho with newer guts. Works great now, seems much smoother as well. Just an option if anyone wants to replace theirs with a more modern design. Gimme a yell if I missed anything... Luke

Hey, Vic B supply aftermarket seals. I was just wondering why you would think that U.S sourced aftermarket seals will be a better quality/fit than a local aftermarket? I'm not knocking your decision, just curious. I work in an industry that supplies these type of seals, and industrial based stuff too. I have no doubt that Nissan would be the way to go, but pricing is a major pita. Fwiw I have replaced all seals (cept quarter seals) with aftemarket copies and have no complaints. Anyways, how much does it work out to be? Luke

http://www.allzparts.com.au Had em tast time i looked on there site. Haven't seen them in person so I can't tell you how good/bad they are. FWIW. Luke

Seeing as the majority of us here have first gen Zeds (240-260-United States280Z) you prolly won't get too many results. The ZX has a completely different body shape and thus, we probably wont have a clue. Im sure they would be available in AUS somewhere...

Ozdat.com classifieds are a great source for parts, couple of zeds on there normally. My $0.02, be patient and find the one you want, if you don't really want a 2+2 don't settle for something you will regret later on. Luke

Dammit tanny! I was gonna call that guy a prick too! Thats one harsh std.

Seems unusual that I spend much time looking at both of these and I only score 7/10.:sleepy: More scrutiny is required:devious:

If your after the interior winders im "pretty sure" the 1600 (510) use the same, as well as the external handles. "pretty sure" = :stupid: Hope that helps, though there isnt many 510s around the yards either :sleepy: Luke

My apologies for hijacking your thread, but I've got an inductive loop style tacho that is misbehaving in my zed, today I bought a 280zx tacho guts. Now apart from the mechanism that actually pulls the arm around they look totally different to me. The faces are differ as to the position of the arm at whatever rev, so I cant just change the face. No ive got no idea when it comes to electronics,:stupid: but is there anyway I can make this work? Anybody? FWIW I've got the 280zx dizzy and coil, and you can make it work with the original tacho...

Do you mean the strip in the front windscreen gasket? Or just other bits?

Yeah, although most of the ones I have seen that colour that section have been in black. Although the gun metal grey seems like an alright idea. Here is a pic from lance75_280z 's gallery of the rims in question. http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=5273&password=&sort=7&thecat=998 Luke