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  1. It looked like Road Atlanta to me. I just noticed the uphill part going to the Suzuki bridge and the long front straight with the timing booth at the start of the straight. John was at Road Atlanta for The Mitty in 2010 when Pete Brock was Grand Marshall. John raced in the Spec Miata race in a car painted in BRE colors.
  2. SteveJ replied to d240zx2's topic in Interior
    Greg, Which Wesco belt set did you buy? The shoulder mounts are there in your Z, even if you only had a lap belt before. I think these pictures may help you.
  3. Umm, only in California apparently.
  4. He's referring to the flap on the air cleaner. Some of them are still intact.
  5. Get an inline spark checker. I would be surprised if they don't have those at Canadian Tire or Princess Auto. Where in the GTA are you? I'll probably be up in Scarborough sometime in May. By the way, just for fun, check the polarity on the coil and make sure you don't have it swapped.
  6. You can also use an HEI to replace the stock box.
  7. Cool, glad to hear that.
  8. They can be cleaned out. Contact Dave Irwin or me about it if you need someone to do it for you.
  9. My first thought is to contact Z Specialties and see how much they would charge you for a dash wiring harness.
  10. The green/white wire is usually associated with the parking light circuit. I can't really tell where under the dash you took the picture. However, from seeing the bullet connector, I would think it might be glove box lamp.
  11. If you have the PROPER voltage regulator, it should just plug into the wiring harness. Is your engine wiring harness intact, or is it hacked?
  12. Start here: Hazard Switch ? Brake Light ? Turn Signal Circuit Analysis | Fiddling With Z Cars It's for a 72, but the 73 is essentially the same.
  13. This should work for a 71: Hazard Switch ? Brake Light ? Turn Signal Circuit Analysis | Fiddling With Z Cars
  14. SteveJ replied to zcool1's topic in Help Me !!
    Highly unlikely since the OP got his car to crank by going around the seatbelt interlock relay. The seatbelt interlock relay is notorious to anybody who owned a 1974 anything. My dad disabled it in the 74 Impala he owned. Most people just jumper the seatbelt switches. After careful study, I felt it was best to attack it at the emergency bypass since that will also give the most direct path between the ignition switch and solenoid. Others have commented that the solenoid in their 260Zs weren't getting enough voltage. My SWAG is that they just jumpered the seatbelt switches and were still relying upon the interlock relay and therefore have another set of contacts in the circuit.
  15. With the car running, I would expect it to be a little on the positive side At what RPM? Look a the FSM. It has your answers in a chart. Been there. Done that.
  16. SteveJ replied to zcool1's topic in Help Me !!
    Yes, search some more. I have posted several times on this board about the operation of the electric fuel pump. Also, the car should at least start with just the mechanical fuel pump. More importantly, please search about waking up a car that has been sitting for a while.
  17. Yeah, I've seen a 240Z from Chicago. The frame rails weren't pretty. I suspect that the frame rails on this one will have more rust than the rockers, too.
  18. I stand corrected.
  19. Neither are factory options. A sunroof invites leaks. A vinyl top invites rust as water is trapped against the body.
  20. SteveJ replied to zcool1's topic in Help Me !!
    Gas cap: Motorsport! Gas Cap, 70-76 240Z-260Z-280Z - The Z Store! Nissan-Datsun 240Z-260Z-280Z-280ZX-300ZX(Z31/Z32)-350Z-370Z Parts Black Dragon Automotive - Parts & Accessories for Datsun 240Z, 260Z, 280Z, 280ZX & Mazda RX7 240Z gas cap | eBay Search the site for threads on waking up a car that has been sitting for a long time, too.
  21. SteveJ replied to jcb's topic in Help Me !!
    See, that wasn't so painful. The interesting thing is that most of the bullet connectors are wired so that the male end is ground and the female end is hot, so you don't accidentally ground the hot wire. Exceptions that I can think of are the brake light switch and the transmission neutral switch. This is actually a good cautionary tale.
  22. SteveJ replied to jcb's topic in Help Me !!
    Oh come on. That's part of the sharing process. Heck, I once burned up a wiring harness when I forgot to secure a battery properly. Most of us have done something bone-headed to our cars. It's more of an issue of whether or not it came back to bite us.
  23. Brad, This page should have some answers for you, too. Datsun L-series cylinder head timeline
  24. The 280Z car's wiring can be modified to utilize an internally regulated alternator. It is well-documented in Blue's tech tips. You have to know what you're dealing with first, though.
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