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Nice Nils! These are type 4 PHH 44's, there are different types, and gaskets differ a little. I restore and rebuild these in my spare time, so by the time you replace all the gaskets, its essentially a strip, clean and rebuild. The pump diaphram at the bottom of the carb is where most of the crud sits, and the diaphram is worth changing. I find them a nice project to do. Here is my before and after;

I think she told me $120/rack. Not sure how big one rack is, but all that fit on one rack. I am sure chemical regulations are costly.

In Australia I'd order 5 240z's thanks! Context:

Hi Nils. You've had some happy hunting again I see...! Your ATSUGI Sports Option front struts look just like a pair of E4621s that I've got. They are oil-filled but gas-charged to help stop the oil from foaming. Don't let the gas out! Those red-painted rear legs also look like Nissan Sports Option items to me. The welded-on (steel) threaded sections are very characteristic. The strut tubes themselves look very long so I'm wondering if they might be the late Nissan Sports 'Rally Option' with the adjustable lower platform which superseded the fixed-platform E7220s? The part number should be engraved on the tubes same as the Atsugis.

Today I was able to pick up the long-awaited sea-freight shipment from Japan with some parts I bought as long ago as June last year. I almost forgot what I bought back then, so I was excited to see what i got. The shipment originally included parts which were not for myself, so when the shipment was ready to be loaded on the boat, and then these items popped up for a good price, i just bought them blindly to use the opportunity of almost free shipping. This set is what i think an original Nissan factory adjustable suspension. I still have to check the numbers and all the details. But ut looks like it could be an original nissan set. The other (rear suspension) set looks like a reworked original strut. It has some Nissan stamps on it and obviously got repainted at some point, but it was quite cheap and looked close to factory (not like these modern designs), and it came with multiple boxes of what appears to be original Nissan suspension parts, so I added it to my delivery. The third item was a real win. a set of genuine Mikuni JP PHH44 Carbs. The price was very low, because it looks really rough. But if you studied the details thoroughly, you would see the inside is in pretty damn good shape. All the original parts are included, and the plating is still nice on most parts. And it came with an old school heat shield (not sure if original Nissan) plus a set of two modern style heat shields. Both still unused. The price was a real bargain for what you pay for those these days. And it seems to my untrained eye, that all it needs is cleanup and set of fresh gaskets. but we'll see.. Not from Japan but also delivered today was this used DiaFilm scanner which I bought online recently. So I gave it a try to scan those first original Nissan Maintenance training slides, which I bought recently I still need to figure out that colour correction and other stuff, but the first results are promising. and those slides are really, really cool! My goal is to digitalize them all.

Yeah, the MSA headers I bought have the "Thermal Barrier Ceramic" coating. I guess if I want something really ugly, I could get this: https://www.thezstore.com/product/5287/protective-header-blanket-straight-6-headers.

Decided to move to Spain and take the datsun with me! Hope i find a good friend or mechanic to help me with the california datsun engine. Anyway i just received new seals, stainless steel valves, guides ans gaskets. Anyone here wants me to carry out a last test before removing the head? Choke issue was solved with a vise grip straightening the cable where it fastens to the front carb.

Hi Nils, you are the only one who got the films except me, I too digitized them all, I can spend all day just watching them. So interesting. You can see some tiny tiny details which we have never seen before. Enjoy! Kats

I don't think that's unreasonable. I would think most peoples minimum would be that much and it would take me 3 or 4 hours at least to plate that at home.

Good job……me and my son Brandon did the same thing with our favorite IPA. 🥳

I found these Skechers in Las Vegas on the weekend. The color looked very familiar so I just felt the need to buy them. What do you think of my new 918(ish) driving shoes. 🙂

Checked the fusible link this morning. It’s fine. One thing I realized is that I’m thinking of the combo switch wrong. It’s Off, PARK, Headlights. Not Off, Low, High. I’ll start over with my testing. There may be nothing wrong with the wiring. That doesn’t explain the low voltage and lack of continuity at the switch, though.

This worked great for me. Both with loosening, and then re-tightening with engine out of the car: I'm not sure if all the flywheels had these holes along the outside edge, but I used a tight fitting punch (8mm or 5/16) in the hole and then blocked rotation with a bolt threaded into the block: This may be old hat to you engine guys, but it worked great.

No problem at all. I have rebuilt several sets of horns with this plating. No issues.

Don't cut the choke cables. Loosen both cable attachment screws at the carbs. Push and pull the choke lever a few times. Is it easy or difficult to operate? If it's difficult, lube the cable and lever mechanism with oil. I pulled the carb end of the cables up, and sprayed WD 40 or CRC lube into the cable sheath ends and let gravity pull the lube down along the length of the cables. Then I looked to see if both nozzles were all the way up, pushed the choke knob forward and connected the cables to the carbs. Good luck and tell your Dad not to worry about the Canal.

No he's never met you but he has seen your posts for a number of years now and can infer some things from the questions you ask. If you're going to get your feelings hurt by his comment and lash out I am quite confident the remaining help you have here will dry up. Also, always remember there is always someone bigger, meaner and badder than you! Best not to go around challenging people to fights. The man you underestimate might pummel you!

Today i got something very special, which i found in the USA: A box with "Maintenance of the Datsun 240Z Sports" Service slide films. Let me explain: The Box contains 7 small, numbered plastic cans. Each can has a dia film of colour photos (aka "Slides"). The booklet was Printed in November 1969. So it is from the very beginning of the 240Z. Additionally, there is a booklet which is called "Slide narration" the booklet contains the text to each slide. My understanding is that this was used to train workshop employees. Whoever trained them got a bunch of coloured slides which show how to maintain the 240Z in a workshop, and a book which shows what to mention for each slide. The purpose of the whole kit is also mentioned in the foreword on the first page of the booklet: I have never seen such a box before and think it's quite cool. It's basically a Service manual in colour photos. Some photos appear to be actually the same as in the black-and-white printed Factory Service manual. There are some awesome photos of Nissan works employees working on the cars. I still have to read it all and look through the photos. There are also many graphics and drawings shown, which I have never seen before, and most probably were made specifically for training purposes. I'm already looking for a dia scanner to digitalize them all and if I find time, I will share some of them with you. More updates in the coming days. I have planned some work and there is a sea-freight crate from Japan waiting for me to be picked up.