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And while we are at it, where the heck is @Blue (Phillip)?

^ That's the stuff that I and a lot of others here use.

Oh no, I have a brand new clutch kit sitting on the shelf waiting to go in, I guess I better pull it down and start do some test fitment, thank for the heads up. Chris

I have a lathe now so I think I will make up a pair of my own. The real problem may not be the material at all but the shape, the aluminum concave puck is spherical, the white plastic puck is cone shaped and is very ridgid . So there is always a pressure on the cone to change its shape and fill the air gap, I'm sure that is what the radial cracks are all about. Chris

I have no plans to use it in the near future (unless needed for the 72Z you sold me John) It will probably hang on the wall for a few years until the next rusty Z gets pushed into the garage. I emailed Charlie at Zeddfindgs to see if he wanted to have a go at it but never heard back from him. I may make up a card stock pattern. Chris

Not until I read your text! Tell me that is not on your arm.

I bought and installed this kit,http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/classic20j/23-4190 about 4 yrs ago, I've only done about 4000 miles in that time and you can see the white pucks are pretty trashed. I have not done any tracking of the car, the boots have no splits so there was no contamination and the nuts were tightened using the included distance gauge. Recently some else mentioned this same thing and that is why I checked mine. MSA hasn't responded to my inquiry yet ( just did it an hour ago) Does anyone else make these pucks out of something a little stronger? Thanks, Chris

Okay, I see it now, I didn't think copper slag was that aggressive. I'll give it a try, god knows my lungs can't handle anymore sand. Chris

wheee, is the copper slag taking it down to bare metal, I can't tell from the pics? Chris

gnosez, are you John from Bad Dog?

The Voices Win! I always listen to that voice, it doesn't always make good decisions but it does most of the time. Congrats.

Elton John's Funeral For a Friend, live version.

You dodged the bullet. There will be another Z, they are not that rare yet.

I have had mine in for a couple years now, they work well. I thought I would be kicking the speaker all the time but I haven't scuffed once. Chris

I tried it once on a 66 Mustang, the carpet became kind of stiff and crunchy but it looked alright.

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I'll have the olive green Z to the lower left, the olive green 510 in the upper right and might as well throw in a pick up, any colour.

That's what I get for not reading the text.

I have never seen freeze plugs like that before, they look like outside caps that have 2 screws going into the block. Are they temporary or permanent?

Sure John, I'll send you the bill as well, with exchange rate, S&H, taxes, ... plus my mark up. Pleasure doing business with you.

yes and yes, on the first L24 I did I painted them both black and highlighted the pulley notch with whiteout, easy to time even in full sun.

Dave, welcome to the forum, looks like you found yourself an excellent Z to start with. I think there is some underlying connection between Z's and Subarus, I have owned subes for 30 yrs and I know at least 6 guys in our local Z club who own one as well. Sounds like you have a good plan for a rolling resto, I agree that everything in the fuel system needs to checked, cleaned or replaced. New hoses no matter what, blast out fuel lines with carb cleaner and an air gun, scrub the tank inside and out and seal it up. The more through you are the less problems you will have in the future. At 29,000 miles your engine should be in excellent condition, once you have blown the cobwebs out of the carbs I think you will be surprised a just how peppy an L24 is. You mentioned ZTherapy carbs, mine just arrived today, http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/52902-got-to-love-ztherapy/#entry482004 Looking forward to your progress, Chris

Just got them back a few minutes ago, good work boys.

I have an old one kicking around if you need one. Whitehead also has at least one left that is new.

Thanks Leon, makes sense. Sorry ksechler, didn't mean to side track your thread.