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Sold my white on red 72 240 last year to a buyer who shipped it to Bahrain. Here is a video he sent me of the car at a show (strange venue). I definitely miss her. c6a4b54a-a199-4edd-9f10-7b558fc292eb.mov

Cunifer! Found reference to it. Will see if it is something he'd make for me. If I do go this route opinions? From what i saw it was easy to work with, could be polished to a nice finish, but not sure how close that would be to "original cad type plated look".

Okay, so I've received various plugs and set screws from both McMaster and Bel-Metric. I ordered 1/8 and 1/4 NPT, 1/8 and 1/4 BSPT, M12 x 1.50 straight thread and M12 x 1.50 tapered thread, and I am still a bit confused! I won't hold you hostage until the end, I'll give you what I THINK the holes were from factory, and then I'll provide some pictures and notes from my "testing". I think the factory balance tube (US market 240Z) came with 2 ea. - 1/8" BSPT and 5 ea. - 1/4" BSPT holes BALANCE TUBE 1/4" BSPT HOLES it was clear to me that 1/4" NPT is too big, couldn't really even get a thread to start, so it makes sense that, 1) One COULD force 1/4" NPT into the holes in the soft aluminum and create some sort of "seal", and 2) a hole that had been "buggered by a previous (or current!) owner could likely be salvaged by tapping to 1/4" NPT. The 1/4" BSPT plugs I have encounter resistance at 1-1/2 turns and are fairly tight at 1-3/4 - 2 turns. This leaves them sticking out farther than I would like for a clean, plugged look as I would like them to be as close to flush as possible. The M12 x 1.50 straight thread, socket set screw I tried fit very loose initially, and threaded quite a ways in (farthest of the three options I tried) before finally hitting resistance. I feel like it MIGHT have finally created a "seal", but not ideal in my opinion. The M12 x 1.50 TAPERED plug encountered resistance at about 3-1/4 turns and was fairly tight at 3-1/2 turns in. This left it pretty close to flush to the surface and provided a good seal and I think this is what I will be using to plug 1/4" BSPT holes. (see pictures below) BALANCE TUBE 1/8" BSPT HOLES it was clear to me that 1/8" NPT is too big, couldn't really even get a thread to start, so it makes sense that, 1) One COULD force 1/8" NPT into the holes in the soft aluminum and create some sort of "seal", and, 2) a hole that had been "buggered" by a previous (or current!) owner could likely be salvaged by tapping to 1/8" NPT. The 1/8" BSPT plugs I have, encounter resistance at 1-1/2 turns and are fairly tight at 2 turns in. This leaves them sticking out more than I would like for a clean look (see pictures below) now I want to experiment with M10 fine thread (both straight and tapered) in the 1/8 BSPT holes INTAKE MANIFOLD WATER HEATING HOLES The outside (inlet and outlet) holes come from the factory with 1/4" BSPT holes Again, the 1/4" BSPT plugs don't thread in very far and sit proud. The M12 x 1.50 TAPER thread plugs thread in farther and sit pretty flush for a clean look. the inner holes (two holes on the inside of each part of the two-part manifold that connects the manifold halves with "bushings" and metal tubing) come from the factory with M16 x 1.50 STRAIGHT thread. I have some M16 x 1.50 straight AND taper plugs coming to try in those holes. I'm now thinking that a straight-threaded plug with a low head and Loctited, may be the ideal ticket for this hole since there is a machined spot to accommodate a bolt head. Heck, any old M16 x 1.50 bolt will work here! Keep in mind that these holes, if not being used (not connected to water lines), can stay open, they do not need to be sealed/plugged, as they will not affect anything other than keeping the intakes warm on initial start-up in cooler weather/climates. I just want to plug them for aesthetic purposes. Here's some pictures to clarify my rambling!

Yes, with the parking lights dead, I still have the back feed

I really wish I still had my '71 White 240Z with the rare blue interior. The car was shipped overseas to Italy, then shortly after that, the purchaser divorced his wife and sold the car. The gentleman in Australia purchased the car and had it shipped to Australia. I have stayed in touch with him on Instagram. The thing is that it is a lefthand drive car and in Australia and everyone there drives a righthand drive cars. I was hoping that I could purchase the car back from him someday.

A little snag in my plan. I was talking to classic tubes and apparently what they call "OE" isn't going to come with a yellow plating to match what I would have expected to be "OE". That might be my mistake. His description of OE was low carbon steel galvanized and top coated with an aluminum epoxy that couldn't be plated after wards. He mentioned he had previous requests for plated material but couldn't ever find any in coils for them to use. Anyone know of any I could offer? I know i stumbled upon a material I think it was on this thread that seems to be what folks use nowadays. It was an alloy that had that look but was more pliable and easy to use. The heck if I can recall its name though so I'll keep searching if no one here has it at their fingertips.

Hilarious, experienced all the same issues minus DBW. Really cool he documented the process, it's a journey. Congrats on the coil bracket.

You're welcome.

What year is your 280Z? Is it a bot also?

A fun z video I just was sent. It has my R35 coil bracket on it and has over a 1/4 million views! How cool is that.

Good to see someone else rebuilding them. He did miss out one part on reassembly, there's a disc with 4 holes in it that goes over the shaft to restrict the flow of grease into the rubber boot that he deleted. Also the Nissan boot has a bleed nipple on it, they are still available.

I hope you had plenty of turkey!

I hope you had plenty of turkey

Awesome video... thank you!

Yeah, I saw this one on FB the other day.

I get a kick out of a big horn sound coming out of a weee Z car. 😎

Just ran across this one and thought I would share. I can't recall seeing one that was as factory fresh as this one! Color combo is much better when new! 1972 240Z 9500 miles

The fit up looks good!

I thought it would be prudent to assemble what I have so when I do the other side floors and such I have my gaps set on the drivers side already . The tunnel is pretty flimsy at this point . The passenger side just scares me as far apart as I have it .

Good question. Pull the parking light fuse and see if things change.

Also, what fastener goes in the hinges for the plastic tool covers? A yellow zinc screw? Not a bolt...

Cody put the seatbelts in the car for me I reworked the headlights I used the H4 housing from Toyota and some LED's from Amazon @SteveJ I still have a high beam indicator issue. The blue indicator is on on low beam and sort of off on high beam. It glows very faintly but I am wondering if that is bleed over from the green LED's in the rest of the guage? Can I simply repin the front plugs to make the high beam on high beam?

To recap...I was looking for suggestions on replacement horns for now until I get around to rebuilding the original ones. I ended up buying and installing these from Z Car Depot: https://zcardepot.com/products/horn-set-hi-lo-240z-260z-280z-510?variant=50610208964920&currency=USD&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google%2Bshopping&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17820837536&gbraid=0AAAAADgHqXssZ64ffuRLMdHFQA1WVqNee&gclid=CjwKCAiA86_JBhAIEiwA4i9Ju_aM-ViE06tUtzcGp1fUrYiM7OyJd_3WeMCCfgkuDa7cRHrPUPNNsBoCRM4QAvD_BwE They do the trick. Not sure when I'll get around to diving into rebuilding the original ones, though for now I can still drive around and let people know I there. :)

I've been using a set of FIAMM air horns for about 50 years, very Euro and VERY loud!!! 😲