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THanks for the writeup and agree the headlights look great! I am wondering why you went through heavy modification when you could have just purchased the adapter wiring or am I missing something?

Oh, I think I figured it out. I do need a 3 wire bulb on the inner upper bulb to make the top two lights as brake lights. Per my first picture the 3rd wire on inner upper would be G which is shared with outer upper and outer lower, this is how early 240z's are. I need to snip top two G wires and run that to the brake output wire which I changed to GY on the picture which is Green / Yellow the color of brake switch output wire. Should look like this to make it work:

Hi All, I am close to finishing up my 72 240z and doing finishing touches, the last being JDM/Euro spec amber tail lights. Since the car is not going to use many functions going to the rear of the car I decided to wire it myself just for tail lights, rear side markers, and license plate light. The issue I am running into is how to wire a 72 or 73 4 pin 2.8mm spade connector tail light sub harness? A lot of the information online seems to be for early z cars with a 4 pin 6.3mm spade that has 3 wires on each of the upper bulbs. I know that I need to run an independent wire from the brake switch output wire that goes into the turn signal switch. The wire is Green / Yellow; all good there, but not sure how to modify the tail light sub harness. A post on ClassicZ by Arne: https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/32228-modify-us-240z-rear-turn-signal-wiring-jdm-style/ is helpful, but the first reply from OniZ mentions to make the lights work I need the early 240z 3 wire bulb socket on the inner upper bulb... Is that correct? Picture attached is my 72 240z sub harness and as you can see the inner upper bulb is 2 wires only. I know Green / White is running lights, but not sure if it's brake light too. Also, Green wire on the sub harness is Green / Red or Green / Black on the main harness which are the turn signals, but also not sure if they are brake lights also. Can anyone help? Do I need 3 wire upper inner bulb or can I make my current sub harness work? Looks like I need to snip G from upper right bulb so only 1 wire goes to turn signal for Amber which is bottom right, but not sure about anything else. Goal is to have running lights and brake lights for 2 upper bulbs and just turn signal light on bottom right.

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Thanks all for the input. Feel a lot more comfortable removing the doors now thank you, brian

Hi All, I drove my 432 inspired z for a few months, and now want to restore the car. Is it ok to remove the doors with the engine and transmission still inside the car? It’s an rb26 so a bit heavier than L series. I’ve heard someone mention body sag a long time back, but not sure. I want to send out doors and panels to my body guy while I have the car sand blasted

Thanks all for suggestion. I will go with cutting the potted rust and putting fresh metal. Plan on having this car for a long time. I’m in Datsun parts and needs. Thanks for the link, but it seems they don’t advertise the bottom side of slam panel which is pictured. The top I got from MSA

Hello All, fixing rust on my 72 240z and found a good amount of pitting under the rear slam lid after removing spot welds. There was a hole which my welder fixed (third picture) but not sure if I should fix whole pitted areas or just prep and Por-15 it.

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Yah I saw this video and the part 2. Still have many unanswered questions.

Hello All, I am ready to Order an RB26DETT, but am having a hold up on transmission. I have read the forums and searched, but most of my answers come in the form of pictures, but I am not able to see since the Photobucket account thing. The RB25DET is 5 speed is at $1,800. I know I can use a Z32 NA/ Turbo or a Z31 87-89 Turbo transmission for the swap, I just need the Rb26dett bellhousing. It seems from my research the Z32 will need the shifter bracket modified to line up with the shifter hole, I really would not like to cut to enlarge the hole. My question are: Will a Z31 turbo (87-89) 5 speed work with the CXracing or McKinney Motorsport transmission mount for the s30z? Will the transmission shifter line up correctly to the Z's shifter hole? Same questions for Z32, will mounts work? Where can I buy a modified bracket to fit Z's shifter hole? What about the Rb25det transmission? Will the shifter line up to the Z shifter hole? I just want to prevent from cutting trans tunnel. Lastly, Should I buy an R32 Rb26dett or an RB33 Rb26dett?? I know the 33 has a bit more torque and a few minor changes. The difference is $600 more for the R33 than the R32. Is worth dishing out the extra $600? Thank You, Brian

Ktm, how did your car turn out?

Thanks for your input guys. I am happy it isn't anything major. I will try to look for a shop, i'm sure I'll find one in Los Angeles. Bo, do you which shop you ultimately went to? I met you at a korean bbq z meeting.

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