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Hi, Is this car still for sale? Where are you located? thanks, Doug

Hi all, I have a 73 240z and the blower motor has no power. I replaced both fuses behing the radio (the one with blue wires was burned) but still no power to the motor. I have checked everything with a meter, at the motor, at the fuse, and at the connector to the blower resistor, and still no power! Anyone has any ideas? It is getting cold out! My lasy guess is the switch, anyone have one for sale? thanks, Doug :dead:

Hi! Thanks for all the good answers! Have replaced the ballst resistor, point and condensor. ALL the electrical connections were ugly, cleaned them up a LOT! For a few day now, no more problems. I believe it was the condensor considering how badly pitted the points were! Thanks! Doug

Hi! I have all these things except the plug wires and coil on order. Both appear next to new, though I am worried that the coil is an aftermarket HiPo thing. So I ordered the heavy duty ballast resistor for it. I also ordered a bunch of other little things I needed, like a fusible link, some brake parts, etc. so a total of $80 to see what she does is not bad. I wonder, the damn thing stalls so suddenly that it MUST be electrical, even rev'ed up. In the wiring I see two condensors, one near the coil, one on the distributor. The car is a five speed the previous owner put in. Seeing two condensor tells me that the car was an automatic before, yes? Can I disconnect the condensor near the coil w/o problems? It would be one less component to worry about if I could. I was just hoping there aren't any Z particular gotchas I may not know, like something to do with relays or the link on the back of the tach getting too hot.... I am off to Thailand for a week, so the car will have to wait until I get back! Doug

Hi all, As the subject says, 1973 240z stock ignition (well, a better coil, but the rest looks OLD). The car has run fine for months, no problems. Yesterday it cut out, and was hard to start. Seemed that there was no spark, checked it and it didn't. After a bunch of tries, it started, only to shut down suddenly. After wating a bit it started. Now, even when cold, it will sometimes run for a while, then immediately stop. Unless I turn the key comepletely off, it won't start again. Not every time will it start again right away. Runs from 10 seconds to 1 minute before stalling. I checked all the ignition wires, ran a few tests from Chilton's, the only issue I see is that the points are kinda crappy (pitted). Thing is, when it is running it runs GREAT! So, where to start? Replace the condensor and other cap near the coil and the ballast resistor? Anyone have a clue why this car acts this way? thanks, Doug