Everything posted by SteveJ
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Door Lock part needed!!!
If no one seems to have that part available, search through the threads. There was a thread on getting locks available through the parts stores (or eBay) that could work. The worst case is that you would have to get it re-keyed.
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Classic Z Insurance
Hagerty. I pay the same to cover both my cars with an agreed upon value of $5000 each than I paid USAA for liability only with about the same coverage you have. You have to have a locked storage for your Z, and you must have a daily driver for you and your wife. They will ask for proof of insurance on both of your daily drivers. With my clean record (last moving violation in 1991), I think I'm paying about $250/year total for that coverage.
- 280z cranks, but will not stay running.
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260z doesn't crank
Did you change the fuel filters? How do you know the fuel pump is dead? Did you check for voltage at the pump while holding the key in Start? Have you tested the pump with 12 VDC?
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Video: John Morton Datsun 240Z Commercial
Keep in mind that the SCCA runoffs were held at Road Atlanta in that timeframe.
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Seat belt upgrade
For the 74, I got the roadster kit. I mounted the reel up high because I want the slack to come from there when I lean forward. I don't want slack to build up along my hips. That could cause me to go under the belt in an accident.
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Engine will only run above 4000 RPM. Carbs or timing?
If you have an ohmmeter, measure resistance from the positive terminal to the negative terminal and then from the center post to the negative terminal and post the results.
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Video: John Morton Datsun 240Z Commercial
It looked like Road Atlanta to me. I just noticed the uphill part going to the Suzuki bridge and the long front straight with the timing booth at the start of the straight. John was at Road Atlanta for The Mitty in 2010 when Pete Brock was Grand Marshall. John raced in the Spec Miata race in a car painted in BRE colors.
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Seat belt upgrade
Greg, Which Wesco belt set did you buy? The shoulder mounts are there in your Z, even if you only had a lap belt before. I think these pictures may help you.
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Ahh Summer time setting
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Ahh Summer time setting
He's referring to the flap on the air cleaner. Some of them are still intact.
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I need electro experience
Get an inline spark checker. I would be surprised if they don't have those at Canadian Tire or Princess Auto. Where in the GTA are you? I'll probably be up in Scarborough sometime in May. By the way, just for fun, check the polarity on the coil and make sure you don't have it swapped.
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Erratic tach, missing and idling poorly
You can also use an HEI to replace the stock box.
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mystery blinker problem
Cool, glad to hear that.
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mystery blinker problem
They can be cleaned out. Contact Dave Irwin or me about it if you need someone to do it for you.
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Brake Light SW being fed from Harzard Harness (1975 280z)
My first thought is to contact Z Specialties and see how much they would charge you for a dash wiring harness.
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2 Cut Wires - Dangling Under Dash (1975 280Z)
The green/white wire is usually associated with the parking light circuit. I can't really tell where under the dash you took the picture. However, from seeing the bullet connector, I would think it might be glove box lamp.
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Help! Electrical issue: 1973 240z, turn signals work, hazards do not
Start here: Hazard Switch ? Brake Light ? Turn Signal Circuit Analysis | Fiddling With Z Cars It's for a 72, but the 73 is essentially the same.
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mystery blinker problem
This should work for a 71: Hazard Switch ? Brake Light ? Turn Signal Circuit Analysis | Fiddling With Z Cars
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260z doesn't crank
Highly unlikely since the OP got his car to crank by going around the seatbelt interlock relay. The seatbelt interlock relay is notorious to anybody who owned a 1974 anything. My dad disabled it in the 74 Impala he owned. Most people just jumper the seatbelt switches. After careful study, I felt it was best to attack it at the emergency bypass since that will also give the most direct path between the ignition switch and solenoid. Others have commented that the solenoid in their 260Zs weren't getting enough voltage. My SWAG is that they just jumpered the seatbelt switches and were still relying upon the interlock relay and therefore have another set of contacts in the circuit.
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ammeter jumping around or at +45....
With the car running, I would expect it to be a little on the positive side At what RPM? Look a the FSM. It has your answers in a chart. Been there. Done that.
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260z doesn't crank
Yes, search some more. I have posted several times on this board about the operation of the electric fuel pump. Also, the car should at least start with just the mechanical fuel pump. More importantly, please search about waking up a car that has been sitting for a while.
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280Z factory options
Yeah, I've seen a 240Z from Chicago. The frame rails weren't pretty. I suspect that the frame rails on this one will have more rust than the rockers, too.
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280Z factory options
I stand corrected.