
Everything posted by dutchzcarguy
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1971 HLS30-14938 "Lily" build
Headlight Gasket Rubber Seal 240Z 260Z 280Z | Z Car Depot Inc
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Better Than Bondo??
The last thing i want to do is humiliate people but.. yes, the first thing i said to myself was.. they are going to regret that! All that paperwork alone (something i REALLY HATE!!) Comes back.. tonnes of work, for what? It was just a big mistake.. get back in there! TODAY!! 🙂 Back on topic, guys, thanks for testing that site! Thanks, Chas!
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Better Than Bondo??
I get a FORBIDDEN Error 403 when i try to access this resource.. is it because i'm in europe? strange..
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75 280Z Clock Repair?
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75 280Z Clock Repair?
??? Zclocks said that haha.. I only thought it! Yes it's handy to have a capacitance meter.. And i realy like Fluke meters! I got myself a Beckman many years ago, you can throw it against the deck and then in a bucket of water and measure your threefase system while in water.. haha.. never tried that! (with it's own correct leads ofcourse..) These days there are a lot of good measuring tools.. get yourself a quality product! I still got my fully working analog meter of 1978!! ANALOG! I still use it from time to time.. i sometimes use it measure capacitance with the ohms-meter.. (Can't tell the capacitance but i can see if the capacitor is dead ..)
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Wiper rebuild
I would for sure check the partnumbers at Nissan NISSAN made a promise many years ago to make all the sportscarparts available in the coming years.. so i heard.. i don't know if this IS THE CASE !!!!!!!!!!! But i see the most strangest parts available again for the 240Z ARE THERE PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE SEEN THE SAME? (Original 240z/nissan sportscar parts with the orig nissan/datsun partnumbers on it!)
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Resurrecting my horn (the sans Viagra thread)
The grease makes a mess of the citron/salt solution.. i can imagine that. What i do i throw the parts in a solution of washing powder (I prefer Biotex green) it cleans the part of grease and any rubber part becomes plyable again!!! I always use Biotex green to make any hard rubber soft again.. it works most of the time as long the rubber is not damaged. You do this with warm/hot 60C water and leave it in there for a week or so, sometimes look at it, clean it and some rubber parts will give a lot of black dirt from them. throw most of the old soapy water away and take some new soap and hot water once or twice in that week. You end up with a good part! Thanks for the nice reaction on the spring exspanding idea! it was my own!! If you don't do that you end up in a year or so with a spring that starts to rust because of the bad passification.
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Wiper rebuild
Interessting as my 240z whipers are all over the place.. due to very worn mechanics i guess... so maybe there comes a time that i need your topic. Maybe there is a complete repair set for this? Also.. Have you looked for a complete whipers mechanic part in the orig nissan partslist? maybe you/we can buy it new?
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Resurrecting my horn (the sans Viagra thread)
Thanks AK, When i got something rusty that needs a restore i try that trick.. Thanks! In the past i had trouble with parts that had some old paint on them and when they came back from passifying they where not perfect as they don't take off the paint first .. they just throw it in the tanks to clean and passify them. That ment i had to clean them myself and bring them back again.. And.. Don't forget to put a strip of metal in the springs to get them perfect..
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1971 HLS30-14938 "Lily" build
WOW !! Truely one of a kind! Congrats!!
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75 280Z Clock Repair?
My 240z clock does not run but when i adjust it and i set it some to the left and right a few times it will start and run for some time! It stops after i stop the engine or inabout 15 minutes or so.. you can try this.. just wiggle the knob in the middle of the clock.. mine starts if i do that..
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1971 HLS30-14938 "Lily" build
HAHAHA... the best line in this whole topic!! 😂 (For us single guys!) Bart once cleaned car engine parts in his mother's dishwasher hahaha... Hahaha.. I need to know what she said when she came home!! 😅 Next time throw a sausage roll with it's plastic packaging still on in the oven.. then you have an excuse for the smell Hahaha..
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Restoration of BringaTrailer 240z - HLS30-35883
You can alter the gears by shimes left or right, ad or retract..
