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I've been chasing electrical in my 77' for the last three month's . A floating/misreading fuel gauge was one of those problems. I know I checked and cleaned the connections and wiring from the gauge to the sender at least three or four times. Today, just by chance, I noticed that yellow/green mate lock connector to the fuel sender was slightly receded in the connector housing not making a full contact with the male pin when they were pushed together. I've repaired that and will double check it again tomorrow if I can get my car out. So, when you inspect the connections, look really close.?

So a buddy of mine has been hunting for a 77-78/280 for a long time and has come close to buying several times but for one reason or another they didn't happen. Just a couple of weeks ago one came up on ebay that fit bill perfectly and Tim went after it and won the auction, it is now sitting in his garage waiting for spring! The car is very clean with only one area of serious corrosion under the battery tray and a few spots here and there, easy fixes. I'm going to do a little pre-safety certificate work on it tomorrow so will come home with lots of pics and details. Over the next couple years we are going to transform it into the car he has always wanted, here are a couple of pics that were sent to me.

Zed, My computer seized up with 9 seconds until the end of bidding. The car had reached $310,000 at that point. Minutes later I received notification of the sale at $310,000, but could not get into comments, and as of 10 minutes ago, still could not. I occasionally find myself parked next to a Ferrari Testa Rosa in a downtown parkade. I'll have to rib the prosperous lawyer who owns it - hey Chris, howcum you keep driving econo boxes?

No offense, but that is ridiculous isn't it? Wow.

"The Toy Factory" since 1972. https://www.thetoyfactory.us/

Are you being evasive or am I just unclear? Or did I miss it in a previous post? This is Classic Z Cars. Nobody that frequents this site will scoop the V8 modified 240Z out from under you. No offense, but nobody here wants that car. Just post the ad even if it's in Finnish. We'll use Google translate to figure it out. Tell us how you know this car is for sale again.

Inspection mark in places you don't normally look. Bottom of the demister switch.

Yes. I think he also has a nice place on the west coast along with a warehouse of cars out here.

Exactly my thoughts. Always in the back of my mind í'm afraid some a-hole will put a nice long scratch on it when it's parked somewhere in a busy area.. or kick a mirror of or something. Some people just can't behave towards stuff they can't afford themselves...

7tooZ So just unscrew the silver screw and move the module clockwise and adjust using that extra play in the banana shaped bracket. That will give more range to adjust the advance. The red light on the crane module. What does that mean when the light comes on.

Ah, I found the info you posted about this before. And dates beyond the 26th? AA, BB, CC, DD, etc. Cool.

Hi Alan , yes you are absolutely correct ! My explanations was not made properly. What I want to say is , the early seat reclining mechanism up to January 1971 folds only just a little bit to forward, it shits almost in up light position . Not fold fully forward like the later reclining mechanism. Later one’s seat back supports need travel more forward, so the mechanism cover has to have more wide opening. That is why I say the early mechanism cover has wider tab , smaller opening. Thanks Alan !! Kats

@zdude1967 I have the crane system on my car. It gives you a lot of timing adjustment in the mount inside of the distributor. Now that you have TDC you should be able to point the rotor at number 1 cable then rotate the module on the bracket until the red light come on. That get you very close to Zero degrees. Now that you have it running you be close and that should open up your ability to use your light to set timing where you want it. couple of pictures of mine.

@KatZ : "This PS30-00248 has a seat belt tag “ 4. 1970 “ , and the jack has a date stamp “ P. D. H “ ( means 1970 , April , 8th ) . I would like to see the jack of the BAT car much closer , I see “ P “ on the left , but it is not clearly seen , so I will wait until I get the clear shot." Using letters for dates is interesting... I never knew about that. How does the stamping indicate a day in the month after the 26th? How does the 16th letter in the alphabet get assigned to 1970?

It was my own fault - thought I could make it - doh!

They will look great in black ....

They are both more of a wide view mirror than stock applications. I think this is a feature of the "racing" style...

It's funny about Mill Supply, they are in the same town and about 2-3 blocks away from Tabco. I just assumed that Mill Supply was a subsidiary, one of the guys at Mill Supply told me they get some of their stuff from Tabco.

Did you verify that the replacement cable moved freely before installing it? Was it longer than the original? Are there kinks or a sharp angle? I hang cable up and pour oil down the inside for a few days. Usually frees them right up.

