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To be perfectly honest I screwed up and killed a fully functional radio. Now I am trying to troubleshoot it to get it working again and admittedly I am in over my head . Been trying to teach myself some things and searching the web hoping I can find the problem. When I was using the multi-meter last night it appeared that this component was not working properly. I realize now it is. Based on the schematic it looks like there is a coil before the fuse. I need to check that as I am not getting any voltage at the fuse.

Yes, I used the wrong word. It is a capacitor. Thank you for the help

Does anyone know what I can buy as a replacement for this coil? I removed it from the power unit pcb. The schematic says it is 1.5 mh. I am not sure what the other markings mean.

Thanks for the info, appreciate everyone's help! My z is really coming together!

I saw that post thanks for the info. However that is the opposite of what I want to do. He added a 280z horn pad to a 240z steering wheel. I want to keep the 240z horn pad and steering wheel intact.

Sorry, let me clarify. I want to buy a 240z steering wheel with a 240 horn pad and put that on my 280z (no modifications). I dont want to do what others have done where the used a 240z steering wheel and a 280z horn pad.

Hey Guys, I am sorry if this has been answered before but I came seem to find what I am looking for. If I want to buy a 240z steering wheel with horn pad and put that into my 1978 280z will that work? I see a lot of issues with horn pads but that seems to be when trying to use a 280z horn pad with a 240z wheel. Thanks

Hey Guys, I am sorry if this has been answered before but I came seem to find what I am looking for. If I want to buy a 240z steering wheel with horn pad and put that into my 1978 280z will that work? I see a lot of issues with horn pads but that seems to be when trying to use a 280z horn pad with a 240z wheel. Thanks

In case anyone else has this issue I wanted to provide some more info. I sent the radio off to a repair shop who said the FM was shot and that it could not be fixed. So I started looking for another radio. The radio that came with the car was a Hitachi KMZ-2411z. I could not find another one for less than $1k. Looking through Ebay I found a Hitachi 2501BA for a datsun 810. Turns out that although the model numbers are different this worked perfectly in my car. Did not need to change a thing. Also, it has a 5pin din connector at the back. I used this to plug in my iphone. Works great!

Hello all, Can someone please tell me what this is and what it does? I was troubleshooting a vacuum line issue with my defroster and stumbled upon this. It has a line going into it but then nothing coming out of it. The line going into this doesn't connect to anything either. It terminates near the vacuum bottle canister on the passenger side. Any help would be great. Thanks

Yes, raised and lowered, no difference

Hello everyone, I just bought a 1978 280z and love it!!!! Its my first datsun! I have what I believe to be the original radio. The am works fine but the FM is just static. Anyone seen this issue before? Is it fixable? Thanks