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Sorry about you losing your Mom. Seems like these Datsuns last a long time, maybe you'll find one soon.

I'm a bit of a wino myself. I enjoy some Ripple and champagne mixed together, Champipple. Kidding aside, that's a great story.

That's something I've read before where they are talking about sanding them yourself. $36 plus shipping from the North West was only $50. I would spend that on sanding paper and beer, plus running my heater to keep warm. Anyways I'm hoping for the best out of the resurfaced pads but maybe will have to learn a hard lesson in a year or so of running the cam. $125 regrind with a component kit of $250 plus the $50 and the unknown set up price, $1,000 at least down the drain if the rockers don't have the "lanolin wipes".

I'm about to tear this motor out and then apart. It's kind of hard to do because it runs pretty good today but I can't trust a 43 year old motor's stamina, so here I go. I think updating this thread with the progression of the build will save my butt from mistakes with the help of the forum. My plan is to remove the carbs first then the head and then block and transmission. I know the basics, label and bag everything and clean, clean, clean. I did my 280 a couple of years ago with step by step instructions from Tom Monroe. I'm feeling a little sick knowing what I'm about to do but these beers are helping. Thanks, Cliff

Okay here you go, 9 and 3/4" between the two holes. That's the drivers side if it matters?

I've got a 240 driver's side armrest in my shed I can measure later today. I could get pretty close measuring the pulls on the passenger's side door, they have those plastic chrome covers on there and they're mounted in the cars.

Oh yeah they slide, they're universal so they don't fit very tight. Putting some kind of friction tape is a great idea, might do that myself. I always tuck the cover in before I get in the car. I put mine over white seats in a 240 I bought with white interior. I tend to get dirty when I work on cars and don't like changing clothes for a quick test drive. One day I'll be like my Dad and wear coveralls, but no time soon. Get you some Hello Kitty's until you can get them recovered. A guy on here, Hardway, recovered his with a kit off ebay. He did a good write up on the process. http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/44331-diy-how-to-recover-your-z-seats-lots-of-pictures/

Here's the intake gasket I bought a month or so ago, if you haven't sourced one yet. Nissan #14035-E4610

I called my Nissan parts guy and asked about your numbers, your right "none out there". He suggested Felpro 21157.

I bought some neoprene seat covers from a chain auto parts store or walmart one. They have the tube looking thing that goes between the seat and the back to keep them in place better. Also came with small bungee cords to keep the bottom tight.

So using a 280 HG on a worked E31 head on top of a 2.4 block, one could avoid these issues (other than the block notching)?

What did you do about the 6 that were bad? Did you send 6 more for proper coordination or buy new? I may have that same situation.

My orange one with the 280 radiator and shroud reads 176. I'll check the 280 tomorrow and let you know.

I've been thinking grinding off the stock cam would require thicker lash pads? Sounds bass ackwards now. The guy doing my geometry kept saying John Williams, R.I.P, got the last .150s they could find. Schneider guy says he'll send the ones I need with my cam component kit. The same cam kit MSA sales comes with .175"s.

Delta Cams received my original Nissan rocker arms last friday at 4 p.m. They called at 8:30 a.m PT and asked my card number for payment and shipping. 2 days and $3 each. That's a pretty good turnaround time and a helluva cheap price. He said they barely needed work, that they were in good shape to begin with. But Schneider requires new surfaces for their warranty on my cam regrind and professional installation. Not on Main Street Garage will set it all up for me as soon as I take my perfectly running motor apart and take them the head and intake manifold. I emailed them and asked for one more weekend of enjoyment, 60s here on Saturday. I'll get started on it Sunday.

I thought about it but didn't. Reading Blue's tips had me thinking that they would work with OE size rotors but I was just wanting to stop reasonably quick. here's his write up, http://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/toyotabrakeupgrade/index.html here's what i bought from chain stores for around $200. Slotted and drilled rotors reman calipers and a can of red paint. Also bought the stainless hoses from the calipers to the hard lines.

My '77 2.8 block runs way cooler than both of my 2.4 blocks but there's some differences other than water passages. Temp sensor in the thermostat housings are different as well as the temp gauges in the 240s. The 280s have bigger radiators, plus fan shrouds. Everything I've read about other 240s is the excessive needle reading towards the hot side. Could be older gauges or newer blocks? Good question.

Here's one for a '77, http://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/distributor/index.html

I have the ceramic from msa and it looks as good today as it did 4 years ago. No discoloration anywhere.

Time stopped for this one. I hope they get 30K.

240 end pieces on the rear, never seen that before, pretty cool. Nice car. Welcome to the forum.

I found "my" best deal at amazon.com, newly reconditioned distributor with the E12-80 ignition for a '79 ZX $100. Then a Crane PS20 1.5 OHM coil for $40. That has been one of my best upgrades yet, it was like going from charcoal lighter fluid to gasoline on a campfire, they really made a difference. You'll need a ZX cap and rotor too.

I dug out a used L24 head gasket, it's oval too. I don't understand why?

Current thread, http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/50845-just-did-the-kia-hatch-seal/

According to my Datsun books the 2.4 and the 2.6 are both 83mm bore size. The 2.8 was the bigger so I'd say NO. 12/'74 would be 86mm. Try rockauto.com. EDIT: Well after reading a little about that, I'm not positive. I've read the headgasket should match the block not the head, so it seems it doesn't matter if the hole diameter is a little bigger against the head. Sorry if I've caused any confusion but I would try and find one that matches the block. http://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/headgasket/index.html