MikeW

See the link I posted earlier in this thread for information on reproduction black pearl decals.

Sorry, I missed this thread so ignore the PM I sent you a few minutes ago asking how it went. I'm glad everything there is Ok.

Now I know what you mean. It's not easy. After trying various techniques I finally came up with something that worked. I removed the interior dogleg vinyl trim panel and used a 6" adjustable clamp and a 13mm socket to force the bumper in. The socket provides a snug fit to hold the rubber door bumper and evenly distributes the pressure from the clamp.

I may end up with the same problem. Where did you get yours? I just ordered mine from VB - they're only $0.95 each - so they may not even be the same size and quality as the originals (which I never even had). I'll let you know how it goes. I did have a similar problem trying to install the gas door bumpers. I tried and tried to push them through the holes to no avail. In a moment of pure stupidity I then realized that the back side of those holes is actually on the inside of the car and that you just pull the bumpers through. Unfortunately that won't be an option for the door bumpers.

Since it only runs for a few seconds then I'd say it is what you suspected. Your compression ratio is obviously higher than normal so I would expect that you'd notice some pre-detonation while driving as well. I wonder if one of those octane boosters would help?

Will it continue running indefinitely? I'd carefully pull off the coil wire while it's running. I'm guessing that will stop the engine. If not then your hypothesis may be correct. Since you don't have fuel injection fuel will continue to flow and if it's continuing to run then that might indicate the equivalent of pre-ignition. If that's the case then a higher octane might make the difference.

It seems to me like this would be an electrical problem. When you turn off the ignition the spark plugs are supposed to quit sparking, right? Isn't that what really stops the engine - not cutting off the fuel flow. I'm no expert on the ignition system, especially for a fuel-injected 280Z, but that's where I'd start looking.

Yep. I've got door bumpers, wiper boots, and a new gas tank flap on order. I'm also getting new fuzzy window trim as well as the chrome outer molding with the rubber squeegee just because the originals are kind of shot. It's kind of nice to just have minor things that are relatively easy to do. I guess I also need a couple of those deck lid jamb plugs that someone else was asking about recently.

Well, I just tried to upload some more pictures to my gallery but it looks like a disk space problem: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted at (null):0 :(tried to allocate 4800 bytes) in /home/virtual/site2/fst/var/www/html/photopost/image-inc.php on line 81 Oh well, let's see what happens with attachments.

I sent a scrap of the seat covers to <a href="http://www.dashboardrestorations.com.au/">Dashboard Restorations</a> for them to match the color. The seat covers, carpets, and headliner came from <a href="http://www.datsunrestore.com">Too Intense Restoration</a>. The door panels and window trim came out of a can of SEM vinyl dye. I did do all of the installation work myself and I'm still working on the rear plastic panels so the subject of this thread is actually an outright lie. :stupid:

The word is actually "moron"; Moran is a small town in Wyoming.

If your '73 flat tops are like earlier models the carbs actually have a insulator between them and the intake manifold. Therefore the carbs themselves do not directly get hot like the rest of the engine and the water that flows to them is actually used to warm them up, not cool them off.

http://www.racetep.com/xmasspecials.html#dat

I got it from Chloe at MidwestZ in June just before she disappeared.

You can polish glass to remove small imperfections and scratches but it's a lot of work if you need to do the whole windshield. I used <A HRef=http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=2024&itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=2024>this kit</a> from Eastwood to remove some fairly deep scratches from when a previous owner ran the wipers with no blades. Keep in mind that you can probably get a new windshield installed for around $250 so when you add up the cost of the kit and a polisher to use it with and a whole bunch of hours of your time you have to make a decision.

After driving for months with a big hole where the heater control panel goes I spent most of the afternoon trying to get a brand new panel installed. This ended up being more difficult than expected as the restored dash makes the vinyl a bit thicker and I didn't want to crack the $135 piece of plastic by trying to force it. In addition to the dash I've got new carpet and insulation. Take a look here: http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=11942&sort=1&cat=500&page=1

As Stephen already pointed out, I'm using the car's original 14" wheels with 205/60-14 tires. If you go with 15" or even 16" wheels you must go with lower profile tires. That's the whole point of using bigger wheels. You must go with a lower profile in order to retain roughly the same tire diameter.

Here ya go ...

I was just in the middle of trying to get my cables hooked back up properly and found this post. As always thanks for the useful information. I do note that, at least on my car, the diverter flap control mentioned above is actually on the upper left side.

A few posts up it looks like someone recently received a shipment. Perhaps if there is a new owner they're just now getting previous orders out. I hope that's the case.

I tried searching Kansas bankruptcy records but didn't find anything. My guess at this point is that things were not going well and the business (or just the parts stock) ended up getting sold to someone else who doesn't quite have their act together yet. If they did they would be here explaining everything. Instead there's simply a bare web page that says "new improved site coming soon". No one would shut down a working web page in order to redo it. You work on the new site offline and replace the old site only when the new one is ready.

Just for some extra information, here's a very good example of one of these cars. Even though it's from the Florida club Jesse and Michelle now live here in Georgia and belong to our club: http://www.suncoastzcarclub.homestead.com/carz_jessespage.html

Well, I suppose it already has a V6. From the ad: "The block is from a 300Z"

Quotes and links don't work because people persist in posting to top-level groups. It would be nice if there was a way to prevent that.