Zs-ondabrain

this is the proto of the map light that I made. the pics are'nt that great but give you an idea of the possibility's with led's. it's a perfect fit and no mods are needed to install it. it has 18 pure white led's in it. The last is of the dome light led's that I made. Its not as bright as it may appear but will be as soon as I can find some one to make a "clear" lense for the dome assembly instead of the stock "white frost" one that we all have. It has 15 pure white led's in it. its a real snug fit and needs to be modified a little more before it's a final product. Dave.

Just so EVERYONE is up to date on the new price..... The harness's are now $125.00 and that includes shipping (inside the U.S.) All my suppliers raised their prices and the price of gas (that I use to go get the parts) went up, therefor, I was forced to raise the price. I am truly sorry for those who think this is too much but it the only way that I can truly justify making them any more. let me here it.... Dave

It's not that it does'nt work on the 73' it's just that NISSAN started to change the wiring harness on the 73's to make them ready for the 74' 260Z's We've encountered a few problems with the lights staying on at all times and the only way to shut them off is to disconnect power to the relay harness. However, Me and a few others have had good luck with a rewire that I came up with which I now incorperate into the new harness's. They harness's are now UNIVERSAL FOR ALL 240Z'S

Me and Will are working on it, he's doing the baby thing and I'm doing the MOVING THING, Is it possible to actually gain more crap as you unpack?, I don't remember half of the crap thats coming out of the boxes. We're trying to find the best possible sollution for the L.E.D. dash light questions and built prototypes in the process. I'll try to keep you'all up to date on our progress. Dave.

I'm not on Pay-pal yet but time will tell, Hope every thing works out for your Z, If you decide that you need further help in th future, give me a ring. Dave.

try pulling the heater core without pulling the whole housing around it, thats a real bitch but better than pulling the whole unit at once. I can now do a heater core swap in just over an hour, and that includes pulling the glove box, fan, air intake assembly, and pinching and pulling the hoses so I dont make a mess, then reassembling the whole thing. You tend to get good at some thing once you've done it twice already. The other worst bolt has to be the BIG 15/16th bolt on the front part of the lower control arm where the big new polyurathane bushings go, I've yet to find a torque wrench that will go on there with a socket attached or not. I have to use a box wrench w/ another wrench attached to properly torque it down.

If it has anything to do with upgrading your 70' to 72 1/2' 240Z headlight relays, try this, I think you'll be happy with it. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14897 email me at wolfin32z@yahoo.com Dave.

Glad to hear you got the harness Zak, I was starting to wonder. I'll be moving soon to a new address but be happy for me, This one has a 2-car garage!!! I'll still be zs-ondabrain and the wolfin32z@yahoo.com will still be me. Any one interested in upgrading your 240Z's headlights to REAL power and saving your fusebox and headlight switches. contact me or read any part of this forum. $53.00 in the U.S. pays for the harness and S/H. Dave.

this is an update!!! I still have the harness for the 240Z for sale, so if your interested in upgrading your headlghts in your 240 or if you want to get FULL power to the stock headlights, this is the only way to go. wolfin32z@yahoo.com they are still $45.00 + $8.00 S/H = $53.00 Dave.

stay as close to a 0 degree offset as possible. it's just to much stress on old parts to try and run a 10 degree offset and the chance of rubbing is way to high. I run a 205X40R16 and it fits perfect all the way around. I could go with a 205 50 16 to bring my speedometer back to the way its supposed to be but right now I'm broke. Good luck

I second the motion on the four piece pre bent kit. the one that I installed on my 70' had to be welded cause the clamps kept scraping the ground after I installed my new eibach pro-rate springs. We took off the clamps and welded the whole thing in place. would have been better off goin to the shop and having them make one with a lot less parts to it. costs a little more but more worth it. mine is 2 1/2" pipe with a 6 into 1 header. Dave.

Hey guys and gals, I'm still making harness's for the 70' to 72 1/2' 240Z's. just a refresher to keep you from having to read all 100 threads to this forum, I make a haedlight relay upgrade harnes for the 240Z. 1) It gives direct power from the battery to your headlights via. 2 new relays. 2) It will help keep your headlight switch and fuse box from further damage that is caused by to much current flowing through them from the lack of proper power wire and relay setup due to a 32+ year old design. 3) it is made up of new 12 gauge wire, new grounds, 10 gauge power wire to the relays, inline fuse holder, heat shrink-split loom. 4) New OEM style plugs for perfect integration into your 240 stock harness. 5) NO holes to drill, NO wires to cut, simple-clear instructions. Contact me at wolfin32z@yahoo.com They only cost $45.00 + $8.00 S/H for a total of $53.00 in the U.S. CONTACT ME IF YOU WISH FOR A SHIPMENT OUTSIDE THE U.S. As you can tell, I'll do what ever I can to make your purchase a satisfactory one, I garrantee my work and will help you along the way if there is a problem. Thanks in advance, Dave in WA. state

I'll be looking for it, Thanks in advance! Dave.

