Terrapin Z

I do sell used parts of rusty cars I have accumulated. good useable parts that will need clean up of some sort but reasonably priced, I have helped out a number of members here. As others have mentioned Motorsport Auto and Z Car Depot are the main big suppliers of new Nissan parts and aftermarket replacement item. Nissan themselves do still sell a lot of parts for the Z as well. Then there are a lot of speciality vendors that specialize in certain types of parts. Reach out when you need something you can't find on your own search. TZ

There was some white numbers on the coils IIRC. My Tokico's collapsed on me as well.

It took me a long time to find that there even was a 3:70 in an R180 let along find one. Now that I did I really like it for the driving I do. It sits behind a later 280ZX 5 speed. My car it had 4:11's behind the later B speed. and was hard to drive down the freeway. RPM way to high. I swapped a 5 speed and went 3:70 for the lower RPM's on the freeways. Really depends on how you want to drive the car. Lots of options these days.

The 3.70 R180 open was only in the Maxim automatic car from the 80's, ask me how I know. The 3.90 in the 240Z were not in any US cars. 3.90, 4.11, 4.28 were all in the 720 4x4 truck front.

Looks like I have the pieces you were looking for. I pulled them out and washed them up a bit. I'll get you some pictures tomorrow afternoon. I assume you were looking for black vinyl, seeing you car is blacked out on red. Looks nice!

I have a few parts cars, I'll see if there is anything vinyl pieces that could be of use. Maybe Sat. before I can dig into the task.

Looks like you just need the bushings. The stock bushings are still available through Nissan. $37.68 each through my choice of dealer. 55555-E4100 and 55554-E4100 If you dig into things and find you need more parts as in metal bits I do have some spares.

You can see who has the non ethanol on this site by state. They don't always advertise. https://www.pure-gas.org/maps

Looks like some other stuff going on in the bottom of that picture. What is the toggle switch and wire nut all about? @Patcon I did mean spark erosion, in that I think it eats through the aluminum faster that brass/copper. It happened to mine. I have an older CDI unit on my set up as well.

Try and find a cap with brass "teeth" instead of the aluminum one you show in you cap. They hold up better. My cap did the same with the aluminum. Alas like most things nowadays, cheaper components at the same price as the good ones used to be.

My Tokico's had the same spring failures. bottoming out on every bump. Coil binding I think it is called. I ended up going with Eibach's on the Illumina's and have had no issues since. I still have the reds if you want to try them.lol

A reprint from 03/1997 as well. https://jdm-car-parts.com/products/3-1997-published-1970-datsun-240z-owners-manual-nos-extremely-rare?srsltid=AU7gw4UCH-sGpGn2x4fyiNpfsOjaKUdvHrCVi6Lk-BbfhUpM6NfFUz2h

Some forum info from 2007 about the two variants.

HLS30-029817 was a 4/71 HLS30-029996 was a 5/71 I think these were both USA cars.

The channel is not open in the rear deck. It is in line with the rear strut support, and the mustache bar bolt/studs hole.

This is on Facebook in Shelton WA Will not last at that price. $3K

That is a coolant drain for the block.

Mostly just oil, blown out seals. I don't think anything mechanical would get damaged. I have never heard of anyone filling the diff up and driving it. No first hand reports.

If you had filled the diff to the vent hole instead of the fill hole you would have had quite a mess on your hands.

While both are called crush washers there are some that are hollow and actually crush and others that are flat soft washers that just seal crush. if that makes sense.

I suppose it could be contrived as routine maintenance, "Time to change out the zip tie"

Indeed, but is does not look as good nor is it a long term fastener with all the heat.

Jim has it correct for the spring mount. Jim also shows a small piece of safety wire to help keep the loose lever from rattling and bouncing around. That lever is for the emissions linkage.

Well I do have these in the parts cars, but I have never tested any of them. In fact I am not even sure the one in my car even works correctly. The only time the red "BRAKE" light has come on is when I set the parking brake. I have seen threads where these have been disassembled and resurrected. so it can be done as long as the insides aren't corroded too badly. Maybe JYJ's will work properly. ???

Carpartsmanual shows all the 240's were the same for these parts, 260/280 were different. There are a lot more pieces to this than you mentioned above. I may not have them all.