73 240Z last one for me

[earlyvws]

So I started this car May of 2018, and was working on it till June 2019. I have since then moved from CA to TX. I'm now ready to get back to finishing this Z. I'm in the middle of wiring this cal and have run into a problem with the turn signals. I have every wire counted for except 2 wires coming from the dash harness. One is black and has a male spade and the other is a red (18 gauge I think) with a female connector. The red is a constant 12V and seems to power several fuses on the fuse block. The black does not seem to be a ground wire but it tones out to another black wire on the drivers side and that wire is also black with a female bullet connector. I have eliminated a few of the original items and I have checked a few different wiring diagrams but I cannot figure out where these go. As far as the turn signal switch is concerned I have headlights, tail lights, hazards, but no turn. If u look at the assembly it is 2 halves and the side with the headlight switch has power and none of the wires on the turn signal side has power. I can't help but think the red wire needs to power the turn signal side some how but there is no where to connect it.

 

In these pics I am showing the original harness as I took it out. Then installed after I did a few mods to it and rewrapped it.

IMG_4067 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

In this photo the black alligator clip is attached to the red wire Im asking about

IMG_0974 2 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

In this photo the black alligator clip is attached to the unknown black wire and it seems to me connected or is the same wire as the red alligator clip. 

IMG_0976 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Please HELP. I need to know where these go. I should mention that despite my modifications all wires are still factory and in most cases I left everything I did not use just taped away so I can not get confused.

 

Edited April 26, 2020 by earlyvws

[earlyvws]

Here is a few pics to get u interested

 

Day 1

IMG_3024 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Chemical paint strip before going to blasting

IMG_3126 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Powdercoat Primer

IMG_3475 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Paint

IMG_3714 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Bottom

IMG_3696 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Lizard skin sound deadner

IMG_3710 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

[mrbigtanker]

Some one learned how to use Flickr. Nice.  Is it done yet.

[mrbigtanker]

Ask datsun mike to move this project section. more traffic for help.

[datzenmike]

Say the word.....

[grannyknot]

@earlyvws, nice work on the Z! Powder coat primmer?  I'm going have to check that out, the red and black wires up on the steering column, I'm pretty sure those are there for the ignition key buzzer, I believe the wires were installed in the wire harness even before the  key/ignition switch had the key sensor.  Usually they were disconnected decades ago to silence the buzzer.

If there is no power on the signal side then you need to trace those red wires back and find the break in the line or blown fuse or maybe blown signal flasher.  The original signal flasher was a mechanical unit so you would want to replace that anyway with a modern electronic flasher.

[earlyvws]

No Ray not done yet. Yes lets move this to projects! 

 

Thanks granny knot. I actually finally figured everything out. I don't have the OG ignition anymore so I did not have anything to look at. I finally found the FSM. Not sure why I did not have it before. Im using the DZ push button start. And for some reason it is not sending out any 12V on the green/ white wire and Black/ white wire. I figured out a work around and now my turn signals work.

 

Edited April 27, 2020 by earlyvws

[earlyvws]

The only rust on this thing. Typical spots. I made the floor section and the battery section.

 

IMG_3124 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

IMG_3131 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

IMG_3121 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

IMG_3122 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

[earlyvws]

Here is a few more shots of progress stuff

 

Every part of the body is powder primer, /hood/ door/ hatch/ fenders

IMG_3478 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Re-zinc most of the OG hardware

IMG_3736 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_3736 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_3742 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

L28 with a 5 speed

IMG_4167 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4166 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Valve cover is powder coated first black, then blue flake metallic then powder clear

IMG_4125 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4128 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

Edited April 27, 2020 by earlyvws

[earlyvws]

A few things I made to save money

 

Made a cv axle kit using German Porsche cv's and chromoly axles 

IMG_3910 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_3911 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4203 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4202 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Made my disc brakes front and rear wildwood calipers all around

IMG_4168 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4169 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4170 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Im using a vintage air gen Iv A/C so I made a solid aluminum face plate to hold a double din radio A/C controls and kept the OG light and center vent

IMG_4024 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Re used some speed hut gauges from another project I sold. These are a little small but was good because I was able to machine parts to hold gauges in the original pods

56922683137__4DB05CD8-1FA8-4BF8-A669-841F8CA367A5 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Since I had an extra hole I used the side emblem with a back light

IMG_4009 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4008 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Got a new dash pad from Hung and Ivan

IMG_4113 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_0971 2 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

[earlyvws]

Some random pieces I bought

IMG_4138 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4141 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_0955 2 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_0954 2 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_0952 2 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4204 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Made a battery tray. Ive decide the engine bay isn't going to be super organized because I do not want to have anything in the interior.

IMG_0950 2 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

[earlyvws]

And finally some assembled photos

 

IMG_3719 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_3784 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4205 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4210 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4212 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4278 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4282 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

And finally the actual wheels I'm running. SSR Dori Dori 

 

IMG_4478 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

IMG_4474 by Joe Hill, on Flickr

 

Maybe the only Z with these wheels? Anyone know if there is anyone else with them?

 

So you are caught up. I didn't take a lot of photos. I was building this Z a 510 for a buddy that has all the same amount of work as this z. I used the exact same process for his car. and packing all my shit to move to Texas. So I will start taking new photos and update progress.

 

Right now I think I finally have all the body electrical working. Cant test the micro squirt, EDIS yet. 

[earlyvws]

The tires in the last photo were what came on the wheels when I bought them. They were a little small. I have since put new larger tires on. 

[Mattndew76]

 

 

Edited April 27, 2020 by Mattndew76

[mrbigtanker]

3 hours ago, Mattndew76 said:

 

 

I already informed him on Johns build. that is a crazy build.

[earlyvws]

Wow that throttle piece is nice. I almost had to make one. Things weren't working out with the OG one at first. Then I made a bracket that made it work. Whats the other end look like?

[grannyknot]

Damn! that's some show quality work you've done there. Are you a pro or just doing it for fun? Love the valve cover.

[Mattndew76]

13 hours ago, earlyvws said:

Wow that throttle piece is nice. I almost had to make one. Things weren't working out with the OG one at first. Then I made a bracket that made it work. Whats the other end look like?

 

It has a UHMW wear ring pressed into the bottom. So its not metal on paint. It also has 8MM bronze oil bushings pressed in so it will self lube for a 100 years.

 

[lbpd716]

I'm planning on starting my 71 soon.  Did you do the plating yourself or might I ask how or where I can send my stuff to get results like that?  Looks great!

[yenpit]

Here in Colorado, we have Denver Metal Finishing.  In Michigan, we had Allegan Metal Finishing.  Google locally "metal finishing or plating", but I have heard that CA does not offer this kind of plating cuz of EPA.............??  I have seen home brew yellow zinc & prefer the professional outcome 🙂 Biggest problem is that they literally toss ALL of the hardware & parts into the plating tanks, so YOU need to know where everything goes once plated.  If you have spare hardware from other Datsun projects or parts cars, do it ALL!  We have boxes done & always have extra hardware to use later!  If you are gonna do it, you must use a LESS aggressive media like glassbead......NOT an aggressive media like aluminum oxide etc!  

 

Wow earlyvws, your project is killer!

 

On 8/2/2020 at 10:25 PM, lbpd716 said:

I'm planning on starting my 71 soon.  Did you do the plating yourself or might I ask how or where I can send my stuff to get results like that?  Looks great!

 

[banzai510(hainz)]

Somebody has some money

Is that a karman Gia convert lined up on that one photo?