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Looks like we're gonna do this thing Spent a few hours blasting this week... mainly testing the setup before getting serious Lol...Before..... After a bit of testing using copper slag .... Nice to see some clean metal...

Regular readers may have noticed that i haven't actually restored anything from my 240Z in a while. Well the reasons were various, but it's time to change that again. I thought i start with a simple part which i had prepared to get done since a while. The interieur dome light: From the outside it was mainly dirty and scratched, and on the backside you could see the contacts and the bulb metal parts were corroded: So first i took it apart The bulb fell apart immdiately without even touching it: First i gave everything a gentle clean in warm soap-water and tried to avoud water coming close to the switch: Next it was time to pull out me secret weapons. I've got an electronics repair background and over the years i've gained a lot of experience which tools and fluids work the best. Here are a selection of my all-time favourites. Which i all used for this project: - Kontakt 60: Contact cleaning solvent (I used it a bit on the switch) - Metarex. Some kind of wool fabric soaked in a metal polish fluid. You rip off a piece and clean your metal surfaces without scratches. - Contact cleaning strips: Perfect to clean corroded electronic contacts (after corrosion is removed with a brush) - Novus plastic cleaning and polish kit. Removes larger and smaller scratches from plastic surfaces and lets you get it back nice and glossy again. After i cleaned and polished everything and had removed the corrosion with a wire brush, i checked the switch, just to ensure it works fine. Which it luckily did. Probably i should test it BEFORE i do all the work, next time. And then assembled it all back together. IKI Japan Dome light switch from the 240Z in all it's glory. Btw. Also found a production date stamp (i guess?) of 3 / 71 on the lamp housing. So it was produced almost a year befor the car got registered in switzerland. While most of the other parts in the car have a production date from end of 1971. It seems like those dome lights were produced in larger batches and then stored before being used. And here the backside with the fresh cleaned contacts. Now i only need to get myself a new bulb. which shouldn't be a big problem. Now i need to find my next project. I missed actually "finishing" something 🙂

Brandon just fired up his new RB 26 normally aspirated. These are the numbers you’re looking at. The Datsun Spirit stroker does equally as well or better……much cheaper and more available parts. Just my humble opinion. Great work and I love the NSX!

You and yellow cars…!

I have a use wiper transmission from a 78. It will need some clean up but the pivot turn. Just up the road in Washington.

The rear hatch on my 12/71 build had jute in the rear hatch floor that covered the whole area and stopped just short of the jack storage compartment doors. The replacement carpet from Interior Innovations installed now has padding attached to it, so the original jute is rolled up and in storage.

Thanks for your kind words 🙏. I certainly do love a good puzzle...and there's no such thing as a rust free 240z 😉. ( but yeah ... maybe could have started with a better car 🤦‍♂️). (pS ... but with the kfvintage parts you don't really need much more than the trans tunnel these days LOL)

Yeah I’m a Sicko….Just like all the Sickoes on this site 😂 Your work is incredible….you must love puzzles too since it’s so much easier to buy a fairly rust free Z still these days. I would love to be closer to learn your techniques and borrow your tools. 😂 So much fun to watch your progress…..glad you are letting us tag along for the journey! I’m sure @Patcon would love to be closer too…..you guys have all the patience I’m lacking. Can’t wait to see the final product. Good Luck Guy

Nice! Keep going!!!!

Has anyone tried this? https://rspeccarbon.com/collections/datsun-s30/products/dashboard-280z?variant=44579996663995

The car is - clearly - modified. Stock fitment on this car would have been triple N40PHH Mikuni-Solex carbs. The triple Weber 45 DCOE-9 carbs were a Nissan Sports-endorsed upgrade (Nissan even gave a part number for the kit) of the period. I have 45 DCOE-9s on both of my S20-engined cars. It is not all that unusual. No. 'Correct' (stock) fitment would have been the same wooden 5-speed knob, as seen on other 5-speed equipped cars of the period. The shift knob currently fitted is the 32865-RN200 'Datsun' branded, leather-bound NISMO anniversary edition item. Matching the... ...of the NISMO anniversary edition re-pop 'Datsun Compe' steering wheel.

That's one good looking belly lol. Jealous I'm still at the point where the previous owner sprayed gobs of undercoating and dealing with eventual removal and hopefully not too many surprises.

, it was still cold. I was just happy to hear it run so smooth! The OneSixIndustries CAS replaces the distributor. This is also the new Colt C542s cam shaft that replaced the overly aggressive Norris monster that was on the old stroker.

Pretty sure they didn't came with Weber carbs 😄

It was late! Looked this morning and my passenger window is oem and driver is aftermarket. Is the glass itself different or just the metal bottom part. Can't you just swap the bottom out ? I think I must be reading this wrong.