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The original wiring loom for the Z was an utter dogs breakfast: Dirty, extra wires, soldered joints, cut wires, crimped joiners, broken plugs, broken & burnt(!) pins and... SCOTCH LOCKS!!! Not surprising given the condition of the rest of the vehicle, and obviously there was no way I could fit this to the restored Z... Fortunately I have a friend who builds wiring looms as a side-hussle, although he prefers to build Millspec MoTeC race looms, I pleaded with him to remake the factory loom for the Z. He said yes, on the proviso that he able to acquire the correctly coloured wires and that I order two looms (fine by me) and that I NOT hassle him for it. After some searching, all the correct coloured wires were obtained in the correct gauge, along with new plugs. Mint! I waited over 18 months, but he did deliver with a new body loom, engine bay loom, headlight fly leads and a checked and refurbished dash loom. The original Nissan wiring tag was also able to be saved on the dash loom! Refurbished dash loom: Cost was eye-watering as it's build by hand, but I can now guarantee that there won't be any electrical issues with this Z when it's finished!

Onto the suspension. Aug '22: The front engine cross-member had clearly been damaged in the accident - the kink in it was a give-away. However I also noticed that it had inner LCA eccentric eye bolts fitted, presumably to get the camber back to somewhere normal - check out how far it's been slotted! I thought about fixing it, but it wasn't going to be economically viable, so I went through my collection of crap and found one. This was media blasted and painted. (The old one went into the scrap bin). We then moved onto media blasting an de-oxidizing the suspension components. Then they were given a coat of Stain Black as per factory. When we were reassembling the brake components, they all looks very new. I queried Tony (the owner) and he confirmed that the brakes and wheel bearings at all four corners had been recently reco'd. This was good - one less job for us to do. I did think it was strange considering the state of the rest of the vehicle though... The heater box, fresh air duct and fan housing was also given the same treatment:

The wiper linkages needed to be rebuilt, so in May '21 these were carefully disassembled but annoyingly one spindle was seized in it's aluminum housing. I carefully heated it up with my OxyAct and quenched it in water, and I was then able to wind the spindle out. Unfortunately I cracked one of the pot-metal bushes, so I'd have to make a new one. The parts were all Hydro Jet blasted, and re electroplated (with all the other parts) ready for reassembly. In September '23, I machined up a new bush in plastic and locktite'd it into position in the alum housing. Then reassembly could begin: (Completed photo missing - TBC) When I was disassembling the wiper arms in '21, I then went though the box's of parts to find the wiper motor and bracket. I couldn't find it, so I searched the box's again. Nothing. I then spoke to the owner in case he had in in Sydney. He looked and reported back that he didn't have it either! Bugger! I'd have to source an early 240Z wiper motor and bracket...