Everything posted by V8-240Z
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Re-tapping receiver plate inside door jamb
I don't think that JB Weld will work, but if that is the last option can you JB Weld in studs and once its set up use nuts on the studs.
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Anybody building headlight relay harness?
How about a new light in the right side? If its a old headlight it will tend to be not as bright as the new one.
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Anybody building headlight relay harness?
I down loaded it when it first came online and I have a working copy of it. Now when I down load it the file is a different size and won't open. E-mail me V8-240Z@juno.com and I will attach the working copy I have and send it back
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brake booster size for a '73
The early 240Z boosters had a smaller bolt pattern than the later ones. The small one is the booster from a 71. They say that you can re-drill the holes but the booster bolts in to and secures the basket that holds the pedals. The large one is a 280 booster Dave...
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Did some threads get erased?
This calls for a group HUG!!!!!!!
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Did some threads get erased?
This place is starting to look and feel like home again.
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Lets meet
I had a good time as did Connie and our son Cameron. Its nice to meet with the people that you only know as a screen name. Next time if all goes well with my Z I will bring it.
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A good 911 Call
Man vs Deer (Caution Adult Language) Right click and save as. http://63.230.165.175:8884/911/911_Call_Man_vs_Deer.mp3
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A good 911 Call
Not the Man vs Dear call. Right click and save as. http://63.230.165.175:8884/911/911Call.wmv
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Electric Fuel Pumps
Give this a shot, Does it look like what you have? http://63.230.165.175:8884/Files/Datsun/Fuel/Fuel-Filter/screen.jpg Here is another one http://63.230.165.175:8884/Files/Datsun/Fuel/Fuel Pump Fix.htm I have a couple of those pumps here and I can see no reason for it not to work. Dave
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Electric Fuel Pumps
What about the screeen that is inside the pump inlet port?
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Spindle lock bolt
The real fun begins when time comes to pull the spindle pins.
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Spindle lock bolt
Just use a punch and drive it up and out. With the nut broken off there nothing holding it any more. The retaining pin is put in from the top.
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Is this stupid or what?
Does the car appear to be not running? or have expired tags on it? Some cities require current tags even on cars parked on private property. Look up the trespassing laws for your state, you may find they trespassed. If the car in on your property post a simple No Trespassing sign and tell them to get off your property.
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Electrolytic Rust Removal
I just used a basic 12V charger that was rated at 10 amp. There will about 1 to 3 amps of charging current at the start and rising to about 4 or 5 amps. You could use a car battery and the charger to keep it charged. But put a head light in series between the battery and the electrode so a dead short will just make the light bright. The light will glow as this contraption is working I did mine a little different but still the same results. I used a garage sale stainless steel sink. http://67.42.8.86:8884/Files/Datsun/Rust/ After a a few days the sink gave up and I cut it up and used the plastic bucket with what was left of the sink for the + electrode
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rads
Fits with out re-drilling, but you will have to trim the steel mounting shell on the radiator so it will fit between the frame rails. And it does hang below the radiator core support
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240z cartoon
I have the video here, its a 12 meg D/L http://67.42.8.86:8884/Files/Datsun/Darius-Video/wangan.mpeg Or you can get it from here http://www.pape.ws/allan_and_rosanne/Z-Car_Stuff/Darius/Daruis-Video/wangan.mpeg "Right Click And Save As"
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All right, already... My Bad!
Years ago my sister was in Australia and you could not drive with the window open and your arm hanging out. She sent me pictures of this plastic thing that went into window opening that made it legal to drive with your arm hanging out. Is it still that way?
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All right, already... My Bad!
Is your strap built into the arm rest like our 280Z's or is the strap seperate like we have on the 70-73 240Z's?
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All right, already... My Bad!
Here in the US on our 240Z's 70-73 there is a strap to pull the door shut on the passenger side (right side in our cars) but the drivers side only has the arm rest. You could call it a assist grip but I thought it was a door pull. However my wife calls it a Jesus Christ bar because that is what she says just before she grabs it. I just looked it up in the factory service manual and its called "assist strap for assistant side only" I actually think that its there so they have something to grab on to when the car is moving.
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All right, already... My Bad!
My 71 has the threaded holes in the drivers door and knock outs in the door pannel for one. Does this mean that right hand drive cars have them on the left but not on the right? as ours have them on the right but not on the left?
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"z stuff" link?
I started the 800 meg collection years ago and still have it up and running at www.V8-240Z.com To get to the collection click on the morphing Z at the top and follow directions. There is new stuff being added all the time.
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Radiator Support Mounting Points
I put a 75 280Z radiator in my 71 240Z and it bolted in with out any modifications to the car. However the radiator will hang below your lower core support. The radiator mounting flange has the same bolt spacing as the 240 but it to be ground so it will fit between the 240z's frame rails. All in all the 280Z radiator will work but the bottom tank is a a vulnerable area. I cut a piece of 2in square tubing and bolted it to the bottom of the core support to protect the radiator. The lower radiator connection sticks straight out and is not curved up like the 71. The upper is the same.
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Blast Cabinet Question
I buy my plastic film in a roll from Tap Plastics. Its 5 mill thick and comes in a 2ft wide roll thats 50ft long. My viewing window is 2 ft wide and 1 foot high. I have most of the 50 foot roll left I will cut and mail a piece for your blaster as long as each piece is no bigger than 2ft X 1 Ft for $1.25 each piece shipping included. This film does not replace the viewing window it just covers the glass. A bead blaster is not going to be as hard on the film as a sand blaster.
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Blast Cabinet Question
Mine is the Trinco Master model 36 and I run it with a 5hp 2 stage Champion compressor. The H/F ones will do well with a couple minor changes. Get a PVC male pipe X PVC hub adapter where the hub fits the end of your shop vac hose. Then put the PVC adaper in your cabinet with a nut on the inside to hold it in place. Then you will have a leak proof connection. My Trinco just had a large hole to stick the suction hose into and it leaked bad. The next thing is the light. H/F uses a light bulb screwed into a socket inside the cabinet. Trinco uses a Fluorescence light on top of the cabinet that looks through a piece of plastic. You need to move the light outside the cabinet. My viewing glass is protected on the inside with a very thin sheet of plastic that comes by the roll. I have to change it after a couple of hours of use to see. I run it at 85 pounds and blast everything. The parts come out nice and ready for paint. The best paint I have found is Krylon. I think you will be happy with the H/F cabinet as long as you bought one big enough. If you using glass beads in the cabinet I found that H/F beads work well. If your using sand get it from Home Depot and buy pay box sand. I have never tried sand except in a small hand held blaster that looks like paint gun, and boy are they messy!