SteveJ

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Nothing official. That's tonight at the banquet.

I used to live near him. Frequently on weekend mornings, I would see him driving down Prince William Pkwy to test the tuning of his motor.

Yes.

I hope to be at the next one.

Just leaving this here.

That was supposed to be "factory or aftermarket". I need some sleep.

Factory or AC. Show pictures.

Holy crap, that seems high, especially when you consider you still need an evaporator and expansion valve. Does it even say anywhere what you get for the money?

I also have a copy of this book lying around the house somewhere. https://www.amazon.com/How-Air-Condition-Your-Hot/dp/1935828789 I think @Carl Beck posted many years ago about using a Vintage Air setup. That is all mix & match. Nostalgic AC has a wide variety of condensers. If you have a Z car evaporator, I think the biggest challenges will be to get an expansion valve set up and drier (280Z driers are made of unobtaniums). My brother works on building HVAC, but he has given me advice in the past on automotive AC.

Here's a compressor kit with mounting bracket. https://nostalgicac.com/datsun-240z-260z-280z-compressor-upgrade-kit.html

Are you in the Chattanooga area? @gwri8 I can smell a road trip.

Read step 1 in the link: https://fiddlingwithzcars.wordpress.com/260z-air-dam-and-front-bumper/

1. We can look at the switch and flasher unit. (About 1.5 hours or so if I need to clean the switch) 2. If it's the relay, I'll have to improvise a fix. (About an hour or so) 3. We can get the car on ramps so I can get under it and check the switch. I may have a replacement switch, but I'm not sure. (About an hour or less) 4. I have 2.2KOhm resistors. They do burn out. I have a test procedure worked out in my head to confirm. (About an hour or less if I'm right) Bonus round: 1. That's a couple of hours to fix. It requires me to take the window out, etc. Others could probably do it faster, but I just don't move that fast. It's been about 8 years since the last time I did I took the door apart. 2. You'll need to give me more info on that.

Did you check your voltage regulator?

Year?

When are you guys driving down here to show it off?

1. When you used Paypal, you gave them your name, address and email address. 2. If you were expecting an account to be set up, I don't think that would happen immediately. ZONC isn't a business. It's people volunteering their time to create a car club. 3. They have names, email addresses, and phone numbers on their website for the club officers. Why not try contacting them?

You'll need to prioritize. As you said, that's more than one day's work to diagnose and correct.

No photos from underneath the car. No idea of engine health. Plenty of band-aid fixes under the hood. Most likely it's crack pipe pricing at $14K. Too many unknowns for someone to give you anything better than a swag. However, if you want a Z really bad, this might be a bad Z for you.

Considering none of the drawings are from Nissan, it doesn't matter too much what they look like. Unfortunately, Nissan doesn't produce a vehicle I would consider owning. The 370Z lacks the practicality of the S30, and the slave cylinder failures turned me off. The last Nissan product I considered owning was the 240SX.

No, that is the condenser. It is a capacitor that reduces electrical noise. The fuel pump relay is in the passenger compartment, probably on the passenger side kick panel. Unfortunately I can't say for sure since you have a late 260Z. The wiring that goes to the fuel pump relay is hidden in the harness between the alternator and regulator. If memory serves, it is spliced into the yellow wire.

It most likely is externally regulated. If the alternator was swapped for an internally regulated alternator, the battery would die more often from the fuel pump relay being energized all of the time. The coil for the fuel pump relay is wired between the alternator and regulator on the 260Z.

Have you checked your fusible links? They are in the engine compartment. Things were moved around in the late 260Z, so I can't say for sure where they are located.