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Neat read on that Pace Car. Thanks!

But he'll get you a deal on a hotel room. :: :: :: ::

Get the Wick Humble "How to Restore" and Tom Monroe's "How to Rebuild". Use this forum. Everything else is wasted money.

There's two not far from me, Hokes Bluff Auto Parts. They're online with the salvage parts lookup program. http://www.car-part.com/ '83 and an '84. $100 and $125. Call them and see if you're interested, I'll go and take pictures then get it and mail it to you. Maybe we'll get both for a deal? I'm sure they've been sitting for years, money talks out there.

I'm jealous. My machine work is taking too long. He's been in business a long time and I'm new, so I wait, patiently.

Congratulations on your purchase. Can't go wrong with orange.

Okay, the turbo dished pistons have the "5" stamped in them. P79s have a couple of different numbers on them. I've read that was a way of internal balancing for the ZXs, pistons close to each other in weight are stamped the same. I don't know that to be a fact though. Those dots on your main caps aren't on any of mine. Could that be a way of numbering them from a mechanic?

Hello and pictures please, love to see other's Zs.

I'm happy with some touch-up paint I bought from Jeff's Paint at amazon.com. Small amount for scratches blended in very good after I had the original paint wheeled out to a new shine. I called him though, he sent me #918. His listings didn't show '72 240Z.

Upgrade to the ZX E12-80 electronic distributor, I bought mine for a '79 ZX from amazon.com for $100, made a difference to me. The light relays are on my list too. Choke lever bracket from Art Singer on e-bay, he's on this forum too, was a nice improvement for mine. Euro bumpers from futofab.com are really nice looking, no bumperettes and shiny for less than rechroming the OEs. I bought new tail lights from them also, really made the car look good. That's a little over a $1,000 of your budget.

My dumba** tried lifting mine up with a piece of wire through the fill hole, DO NOT be as stupid as me, I thought I was gonna have to drop the tank to get it back out. I had just finished with everything and sealed the nail head connections with liquid electrical tape that I didn't want to redo. The wire got stuck where the rubber meets the tank, still can't figure that out but it did.

Maybe I'll add on to my garage instead of selling one of the 240s. The prices have gone crazy in the last couple of years and I know where some more are down here. 401K, nah. 240Z4Ks.

I've got 6 that are stamped the same as yours but mine all have "5" instead of "3". I'll look at the main caps for those dots this afternoon, haven't cleaned them yet.

Sometimes the rod needs bending. MSA sells an aftermarket one with a straight rod but the Nissan one I bought, from my local dealership surprisingly, matched the original when I laid them besides each other.

I haven't noticed that on mine, it tightens down really good. Maybe a new rubber seal inside the cap would fix that?

It takes over 3 gallons to get mine to move off empty. I dropped the tank cleaned it and sealed it put in a new sending unit. Had a 2 gallon can I put in and thought the gauge was broken. Added 2 more and it went to 1/4 tank. I fill it completely up too, no problems so far. 5 gallons,

Congratulations! You've "bought the farm" but in a good way. Is that family land or you just got lucky, stocked garage and everything. Probably some "stump broke" horses around if you get bored.

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There's also a wire under the passenger's seat you can unplug to turn off the brake warning light but still allows it to work when your E-brake is up. I did it to my '77. I just remember how I found that info. It connects with a floor temp sensor connector. sblake01 posted it, IIRC.

Is this the car that was recently stolen and found in a field? I might not look too hard for $50K.

I think he's going by a Haynes Manual?

Mine all show 14 volts at the battery when idling. It seems like I've bought them from Advance online with a coupon code for $20, then pick up in store, they keep them on hand. reatailmenot.com has some good codes for Advance.

FI? Programmable I suppose. Works good on race bikes and boats.

Thank you Steve for explaining, I'm intrigued as well. It has less CCs than the E31 I'm working with now. I have an F54 with new .030" over dished pistons. I think the MN47 would make a nice lid for it.

So in your opinion an MN47 is a better choice than a P79? I've got the P79 already and now I'm thinking I want the MN47. It wouldn't need the cutting or the tower shims, right? Thanks, Cliff