SuDZ

I have a question about the distributer. I hear people say that they upgraded the 240 to the 280 cap. This I understand the reasons etc but since I have not looked yet at mine, is the 260 a points distributer or electronic? I was figuring points but not sure since I am right in the middle and did not hear anyone say anything about upgrading to a 260's. Just looking to confirm. SuDZ

Thanks guys. Flushed the coolant over the weekend and let it run for a while to check to see how much it sucked up after being run for a while. I am hoping this (along with a thermostat I replaced) will take care of my overheating issue. SuDZ

Hmm, I wonder if I can pick up the fuel light or maybe even the seatbelt one. I will have to figure where it hooks up to though. I have no idea why they would put in the switch that is there now. basicly all it does it allow the fan to come on. So you have to turn on the fan and heat/AC on the regular controls below then pull this knob out to turn them on. I do not really get it. SuDZ

Hey I have a question for you. On your center console next to the light you have a red button or display there. What is that? On mine I have a HUGE pull knobs that sticks out and looks god awaful. i was trying to figure out what was supposed to be there. Is what you have there ( can't tell from the picture ) supposed to be there and if sowhat is it? Thanks. SuDZ

I looked a bit at the wiring mess that I have going on right now and figuring out what all the random switches and knobs people have added on are for. Some of them have been disconnected over the years and just left there to do nothing. So now it is my job to track them down and remove the non working ones that just look bad. SuDZ

Thanks. i was away for a few days but ordered one before I left. Can't wait to make that dash look good again. SuDZ

Cool so it is what I am looking for. I was a bit confused at first and did not want to order the wrong part. I figure I might as well just get the whole deal for the 80 bucks since that way it just replaces everything at once. Now do I remove the existing cracked dash or does this go over that piece? SuDZ

I have a question about dash caps. This one here on ebay but what I was unsure of was is it the entire dash? On my dash the face part on the front is not all that bad but the rough part is the top. This is where I have a huge crack in the middle and "stuffing" coming out. If this has the flat part on the top that runs from the windshield to the front then great. But if it is just the front then it is not what I am looking for. Can anyone tell me if this sounds like what I am looking for? Thanks again guys. SuDZ

Nice, thanks. SuDZ

Looks sweet, nice job. Hey, where do you guys find those headlight covers? I was looking around a bit but did not actually come across anything. Is there a particular place to check out? i was looking on Motorsport Auto but they did not have pictures of them, just saying they were three pounds and about 50 bucks. Are these the ones I would be looking for? SuDZ

You never know though, my uncle has been told three times now "We mean it this time, you cut your finger too bad and will lose it". They have not been right yet. He is also a tradesman who has caught his fingers on saws but still has all of his. Goodluck. SuDZ

I seen that book the other day (or at least one like it) when I was getting my "Restoring your Z" book. It actually had a lot of info in it and might be well worth it for anyone looking to get nitrous for any application. SuDZ

The worst part was I was thinking after getting on the road "What if there are other nests IN the car? hehe looks like I lucked out in that way. Glad you all got a kick or smile out of the story. I know I did while it was happening. The whole time I was just saying "Come on, you can do it just go a little further. Let's just go one more exit at least" It was a great time. Now once I get this heating issue taken care of I will be looking into the body. Let the fun begin. SuDZ

Not exactly. I had it out and about and what not for a bit but not really on the highway like this. I mean we could only do short runs since it was uninsured, unregistered and right down the street from a police station. Those are some bad factors. The guy did tell me it had heating issues but he has not had it on the road on almost a year as a daily driver. SuDZ

I was curious how much coolant should go into the Z? Just fill it to the top or is there a certain amount it should be around? SuDZ

