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You know you have a real mental disorder when you decide to take the time to tear into the 240 clock to try and get it running. What an intricate mechanism. I got it running. For how long, who knows. I will check it in the morning. Merry Christmas! Video evidence: 20221220_195857.mp4

Picked up a load of bits off a smashed up 1970 240Z. Complete steering column and early steering wheel with horn button. Early ashtray, had a broken main body but good lid. Combined it with one I had that had a good body but damaged lid so I have a complete unbroken one. Fitted the light switch, indicator switch and steering wheel today. The horn button had a crack in the plastic locating ring, but fixed it easily using some amazing JB Weld blue light activated instant glue (amazing stuff). Also got an early radio antenna with the pointy tip. Slowly returning the 240Z to original spec.

I'm no expert but I've always done one slow pump with the bleed screw open, close screw before end of pump, release pedal slowly so that the fluid can get in from the reservoir, repeat. Pumping 4 or 5 times doesn't really accomplish anything, I think. It might even force the bubbles in to solution in the fluid, from the pressure, or cause them to break up in to many small bubbles. Ideally, you want one big bubble sitting at the bleed screw opening, waiting to get out. Or, if I don't have a helper, I open the bleed screw, press the pedal down with a broken shovel handle through the driver's window, prop it against the seat at the bottom of the stroke, walk over and close the screw. Still a very slow pump. On the back I installed speed bleeders. They made a big difference. Again though, a very slow pump. Once the air gets out you want the hydraulic lines to refill from the reservoir, not suck back through the bleed screw or the bleed screw threads. Air has much lower viscosity than brake fluid. It moves fast.

Hahaha Yes! the first one! 🤣 My underhood light had a faulty bulb.. And as lots of people would do.. i switched it several times not knowing anymore what was on or off! Aparantly by driving the car the broken tungsten wire in the bulb reconnected and the light came on (even brighter)! Now the car stood still for a week or so so it drained the battery completely! Solution.. disconnected it! 😁 And so ends the story about a car that always worked when needed.. only once in over 20 years it stopped due to a problematic " if you have a problem under the hood emergency light.." pfff...

First two guesses would be Underhood inspection light Glove box light (if the door isn't shut completely)

Uh-oh.

Kind of sounds like the MC was damaged when you ran it through a full stroke to bleed the brakes. Not uncommon, EuroDat has described it in past posts. Basically, for brakes, if you can pump the pedal and it gets higher and firmer it's air in the system. More bleeding necessary. If pumping does not work at all it's an MC seal problem. The MC pressure seals can leak without the MC having an external leak. If you installed a new MC it can still be bad out of the box. Today's aftermarket parts. p.s. I also just read a post on a different forum where a guy had a wheel cylinder that sucked air but did not leak fluid. Impossible to bleed.

Glad you found one. Getting a bit tricky to source. There is a K&N Filter for the 240 as well. E2910 I believe. I’m no great fan of the K&N filter, but this particular filter body is rubber and a tad thicker than stock, so if your housing is lacking the thin stock rubber strips that seal against usual OEM steel filter, these would be ideal.

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Jackpot! I knew there was a zcar antenna around somewhere. I went out to the shop and gave a look around. I thought I had previously gone through all the boxes. For some reason, I missed it. In the bottom of a box was this electric antenna wrapped in a bag. I am pretty certain it came out of my Dads 77 280 right after he bought it. He was into CB radios and bought an antenna that would work with a radio and a CB. The original antenna went into storage. About 30 years ago my mom said I am throwing out all this old car stuff, so come get what you want. I did. The 280 antenna looks to be very similar to the 240. The tip unscrews and the mounting hardware is mint. I fell like I won the lottery. The switch to the right looks to be an early 240. The switch that was attached to the antenna looks to be factory, but I just dont know the 280's very well.