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Well done @Captain Obvious another one saved! I did the same with my August 1970 that languished in a garage from 1983 to 2018. Engine was seized and brakes stuck on. Dragged it home and rebuilt the suspension/brakes and got the engine going. I use it as my beach bomb to go windsurfing. One day I'll restore it but until then it gets used.

Hi Gang, It has been a rough ride for the past few years. I stepped back from a lot of fun things to get through. Dropping Z hobby and online activities were just part of the change. I am starting to get my strength back and tuned some carbs a few weeks ago. This was my first car activity in a few years. I am slowly coming back. I have been a hermit and reclusive. I did not keep in touch with so many good friends. I apologise. I did start to come out of the funk a few months ago and updated Jim Arnett. We had a nice chat. I also promised to update the group. Don't feel special as I also withdrew from many of my good friends here in my area. Strange how things change.... but they are changing back. In a nutshell, during the depressing covid time, Janet, my better half, got cancer and went through hell...surgery, chemo then radiation. She got better then it came back. More surgery finally took care of that #$$%%. She is good now. Once she got better, I got cancer. We were like a sorry tag team looking after each other. I did radiation with concurrent chemo from last Nov though Dec. I am finally getting strength back and starting to feel normal. All is good and last PET scan (just 2 weeks ago) finally shows no evidence of disease. Many more other horrible things seem to happen during this time but hopefully it is all behind us. I'll check back to this thread in a week. Please PM me if you wish to catch up. We can exchange phone numbers. It will be nice. kind regards and apologies to all. Philip

I second the Wesco belts. I tried them in the 260Z over 10 years ago (Edit: It looks like over 15 years ago. https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/34379-replacement-seat-belts/) and decided to swap out the Wesco belts I installed in the 240Z over 20 years ago for the roadster belts a few years ago.

I'm loosening up in my old age

I know you are a stickler for details @26th-Z so happy to help.

I drive a 56 Beetle, it didn't come with seat belts. You just have to drive it like you're riding a motorcycle.

I did these "Roadster" seatbelts in black from Wesco in my 12/70 car. I also needed the hardware accessory kit for the angle floor pieces. The retractor piece goes on the roof place where the stock shoulder strap attached. And I've been very happy with these! Roadster Retractable Seat Belt 2 Point Retractable Seat Belt Hardware Kit HW#1

So I've been working in the shadows on the reanimation of an early 240Z. This is not so much a restoration, but more of a reanimation project. Reanimation of an lifeless vehicle with a focus on originality. The OG 240Z: This car hasn't been on the road for decades. Many decades. And in the end, he won't be pretty, but he'll be back on the road. So let's start with the immediate... My intention is to drive this Z to the upcoming ZCON in Nashville and there are a couple things I need advice on before the trip: First, I need to carry a fire extinguisher and I know nothing about them (other than they are supposed to put out fires). Anyone know the system and have a recommendation for which type would be best for automotive related incidents? Second, I've got the original seat belts in the car, but they are the early non-adjustable style. I'd like to install something newer, safer, better, easier to use before the trip. I might swap the originals back in once I get there, but for almost 1000 miles on the road, I think I want newer technology. Is there an easy to drop in system for the 240Z cars? ZCON or BUST!!!

Yea, well take the cover off. They don't have the Yazaki labels either.

I had something similar on my L28ET that turned out to be a cracked solder joint on a connector pin. It drove me crazy for months, very random. Much like yours sometimes it would restart right away, sometimes take a few to several minutes to restart, didn't seem to be temperature related. Mine was not on the ECU but on the CAS optical unit in the distributor so that the ECU wouldn't always get the proper timing signal. You might look at the distributor (cracked magnet?) or the Electronic Ignition unit, or maybe the ECU connector solder to the board, maybe the EFI Relay or power to the ECU.

It does help! Thanks very much!

Come on now!!!😂

Probably as close as I'll get is the store sign. lol!!

Dodged a major bullet my friend!

I probably had a few hundred kms on it like that. It kept spitting off the belt and I couldn’t sort out why

I do have some used dampers. Happy to send one your way, Early 240 2 pulley or later 280, again 2 pulley I recently purchased a Dayco damper from Rockauto. Pic below. Option 3 is send yours (or mine) to DamperDocter.com for rebuild

With the hood and bumper installed this is the best I can get for pics, hope this helps.

Oh? Do you mean above and beyond burning out the internals on the selector and high-beams swtiches? Do you think this is something to be concerned about now that my power draw has been dropped so much? GENIUS. I was literally just now chatting with my wife about how I can either make the female sides more grabby, or the male sides "fatter". Did not think of twisting to accomplish this. I will keep that one in the arsenal, thanks! Now I just need to get the harness connector disassembled and verify root cause. I already have a spare...which might actually be in the car now (ref. prior comment somewhere). I had an unrelated issue several years ago and put in a new one but the old one tested out great. Uncertain which is in the car now. If I remember I'll open the box in my parts bin and see who's hiding in there.

Wow. Was it running like that or was during installation? How's the crankshaft surface? I think that new is avaialble. Z Car Depot IncSearch: 11 results found for "damper"New, used, and OEM repair and replacement parts for Datsun 240Z, 260Z, 280Z, 280ZX, and 510.

SWEET!! I like the “517” series myself.

I was talking about a different problem. You'll know it if it happens. On the loose pins, if it was mine I might put a slight twist on every male pin in the ECU. Increasing effective width. I'd have to check the contact points to be sure it would work though. On to the next problem. Might as well get ready for the failing ignition module. It's a high probability.

Just a couple links for anyone who lands here in the future: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/TE-Connectivity-AMP/282195-2?qs=tAlKl34sQZvipf6sMzAM1Q%3D%3D&srsltid=AfmBOopeu97zCLCKVjc6MLBwsS4YlfJZ3U0vIRUzRHNCUAktrArMAGhi https://www.te.com/en/product-282195-2.html

I was directed to this forum to see if someone has a harmonic balancer for sale in Canada. Possibly @zKars Mine has cracked

I'm right there with you. Hence the disassembly of the harness and connector head. I am very very confident at this juncture that it is something in the head itself...so either a damaged connector, or worn out connector, or bad wire-to-connector crimp/solder. It has to be one of these things. There just isn't anythinge else in the car that would be affected by my tapping on the ECU. "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."- Sherlock Holmes Wiggling the harness plug didn't do anything, almost certainly because it is so securely held in place to the ECU, and the ECU to the body. Tapping directly on the harness plug however had the most immediate and obvious effects. This is what made me think it was the "choke coils", their proximity to the most delicate "tap point", but that has now been elimiated. This leaves me with a "I'd bet $1000 USD" confidence level on it being something to do with the connector internals...and so I'm going to disassemble it and have a look. Since the pin receivers are where all the action is, I would think they would be the most likely culprit. I've unplugged the ECU only a handful of times in the 25 years I've owned the car...but who knows what the PO may have done. Now I'm all fired up. Maybe I'll do some re-arranging and find time during my evenings this week...

Haha! I actually fade in and out of consciousness on the forum. You just happen to catch me at a time when I'm actually on-line and logged in. I spend significantly less time here than I did before the last couple software upgrades. Hope that trend does not continue.