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These videos are part of the reason I got my Z especially this second one, I mean how good does this thing sound!

lets try that again...

Got a little work done over the past few days on the interior which takes far longer to remove than one would think! (at least the way I am doing it...) Here's a couple progress shots. After this I will probably end up stripping out the whole car and prepping it for a coat of soundproofing. Also i took some rust off the the seat belt and put some paint on there... I will be dying the belts black since they are grayish and faded, should give an all around cleaner look.

Thanks for the response! Rear end noise is regardless of windows open or closed and is a whirring and the noise I am talking about when clutch is engaged is a clunk actually putting it into gear not while already in gear, does not happen when running or idling in neutral or with clutch pushed in but in gear. I think this could be a combination of worn diff and worn clutch. It is 43 and has lived a hard life.The noise over bumps sounds like the diff is hitting something I would say the bushings being worn are a safe bet. And yes a bit of jerking when clutch is engaged going through the gears. The joint between the driveshaft and the differential is where I think the noise is coming from when the engine is shut off, but the car is off to the shop and I will know what the problem(s) are soon and I will update the thread.

Symptoms- lots of noise even more loud noises when i go over bumps on throttle loss of traction when I go over bumps (more than it should) not smooth up shifts when banging through gears( again, more than it should) sound from rear end when clutch is engaged and yesterday- doesn't want to go into gear and clutch lost basically all weight. The car is off to the shop today and we will see what they have to say, hopefully wont cost me too much. Anyone have ideas what's goin' on here?

Got some work in since the last post on removing the interior (taking far longer than I thought) and Also having some problems with the car. Since I got it I had had problems with something in the rear end making alot of noise, my first guess was the differential going bad but now I am not so sure. Symptoms- lots of noise even more loud noises when i go over bumps on throttle loss of traction when I go over bumps (more than it should) not smooth up shifts when banging through gears sound from rear end when clutch is engaged and yesterday- doesn't want to go into gear and clutch looses basically all weight. The car is off to the shop today and we will see what they have to say, hopefully wont cost me too much. Anyone have ideas what's goin' on here?

Does anyone know where a good place to buy a corbeau fx1 seat in San Diego? Would love to not have to pay for shipping and wait for it.Thanks!

So today i went to do some work on my car and remove the passenger seat, but as these things go while i was in there i tore out a bunch of the crappy 40 year old sound deadening and began sanding some of the crappy paint. If anyone else is planning on taking out their seats in a 240z just know that the fronts are easy but the rear two bolts to get them out area bit tricky.After trying to squeeze a socket wrench into the space between the floor in the bolt for much too long i figured out the best way to do it is to get a regular or ratchet wrench if you have the mangle it up from the floor (12mm). So here's a shot right after i took out the seat and suprise, suprise there's rust.With a little sanding on one section i got down to metal fairly quickly and hopefully the rest will be the same. Also here's some of the crap i tore out...it's everywhere! The reason for the passenger seat coming out is i am getting a corbeau fx1 seat in a couple weeks and the passenger seat in caved in on the bottom so the driver will be moved to the passenger then the new seat to the driver.But before then i'd like to do a little work on the interior and drive it with just one seat till then, because racecar. and the drivers... Working on the car is always a team effort of course. So how do i get this layer off?(the cracked layer in the photo) What even is this stuff? I want to take it off and put a layer of paint down and possibly dynomat it. Any opinions on the stuff? I had some rattle cans that say they are weatherproof around but would it be worth getting something better to put in here?

Thanks Badler that was a good link and ill definetly do the rubber washers when i go to reinstall.

http://www.kamikazeracing.org/dl/ZTech/Rebuild_240Z_combo_switch.pdf found this on the web, its a step by step with pictures that shows where the problem likely is and how to fix it

The fit at best is never perfect and I just prefer the look and feel to a restored dash.It is certainly better than having one all cracked up but I think that just a normal a Dash looks a little nicer. And nelsonian, I will keep that in mind.

Hi there I recently put a full dash cap on and decided I'd rather have a restored dash instead. Is there anyone that would want to trade their dash (I don't care if it's cracked) plus cash? I am located in San Diego but could go for a drive possibly to meet halfway

And man building that engine would be expensive! So would an rb no doubt but still...

Yes wangan midnight! I pretty much fell in love because of that movie. Horrible English translation and acting but the cars were just awesome and his garage....too cool.it does have some rust but nothing too bad ,definitely a good base for a build.so I want to do body and paint but I'm fairly sure it will stay blue.the guys who had the car before me did the paint and it looks shiny bu they really did a hack job with overspray on the gas tank, muffler, weatherstripping and just about everywhere else.i assume done on the cheap to bump up the price.it was however originally that teal blue then red then blue again.the shot with the rear shows all the colors . the thought of triples with a turbo is amazing but I'm head over heels for the rb series.

Last week i cracked my radiator and immiadtely went out nd bought a Champion radiator from thezstore" and once i had it installed it made the area in front of it look horrible from dirt, overspray , and a touch of rust so i gave it a good sanding and put on a coat of paint then truck bedliner and that made it look much nicer against the shiny new radiator. However today when driving home i cracked the brand new radiator (small spray coming from near bottom on engine side). Is this just coincidence it happened twice or is there something else happening here? hopefully i will be able to get a replacement and not have to pay for a new one again and would be nice to know if there is somethign else wrong so i dont ruin another good radiator! opinions and tips are appreciated

Here's a couple shots from today

well , school first job (with real $$) will come later.So for now just doin what i can , when i can and enjoying my Z!

I picked up my 240 about a year ago and since then have been slowly fixing and modding the far to what I eventually want the car to be.For now I have things done such as head work, headers into 2.5 inch all the way back ,rebuilt carbs, headlight covers, dash cover ,and other small things. I am in college so I don't have a ton of funds to send on the car but enough to make changes and mods frequent enough to keep it interesting. Build plans include a rb25 swap, weld in coil overs, full paint and body work,zg flares, big meaty tires, big brakes,wheels and bucket seats with a cage. It is a street car but I plan to autox it and keep,using it for mountain runs. Pictures will be up soon...just a quick shot of how the car stands right now