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  1. Bumping this just because I am also looking for the same answer, instead of posting a new thread...
  2. Looking for a driver door window for a '72 240, I will be paying for shipping to Northern Colorado unless it is a local-ish pickup.
  3. Like the title says, want to buy an E12-80 complete, ready to drop into car. I live in Northern Colorado, and am more than willing to pay for you to ship it. Looking for a used one with no shaft play in the $50-$60 range, I may be willing to look at rebuilt ones also.
  4. Did not bypass the resistor, set it up right. I've heard stories of coils catching fire, not fun.
  5. Decided to run new wires to the distributor, cutting out the extra "run" and "start" wires. Started right up and kept going strong. Drove around for most of the day today, no problems yet. Have an E12-80 and a new Autometer tach on the way, decided enough was enough with points... Zuum - hopefully fuel issues don't pop up, but I think I have fixed the problem, thanks for the heads up though
  6. I haven't posted on here much, but I've been driving my '72 240Z for almost 3 years now. Until recently she didn't have any mechanical woes besides a point replacement or valve adjustment here or there. And then... I was cleaning up the engine bay, getting the last bits of crud and accumulated gunk from 40+ years, and all around just getting her looking nice (wash, wax, polish). When I went to start the car up...nothing. Turned over, but wasn't getting a spark at all. A friend and I tried to figure out what went wrong, traced back through the wiring harness to see if there was any damage or a wire that was pulled loose. The only way we could get the car to fire was to bypass the resistor. Since it was an old coil/resistor I decided to pick up a new MSD Blaster II and matching resistor and throw it in. I was still getting full voltage from my wires so I wired up the new resistor and coil and the car started right up. About 20 seconds into it's idle it started lagging, and eventually died. The wiring on the original distributor has two black and white wires and a green and white wire, black and white coming from the "start" position and green and white coming from the "run" position from what I remember from looking at a wiring diagram. After it died again, I just wired up a 12v wire to one side of the resistor and the other side of the resistor to the coil with the included jumper from the MSD resistor. Had the same problems, started up GREAT, idled well for 15-20 seconds, then slowly died. I have asked a few knowledgeable people here and there, most have said that something is getting too hot in the wiring/distributor, causing things to overheat and go down. A few other people have said that the fuel pump/lines are the root of all this evil. I know very little on the fuel pump for these cars, so it could be something along those lines that I have completely missed, but it was running so perfectly for so long right before I decided to clean up the engine bay, which makes me think that the fuel system is not the issue at hand. I consider myself a weekend mechanic who is terrible at troubleshooting, so I'm looking to you guys for some help/hinters or just some ideas that I have blanked on, any help is greatly appreciated! Car set-up: L24 w/ E88 head Mild cam (unknown duration, etc) Weber 40DCOE's 6 into 2 headers Monza exhaust MSD Blaster II coil w/ resistor Aside from some Tokico springs, some body mods, and what is listed above everything is stock. This car is too much fun to let it sit! Please help!
  7. Well I finally have electronic ignition in my 521 so now I'm looking to throw an E12-80 into my 240Z. All the pull a parts in northern Colorado that I've contacted haven't been able to come up with one so I figure I'd check if anyone happens to have one here. Also, if there's a local place where you could pick one out of a vehicle please let me know. If you know what to look for I can pay for your time finding one!
  8. Update: Here she is in her present condition: And a shot of the left side: Right side (not as interesting, I know): From the top looking down, left side: And lastly, the interior (Not as clean as it has been, but not as dirty either):
  9. Sweet ride, especially like the grey, very understated. Any other plans for her?
  10. Strotter: not any more rust than I've seen on any other Z that's used as a daily-ish driver. I know I got extremely lucky but overall the car is in amazing condition. No major rust in the wheel wells, no rust on any of the panels, floorboards are absolutely flawless, overall a really nice car (even underneath the battery was flawless). The only problem that I've seen occur to other Z's in the area (a '75 260 and '76 280) is that the "rocks" they use to add traction in winter can wear out the underbody of a car very quickly, which leads to rust spots, especially in the rear of the wheel wells. Nearly every car in Steamboat also had a cracked windshield from rocks being thrown up and I'm thankful it never happened to me. On the plus side I haven't seen much salt used to melt off the roads unlike my home state of New York. I absolutely abhor salt and have seen way too many Z's go the way of the DohDoh (or however you spell it) in the North East. I was in the process of cleaning the engine bay when I decided to head home for the summer to renovate a house so I had to put the car in storage. I'll be taking many more pictures to try and have you guys help me identify parts, and I'm sure many people don't believe the Weber claim until they see them. All in good time (2 weeks about). e_racer - Thanks!
  11. This is one of my first posts on this forum so I figured I'd start it off with pictures. Sorry for them all being of the right side, it's all I have on my computer at the moment. Trust me, the left side looks just as nice...All of these were shot in Steamboat Springs, Colorado where I have been living the past 2 years and where I also bought the car. How it got up there I have no idea, but I've since moved so don't worry about any winter driving! Specs 1972 240Z with 86,580 miles Triple Weber Side Drafts with K&N Filters 3 into 2 headers (Unknown) Targa Exhaust Camshaft and Lifters (Unknown, grrr) Tokico Springs (lowers car >1") Rear Sway Bar Front Skirt (Urethane) And of course the Whale Tail This is my first car, took me 3 years but I finally bought one I bought this car last year in late September/Early October with 83,550 miles for $3,250.00. It came with all of the original parts plus the huge list of performance everything, though little was known about the car and much of the performance parts are still unknown/un-named until I can look into them further. So far I've spent less than $200.00 in getting it tuned up and looking nice. I have loved early Z's since I first laid eyes on them (12 years old looking in Want Ad Digests) so when this came in the local paper in Steamboat Springs listed as "1972 240Z, looks clean, drives nice, make offer" I had to check it out. As it turns out it was a lot more than a clean, nice driver...
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