Jeff Berk

I've took advantage of the weak British pound and purchased some leather interior parts from the UK. I installed the door covers this past weekend and will do the center console next with the dash sometime this winter. The leather panel cover looked plain so I added some quilting to it using a sewing machine I barrowed from the library and 1/4 and 1/2 inch foam. The panel looks OK but I need to try and get some wrinkles out with some heat and leather conditioner. I also need to get the door latch straightened out and find a replacement plastic chrome piece for the top of the door pull. (Anyone have a used one they want to part with?)

Thanks, now I feel OK with keeping the SUs and not dropping another $750 into the engine.

I felt a little deflated when I first saw my 260Z because according to the documentation, the car once was equipped with triple Webers. By the time I got it, the Webers had been replaced with round-top SUs. The SUs are working fine and I rebuilt them a couple of years ago with components from Z-therapy. The engine is a bored 280, with non-stock pistons, cam, headers, etc. so I thought the SUs might be limiting the engine. The SUs are so simple that I don't know if I should consider them elegantly designed or an overly simplistic approach to carburetor design. I've rebuilt typical American carburetors in the 70's so I am comfortable with complex carburetors that lack an oil dip stick. I don't race the car except for autocross which I've not done since before Covid. I'm a little stretched for funds but there is a local Z owner doing an LS swap that is getting rid of some components and is asking a reasonable price for a dual weber conversion kit: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/820044696097399?hoisted=false&ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Aa9e2d1ce-a84b-4e85-a9e8-cbcbc87462d8 I'm low on funds because I just spent $800 on leather door panel, center console, and dash covers. All this leather smells good, definitely better than the mildew odor when I first got the car. Most of the mildew odor went away when I pulled out the shag carpeting. But I digress.

Thanks Mark. I purchased 1/4-inch "scrim foam" after viewing the technique on sailrite.com. I've got the foam glued and stitched onto the leather and will be sewing the diagonals hopefully tomorrow. I like the burlap idea but the scrim foam saves a step.

I likewise went with Interior Innovations and chose to go with black with red stitching and Z emblem to tie in with the red exterior. I'll be doing leather door, dash, shifter boot and center console over the next few months but had to go with J-F customs since Interior Innovations didn't have the measurements to do the dash. I'll be spending a lot of time on the door panels because it looks like to match the diagonal pattern on the originals, I'll need to learn how to sew foam-filled channels on the leather and figure out how to patch the speaker holes a PO cut in the door card.

I wonder how many trailer hitches Brock sold (page 19)?

Although tempting to try and reverse engineering this, I think I'm going to just buy a few to keep in my tool compartment behind the seats as a just in case item.

I just received this from the inventor/distributer: Hello Jeff, sorry for the delay The members discount is “value15”. This will save members 15% off the entire order. Thank you

I suspect that the metal clips are extruded so I have no idea how to make something like this.

I communicated your concern with the manufacture. Note that I have no relationship financially or otherwise with him. He said that he would get back to me with a price break for club members. I'll post the details at that time.

It might be handy to have a few of these on hand in case you need a fuse and don't have the correct glass fuse on hand. It will also be handy to use with a fuse buddy to track down issues with popping fuses. https://www.thingsnotable.com/

I isolated the noise to two bolts holding the differential to the mustache. I'm slowly working my way through all the noise sources. Soon all that will be left is that buzzing from the electric fuel pump.

There are a number of postings on covering dashboards in leather but they are a few years old. J.F. Customs on E-bay has a kit. I don't know how well it fits. Interior Innovations (I have their leather seat covers) told me that they would be interested in making them but don't have the measurements. What are z-owners using now? thanks Jeff 1974 260Z 2-seater

I don't understand what the AC has to do with the turn signal fuse. Just wondering, is this an original Nissan AC or did someone install an aftermarket one at a later date, possibly with wiring something related to the AC to the turn signal circuit?

Have you noticed that most of my quotes show I edited them shortly after I posted them?

On my 260z there are also two flasher relays. Hazard relay: black with yellow wire and a green with white wire Turn signal relay: white wire and green wire.

Might be a job for a "Fuse Buddy". I'm not sure if they make one that will connect with a glass tube fuse. This would tell you the draw on the circuit so you can tell if you are always very close to the 10 amps or if certain conditions trigger the over amp condition. I was having similar issues shortly after purchasing my car. For a while I had so many fuses blown on one of my circuits that I replaced the glass fuse with a breaker. If I recall correctly, I changed all my bulbs to LEDs and installed turn signal relays to lessen the amp load and that fixed (or hid) the issue. I had also rewrapped most of my wiring harnesses and discovered in the process several damaged wires and many ground wires from different components connected to a single ground wire. This was concerning because the single wire might not be able to handle the load from this old car. The circuits in your car has more resistance than when it was new. That turn signal stalk likely is a point of high resistance from close to 50 years of arcing and it may be time to flip the contacts over to a clean side. The wiring harness connectors are also likely in need of cleaning. Electrical issues are not fun to track down but a part of owning a classic.

No more noise, no more bees, and as far as I can tell, all good. Plus, I think I successfully rebuilt that ancient Hein Werner jack I use to remove my transmission.

It looks like the clutch pucks bed in after a bit more of driving. Thanks everyone for the help.

Captain Obvious, do you think its advisable for DadAndLadZ to reestablish that return line to the fuel tank to minimize the potential for vapor lock?

As long as it's not indicative of a problem I'm OK with it. Actually, the 5-speed that I rebuilt using parts out of a 4-speed that sounds like it has straight-cut gears would go well with this clutch ; )

I think my next step is to contact tech support.

I’m going to have to try a few more scenarios but I don’t think this problem occurs in 3rd, 4th, or reverse (4-speed). It doesn’t matter if the vehicle is at a complete stop or is coasting. As you can tell from the recording, the sound doesn’t always occur. I haven’t tried pressing the brake while doing this. There was a little grinding getting into 1st gear. I installed a pilot bushing about 5 years ago. The problem didn’t start until after installing the new clutch disk so maybe I need to contact M-Pact (https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=6084348&pt=10605&jsn=4) and ask if this problem could be related to a resonance matching the springs. The transmission has been in there maybe a year with no problem until the clutch disk failure, specifically, the cupping of the disk possibly due to improper installation. However, the car has not been driven much this past 1 ½ years due to bad luck with camshafts failing. I’m somewhat limited in what I can do with the transmission right now. My ancient Hein-Werner floor jack that my transmission adapter is mounted on just failed and none of my other floor jacks fit the adapter. One last thought… Did I install the clutch disk backwards? Please look at the attached photo.

Could it be the throw out bearing 2022_07_28_13_45_10.mp3 ? But then it should happen in all gears, right? For what its worth, here's a sound recording I made yesterday on a drive to try and reproduce the sound. It kind of sounds like a swarm of bees on the recording.

The problem developed a little while after installing the new clutch disk so hopefully its not the transmission, not after spending $25 on it! Ill keep an eye on it and see if if anything changes. Thanks for the input.