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If I'm understanding you correctly you turned it on today and you could hear music but once you touched the volume (either up or down) the sound stopped but the radio was still on. If this is correct it sounds to me like an internal problem with the radio; specifically the volume knob/mechanism.

How about some pix and a price?

I had sent him an email prior to posting this and just got a response too. But I also wanted some third party input, you know someone who's not trying to make money off what they are selling. I also was looking for info on difficulty level of installation (I can not do this so I would have to pay someone). Anyone in Austin looking to make a few bucks if I do buy this car? :classic:

Anyone who has used these please help! On a '73 240Z how much of the floor does this replace? I'm looking at a car that has rust back past the front seat mount. Please see pix of driver and pass side floorpans in my gallery.

Wow, that seems to be a pretty good understanding considering that you were the one who was confused in the beginning. I'll have to keep this info handy as I will have to make decisions on what to put in my Z...once I find one that is.

Ok, now I know that I will get many opinions on this but lets try and stick with the facts and proven set up. 1) Best combination for street/highway driving? 2) Best combination for autox? 3) Best combination for quarter mile? 4) Best combination for top end speed? By combination I mean tranny and rear end. Personally I plan on running an L28 with a F54 block on carbs. If there are any special concerns between an L24 and an L28 engine please share but otherwise the questions pertain specifically to the tranny and diff.

Cheap is $400 for the car, blown engine (not in car, has thrown rod), engine has E88 head, auto tranny (in car), no carpet or plastic trim inside (all removed), seats, two sets of SU's (one round top, one flat top), front and rear bumpers (not attached), rear window louvers (not on car), no title (nor is the seller the titled owner), all glass is perfect, dash is cracked, has all gauges (working condition is unknown), seems to have all emblems, needs paint but body apears to be straight. I have only seen pix so far. I have pix at home that I can post tonight. Yes, I do have a garage but would prefer not to fill it with 1000s of car parts for months or years while building a car from the gound up. I do have some tools but not everything that I would need. Pockets are not deep, I have a hard spending limit of $2000. For this I need to have a running car in my driveway that I can enjoy and autocross on weekends.

Yes, mperdue, I do want to be able to drive it sooner than later. Holly cow! I didn't think that there'd be THAT much to do; I mean I knew that there'd be a lot to work on but from what I've read here I would almost have to strip it down to a bare chasis and start to build the car back up. And I thought that one of the worst things was that I'd have to convert it from and auto to 5-speed. Some day when I have the space to do this kind of thing I may consider it but for now I will have to pass on that project. This is a bummer as the car is supposed to be nearly rust free and is cheap! Damn, looks like the search continues...

Is that 280 dash in a car you own? I would like to see some more pix, close ups of the center mostly! I'm curious what all the gauges and switches are for.

I know that the basics of this have been answered and I have that information. My question is more specific. I am going to physically inspect a 240Z that I may buy and need some information on what to look for. Now I'm not talking rust and the other basics. This car has no engine, and has not been on the road in many years so I need to know what additional items I should inspect carefully that you may not on a driver. Then if I do get it what should I expect to have to do to make it drivable and safe for the road (other than put an engine in it of course :stupid: )? The seller has already told me that the tires are not in good shape, the hatch rubber should be replaced (and I assume that the door rubber should be too while I'm at it), the seal around the windshield is dry-rotting so it needs replaced too. In short, what items do I need to pay special attention to when looking at a Z that has not been on the road in many years and what should I expect to have to do to make it road worthy?

Ok, so I got the quote some time ago and I'm just now getting to posting the info; sorry. Here's what I asked for: Quote1 - I bring you a running engine you swap Quote2 - I bring you a working tranny you swap Quote3 - I bring you a running engine and working tranny you swap both at same time Quote4 - you find a running engine and swap Quote5 - you find a working tranny and swap Quote6 - you find a running engine and working tranny and swap both at same time Quote7 - you find non-running engine and rebuild then swap Quote8 - you find non-working tranny and rebuild then swap Quote9 - you find non-running engine and non-working tranny and rebuild both and swap at same time. Here are the specs for what I want: ENGINE: an '81-'83 L28 non-turbo motor (this will have flat top pistons) which will be an F54 block and should have originally had a P79 head HEAD: an '81-'82 P90 head from a non-turbo TRANNY: a '77-'79 5-speed from a non-turbo Here's the quotes I got: Quote 1: You bring me a running engine and I install it. Labor Cost $ 495 Quote 2: You bring me a working tranny and I install it. Labor Cost $325 Quote 3: $627 Quote 4: Same labor rate as Quote 1 plus price of engine (est. $450) Quote 5: Same labor rate as Quote 2 plus price of tranny (est. $250) Quote 6: $1327 Quote 7: Rebuilt engine $1500, R&R engine $495 Quote 8: We are unable to rebuld transmissions. We only R&R with good used one. Quote 9: Please see quote 7 & 8

No one in the Austin area with a trailer? Anyone...

