10 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

you posted a picture of how it came out of the car in your own build thread. could be the body is not quite right.  you could take a measurement. maybe someone will take the same to compare.

duh! i never thought to look there. thank you

 

 

Here is the mustache bar installed

The position of your diff mount and mustache bar depends on whether your Z is a Series 1 or Series 2. The Series 1 (early cars) had a shorter driveshaft and a more angular position of the half shafts. To remedy this, you could flip the tranny mount 180 degrees and use a series 2 mustache bar (curved versus flat). This moved the diff back, therefore the half shaft problem resolved. You also had to add the later rear hangars (curved to accept moving the diff rearward) and the longer driveshaft. To figure out which is which, figure out what you're running. 

considering your early vin number issues maybe somebody just jammed the diff in with the wrong parts.  mgith want to start over

I believe mine rides that close as far as moustache bar to downlinks. I too have an early 9/71 using a r180.

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On April 30, 2016 at 3:52 PM, motorman7 said:

Looks like that mount on front of differential needs to flip around, long portion in back.

If your set up is a Series 2, you need to install the diff mount so it moves the diff rearward.

from what i can find my car mfg date is 1/72. i didnt get the parking brake cable today, so, everything is on stand-by. i would like to thank you all for the help, though

This is an installation on a 2/72 build date. Yours will be the same is this.

Very easy install.

It looks like you have the Series 2 set up and Motorman7 has the Series 1. In that case, you would install the mount the reverse of his (whichever way it moves the diff rearward). Your mustache bar is installed correctly.

there are four different mustache bars out there. they have part numbers painted on them.  if yours isnt red yet you could check that number

Edited May 2, 20168 yr by Zed Head