Looks great! I didn't know I wanted these, but magically my project budget just expanded slightly lol

@christoffel if you have time to start going through the historical content on this site you will see and learn a great deal about these cars that you never realized, especially the fine details that Alan, Kats, Carl, Chris, MikeB and many others provide from their love, research, documentation, and connections. Here is a link to help search the past content. Just substitute the key words: https://www.google.ca/search?q=site:classiczcars.com+seat+difference https://www.google.ca/search?q=site:classiczcars.com+seat+difference&source=lnms&tbm=isch Enjoy this post from @kats on the European set up! https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/57418-test-report-of-hls30q-z-europe-model-countermeasures-high-speed-stability/

@Kats As far as this I was only working on early US cars. So I thougt the "Deluxe"seats were only from October 1971, because from that build date I saw them on US cars. Because of the pictures I saw here I learned that it was correct that my EU have the "Deluxe"seat mechanisms. I was so impressed by your Z432 that I wasn't aware of any seat mechanism........ But you made my day bij telling me that the HLS EU cars have the most sporty suspension set up from all PS/HS and HLS cars!

A dozen spot welds to go and .... out of shielding gas ...grrrrr!!!

So another of my long planned purchases finally arrived. I had been covering the BRE racing mirrors for a while and pulled the trigger a couple of weeks ago. First of all, they are very cool. However they need to mount closer to the fender than the stock position. That means drilling new holes. No big deal because the stock holes are too wide anyways. My first problem I quickly discovered is that the door is very “closed in” near the front of the window area. Hard to get a finger in there let alone nuts and washers. But the real issue at first was that the backing plates were not drilled to same spacing as the mirror mounts! Poor quality control there. Other than that, I am super excited to have them finish mounted on the doors. A couple pics of the drivers side mounted to the stock position before I drilled new holes and closed up the old ones.

Kats, Just to clarify, on the 1969-on Japanese market 'Deluxe' seats, what I was calling the 'Flip Forward Lever' - if you have the seat fully reclined, and then pull the lever UP, the seat back will flip forward on its own - right? And if you are sitting in the seat and want to quick recline all the way back, you pull the lever up and lean back - right? The big rotary knob still controls incremental seat back angle independently of the lever - right? Or am I wrong?

It's a double edged sword! It's great if you're ready to cash out. Not so great if you want to drive them and enjoy them. Harder to insure and you have to start thinking like a Ferrari owner. Is it safe, is someone going to vandalize it or hit it in the parking lot. I sort of miss the "it's a cheap car" thing. It made it very low stress to "drive it like you stole it" and to park it anywhere. The flip side of rising prices is the availability of new reproduction parts that wouldn't exist if the cars didn't have the underlying value

First six photos are LYs, which are single cam. HTH ?

@HS30-H On BAT people don't take you serious when you are not from the US. I guess this L4steppre never took a 240 apart. Because than he would know that drilling holes in doorcards and doors and putting in screws without prefab the location, wasn't the way the Nissan Factory operated. Thanks, I will take a look at Jalopy!! For me the beauty of the S30's is that they designed it extremely light. After taking apart several 240's I can see without knowing the VIN# wich of the 2 bodyshells is earlier than the other, teh later one has always more reinforcements. But still I have to learn a lot of things, and one day I hope I will have a PS30. I drove the car of Kats in summer 2018 when I visited Japan. The S30 wich made me smile the most is this 1970 US (see picture) market car with triple Mikuni's, matching but improved engine with a 2,8 crank, LSD, 5-speed, coilovers and improved brakes. End of september I did a trip with it in the South of France of about 4000KM. To replace this I'm building a period correct HLS30 #156 with all period/Nissan/Datsun competition parts I can get.

Hi Alan , I totally agree with you, it is like if I want to know more about myself, I must look into my family , and relatives. Without this point of view , I will never understand what I should be . Looking at some variants sometimes gives enlightenment to me why the parts should look like . And it also gives me an idea how to get parts from , etc etc . Kats

Revive Jalopy in Japan is a great source for items like that. Here are some Revive Jalopy radiator hoses on my 432-R replica project car:

