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Jim....Jim...Jimmm... When do you put the wheels on the right side? Your right wheels are the left ones... look on the rim it says R and L.. for a reason.. When they are on the correct side the design sucks the air from under the car, yours are now putting the air under the car.. (those tireguys.. sleeping also..) A 300ZXTT and non turbo 1989-2000 has 4 different rims.. and there are 4 different part numbers on them CHECK THEM..

psst... mine to.. but i wake it every month to run the airco/climatecontrol.. and it saves it.. after 28 years still the original filling R12 and 5,1 degrees celcius at outlet! Also the hydrolic lifters need some action! And lately i hear that the heater system also needs action.. take it standing through the gears also good... yeah a good preservation needs some dedication huh? 20180418_142547.mp4

Some pics from the 300zxtt past.. also the milage in kms in june 2007. Small pics from a former collector/fan and the big pics are mine back in 2007. Car is still as pretty now in 2020.

Yeah.. i think i check with my painter... i have a small bill still open i need to pay him haha.. (for my blue 280zx) maybe we can agree on a little contribution from his side.. 😉 Yes the car is a stock one.. i build in a new radio but took the effort to get the connectors from a spare radio so the new radio can exchanged in 10 minutes to original! Cables are NOT molested! I bought this car like new in 2007 with 61000 km on the clock.. (has now 86500) This car has also never seen winter.. Our DMV is called RDW (sort of) and they keep track on when the car is getting used or not.. (it's called "schorsen" = postponed or suspended) They also keep track every year(!) on the driven kilometers! and check if your vehicle is still MOT (Overhere APK) approved! IF not you need to suspend the car otherwise you will get a big fine! Every owner of a car in the Netherlands can ask the RDW for a list of his or her car, how much kms it made and when.. isn't that beautiful hey! Further they also check if your vehicles are assured! If not? SCHORSEN!= take it of the street and postpone the roadtax and maybe also the assurance.. About roadtax.. A car like a 240z and my 280zx is free.. this means i can drive it when i assure it and it has a MOT (APK here in Netherlands.) A car like the 300zxtt is not over 40 years old and you have to pay roadtax, this is depending on WEIGHT.. pfff... as a 300zxtt weighs 1630 kg overhere i pay almost a 1000 euro's a year only to be allowed to go on the street.. It needs also to be insurred and have an MOT.. Yeah yeah.. Dutch regulations... oeps..

My painter did a little correction on a paintjob..(rear bumper.). and finished with a good cleaning.. this was years ago.. He damaged the black sticker and the Nissan sign on the rear .. (in a carcleanershop with to much pressure on the HPcleaner.) I investigated the prices the long black sticker $76,97 ex.. the nissan sticker $53,13 and twinturbo costs $42,52 thats $172,62 And excl. VAT.. and shipping... and then customs.. mmm nice work painter.. De nieuwe 500 la Prima Rij weg in de stadsauto van de toekomst: De nieuwe Fiat 500. fiat.nl Is there a cheaper solution? Yes a "300zx fairlady" sticker on the back instead of the nissan and twinturbo sticker this one costs about 18-19 dollars .. That would be Japanees original but not europe original... i don't know if that's a problem? Anyone other ideas?

A good scope cost money on the other hand you just need a simple (analog )scope.. but if your not technical underlaid in electronic systems, i don;t think you will be able to use this kind of equipment.. I took a look but there is changed a lot since the time i bought me a scope.. First was 40 years ago and the last at least 15.. I could use a new one haha.. a handheld one (my last one) could also be something for you.. but again it took some good education to handle those things..

top tip: Now if you have to plate long springs I put an elongated piece of steel with notches in the ends IN the spring so that it is stretched and the spring becomes perfectly plated.. 👍 Your parts look very nice CO!

As a "college restorer" of mine always says... "Ut zien net krehjuh.. ast mar blihnkt" A very local saying.. in dutch: Het zijn net kraaien... als het maar blinkt! Translation would be: They all are like crows, it has to be shiny!!! Hahaha... it's true! 😜

Put a LUX meter on the floor at a marked spot.. (Open spot, not near anything, in connection with reflections that give wrong measurment) do this again after 2 years of use.. (hope they still work then.. ) and i guarantee you the lighting will be worse..)

and.. In 2012 i installed my own designed and build, i may ad.. very exclusive kitchen.. I also installed floor lights under the edge of the kitchen island.. It looks very nice.. but in a year or 2 there were a lot of the leds dead.. after just a few hours of use! (the brand is EGLO.. It is/WAS! a austrian/hungarian brand since 1969 ( est. Ludwig obwieser) BUT after some research i found that...ofcourse... they produce it in China since 2001... clearly it's JUNK! Once again: you get what you pay for!!!!!!!.. grrr.... About EGLO | EGLO Leuchten GmbH Yeah.. they are proud of there Junk.. Foundation Determination, perseverance and constant development: These are the cornerstones we established the company upon. About 50 years ago, the founder Ludwig Obwieser gave the company exactly these characteristics. So far he has written a success story that we not only celebrate, but that we can also be proud of.

