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We're not that old, first thing to do would be confirm where the oil burning is coming from, if the motor has sat a long time, it may simply be dried out valve stem seals leaking oil from the top end of the motor into the combustion chamber. Replacing those may fix your oil burning issues. Otherwise it will be bottom end oil control rings. But it's worth a shot, since I had that issue years ago and replaced the seals and it was fine after.

Big thread bump from 2010, but I managed to meet the owner and got a ride in this car recently in Japan. The owner Tomitaku San was a great guy and he spoke about as much English as I did Japanese, but we had a few laughs as he drove it through the Japanese country side. Will share some videos soon. Also the original SpeedHunters link in this thread is broken, but you can still find the article here: https://www.speedhunters.com/2010/04/car_feature_gt_gt_office_tomitaku_s30/ Although SpeedHunters is kind of on hold or taking a hiatus as of late. At least the images and content is still there. I also on the same trip managed to meet Dino Dalle Carbonare who wrote the article back in 2010. Which was also great. The trip was part of the S30 World Team 2025 expedition to Japan, of which I have become part of, to try and help promote and celebrate the S30Z worldwide.

It sold, so someone saw value in it. Looked superb.

Well I finally got one of these switches, only problem is, they now cost around $300-$400... not cheap.

Yes same car, think it's been sold on a couple of times since it left our shores. FYI: The radio is slightly wrong. It has the correct faceplate but it's not a TM-1081ZB(S) radio. Note the white tuning indicator. I think it's a later 260z style radio behind the face.

Eager to see how this goes.

Hey mate, Did you have a price on the block?

Thanks guys, sorry for the late reply. I was unfortunately sick in bed the last few days with some kind of nasty gastro thing that went through my family and I happened to be lucky last in line to get it. So no cake on my birthday, could not stomach it. It hasn't been my month, got a nose fracture playing football a couple of weeks ago and got a letter saying I'd been nominated for jury duty on Friday. Hopefully I'll have a better birthday next year for my 44th.

Strange first post? Why Supercheap Auto? The best thing to use is soapy water and a microfibre towel in most instances. Only use more harsh chemicals if you have a more persistent stain issue.

Oh, I've known of this car since the 90s! I used to see photos of it on the NDSOC website which was hosted on Alfalink.net back in the day! haha. Those wheels have been on it all these years too!

A shame it was v8 swapped, sold cheap or you missed out? haha. It was a good buy from the look of it.

Do you have a link to the listing?

Thanks mate, I've added it to my registry. Side note, I need to finish converting my spreadsheet into a BigQuery table. Then work out a way to make the data more accessible to folks. So people can confirm if a car is in the register or not. I'm just cautious about making it available to the wrong people who may want to rebirth cars down the line...

You can try fix the original mechanism, but in my experience once it was back in the car (after having it on a test bench) it stopped working again. And it's pain the butt to get in and out again. The original mechanism clogs with dust/dirt (doesn't take much) to stop the gears moving and it's reliable long term. The best repair is to get hold of a later 280zx era clock with Quartz movement in it and install that in the 240z Jeco clock (with 240z face etc..) and then hope that performs better. I had a few clocks done this way and restored by Ron at Zclocks.com, the only problem is that ZX's and their analog clocks are getting harder to source these days. Ron at Zclocks.com was looking for an alternative mechanism to replace the ZX ones to repair Jeco clocks and may have found something, it's been a couple of years since I talked to him. Is it worth having a working clock? In my opinion absolutely, I hate gauges that don't work!

It's been beautifully done. Well worth asking price.