sblake01

That's great. If I only knew what it says!

Did you mean to say "no effect that I am aware of?" I only ask because that is how it is set up on my 78.

Welcome Dlorence! I see that you live in the state in which I was born. My family left there for SoCal the year you were born.

Well, I guess I'm one of the geezers! I was 27 soon to be 28 when my Z was born on 5/78. Hell, I bought a brand new 70 when I was 19 and a brand new 72 when I was 21!

Victor Laury always takes a lot of pictures at the So Cal shows. I do also but it seems that by the time I get around to uploading mine, he's already done it.

I guess you could install the appropriate speedo gear but I never worried about it on mine. Mine seems to be off by more than that maybe 8-10% but I just make the mental adjustment.

That's why I attend even after all of my complaining! :classic:

The 225 does bubble out a little on my car but my rims are the 260/280Z factory alloy which are 5.5" wide as opposed to 6". The come really close to the front struts but mine don't rub. I had 20560R14 Dunlop D60A2 tires on those 6 spokes when they were on my car. They were a nice fit both heigth wise and width wise and didn't bubble as much as my present setup. Remember, we're comparing a 72 to a 78. I don't know if that makes a difference clearance wise or not.

The one that cnixzgo describes and links to is the 70-76. At Banzai Motorworks the DE-06 (70-76) is not shown and the DE-14 is the one that would be correct for a 78 at least that's what is on my 78Z (and on my 79 810).

I thought that the stock size on a 240Z was 175R14 which is roughly the same height as a 19570R14 which would make a 20570R14 a little to tall. I have 22560R14 Yokohama A509s on mine which I know are too tall and the speedo is off but they're also wide they don't rub and I like 'em.

That was a warranty card that Datsun used to issue with their new cars I believe in the late 70s and 80s. My avitar is just a copy of one I found in the junkyard. It was for a guy in Chino, Ca. who owned a 77 280Z 2+2. I changed the text and put the info for me and my car on the copy. Here's what it said on the back:

I asked for that, didn't I?

Back in the day, before Z Therapy, we used to hone the openings and drive bushings that had the correct diameter for the butterfly shafts into the hole. Then if you ever needed to do the job again, all you had to do was replace the bushings. But, like I said, that was years ago and the shop where we would buy those correctly sized bushings from is long gone.

LanceM, you beat me to it.

TomoHawk. I have nothing negative to say about any of this. I was just curious where you'd go with this after those two responses. The thread doesn't need to be locked, killed or whatever. People that don't have an interest should just leave it alone.

I'm with you, 240ZX. I'll be there this year also but only as a spectator. Every year I've been there I've been parked on a side street with beat up 510s, roadsters, etc. My car is nicer than some of the cars that they allow to park on the main street. And I show up early. They definately have some sort of priority parking arrangement. The event has outgrown the venue but there's no chance they'll move it considering where their store is! Those parking lots on the side street are closer to the show than where MSA has put me the three years I've attended and those businesses are closed on Sunday. That's where I'll be parked.

Over to you, TomoHawk!

mperdue, I would be a little cautious of Charlie. Chloe referred me to him. Those wheels you have attached were once in my possesion! A year and a half or so he had them listed (w/o picture) as 40343-U8900 which is the 810 alloy wheel. So I bought them. $440 incl. shipping and center caps. The center caps were right but the wheels obviously weren't. He did pay for the return shipping and let me keep the center caps for $40. But after he explained his inventory system, I'm not really sure he knows much about Datsun parts or even what he has. Be very sure that what you order from him is what you think it is.

You may have gotten some kind of adware in your computer. Run a program like Ad-aware 6.0 and it should find it and remove it.

Much ado about nothing----William Shakesphere (I'm not knocking your post, Enrique, just remarking on the fact that this post has reach the point of needing such an explaination)

I'm curious to see what it finally goes for or if it even meets the reserve amount. If it truly is a frame off restoration with parts having to be fabricated, over 1500 man/hours of labor, we could be talking Barrett-Jackson type money! As much as I like Datsuns, I not sure I'd know what to do with that ugly little beauty!

I thought that the consesus of the thread was that you couldn't buy one of these (OS Gilken or LY) even if you wanted to as they were made years ago and are basically 'nonobtainium' now as Chris would say. Not to mention the cost were you to find someone that had one to sell.

That was taken basically from the 810 service manual. The 280Z FSM has basically the same info on page EE-30. There is one less circuit on the 280Z but the functions are basically the same. I don't know about that extra plug you mention.

About a month ago, while driving my 810, suddendly all of the warning lights came on and my volt meter dropped to an even 12 volts. Normal is a little above 14. When I got home, I tested it with a voltmeter and it was still at 12 with all the warning lights on then suddenly it seemed to go back to normal. The next time I drove it, it jumped up to the top of the voltmeter. I went home and checked it again with a voltmeter and it was sitting at 16.5 at an idle and the more you revved it the higher it went. I swiched it out with my spare alternator and it has been normal ever since. Since my regulator is integral, I really don't know which went bad, alternator or regulator, but based on what you described, I would test those two first after you've made sure all of the connections are good.

The link doesn't seem to work.