I get to the place where I am buying it from and we call the guy to meet us there. He decides that now is the best time to get the old crap out of the car and ready for me. So we wait around a while for him then he finally gets there and starts cleaning. Well then my Dad says to him "Got the title?" And he realizes it is at his office. Which he tells us is five minutes away be right back. About a half hour goes by and he is still not back. So we are putting air in the tires since they were basicly flat from sitting there since October and putting the plates on from my Maxima to try to get it home. Well my Dad tells me to drive the car over to the compressor. As I am in it I realize I hear a weird noise. I open the door and find a nice, very active, Yellow jacket nest in the door jam. Excellent. Well I am hopping out of the car now and me and the big guy have about 15 of them flying in the air all around us. So I find a can of WD-40 type stuff in the truck. I go to town spraying them when I have maybe a half squirt left in the car. No big deal they seem to be dead. But this is when I find out that there is also a nest in the mirror on the door. With the half shot I get in the mirror as much as possible and another half dozen or so come out. The whole place is swarmed in bees now. The guy comes back and is like "What happened?" Since it stunk like WD-40 it was all over the car and we were almost in need of a beekeeper. So we are trying to fill out the title info and this guy is taking forever. The whole time waiting for him we are swatting at yellowjackets trying to get free of the guy. So after another 20 minutes he manages to write out a bill of sale and fill out the title. Now me and my Dad are trying to go and I am in the car and drive about maybe nine feet when he runs over in front of the car. He stops me and is telling me about how much he is going to miss the car and he really does not want to sell it and on and on. You should have seen the guy, looked like he was going to actually start crying. Well, you know how I am when it comes to getting all emo - I got the heck out of there. He started just saying in a real quite voice, "Just go, it will be easier that way". I felt like I just ran over his dog. The guy stops him as well talking to him about the car and how much he loved it. During this I am at the bottome of the road waiting for my father because I can not pull onto the road till he is behind me since it is not registered etc. in case a cop comes. I call him on the cell and he tells me the guy was talking to him and he thought the seller was going to cry too when talking to him. Crazy. Well we get on the road and as luck would have it we have to go through a contruction zone loaded with cops. I was just kind of looking straight ahead and hoping for the best. We get by them and are approching the highway. We get on and a few minutes into it the car backfires. Big time. Like a cannon. it scared the crap out of me. At first I though I blew out a tire or something and the n realized what it was. For some reason it gave me a little smile and I thought to myself, oh yeah this is going to be fun. My Dad calls me about the backfire to make sure everything was okay and tells me that it blew so much carbon out the muffler that it smeared on his windshield and left black all over the front of his white truck. So we are driving along when I realize that the gauge is getting pretty high for the temp. Keeps climbing until almost at the redmark. I pull off the highway and get stopped at the longest redlight in existance. The whole time I see it getting up a bit further and further. Finally I get into a Decathalon parking lot across the street and out comes the smoke. Lots of it and some coolant starts pouring out on the ground. So we let it cool down and had extra coolant with us to put in. So we load it up and say "Let's see how far we get this time." We are off again onto the highway. A bunch more backfires later we are getting off. I will tell you, the TEMP was god awfull high and the heater was going to try to keep it cool, which was no fun because it was already hot out and this had to be the longest it has ever taken to get onto this street. I can smell coolant burning and see smoke coming out from under the hood and I am just thinking please let me get to at least the house and I will be happy. Finally a break in traffic and I go for it. Coasting down the hill near my house to try to let up on the engine a bit. I pull into my yard and park it over on the side when PSSSSS the next round of smoke and coolant let loose. My Dad got out of his truck and was laughing came over to look at it while I was popping the hood to let it cool off and was like "Well, at least we made it" and swapped the plates back onto my car so I could get to work. It was eventfull but fun the whole time. It can only get better from here. SuDZ

I remember on my first car an '84 Delta my house key would start the thing. It was kind of funny to show people but at the same time gave you an uneasy feeling. SuDZ

Hey thanks. I just got my Z home a couple hours ago. Now the fun begins. After a few pitstops for overheating and some nasty sounding backfires we got there :classic: So now I will have to track down the issues with the backfiring and the overheating problems but at least it is home. SuDZ

Hey guys, I am picking up my first Z tommorow (I think anyhow) and had a question. I will be getting a '74 260Z and was wondering what the SU means when refering to carbs. I see it used all over the place but was curious what it stood for. I figure getting some of these acronyms out of the way now will kind of help out. Any others used around here a lot that I should look out for? I know on my other forum that I visit (Maxima.org) a few years ago we compiles a list, but I can not find anything like that here. SuDZ