COZY Z COLE

You got to love this........In the 72 that I'm restoring, I've just pulled the center consle and I'm ready to pull the dash, so I looked at my wiring at the fuse box.... Damn. One in- line fuse with red/blue in and out is just hanging with one end not connected.I'm guessing that's the ACC relay to heat glass sw.One of th in-line fuse blue in and out is connected to a swich at the manual choke at one end and nothing on the other. A wiring harness with 4 connectors ends at the fuse box. One of the connectors has the green and the black/white in but isn't connected to anything. Amazingly the car starts and I had driven it around the area last week!!!! My suggestion is to run a new dedicated wire to the fuel pump and fuse it right. I'm thinking that most of us have wiring that is completely different then any of the many wiring diagrams and pictures I've seen...... LARRY

Damn... finally found the right wiring dia. in my old Haynes owners workshop manual. The fuel pump is in the upper right and the green wire goes to a 20 amp fuse and then connects to the black/white wire that goes to the 20 amp ign. fuse in the fuse box. That b/w wire comes from the ign. sw. That dedicated 20 amp fuse on the green wire could be the problem. BTW I don't mind doing this because I'm restoring my 72 240Z now and you can never have too much info on these "old babies"...... LARRY

These are the wires to the regulator.... Black white- goes to the 20 amp. ign. fuse in the fuse box. Black - goes to the alt. White - goes to a fuseable link to the starter. White black- goes to the alt. Yellow - goes to the alt. LARRY

Read the start of this tech tip..... http://www.atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/distributor/index.html LARRY

See if this helps.... This site has DATSUN/NISSAN microfiche sets. Make sure you read the how to use the microfiche link first. http://carfiche.com/fiche/ LARRY

http://www.stewartcomponents.com/tech_tips/Tech_Tips_2.htm LARRY

Go to photo album, click on video. click upload photo's, click the browse button and go to where you have the video saved on your hd and upload it. It's just like uploading a picture. LARRY

Well.... It's so refreshing not to see 2 new guys getting spanked that I think I'll go get into my car and look for some "spanking material" on the street!!!! BTW Welcome guys. LARRY

http://www.atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/steering/steeringcoupler/index.html http://www.atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/moustache/index.html LARRY

http://240z.jeromio.com/newwheels.html LARRY

If this has been posted before I didn't see it..... I can relate to some of these!!! http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1080/youmightbearacerif.html L;ARRY

http://autocolorlibrary.com/acl_files/datsun.html LARRY

Did you remove the bolts that attach the shock absorber to the body that are under the rear carpet and padding? The shock absorber and rear bumper will come off together as one piece. LARRY

okiez.... Info looks good and here's a few thoughts. 1. Have a boost guage and fuel pressure guage viewable by the driver. 2. Adj. fuel pressure unit in the engine compartment. 3. MSD BTM unit. 4. Forged steel cranshaft and blower pistons. 5. The heat generated will amaze you so get an aluminum radiator and a TAURUS 2 speed fan. 6. Dyno tune it. These things certainly benifited my set-up. Post them pics. LARRY

DAMN...... This is like having something happen to a member of your family......The Pain....... LARRY

There's "one born every minute " and I'm glad you're not one of them. LARRY

Okiez, I also welcome you. Let's see some pictures and details because I'm sure people are getting tired of just my blower info which I'm never too shy to do...... LARRY

Well for me that is " some sneak preview ", all I got was a blank page..... maybe it's just my machine. LARRY

Another thought is to retighten the exhaust manifold. LARRY

Great looking car and my 80 280ZX was my first Z. LARRY

Well........ Item 4 in my above post is the throttle chamber which is located between the air flow meter and the intake manifold and it is equipped with a valve. This valve controls the intake air flow in response to accelerator pedal movement. This valve remains closed during engine idling and the air required for idling passes through the by-pass port into the intake manifold. Idle adjustment is made by the idle adjusting screw located in the by-pass port on the throttle chamber. LARRY

If they are true or not I still laughed at them...... LARRY

I don't know if this helps but I took a picture of the air flow in the intake manifold from my 1980 280ZX FSM and it shows the idle adj. screw placement on the intake manifold. LARRY