Hailstorm

I am having a ton of trouble figuring out which wires go where on my 1970 240z combination switch. Does anyone have a guide or some picture that is labeled that can tell me which wires go where from my combination switches. I have wired it up and gotten headlights once, but my cousin did the wiring and has since lost its connection and now nothing works... What I need to know: how to wire up my summit wiring harness into this combination switch, it's driving me crazy. The colors are different on my switch, and I understand how the switch works but I cannot figure out what connections are different between the first (parking lights) setting and the second position (headlights) of the headlight switch. any help would be greatly appreciated. Also what I think may help is if someone has a digital copy of the painless 240z harness manual.

Alright, the switch to a 1 wire is fairly easy right? Because they are so much better than wiring the other crap.

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I'm working on rewiring the 71 240z and am just trying to get everything labeled, there is a KEM ign box with wires coming out of it and I cannot figure out if I even need this anymore, and if I do, where do these wires go? L28, going to have a 4 bbl Holley, and am using the 18 circuit painless harness. Thanks in advance!

I see now. Well I don't see it being a problem. The car will be rarely driven and I will have all the stock stuff around just in case.

I do not care about the performance difference. Just less clutter in the engine bay. There are no smog laws the car is a 71. If you are just talking emissions only, who cares.

I don't have any smog? Unless that was a joke I get it haha. So in theory it should not change the way it will run correct?

I have a 240z that I am converting to 4bbl. For ease of tuning (V8s all my life), and it is on the cheaper side than Webers or some custom setup. I believe they used air injection, at least I think thats what it is, on the older 240s, for the SUs, would it do any harm to remove them from the exhaust manifold and weld them up?

actually thats good to know because I'm looking at getting this done For me at this point, it's either make up a new dash out of Fiberglass, get a whole dash cover(cheapest and easiest) or get it upholstered (best looking imo,but most expensive ) Anyone have any price estimates on what something like getting it covered in material will cost? I can call, but of course I'm too lazy

So a new coil would be the fix right? I'm not familiar with ballast resistors, so clue me in.

alright, I'll try that. But the whole thing needs to be rewired anyways, so I'll just get a new one for it. Any other suggestions?

This could be a unique problem, not sure tho so here's the issue: one day it stopped working like it should, one day it was working fine, we removed the air conditioning unit, and the next it refuses to hold idle. What happens is when you turn the key, the engine runs and revs fine, but when you let go of the key, it dies instantly. So obviously starter is fine, and we think the carbs are fine too, but we can't figure out for the life of us what is wrong. The air filter is off fyi. Vacuum advance is disconnected. Compression is real good so this is quite confusing for me and my cousin. We were considering doing a four-barrel conversion but we're not sure how much that is going to help our situation. please help!!!!!

Keep the suggestions coming in! BRAAP: oh my, that first pic you put of suede/leather covered is amazing. Is there a thread somewhere that I can find how to make stuff like that?

Alright, here's the story, when I get my father's 240z Eventually, I want to have an entire plan as to what I'm going to do with it. I have some really radical plans, and I really really want to make this car live like the day it was born. I need ideas for the dash. The current one I tried to fix with the alternate dash repair method but it ended up cracking and stuff. I still have the original dash in there, so I need some ideas. I've got a few ideas, and I'm willing to learn or get other people to fiberglass/weld etc... If you voted on something, let me know why you did, and your thoughts on the project....

yeah mine ended up cracking, but I probably didn't do it all that well... I'm just going to give in and get a full dash cover, they look great and you can barely tell that they're there... plus it's not that much more expensive than all the products you have to use to do this with... Oh and what I found to work much better than mixing the two products together for the bumper repair stuff, get a two piece epoxy product, it's immensely cheaper and works the same if not better because it's easier to sand down.

too bad it ended up being true lol...

Hey there, I'm installing a new gas tank in my '70 240, and I'm wondering if anyone has pictures or diagrams of the hookups/straps for the tank. The different diameters of hosing are throwing me off... and I have to build custom straps to install the tank. Any help at all will be greatly appreciated

as long as its an ongoing transaction, perhaps it isnt too late? I dont know Ive never had to do something like that. Only thing is, I hope no poor soul ever wanders upon shophyperformance.com... ever!

I tried this method, and don't buy the plasticized bumper repair stuff, it's really expensive, and doesn't have much per bottle... Instead buy a tube of caulking stuff. I can't remember mine, but it was a two part system that I could just squeeze on into the cracks, and there's so much I don't even think I would need to use great stuff in the first place... Itll squeeze into little holes like no other... anyways, I wasn't too impressed with the quality I got out of mine, but that's because I got impatient and installed it without fully sanding down all of the caulking... stupid me So now it doesn't look great, but in my honest opinion, the texture stuff doesn't work all that well to match the original and it's far better to get a dash cover or a different dash installed in there... If I really wanted to preserve the original dash, then I can't say I wouldnt have done it in greater detail but I'm stuck with what I have now... Quick OT question: does anyone here have trouble reinstalling the speedometer cable? Mine seems stuck for rotating on... the socket thing on the outside doesn't rotate much without dragging the cable with it... let me know if you have any solutions

wow that looks amazing, would you be willing to make one of those without the roll cagec utouts?

wow that retarded...

in case you're still looking, go to blackdragonauto.com and look through their catalog for weatherstripping. They offer a 17 piece set for everything around 200. or maybe it was 180. anyways, it's a pretty good deal for tha tmuch weatherstripping, and that includes EVERYTHING, including the windshield seam stripping, and what not... go take a look, that's where I'm getting mine, prp doesnt seem like a good deal to me, and its impossible to find anything on their site. thezstore charges FAR too much, so I tried to find the best deal for myself, let me know if you go with it, as I haven't bought mine yet.

meh, me no likey those angles. good price tho I think..

alright everyone, I finally got the seats ... DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY... I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH... They sent me the wrong seats. I file a complaint with the BBB of ontario canada about them.. Their real name is Dayal Corp. ANyways, I'm not going to bother sending them back, because the ones I got were the same colors, and are comfortable all the same... I fit them in the car, and mounted them. I had to use a cutoff wheel to remove the old mounts. That was a huge pain, but got it done nonetheless. ANyways, drilled the holes to mount them straight to the floor pan, and they're fine sitting there. Theres no chance they'll fall out of the bottom or bend the floor pan, it's spread out too much. So I have about a 6" head clearance. I'm 6'4", so that's a really nice thing to have. With the seats mounted straight to the floor, I also have the sliders installed. The only thing that sucks is that I have little or no room to use the seat recliner lever normally, it can be done to recline it, it's just a pain to reach. If anyone needs help installing seats like these, let me know or PM me and I"d be glad to help you out.

well I fixed my own problem, stupid me was missing the screw, so I found one that fit and just put it through the hole, holding the lock mechanism in place.