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Happy Thanksgiving to the Z family!!! I am grateful for this group!

My new neighbors are smoking turkey legs today. I'm about to go introduce myself.

Have you seen this? Inside a stranger's house with my parents and I was unwinding their phone cords.😇

Also check the vent hose seals from the fuel tank where they come through the floor. The grommet at the license plate light where the wires pass through the rear pan. The seal around the filler neck and the grommet at the drain for the radio antennae

It's there strictly for water management (by design, it can't contribute to sealing off exhaust gases from the cabin because covers only the top and sides of the hatch opening, while remaining completely open to the outside at the bottom). If your Z is a later-model 240 (where there are no vents on the lower hatch surface), the most likely culprit will be your main weatherstripping ("the large weatherstrip that's been installed years ago"). It may have lost some of its original shape after years of living 99% of its life in a crushed state while the hatch is closed. IIRC, some owners also found that the gasket around their taillights housings had deteriorated, allowing exhaust gases to enter the cabin through the rear panel. If your Z is an earlier-model 240 (vents on the lower hatch surface), that's a whole different (and more challenging) ballgame. There are several threads on the CZCC site that discuss problems (several) and remedies for this design.

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Fire up those ovens... I'm smoking some turkey this year... ;)

I'm a new owner, recent purchase of this car: Bring-A-Trailer Auction 71 240Z I've gotten the rust fixed and am trying to get it to a reliable, driving car. Lots of things were wrong that weren't mentioned in the action. Like a leaky fuel tank and bad brake booster. New booster and master cylinder has gone in this holiday and also installed a Nismo fuel pump at the rear to get rid of the electric pump that was mounted to the block and wired to the ballast for power. I wired up the Nismo and no joy. I pulled the connections and put a volt meter to the black and green wires at the harness and I'm getting nothing. I've got extensive experience with working on cars, worked as a race mechanic during the 90's on Formula cars, and some GTs. Have owned two other 240Z (a 73 and 70) and have owned a 91 Toyota MR2 since 99 and done almost everything on. BUT, I know very little about wiring. So this is going to be a big learning experience, please help me out. Where should I start? I've looked a the fuse box and there doesn't seem to be any thing there for the rear pump. When I pulled the electrical tape to free the two wires for the pump a lot of dust came out of the female connector and I gave it a good squirt of electrical cleaner and let it dry overnight. But as I'm not getting power I don't thing that's the issue. I have a temp mounting bracket for the pump. Please see the pick and thank you in advance.

Don't forget the 2 rubber plugs underneath the back side of the hatch...

That's the fuel damper. It absorbs pressure pulses, from one end or the other. Not much to it and they seem to survive without problems. Don't forget that pressure after the pump is at least 36.3 psi. Those small plastic filters aren't rated for that. I made a loop in my fuel line after the pump to solve that sharp bend problem.

The aftermarket hardware kit at O'Reilly's has 8 of those retainer washers rather than 4 retainers and 4 cup washers. One on each side of the spring to keep it centered and in place - would work.

Are you talking about #21? You could probably find those in the Dorman section at a local parts store.

Just got this back today from Sanderson's headers South Francisco it's ceramic coated inside and out $150. Nice people quality workmanship