Well I'm replacing my ignitin coil. I took the old one out and it has a blue paint dot on the top. Was that something they did from the factory? Also I managed to clean some rust off and can see some of the part number. It ends with 280. This is something I thought the factory did too, parts ending with the model number. Any thoughts?

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Mike Tubiak
1978 Datsun 280Z - HLS30-438694

http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/top ... ting-temp/

Just in case someone comes up with something else.

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Clive Bogle President - New York Z Car Club - NYZCC.COM
1971 240Z - LS1/T56
1974 260Z-L30
1976 Fairlady Z

I've seen coils with different color paint dots on them thru the years (different car makes). I never knew why they did that, and assumed it was an inventory plan to help keep coils in order by make/model.

But that's a guess.

Frank

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1970 240Z

well the new coil came from Rockauto in a dusty box. looks like an NOS japanese part. same blue dot. maybe it indicates original japanese part.

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Mike Tubiak
1978 Datsun 280Z - HLS30-438694

The blue dot is a result of the application of blue paint.

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71 on a rotisserie, two more in pieces in my shed...and a 69 1600 waiting for me to get to it

Mark, you kill me.

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1970 240Z

I am a big Occam fan! (google it if you don't understand)

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71 on a rotisserie, two more in pieces in my shed...and a 69 1600 waiting for me to get to it

"..the law of parsimony, economy, or succinctness. It is a principle stating that among competing hypotheses, the one which makes the fewest assumptions should be selected").

No, I had to look that one up.

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1970 240Z