Is anyone out there interested in an '82 auto tranny? I'd rather not ship, I am in central Texas...it is currently in Houston. I know nothing about it other than it is attached to an engine I'm trying to buy and the seller does not want to seperate them and I do not want the tranny. The seller says that it pulls forward and reverse, it was in the car when he bought it and this is how he got the car on and off the trailer (driving it). If you are interested please tell me what you are willing to pay and tell me how you would like to get it (i.e. pick it up from me, pick it up from the seller, etc.). If this helps any I am in the process of buying a Z with an auto tranny (I think it's the original '73 tranny) and you would be welcome to that one too but neither I nor the seller know anything about this one as the car has not run in several years. It may be good or it may only be good for parts. If you want both you will have to make arrangements with me that do not include shipping!

What happened to the steal you found in CA for $1700? If you didn't buy it what's wrong with it? Maybe someone else here might be interested in it...like me. :classic:

Have a bar-b-q!

I hadn't thought to look him up on eBay, I have now added him to my 'blocked' on eBay as well so he will never be able to bid on anything I'm selling.

Bryan, you have a PM. :classic:

Ok, I did several searches in the forums I could think of and could not find this but I know that I've seen it in here before. Where is the casting code located on an L28 block and also on the head? I'm lookin at an engine and need to know what block and head it is...hoping that it's an F54 block with a P90 head. :classic:

phi22b@ck - I too work in the tech field and this is exactly why I reported him to all interested parties. I have heard back from his personal ISP as well as the zcar.com admins but of course nothing from his employer (although I did send them a copy of the message so that they can see just how mean and ugly he is being). I completely agree that this presents a bad company image and was counting on the HR department seeing it that way too. mike - Sorry to have posted something I shouldn't have, the bad guy's email addresses. Someone asked for it so I posted it...your are right, I should not have shared that info with everyone like that......just the people who wanted to get back at him :devious: JOKING, I'M JOKING! :classic:

Please refer to this post: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6735 DO NOT REPLY HERE PLEASE.

How hard is this conversion? The car is a '73 240Z with an auto tranny and I want to put in an early manual 5-speed. I know that the tranny swap is not too bad but how about the clutch pedel and linkages for it??? I must get this answered quickly so any help would be great!!

Ok, it's a done deal. He has been reported to Mindspring, the HR department of the place he works, and the zcar.com admins. Both his addresses have been blocked so I should not hear from him again...I hope. I have to agree with gav, there is always someone somewhere willing to bring you down to raise themselves higher. SAD!!! I too try and contribute here as much as I can, although I do not have much to contribute as I am still only searching for my first Z. But I have always got good info and great help from wonderful people here and will certainly be sticking around this forum....and NOT zcar.com.

Ok, yes it is zcar.com but on that forum I am austintxz since someone already had "stolen" texasz. My post is in the Wanted forum and is the exact same post I have on this site in the Wanted forum. Since that site is not a true forum like this site users can only send you email so I do not know his username but his email addresses are as follows: xxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx then after I blocked this one he started sending them from his work which is xxxx@xxxx.xxx (emails deleted by admin) I did report him to the HR department of his company and was just looking into reporting him to the zcar.com admins. I think that I may also report him to Mindspring for what it's worth, not likely that will do anything but what the heck. Thank you guys! His deragatory comments have really been eating at me and I'm glad to see that others share my opinion.

If you are a user of zcar.com please beaware that they are no where near as friendly, nice, or helpful as the people on this forum. This guy, Charles R. Cote <crcote@mindspring.com>, has begun harassing me just because I bump my post to the top of the list every few days. As many of you here know I have been searching for a Z for a couple months now and this person has decided that he is tired of me looking. He has begun sending me ugly, derogitory emails explaining that I should just give up and how he owns SOOO many cars that are out of my league, bragging about the fact that he pulls down $300k/year, etc. etc. etc. So first I want to thank everyone here for being so kind, and two I just wanted to warn everyone here about this jerk.

On your insurance question, call for quotes before you buy!! I am dead serious on this one!! I used to work for an insurance company and I can not tell you how many times I got cussed out because someone went out and bought a car then was outraged at the cost of insurance for it. It's their own damn fault for not doing the leg work before buying the vehicle. Please do not be one of those poeple who does not completely research ALL costs associated with the ownership of a certain vehicle (and it looks like you are already doing that by posting your question here). Now as many of the others have pointed out there are some cost of ownership issue between the 204Z and the 240SX. I don't know as much about that so I will leave that to the ones here who do.