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Restoration of BringaTrailer 240z - HLS30-35883
Do not forget to check the alignment of the gears.. see some youtube videos about that! Otherwise you might hear a BIG crash in your diff some day. very important that the gears come together on the right spot
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My Datsun 240Z
My 240z has no diff arrestor as it's called.. i made many years ago a steel U shaped part with some rubber Under the original diff. insulator! This way it can't go anywhere! (Sorry i got no pic of it) My 240 needs a complete overhaul and there is laying around a new diff insulator.....
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Restoration of BringaTrailer 240z - HLS30-35883
For a (very?) short moment i thought.. AM i wrong? but no... my calculator also said: 50 x 2000 = 100,000 $ 🙈
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Restoration of BringaTrailer 240z - HLS30-35883
Guys...guys...GUYS!!! 50 bucks times 2000 wakey wakey... how much??? yes a 100 grand not 10k.. 😮 Now you see why a car restore is never cheap when you want it perfect. I always say if i get half of what a prof. restorer/painter/technician asks i'm OK with that. (btw i think as i got much praise on my 280zx restore even from a english pro called Trev' ! (look at "trev's blog"at youtube you learn A LOT!!) i did also a good job. I think my 280zx had easely 2000 hours if i count all the work of finding the parts and getting them and.. and... and... As i said: that 240 is going to be the bisnizz.. hihi..👍 (I mean perfect car/example of a good restore!)
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Resurrecting my horn (the sans Viagra thread)
Nice way to clean parts, how much salt (grams) in the liters of lemonjuice? Also some water or?? What i remember from my horns they need a new adjustment to work right but i think you know that. There is a screw for that in the back of the horn i belief (immsmr).
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Restoration of BringaTrailer 240z - HLS30-35883
It's totally worth it, total comes around 25 grand.. i guess.. maybe one day i buy it from you for that? hahaha.. no i need to get rid of one first.. a very nice 300zxtt.. You do a very nice job! as we say in the netherlands: GOED BEZIG!! 👍
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Z's on BAT and other places collection
https://www.hagerty.com/marketplace/auction/hGKn8rHytYkjYUULAJlnh?fbclid=IwAR0MD8_76rmoDK-kIyAPyuPwq4adRbQQ1efNcrX70h6a0GXZ9meozisyOgQ Funny i got the same one, feb 1971 but without the bumper scaffolding 🤣 and a short (no summer/winter valve) airfilter..
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75 280Z Clock Repair?
I don't! 😉 I wouldn't use the (old?) tantalum caps where the orig. one is a electrolitic.. just get yourself some new c's that are new.. if you gonna use old caps to replace very old one's... that's work for nothing.. you can get the 3 (i counted) caps for a few dollar! Most times these capacitors are the culprit. Watch the plus and minus, put them in correct!
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No vacuum on front carb
Always all sparkplugs out, this way it's much easyer for the starter (and the battery) as they don't need to work hard to get compression in all 6 cylinders.
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Rear Diff.
Jarnved is in Denmark, In europe we had the 240z with original 5 speed gearbox! (Fs5C71 A or later B ) I once had a 240z original Dutch car (Netherlands) and it had the orig 5 speed standard. (Fs5C71B) That gearbox (and diff! 3,9:1 ) is now under my usa spec 240z. (got the orig parts as spares on the attic)
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No vacuum on front carb
btw.. i never open the throttle.. and get 150+ psi anyway.. so i don't bother to open the throttle.. a good engine will pull that air anyway.. try it..
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No vacuum on front carb
Sorry but it's very contradicting what you say.. If the piston in the carb go's UP.. (when giving it throttle), then there MUST BE some vacuüm pulled through it? Right? You got 2 airflowmeters and have you switched them.. maybe one is broken? Does the engine/car pull very well? i assume that the engine is also very weak? Something is blocking the throat of one carb, the engine works on just 1 carb and the other half works via the balance tube? take the inlet apart and see what's going on there! I can't imagine that that engine runs very well and got over 120hp.. A video of it would be awesome.. a engine that runs on 1 rear carb and no air going through the front carb but the piston go's up anyway.. it's just impossible.. i guess... I would take the inlet apart, maybe take a look inside the cylinders with a camera.. take a look at the valves.. etc.etc.