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I guess there were a couple of install options that different dealers used for installing A/C. My series I car had the dealer York compressor installed on the same side as Tom's. I removed the York and installed a Sanden down where the air pump used to be (haven't completed putting it back together yet though). When I did the 3 row radiator with electric fans it wouldn't fit with the York so I had to remove it and go with the low Sanden mount. Old compressor New Compressor

What do y'all think about spoons? I use one almost daily without poking my eyes out.

I'd have to look under the battery and under the hatch to see if it was done properly.

YET!

Yeah, I'd avoid the spoons too. From what I've heard, they can make you fat.

Agree, Get a (empty old) handsoap pump and pump the most out... ( i Always use this when i renew the brakefluid! .. you take the pump out of the bottle and pump the fluid into the same bottle.. this way you don't make a mess with that brakefluid (or in your case the oil)) (When doing the brakes then you don't have to pump all the oil through the system and you can start with a container full of clean brakefluid.) ?

Mark, I wouldn't pull the carbs apart to get the old oil out. I just roll paper towels into a narrow cylinder and stick them down into the damper hole to soak up the old oil. Give it a few minutes to sop up the oil and then pull the paper out. Takes two or three rounds of paper wads to get the old stuff out. Taking the pistons out and turning them over to dump the oil out certainly works, but I consider it a risky maneuver with very little gain over just keeping them together and sponging it out instead. Respectively submitted, of course.

3 and 5 as long as you are taking it apart to fix. good time to put in a new throw out bearing/clutch/front seal.

In 2015 I cleaned then coated the fuel tank on my 240. Today I put a new screen in the low pressure glass filter that I use. Nothing even close to pink from the Red-Kote, yea for me!

If you want a bit of a hardy-har-har to take the edge off of the day, check out this comic strip. https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless Something a little different, but it certainly tickles my funny bone just the right way. Perhaps some of you will also appreciate this style. A bit of a sampler, as they say...

Or merely a Doorman...? I'll see what I can dig up for Whiskey's for Monday..... I think I have a nice rare Ocean Aged whiskey you might like!

When I deliver the doors, would that make me a door-to-door salesman? Or door-to-door-to-door-to-door........ Can you tell I've taken a liking to Irish Whiskey lately???

Ivan @ VD said that they received the first batch of 280Z dashes from the manufacturer a few days ago and he's going through this batch to make sure that they all look OK. Seems prudent! He said that early next week he'll call back with status for getting them out to the first group of customers that placed orders. I'm excited to hear that! I'm also expecting to receive my reupholstered seats & door cards back from the shop next week. Hopefully lots of things to put back together soon!

Cleaned then painted the inside of the fenders with POR-15, then a light undercoat. Installed and aligned fenders and side marker lights along with a few engine items. Here is a quick phone pic of the car along with my embarrassing garage stuff in the background. We're getting closer. I really need a larger place. Will pick up the hood and remaining body parts next week.

I found this a few years ago. I think the price has gone up a fair amount since I first found it. https://nostalgicac.com/datsun-240z-260z-280z-compressor-upgrade-kit.html

I'll write up what I did tomorrow morning. Cliff

I haven't seen one yet but they're out there.

I'm kinda weird I guess but I like to see the fuel to make sure it's not colored any shade of red from the tank lining. My car sits for months without being cranked much less moved to slosh the fuel around inside the tank. I have a Fram G2 out of the tank, the glass one then the OE mounted on the inside fender. Another neat thing about those glass filters, when my float levels were off that thing was never completely full. After a painstaking week of getting the floats right that filter has always been completely full. If I see it's not full and filling itself up as the car runs I will revisit the float levels.

Pushing 60 i can relate to this one.

I use this for a pre-pump filter in my 240z. WIX 33002 My tank hasn't been restored though so not sure I would use a filter if it had.

Stripes on the louvers interesting Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here's one that was made to have that old, weathered look:

Tic Toc, Tic Toc, Tic Toc.

Die glass filter, die! Burn in hell!!!

The compressor pulley should spin freely as it sits with no belt and while the compressor clutch is not engaged. You could turn the compressor clockwise using a wrench on the nut on the face of the pulley assembly (it holds the clutch plate onto the compressor shaft).

That's your A/C compressor mounted on the left side of the engine. No belt could mean someone was having problems with it and just removed the belt rather than fix the problem... Also, no need for a "3rd pulley" in that system. You only need two belts - one for the A/C, one for the water pump and alternator. Edit: Finally saw the smog pump and that you have all the pulleys you need. Nice looking aftermarket A/C install.

Thanks jfa! Did message Cliff. You are definitely correct about H-Town!! Today it is BOILING!!! Is having the larger fuel pump OK? Also, do you put ATF or 20W in your carb dampers? Mine is low and cannot tell if ATF or oil. Doesn’t smell like oil? Thanks, Tom

I don't know but for me there is a rule. Playing with a distributor =timing light. It's like changing a MC=Bleed the brakes.

A guy told me last Saturday that I meant 240SX when he asked about my Z. That happens a lot to

1973 Datsun 280ZX! Well, at least they got the first half of the description right.