Glad you found it informative. For me, the BringaTrailer comments section is - once again - proving to be an echo chamber for many of the same-as-usual characters. One contributor suggested that the comments on this particular car be gathered up in digest form as some sort of reference material, but I don't see how that could ever hope to be accurate when so many contributions don't even get past the first level of moderation? Once again I see larger-than-life character 'Lstepp4re' apparently getting some kind of free pass to post incorrect statements. He's been wittering on about 'Nikra' exhausts (he means Nihon Radiator's 'Nichira' brand) and how Matsua (he means Matsuo) told him that the 240Z was 'designed for the USA', whilst also stating that "stripes on a Z are aftermarket". That would be news to Nissan, who offered them as a showroom option from 1969 onwards on Japanese market cars. There are also stripe kits - in three colours - with a K3110 part number prefix - in the factory R-Drive parts manuals. So of course he's wrong, but an attempted correction doesn't make it past BringaTrailer moderation. As the seat question shows, it's wise to look at ALL variants of the S30-series Z as a source of reference. If people are convinced that the "Made For The USA" mantra means they only need to look at USA market variants, then they'll never properly understand their USA market variant.

Thanks AK for the laundry list of things. I received the MSA header and exhaust today. I also received the resonator I ordered. I will post pics when I get into it. Most likely late next week. I should be able to get the header on but will have to go to a local shop to cut and weld the resonator on. One thing I do not have is welding tools or the skill to do that. Thanks for all the help.

My cars don't have rear window defoggers.

Hello Kats, I think it is obvious that these screws were not installed by the factory. Given the fact they are mounted at different positions I suggust you are right and they were installed by the dealer for a quick fix. And the fact that not all cars had these screws support that suggestion. None of my 69 cars had the screws, nor the cars between #600 and ViN #9300. Around this VIN I have #3394, @3957 and #4318, but non of these car had holes in the doorcards or in the door itself.

I saw a discussion about screws on the lower door trim . I have seen so many cars that have screws in person, countless.Also old magazines shows the screws are not rare thing , here are two pictures from magazines “ R & T April 1970 “ and “ Motor trend March 1971 “ . Looking at them , you can find the screws. And also one of the pictures shows a seat back which I call #2 slightly slim seat back which could be the one on the left of the green BAT car ( looks like I am the only one who think so though ) . This car in the picture could be a late 1970 model , a shiny chrome coat hanger , a non louvre type map light , and a beautiful long leg stay for the rear view mirror tell us the car is a late 1970 model . I haven’t seen the screws in very early cars like prototype , nor 1972 or later cars . So few of them in Japanese car . Mostly I saw it in the US 1969- 1970 cars . I guess like this , designers didn’t expect having the screws on the door trim when they finished design work . That is why the screw never been given its part number . But later on cars began to be exported , the door trim might get bent outward and loosened due to the heat / moisture in the middle of the Pacific Ocean , or the strong sun shine affects cars awaiting the transport track at the port . So corrective action would have been made by somewhere before departing the port , or the dealership . Nissan shatai factory would be the least scenario where the screws attached, because I don’t think the factory assembly line would use the screw which wasn’t indicated on the parts catalog . How about this , I guess after somewhere around in 1971 or 1972 , door trim securing clip could be upgraded ( positioning or number of use ) , or environment in the transportation ship would be upgraded, then the screws would became no use . Kats

Alright here she is on a new pair of shoes! It was actually a somewhat nice day out so I took advantage of the opportunity and jacked it up and got the new wheels on. 16 inch graphite Konig Rewinds on 205/55 Goodyears.

What???? I can't un-see that post Kats-----don't tell us you are serious! The end of time must be nearer than I thought.

I get a chuckle that people posted on the BaT auction thread if the clock works. As if an inoperative clock will be a deal breaker on what will easily be a six-figure auction result.

This car we are discussing was an East coast delivery / import. Baltimore That might mean that a boatload came through the Panama Canal. Or. It might have been railroaded across the country. 26th was built in November and delivered to Florida the following April. Anyhow...I Hoovered a lunchbag of pictures for my records. This car is pretty correct. I want to see if it has an early hood. I think the hood bumpers are wrong but so what. It has seat guards and the seat belt hooks on the seats. The short ones. Notice the screws holding the bottom of the door cards. However skeptical I am about the condition of the car, I have seen cars like this. Jim Frederick used to have a couple. Even the seatbelt bags. I hope it goes to a good home and we see it at the convention.

Dennis you're absolutely right. In the past year I've had 3 very long term customers give up their Zs due to their ages. Two of them are original owners. I find this situation very sad indeed. Perhaps my sadness is reflected in my own situation. Although I get around just fine at almost 70 and still put a few hundred miles on my 280 every year I recognize that the end is closer than the beginning.