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^ I think the whole car was badly sealed back in the day. Seems a common mislooked problem for wet floors is the firewall seal leaking under the cowl. I found this problem to just lately, and I'm currently trying to fix it, see this topic: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/body-paint-s30/48702-cowl-top-inner-rust-repair.html

Yes it's the smug/air pump I removed mine to, I hate eco add ons Nice 240z by the way !

looks stupid, but could be me

Maybe their are still to much early z's intact and to be found so the value will not rise much. I do know that here in The Netherlands and in Europe they are pretty rare and parts are very difficult to find, but because they are not known well like a Porsche or Jaguar E-type, their value is still low..

Hehe, Fred parked it since 1988 :laugh: I think you mean: " Ik kan niet slapen "

^ that's a rocket !! This is just the 1.8 4 cylinder, fast enough for my mother By the way I joined a local Japanese classic car club I saw this guy in De Telegraaf newspaper with his Datsun 1200, and found out he lives close by, so why not send him an e-mail to join... Below is the confirmation letter and a membership card.

steering wheel looks mint, and Original radio Datsun Z Series 2 Door | eBay

buying.. one is broken

By the way there are no holes on the rust areas, so I might be lucky, able to seal it with the coating...

Yeah.. it's a pain to get into the small area's though :sick: Currently I'm informing what to use.... I found a product called Gummil from Canada, it's sold here, and I e-mailed them with these pictures, and they said it can be used for this application to seal it from water. Just remove all the lose rust, and degrease, then apply 2 coats. 1 litre about 40 euro. I'm going to order it, and see how it does. It's a rubber coating, applied with brush. Metaalbescherming met Gummil Premium vloeibaar rubber

Okay, I drilled out the spot welds to remove the intake cover thing. And found out that water was blocked from going out, some previous owner put alot of extra sealant in the area infront of the air intake, which blocks the outflow of water to the right side The left side was open but blocked with dirt. Also found the factory seal around the air intake on the firewall side to thick, working as a sort of dam to hold the water in to a higher level.. I'm going to remove the old seals, and reseal it, keeping in mind the water outflow. Hopefully it works. Here's some pictures from what's going on This last picture, the right bottom is the area that was blocked with sealant and dirt. In the picture 75% is removed allready.

I believe this guy had 2 240z shells for sale a while ago, maybe he still has them. VA-Motorsport Engineering - official KNAF rollcage manufacturer

very nice ! I have to say white does look really good on the classic z.

Datsun Wood Shift Knob 240Z 260z 510 1200 B10 B110 Nissan 4SPEED M8 P125 Thread | eBay Original ? They go for pretty high prices..

@ hr369, yes that seam ! When I look with a flash light on the inside driver side firewall, I can see that seam is wett on the inside. ( maybe because the water couldn't drain properly to the sides and was along the seam all the time ? ) I'm currently getting everything dry and then will see what to do, maybe I just need to reseal everything again. @ Patcon, thanks for the tip, I will have a look for those spotwelds.

I think mine is leaking also on that spot, I can't see it really good right now because that plate is above the air intake for preventing the rain from going in. I also have the factory seal still on it, but like you it might be leaking under there...

Well I jus did, because after some heavy raining my floors are wet. ( First I thought it was the sunroof, which I sealed shut " temp fix " before repaint and removal ). I removed the cowl, and there was dirt on both sides, clogging the water flowing outwards on both sides. No dirt in the exit tubes, but near the lowest points, and this made the water stand in the middle and along the seams. The air intake thing or how it's called seems intact some slight surface rust. But I will have to let it dry up to look carefully where its leaking It seems there's no easy way to acces some parts of the air intake tube, so I will need to cut open the " little roof " that's hanging above it ?

wait for the timing light and check that first

I fixed mine using some wd40, and winding the spring back, and then when it worked I set the timing. It's not that difficult, but I think if parts are broken you need a specialist to do the work..

Yeah..it really works perfect now. It was like new carbs mounted...and when I pressed the pedal with running engine my jaw dropped to the floor on the difference it made...

Kicking this up... If you have something for reasonable price, please p.m

They said to me they didn't ship any containers to Joop Stolze yet... , so have to wait till they do... That's why I don't like sea shipping much, but airfreighting a diff is costly :tapemouth

It's still in San Francisco with the shipping company..

Got tired of my mom driving a Fiat...so I helped her getting this...Z3 Funny I read it's been designed by a Japanese guy working for BMW. It's imported from Swiss, one of the 15.000 made in 1996 ( the first year ). It needs work, but overall all maintenance reports are with the car, it never missed a dealer service, which is a good thing.