Top tip... Saw the first 1-2 inch off the brush.. you have a good brush again! That piece of wood gets in the way with brushing.. now no longer! Use a steel saw..

sayd it before.. new does not mean "good" .. the injector is one of the (many?) problems.

As european cars don't have that junk on board , i can't help you!

You would also hear a hissing noise in the footwell near your brake pedal.. push the pedal with your hand and listen with your ears near it.. Bad connections are always not good... get rid of them..

Bartscooterservice.. here on the forum once asked a price for a FS5W71B 5 speed gearbox (280zx) at a salvageyard here in the Netherlands.. he received an asking price of 1500 euro's! For a clearly used one!!! so... i'm not surprised anymore!

on pic 2 you have the oilpressure sensor.. get a new one they are leaking oil inside so there is were the oil comes from.. also the oilpress. meter does not tell the correct press. any longer (it's actually a combination sensor 1 contact is a on/off for your red oilpressure control light (in your meter!) and the other contact is for your gauge.)

is'nt that a knock-sensor? the temp one is on front of the engine? or is a knock sensor to modern? As it is a turbo i never had one so don't know .. to me that one looks like a knocksensor.. If injector 6 makes no diff.. get a new one and/or measure the signal on it.. does it get a signal? a scope is these days affordable for everyone.. (look for a oscilloscope) EDIT !! No the knocksensor is sitting near the oilfilter left and above it.. IT IS A WATERTEMP sensor indeed.. (I saw this in my 1982 280zx turbo manual! just now..)

Yes it did!.. But the hitch had also 2 tubes of 1 1/4 " steel tubing going to the floor just in front of the fueltank and was bolted with 2 12mm bolts to the floor of the 240z. These pieces of steel tubing were going under the tank, not over the tank. They had a sort of Y shape, the lower part beiing the hitch. I would not use a hitch that only connects on the bumper bolts on the back.. you need also the two tubes going to the front.. The one on my pics did have that, only not visible. I looked for pics of the demontaged hitch.. none found sadly.

So... done a lot of searching and found at last a picture (paper one..!) from a 1972 240z of mine out of 1991! It shows how the hitch was attached ... more or less.. Closer look... It was a orig. BRINK hitch and the nominal weight for it was 50 kg down on it and 900 kg max trailer weight.. as far i remember.. This was my first 240z and was to rusty to repair.

I'm only hoping he knows that his vanes have to turn in different directions?...

I sold once a trailer hitch for a 240z, it had a beam from left to right (going to the main beams?) ... were the bumper attaches? (laying inside the bumper outside the car.) And two brackets that went to the floor just in front of the gas tank, they were made of 1 1/4 a 1 1/2 inch tubing going under and round the gastank.. it was a original BRINK (a maker of trailer hitches , i believe a Dutch.. made in Holland brand..?). I've never had one for 280zx but i've seen one that only had a beam accross and went to the hooks under the bumper? i don't think that is very strong? On the other hand.. if you can pull a car with one hook.. two might be strong enough for a trailer hitch? 🙂

Size 46 (in holland) JUST MY SIZE!!! (You guys say size 12..)

Few more pic's.. Old but new and just not used orig. KONI chocks. Made in the Netherlands. (Made in Holland) Chrome inner is as new.

Here the rare headlights.. New in original box from Nissandealer.. Years ago i was restoring wheels and came across these: Oh btw.. i got a set for sale maybe next year on a restored set of orig. wheels with these caps on.. very rare.. Another gem.. These original chocks for a 240z rally car.. these are the ORIGINAL 82R-1811 en 82R-1812 chocks. one complete set for a 240z rallye as driven in the seventies by Datsun-dealer team and driver Han Tjan. (Netherlands.) Here the sticker from the dealerteam (on the right) Car with Han Tjan No:5. in red/white/blue (like the dutch flag colours.) (The other sticker was interesting to me because of my just restored 1979 280zx.)

Hihi... 1000$ for a original speedocable.. i got one in the original packing! Also many others.. like orig. headlights (convex glass!) for a 260z/240z) In orig box! A new camshaft orig Datsun with paperwork and it's a so called slalom shaft (higher valve opening and longer time open) and in the original box!! Bidding for the Lights can start at 1000$ !! 😜