Suspension & Steering
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I have a 73z that the speedo has started playing up on. It would increase in speed slower than you were accelerating, like it had a lag, so I pulled the cable out and gave it a bit of lubrication. When I put it back in the speedo would not work so I drove it with the cable sticking out under the dash to make sure it was spinning, it all seemed fine. I put it back into the back of the speedo and it appeared to work correctly upto about 40mph then it stuck there, even when backing down the driveway. After I stopped it slowly crept back down. The Odometer is functioning correctly and seems to be recording the correct distance travelled. I am running out of ideas, the only th…
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I recently put my 5 speed back in the car after the big nut on the end of the gearbox shaft came undone and let the 5 gear assembly slide back = no 5th gear. I replaced (all new parts): the mainshaft retaining nut, secondary shaft retaining nut, complete 5th gear and the large circlip on 5th gear synchro assembly. I took the car out for it's first post-op test drive and all seemed OK while I was ambling around the local side streets (taking it easy - you know how it is after major car surgery). OK, time to hit the highway and make sure cruising at speed is all fine. Oh dear. Happily sitting on 100km/h speed limit and it pops out of 5th - just like the original problem! W…
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While I ended up purchasing these shocks, I found this information on my computer. It was put together while I was doing research about shocks. -------- Tokico Illumina Shocks: ----------------------- Looks like most current owners of Tokico Illumina's keep them set on one position most of the time. It doesn't seem to me that these are the kind of things you'll be adjusting often. Disadvantages: 1- Convenience. Don't expect to switch the suspension on the fly. I don't think you'll be able to say, "Oh, hey... look! There's a corner. Let me adjust my shocks." (faint sound of a car screeching to a halt, a door slamming, and the cussing of some guy trying to …
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Is this a "garage mechanic job" or should I have a pro do it?
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3-Car Comparison Submitted by John Coffey > I was at a 2 day autocross driving school over the weekend and I had > chance to ride in and drive a number of Solo street prepared 240Zs. > What surprised me was how each one drove differently based on how the > owners had the cars setup. Here's what I observed: > > Car 1 > Springs: High rate springs, 25lb difference between front and rear > with the rears stiffer. > Shocks: Tokico Illumina 5 way, set for stiffer rear compression. > Sway bars: Low rate both front and rear. > Tires: 225/50-15 Yoko RS2s. > Differential: LSD with very high breakaway torque. > > Car 2 > Springs: Low ra…
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Fans of the ZX 5-speed conversions into 240Z's, (replacing a manual or an automatic, like mine), always run into the same problem: The shifter will not clear the tunnel opening and bangs against the plastic console in 1/3/5 gears. In my situation, I learned too late that it is not necessary to cut the tunnel and modify the console, as some have suggested. My understanding (not proven yet), is that using the shifter from a 78 5 speed, has a s-turn type of bend in it, which effectively moves the vertical shaft rearward two inches. This would solve at least the banging of the console, probably the tunnel cutout problem, and as a bonus, places the vertical shaft in the cen…
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I've pulled my auto tranny, and have my 5spd ready to install. I noticed (and think I've heard this before), that the four bolts that hold the bellhousing to the block are shorter for the auto, and won't make it all the way to the block when the manual tranny is installed. The flange on the manual tranny is 1.5 inches, the auto is 5/8. So does anyone know if I can just estimate the length, or do you know the exact dimension? Thanks! ------------------ Rob72 5-spd/4.11/SU's
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Please bear with me while I complete this page during my rear-suspension rebuild. It's not complete, but, I will be adding to it later. You can find the page here: http://scarab.240z.org/tips/tips_rear.htm [m]
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How in the world do you get that shock cartridge out of the strut assembly? Well, you need to have contacts, or a nice wrench will do! :-) Your main goal is to release that top nut. It's a pain. It's a big pain. It's not easy to remove with vice grips, a pipe wrench, or any other standard wrench around your house. If it's stuck.... you can give up now. Do this. Take it down to your local Nissan dealer. Go into the shop area and bring the strut with you. More than likely, someone will approach you and ask if they can help. Point to the nut and tell them that you need to have it removed. Hopefully they won't rush you out. If they don't, they'll probably walk yo…
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Getting ready to drop my automatic out, and need to get the shifter out. I removed the console, and the four bolts holding the brass plate down, with the shifter down in the valley. Of course it won't drop out, I think there maybe a horizontal bolt/pin of some type that might be accessbile from underneath, but I couldn't reach it. Am I on the right road here? If it is a bolt head (covered in hard to access grease/grime), does this thread out? Thanks... ------------------ Rob72 5-spd/4.11/SU's
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