Bambikiller240

I have also used the Pertronix Ignitor installed in a Nissan OEM Rebuilt stock 240Z distributor ($130 from Courtesy Nissan) with zero problems. Like Chino 240Z says, "Set it and forget it!"

If you use water to clean the inside of any metal lines, use compressed air afterwards to help dry the inside. I used solvent, then compressed air, and then left the lines out in the sun on a 90 degree day to ensure the inside was clean and dry. From that point on I used rubber plugs to keep dirt and moisture out of the lines while I painted and re-installed them.

The shifter boot looks very weird. The shape is quite funky, and the height of the shifter seems too high IMO.

You can still send email to governor@governor.ca.gov The address doesn't appear as a "clickable" link becasue the thread is not in a regular forum. Just use "governor "at" governor.ca.gov" (use the @ symbol and no spaces) and reference "AB 2683, Air Polution"

Connections will likely be different, but you should be able to swap connectors or rewire to work in your 240Z. There are a few people in the US that take 280Z "Quartz" clock mechanisms and install them in 240Z clock housings, retaining the 240Z faceplate and connectors. They work great.

neither link works EDIT: Finally found the threads, Lachlan has already posted corect links by the time I got back here. Rest in Peace, William

I found it on a Corvette forum about a year ago. I collect and save lots of small (and hopefully funny) images for use as avatars.

Sold for $5305.00 Price didn't end up so low after all.

Ben: If you want to see what was offered in the Datsun Competition Parts catalog for USA, just remind me next time we get together. I have a 1979/80 copy with a price list that you can look at.

It was common here in SF Bay area when I was growing up. No one (well very few) seem to bother "warning a brother" any more.

There is a whole long list of file extensions that "should be allowed" (are listed as valid extensions). The only problem is that they cannot be uploaded. Try them. Maybe Mike has not specifically "enabled" their use? I've tried to upload .bmp, .pdf, and .doc files with ZERO success. You can convert file types with MS- Paint.

See attached picture of one of my spare suspension hubs. It is marked "B" for the middle length Distance piece. You might need to apply solvent and a wire brush to the hub to clean the surface in order to see the stamped mark. Thanks to panchovisa for guiding me to the mark.

You will defintiely encounter problems with the latching mechanisms. Interior panels and arm rests will be different as well Do a search on the site and you will find lots of info on when the latching sytem changed. IIRC, Basically it is 240 - early (75) 280Z doors will interchange

Geez, customer service seems to have gone completely down the toilet since Chloe disappeared. It's a shame to see all of her hard work to build a loyal customer base get destroyed.

Absolutely, 100% NOT true! The evaporation tank and venting was installed on ALL but the very earliest of the 1970 model 240Z's. I have owned an early 71 model 240Z's (mfg'd in 1/71) through 1973 model 240Z's (mfg'd 3-73) and ALL of them have had evaporation tanks. There were two different versions of the evap tank, both located in the same place. The early version of the tank was plastic, and was replaced by a metal tank. The switch in tank styles occured sometime in late 70 or early 71 from what I am told. My 3 240Z's (71,72, and 73) have all had the metal tank Here's a picture of the early tank, I don't have a pic of the metal tank in my files yet.

I think our member "Kats" has pictures of the jack and tools. Either in his gallery or on his website. Someone else had pics of the doors, but I don't remember who. As for seam sealer, my Z's 71-73 had a white caulking applied to seams, but it was not silicone. I don't know how to describe it other than it was of a hard texture, not soft like silicone.

At least "some" of the brackets are for the jack and lug wrench kit that came with the car (if tha Aussie model follows like the USA model). Also, on the verticle surface there are tool storage bins doors mounted in the USA model 240Z's

Your fuel system looks just like Mark Brandyberrys (one of the first 500 Z's to reach USA, mfg'd in 1969). As far as baffles, the USA model 240Z tanks that I've observed only have the support ribs about 2" tall along the bottom of the tank. I would think that they would only "help" a little bit in minimizing sloshing. Other than that, the tanks have been wide open (no baffles to speak of). When our tanks are full, the fuel level is already pretty far up in the fuel filler tube and some of the vent hoses have a lot of liquid fuel in them as well.

I was only saying that i didn't want to start one.

NOT meaning to Argue....... just mentioning....... I have seen others in Australia post about gas spilling as they accelerate. Also, in the USA models when you take a left turn really hard with a full tank, gas sloshes out of the filler cap (yes, that high up) so I would think that you guys might have a similar problem? As for Nissan, well; a lot of companies ignore problems (especially environmental, and expensive to resolve problems) until forced to adddress them by governments. My experience is with 1971 through 1973 US 240Z's and they all have the expansion tank. As I understand it only the "very earliest" (like maybe the first 500 to 1000 Z's imported here did not have the expansion tank and multiple vent hoses.

It would have been nice if our fuel systems could have been made much more simple, though I'm not sure I want gasoline spilling on the ground. IIRC, someone mentioned a while back that the expansion tank and other vents didn't appear in Australia until 260Z's arrived.

Can't compare Aussie market cars to USA market cars in this area. Completely different emissions requirements were in place when the cars were built. There are multiple vent hoses on our USA market cars. 2nd pic is of Mark Brandyberry's very early 70 240Z (HLS30-00215 maybe?) Only the very earliest 1969-1970 production 240Z's arriving in the US had this arrangement.

It could be something broken, or it could also be that the mechanism is all gummed up with lint and grease. Only way to tell is to take the plastic covers off the steering collumn and observe the mechanism as the lever is operated.

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