TomoHawk

Correct. Why do people keep calling it an "Emergency brake?" Yes, you could use it in an emergency, but you're better off downshifting and then finally using the Handbrake. But it was originally designed to keep the vehicle from rolling away after being parked. Remember the old foot-operated parking brake? Your dad (or grandfather) would push it with his foot to engage it after parking the car (or pickup truck, flatbed, 50s sedan, etc, as my dad had) and then pull a release handle to disengage it before driving off again.

I think there is enough depth, but the neck, where the connector is, is just to small for the rubber seal to fit. I think the dielectric grease will seal it enough for some occasional splashing. I'm not intending to go underwater! Haha

I got a set of hella H4 conversion headlamps, and I tried them to see how it fits. The H4 bulb goes in fine, then you put the rubber cover on, and when you try to put the lamp into the bucket, the rubber cover hits, so it doesn't fit. It will fit though, with the rubber cover off. Can you do anything besides leave the rubber cover off? I thought of putting a ring of dielectric grease around the bulb flange, so when you clamp it in, it should seal water out. Is there any other tips?

You don't need hub extenders to attach the ZX wheels, but you do need to know how much room you have to work with for different wheels, considering the offset and backspacing of the ZX wheels.

the warm white is now discontinued...

the warm white is now discontinued. What's the 4-LED bulb like? I would like to be able to read a paper with driving directions written or printed on it. I think that would imply 6 LEDs

I can't find the other thread where we talked about this, but I got an eBay White festoon-LED-panel lamp with 6 white LEDs, and finally got to try it out. It does indeed light up the cabin so you can do most things, but I don't think you can read a coloured map well with it. I don't think it's bright enough. I think the plastic cover diffused dulled the light too much to be better thadulled the light the old standard festoon bulb.

I need a new door jamb switch for the passenger door on my '78, because the pin is pushed in get in and I can't get it out. I think I can get one from the APS, but the website has several with two wires, but different terminals. All I need to know is what kind of terminals are on the wires; two bullet, or two blade terminals? BTW- Does NAPA have them? thxZ

It's a place to start...

Do you happen to know the offset of the ZX 6-spoke rims?

Thanks. Unfortunately, even Internet 'experts' are confusing. One said the offset is in reference to "the street side" of the wheel. Isn't the Street Side down?

Scrub could probably mean both things, depending on the context. So, which kind of offset is the positive number and negative number? It gets confusing.

What is 'scrub?'

These were discussed on the Ztrix website, as a way of putting bigger/wider wheels on your Z without buying custom wheels. I have never heard much good about spacers, but these hub extenders seem different, so I wanted to ask. FYI, I don't plan on any serious racing, but may do an occasional lap on a course if I get a chance- just not that quickly For more details: http://www.ztrix.com/frequently-asked-questions/wheels-and-tires.html

So there's no point to looking for the 'stainless steel' 240Z wiper arms, because any seller will tell you it is so it will sell. Why didn't the other models of the same years as the 240Z have the stainless steel wiper arms?

Maybe the '78 nuts are Titanium. I think that's magnetic, and it doesn't rust like ferrous metals.

I"m not so sure the nut is stainless steel; the magnet sticks to that too (on my 280Z.) It must be just a 240Z thing. I read in another thread here that the MX-5 Miata has compatible wiper arms?

Are stainless steel wiper arm nuts also available, or are those all painted steel

It's obviously a case where the PO didn't think there was a closed path between the battery and the interior or the car. I recently added a nice braided ground strap to my engine.

Which module was used for the hazard flasher, and would it work for the 1978?

If you wanted to protect your headlamp covers between car shows, you could cover them with something like HeadlightAmor plastic sheets, which are expensive, or use Plasti-Dip spray-on clear. Then you just remove the protective cover for show. Does anyone tried this or have experience with it?

I think 0000 steel wool would do enough polishing.

Would you really expect someone to polish stainless steel wiper arms so they have a mirror-like surface, or did they have a somewhat flat or satin texture, say, way back in the 1960s? Stainless trim like the drip rails window frames were usually very polished, but I don't remember what the wiper arms were like.

I can get adapters for all the common kinds of wiper arms, such as the hook, latch, and pin. They have them at the local AP store.

I tried the refills when I last bought a new car. You couldn't get the old rubbers out without tearing, and the new ones were about impossible to insert. I just get the loaded blades now.