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I have a number of cars that sit for long periods of time. I use non ethanol fuel and Stabil. Typically keep the tanks full, to help with condensation. Rare for me to have a fuel issue and some may sit for 2 or more years, but I try to get fresh fuel in them yearly.

Adjusting #11 worked!! Everything is connected now. What a pain to try and get to it.

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Probably bad bushings. Think I already said this before.

Too easy. Still a ton of work to do. Good luck.

Do you have so little $^!# to do in life that you sit and talk to yourself on some shabby forum?

In other words, real people are controlling the chatbots. Things will probably get weird when they figure out to set the chatbots free to "converse" at will on these forums, without a handler. Or, conspiracy theory, Mike is using the forum to train chatbots, or is renting the forum out to a chatbot developer. You never know. I've seen many job advertisements for positions to train chatbots. Hard to really understand what the long-term goal is.

They are proliferating like cancer out there. Metastasizing. WhatIs27 of the best large language models in 2025Large language models are driving AI hype in 2025. Learn which ones to follow.

I don't think that these are "bots". I think that they are real people using one of the large language model programs, like ChatGPT. Testing them out to see if they can sound like real people. I don't think that a bot would edit its post. Training tip - "cracks from the inside" and polishing away a film around the edges is nonsense. And it listed a 240Z as its car but talks about a 260Z. That's clever attempt but it's a sign of not quite right. As far as deleting them, it might be best to keep our enemies close. We need to see how these manipulative tools develop. Be ready.

My mirrors on my old 260z were in the same condition. If the glass is simply cloudy or has a film around the edges, try gently polishing it with glass polish or even toothpaste on a microfiber cloth—it helps remove minor cloudiness. But if there are cracks from the inside, it's best to look for a replacement—sometimes you can find original mirror elements without the housing on eBay or in Datsun enthusiast groups.

I actually have one of these original ones on my other tool wall (See top left), But I realized there are various different versions for different engines The two missing ones have each a different part number. There was one included in the set (not shown in the picture) but that again was not an original Kent-Moore tool, but a 3rd party product (Hazet or so). Not bad, but I'm trying to fill my wall with the original stuff :-)

My early wiring diagram shows a red wire coming off the accessory relay connected to that blue wire. So I'm thinking they might have changed colors at the bullet connector. They did some weird stuff like that on the early cars. Next time I have my HVAC panel off, I'll take a look, but it might be a couple days.

I used #4 gauge cable. Bought a 60 inch length off ebay with 5/16 lug on one end and 3/8 on the other. Cut it in half* to make two cables. Was cheapest that way. I don't know if this is the exact vendor I used or not, but here's an example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/141679228250 Today's price for the cable(s) is about $16, and the military lugs were $10. So my out of pocket for my two original-ish looking cables was $26 for the pair. *After having been through this once, I would skew the cut point maybe two inches towards the positive side. In other words, I would steal two inches of cable from the negative and add that length to the positive making the positive four inches longer than the negative.

It may well be, but this is a homemade example. The correct tool follows the same rough design, the "cut-out" on the board show the shape and has provision to fit a 3/8 or 1/2 socket drive. The was one on Yahoo auctions a week or two ago...

It should be a wire coming off the Accessory Relay. In the 73, it's a blue wire. YMMV according to discussions I've seen on this board in the past. Look at where the Accessory Relay plugs into the wiring harness. One of those wires should be going to the center stack with a bullet connector.

It sounds like it. What head, compression ratio, fuel and ignition advance.

Found out last week the previous owner of my 280z lied and both frame rails are rusted out, also the rear suspension sits crooked under the car. The rust can be easily repaired but costs a lot of money but the suspension issue is likely a twisted or bent body. All in all the wife isn’t happy with the extra costs but she knows I won’t sell the car.

Im experiencing a ratting noise when accelerating in 3rd gear on my 72 240z. Is my timing too advance?

Lol.. that's a good one

Yes, a very near solution! More lathe envy...

I’ve seen this mentioned here before on the cable length. Reverse left to right will give you more cable length. You will have to do some engineering on the hangers.

@captainobvious Nice work Bruce, What gauge cable did you use?

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