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If you scroll back up a few posts, you will see that Kats posted photos of some relevant pages from Nissan's 'Service Shuho' booklets, which described all the models available in Japan when published as well as major and minor changes and updates. The H-prefixed Japanese markets are included, and they were sold from the last quarter of 1971 through to the end of 1973 in Japan. HS30-S Fairlady 240Z HS30-D Fairlady 240Z-L HS30-H Fairlady 240ZG

I saw someone said Nissan only made HLS30 first , like 100 or 1000 240Zs . I would like to share this with people who are interested in how they made our cars . We have a good source. Please see this picture, a blue Datsun 240Z was followed by an orange Fairlady Z-L . Nissan Shatai was able to mix all the models in the assembly lines. However there might be some batches of certain models . Especially in a painting room , same color was sprayed for some batches of cars . Engines , they might have been the same . Kats

Difference is your car is a Fairlady Z-L and the car in the photos I linked to is a Fairlady 240Z-L. L24 = H prefix. And yes it was a beautiful car, hindsight is a wonderful thing, but at the time I should have snapped it up...

Racer is right, look for the round plastic button on the pedal that hits the switch to depress it and open the circuit to the brake lights. If it is there & depressing the plunger on the switch, check the switch. The buttons are available and easy to replace.

2 for fuel banjo inlet 1 for bowl air vent nipple 1 for bowl drain plug (later round tops only) 1 for needle valve 1 for damper stalk 1 for inside chamber to cushion piston end of travel As for the last one... Not sure. On the four screw round tops, there might be a seal between the nozzle holder and the bottom of the main carb body? Don't remember for sure.

Hi scotta , thanks for joining here . Your Z-L will be a late 1972 model . In September 1972 , Nissan jumped a digit , from 5 digits to 6 digits of chassis number. We believe there would never be S30-99999 . Not even S30-20000. According to the Japan automobile industry corporation, S30-011109 is the last one before S30-100001. Same thing happened for Fairlady Z432 and Fairlady 240Z / 240ZL /240ZG . PS30-100001 and HS30-100001 were born in September 1972 but that doesn’t mean the car is 100001th Z432 ,or 100001th Fairlady (or Datsun RHD ) 240Z , or 100001th of all the S30 family either. How about Datsun 240Z left hand drive ? HLS30-100001 is 100001th LHD 240Z .And the car would certainly be born in September (or late August) 1972 . So it seems to me that Nissan just wanted to flatten chassis number of all the S30 family. ( side note , Z432 jumped three times in the chassis number, very complicated!! ) Japanese people finally got L24 model for their S30 series in late 1971 , from HS30-10001 . Some people would have had believed the car would be the first one of Fairlady 240Z series . In this case , that would be correct as long as Nissan’s statement in the Service Shuho is true . But if people would have thought the car would be 10001th Fairlady 240Z or Datsun 240Z , that is wrong . Gavin , could you help us to understand how many HS30 cars before October 1971 were they made ? Datsun 240Z R-DRIVE parts catalog shows that from September 1971 , HS30-01501 is the first one. Next month HS30-10001 was born according to the Service Shuho “ Introducing Fairlady 240Z series “ . According to interviews with Nissan engineers in some magazines , at that time Nissan shatai was capable making 2000 S30 series cars a month , in April 1972 , they made total 100000 S30 series cars . And also in the same month , they achieved making 4000 S30 series cars a month. 80 to 90 % of them were export model. So , between September and October 1971 , basically 2000 cars were made . Most of them would be export 240Z (80 to 90 %) . What ratio would be applied to cars HS30 and HLS30 ? Maybe 1:9 ? I guess 200 or 300 HS30 cars would have been added , HS30-018XX or something like that would be a last one before HS30-10001 . What do you think about it ? Kats

That ball retains the pump rocker arm pivot pin. There is one on the opposite side as well. They are pressed into detents in the lower housing to retain the pin, and are not removeable. Mine has a small oil leak from the side you see in the picture.

Glad to help. Just remember that simply knowing where they go is only half the puzzle... Figuring out which one goes where is the other half. Some (most?) of them are relatively easy to figure out, but if I remember correctly, some of them can be a little tricky!

Check your pedal box to see if you brake switch hits the stop to turn it off. My did the same thing; I noticed no stop for it to close.

The one you posted above is the correct one for 1970/71. @nix240zmakes early type and the later style for 72/73 https://www.240zrubberparts.com/apps/webstore/products/show/4423763 https://www.240zrubberparts.com/apps/webstore/products/show/4423741 The 72/73 style is not just JDM, it's for all markets. Years ago I purchased an NOS later choke assembly and used the later style grommet on my 1970, Here's the early (top) vs later (bottom) choke assemblies for reference

The groove is on the rear hub facing the windshield.

Seats complete. -had the lower section with springs powder coated. -painted the uppers myself -foam came from a member in the forum - covers are from MSA and are the vinyl version. - got advice and tricks and tips from S30driver (thanks Jim) Using zip ties around the hog rings is the way to do it, to tighten things up. I’m happy with the outcome. cut myself with the razor blade twice whic is so easy to do on a job like this.

Gav, clearly a nice genuine JDM market car (8 track, indicator parking light switches, Fairlady Z on glove box, push to pass on the indicator stalk, z on horn button). However I would have expected the vin to be S30-103407, I understood all JDM cars did not have the H prefix. Might be a typo. I.e. my 1972 JDM fairlady Z-L is S30-100698. 2.0L engine, 5 speed. Made its way to Australia via Kentucky, USA.

I certainly don't know of any exceptions. All the Works LHD 240Z rally cars that I'm aware of had the transposed handbrake lever position and a bias valve. This was eventually paired with a 'Fly Off' function for fast Special Stage starts and - later - hydraulic actuation. There were even double servo cars. Strong and effective hand brakes are still one of the black arts of fast rally driving. On the S30 its not that simple, as the whole mechanism needs to be mirror-imaged as well as the tunnel sheetmetal for the mounts. It also required custom a console. I've been replicating all this on my LHD Works car 'evocation'/'tribute' (or whatever it is...) and it takes some doing. Perhaps this is a clue as to why Nissan didn't go to the trouble of having two different handbrake/E-brake lever positions for the production cars.

Hi Gavin, I think I made you confused , sorry . It is not a new thing, a wheel cap from autumn 1971 . Some one said it looks like a scallop motif design, I think so too, so I said it is a scallop type wheel cap . As a side note , Fairlady 240Z (HS30S ) doesn’t have black wiper arms and blades , it was silver like other cars . I really love the blue Fairlady 240Z-L , Resided in the US . It is just like a car in the brochure. In the same brochure, there is a phantom view of a Fairlady 240Z-L drew by Mr. Inomoto . He did many art work for Nissan , one of my favorite is a big poster of Z432 . I am feeling some connection with my Z432 because when my Z432 was featured in a magazine in 1974 , this drawing was featured on back side of my car. Kats