Carl, I totally understand, and like I said," I'm working on it". Abas, If a complete conversion of LED's is made, an electronic flasher would have to be used. IMO the resistors you speak of would possibly put that resistive load back on the system, But I could be wrong, I can't remember. The LED's that I bought at the auto parts store fit just fine through the hole, Yes, they did LOOK big but I think thats an optical illusion, "glass vs. solid mass and leds" Will, That sounds great!! I'll do my best. and did you have any thing in particular in mind for the LED's? side marker-tail light- dash- disco ball? Let me know, Dave.

I looked and it seems like the "wide viewing angle BA9s bulbs" would work nicely in the pods as well as the speedo and tach area. I used my scanner to enlarge my wiring diagram for the 240Z and printed out all four corners to make one BIG map of the diagram. I found that the side markers, tail lights, and front parking lights as well as the dash lights, ALL come from (1) wire coming out of the light switch on the column. And the contacts on the dimmer switch "potentiometer" wear out over time. I'm in the process of designing a "kit" to fix the problem for those who don't wish to convert to "L.E.D.'s. It consists of... 1)a relay after the switch to give a true uninterupted 12 volts to that wire. 2) four new ground wires that can connect in the form of a 'T' to give a better ''point of contact'' ground to all 4 corners of the car. With my business license, I might be able to get the "LED" bulbs for the dash lights at a discount if I order them in Bulk, and still sell them to you guys at a discount when you buy the kit I'm trying to make it so we can upgrade our cars without having to "cut" up the car or the harness. the relay that I mentioned earlier would use a stock location for it's ground, a new, fused, heavy gauge wire from the battery to the relay, and you would only have to cut ONE wire and use the supplied connectors to attach it to the relay harness. let me know what you guys think as well as what you think something like that would be worth to you, (what would you spend)?? when I finish the prototype and test it on my Z, I'll take pics and let you see it (the kit). Dave.

My 70' 240Z is 99% rust free, my whole suspension has been rebuilt (urathane) and I have brand new toyota 4-piston calipers and Green Stuff pads in the front, 280zx rotors and 240sx calipers in the rear and Earls S.S. braided brake lines in all 4 corners. YUP, I can stop if I really want to. Besides, the doctor said it is'nt too habit forming. Dave.

140 MPH on I=5 near Everett, Washington. Certified by the State Trooper that clocked me and gave me one hell of a ticket. My 70' has a Stage two cam, 6 into 1 header, 2.5" exhaust, lowered, 16" wheel, 205x50 r16's, front spoiler, 4speed out of a 72 240Z. and thats all

Thanks Mark, I appreciate the good word. On a day like today, it helps.(long bad day) :disappoin

ANY ONE install one of my harness's yet???

I NEED TO KNOW IF ANY ONE HAS INSTALLED THERE HARNESS YET! HAVE YOU HAD ANY PROBLEMS? DO THE LIGHTS COME ON WITH THE KEY OR DO THEY WORK PROPELY? I had a customer tell me today that his lights came on with the key and not the switch, I think he only has a bad relay but I'd like some feedback from actual harness purchasers who have installed it into their Z. PLEASE LET ME KNOW A.S.A.P. Thank you very much!!! Dave.

the 260Z only used one style of headlight connector, the black rubberish bullet style. The 280Z's (75' to 78') used only one other style of connector, the elongated-white three pin connector. DATTO-ZED, the picture you posted is a 260Z only plug, no 240z ever used that style and neither did the 280Z. I don't know what happened to your other plug but it should be identical to the left plug ( according to my research so far) I'm looking for a supplier to find me those plugs and the ones off the 280 also. Dave.

Hey Guys and Gals, I checked on a couple things this week end. I the 260Z only used one style of headlight connector, the black rubberish bullet style. The 280Z's (75' to 78') used only one other style of connector, the elongated-white three pin connector. If anyone knows of a distributor for either of those two style plugs, let me know. If you have ever seen these style plugs on ANY other make or model of car/truck/van/or S.U.V. Please contact me with the info so that I can go to the local (pull a part) junk yard, and rsearch the info. Thanks in advance for all of your help, Dave in WA. state

Don't forget that if you have L.E.D.'s in the taillight area, you'll need an electronic frasher unit, because of the lack of a true load. They run about $30.00. L.E.D.'s use very little current to work, so they need a different style flasher rather than the thermal one that came w/ your car. one for the blinkers and one for the 4-way flasher.

Good Job on the L.E.D. site, this is what I'm talking about, every body telling us what they know so we can all benefit from it. I found the L.E.D's at my local Schucks/Kragen auto parts store. I also found them at Auto Zone.

To all who are interested, I started a new thread on L.E.D.s in a forum called "L.E.D. solutions for dash and other lights" http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=105036#post105036 Put your 2cents worth in and we can figure this thing out. Dave.