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The 73 clutch master is spaced farther from the brake master as the booster size increased. The clutch pedal has an extra little L bracket welded to it that the slave arm attaches to, that gives it the over -to-the-left offset it needs. Earlier pedals with bolt in (main pivot bolt), but you will have to add your own little L bracket to get the master rod to line up.

Tha's so cool. That paint must have been put over a layer of vaseline to be that poorly bonded. I am a fan of scraping in other areas such as woodworking,, where the right tool and angle produce an amazingly controlled action to remove coatings. Removing sound deadening is another one. Maybe the right approach is to find a suffering college student or young painters apprentice who will work for beer and peanuts,, to stand there with the DA sander and do it the old school way.

Question about paint stripping. I see in the early top-of-hood' pictures that the stripper took the first coat and pretty much left the remaining coats. I have a project going right now that I have to remove a single layer of badly applied paint from the original stock paint. There are several chips out of the top layer, from storage damage, that I can easily make larger by manually picking more paint off. I don't trust the prep, so that layer has to go. See below. Wondering if sanding or a liquid stripper is the way to go to just get that crappy red layer off. Even if it does remove the top layer pretty well, am I risking the effect that the stripper has of releasing the paint bond of the lower stock layers? Any experience? I rarely remove stock paint, as it is usually very very well bonded to the body, and in this case, this car is as close to rust free and previous body work/repair free as I've seen in a Datsun of any variety. There is no compelling reason to take this one to bare metal. Any insight or recommendatoin is of course welcome, but I really just want to hear what Mark experienced when he removed that paint with the stripper, and how the layering removal worked/looked.

I did not send the "dirty dozen" to them. I should have, just to see what would result. If they could grind enough off to restore them and still be useable, I'd be impressed.

Delta Cam's is a wonderful business. Ignoring the fact that postal service delivery took 20 days to get there and back, they turned around 132 rocker regrinds in 48 hours (once they got there...) Every one looks like the 12 randomly selected rockers below. They look like they have some kind of coating on them, applied everywhere. Hardening process or the result of a polishing or tumbling step to make them look pretty? I suppose I could just ask...

Oooohhhh, that cable is quite a bit cheaper than the Lokar cables I've used for cable throttle conversions. Will have to get one and see what the difference is. I have a nice little firewall mount adapter for these things that works pretty slick, and matching ball sockets that I solder onto the ends of the cable that snaps right onto the pedal ball.

I'm properly inspired to go scrape some undercoating off the bottom of a nice clean 510 shell. Jack it up, slip under with some foam padding, get that torch out, melt some tar, eat some molten tar, peel some hot tar off of burnt skin. What could be better?

Zedsaver will do that for you. He can get a little carried away with the 'random' placement of the digits, so ask him to take it easy with that....

The three flat head phillips bolts that hold the latch assembly in the door, use different length bolts in the three positions. I think if you put one of the long ones in the bottom holes, it gets in the way of the mechanism. Seen this before. Anyway, try that first.

I've used many cans of propane with a soldering torch to help remove that glue like undercoat. Just a little heat goes a long way to softening it and making it easy to scrap off with a flat blade putty knife. Then a final wash with Acetone or paint thinner to wash off the residue. Nothing like slabs of hot goo falling on your head while scraping it off the bottom.....

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You know, as I wrote that, I was wondering who would come back with something first. Wish I could buy you a beer.

I remember sharing this same issue and solution a couple of years ago. It has to do with harmonics of the shift lever based on condition of the bushings and the weight of the shift knob apparently. Being on the end of a long shaft, small changes make big differences.

The VTO's fit with coil overs. Would have been fine with stock springs. Stock front valance, with 205/55's rubbed a bit on sharp turns, but I had a bit more caster than average.

FYI to all about new prices for these items. Things seem to gone up some since I looked last. http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/30-8140. Horn button $90 http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/classic08d18/40-3140A. Mirror, $140!

You have all the wheel parts except the snap on horn pad. Most of the ones you buy used will have a cracked plastic ring that snaps over the center hub, but you can easily add a zip tie to the outside of the ring in the pad to snug it up so it snaps on again, AND stays there. Seems to me they are still available new from Nissan, and from Motor sport Auto and others. Same for the stock drivers side mirrors. New ones aren't that pricey. Now if you want to save a bit and get a good condition mirror and a nice used horn button with the zip tie mod, let me know. PM or email me at z240@shaw.ca

Here is a decent one. It needs to be cleaned and likely repainted to make it pretty, but its straight, functional, has a filter and yes I have the wing bolts to go with. PM me or email me at z240@shaw.ca and we'll talk turkey. No wait, thankgiving is just over here, I've had enough turkey.

Do you have the original flat tops or an earlier set of round top SU's? Either way I can help you with a stock air cleaner.

Unfortunately no. The sound is forever entombed in my brain though. It is like no other Z I have ever driven. Deeper, richer, more inviting to make more of it at every chance. Spend some time ensuring the flanges are flat and in line. There was a bit of exhaust leak on #5 as evidenced by a bit of black soot above the port on the gasket, and you'll notice the support bar between 5 and 6 has been cut to also 6 to lay flat. I couldn't hear it under the hood, but it was clearly there.

I wish I had better news. Several things have conspired to prevent me from coming this year, not the least of which is the distinct lack of a Z to drive at the moment. Was looking forward to meeting some of you finally, but this will have to wait at least another year. Here's hoping next years extravaganza is a bit farther west. Enjoy your time, I will live it vicariously through your pictures and stories here. All the best.

I don't like to wrap headers due to the rust issues, but I was trying anything and everything to quiet down the exhaust noise. The wrapping made a lot of difference. I've even wrapped my muffler and piping in the rear on the 510 now to help with noise. That didn't help as much as I'd hoped, though its better.

Working??? I should have tested that one... What can go wrong....

The suspension bolts are mostly JIS grade 9, which is equivalent to SAE grade 12. Leave the pretty stainless to where you can see it under the hood holding on the fenders, valve cover or rad or something, or in the interior.

Finally. A Z we can put a sunroof into and and know its easy to fix when you decide that was a stupid idea in the first place. Ok, maybe there are other reasons to like this, but I can't think of any...

I'll bet its something electrical. Isn't that a wire attached to it in the picture? An extra insurance to get a ground connection to the rotating shaft, fixing an erratic spark problem? Guessing.... Have to dig one up and have a look