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Arnie, where you at in TX...it's a big state? I've gotta know where you found those two cars side by side orphened like they were! I have one that I'm working on myself, just a little bit earlier than your 10/70 build (see sig below). Hey, and my car is 2 months older than me!! Feel free to hit me on PM or email as well if you like.

I'm glad I searched for this topic and came across this thread again. I'm tearing down another engine this one with two stuck bolts on th intake/exhaust side of the head. This thread have provided me some additional ideas to go attempt...and also explains why my shots of PB Blaster have not helped any (I suspected as much though didn't want to leave any stone unturned). I also used a plumber's torch on the block where the bolts screw in as well as on the bolt heads with no luck. Maybe I should pull out my oxy acetylene torch for this...I'm just afraid of warping/melting something (the head is only aluminum after all).

Ok, I'm searching for a source for my last major component for my engine rebuild and need to know where I can get a good set of 6 KA24E pistons from at a good price. Per Zhome.com the part number on this is 12101-40F10.

Yes, a member here moved the data to that spreadsheet a while back. I'd like to know who is maintaining it as I have two to add to it.

I did realize that they were universal and would require some bracket work to fit. I have 1 (maybe two) parts cars that I could take seat brackets from and use those as a starting point to build something from. In any case, I had not realized the others selling similar seats for about the same total cost as I was expecting to pay for these inclding shipping. Thank you sooo much for the heads up. This now allows me to put that money towards my engine instead.

That's who it is and I do know he's got a bad reputation around here. I'm certainly not looking at one of his engines...I'm scared to go there! What I am looking at is this set of racing seats. Hard to beat for the price though he will not ship them...hence my request for assistance. Any thoughts or input is certainly appreciated.

Are any of you located in/near Rancho Cucamonga, California? If you are please PM/email me. There's a Z part I'm interested in and the seller will not ship...

Email me a pic of your tensioner and I'll compare it to a few that I have to see if I have a replacement for you. That is if you would like to explore that option.

Hey!! I just found this place myself a few weeks ago on my my OKC trip to pick up my most recent addition to my Z car family. They are right next to a drag strip also. Browse their site...they've got some REALLY cool old cars on their lot!! Too bad they were closed when I was by there...they are only open M-F I believe.

Bummer!! I do what I can (appealing to a fellow Texan). It gets hot here in Austin too...68 days this year over 100* if I recall correctly...brain got a little fried along with all the grass, plants, trees, etc. and no water in the lake to ski either. I really like the looks of what you did plus it's tested in the heat. I don't have the materials etc to do one like that and figured if I could have one made and kick you a few bucks all would be good...I'd have a heat shield and you'd have beer/Z car parts money.

Any chance you'd like to make another one for a fellow Texan?

Ok, so silly question...what is FAST and should I have it? What will it do for me?

Anyone got a pic of a "Fast Idle Actuator (for the aircon)" for a 260Z? I'm trying to figure out what/where this part is and not having much luck.

Very interesting tid bits...ya learn something new every day!! Thanx for the info.

Ok, after about 2.5 hours spent digging out one of my spares, cleaning it up, cleaning up all the broken glass, and installing the new one all is right with the world again. Well, at least my Z no longer has a broken window.

Agreed! Keep an eye out for cars in TX, NM, AZ, and CA. Though make sure you educate yourself first, just because that is where the car is now does not mean that's where it has been for the last 35+ years.

A few weeks ago (9/26) very early on a Saturday morning I set out on an adventure to pick up another Z. I hit the road at 4am...yes you read that correctly, far earlier than anyone should ever be awake! The starting point, Cedar Park Texas (suburb of Austin)...the destination, Oklahoma City which is just over 6 hours per Google Maps (and it's fairly accurate, considering I was pulling a car trailer). The goal, pick up HLS30-018482, a 1971 transition car with most all the series I bits and pieces...production date of 1/71. First obsticle, only an hour on the road and I'm starting to fall asleep. Ok, pit stop for a 5 Hour Energy Drink...20 minutes later and I'm wide awake and ready for anything the day can throw my way. Or so I thought. All was smooth sailing until Norman OK where there was some NASTY road construction leaving the road rougher than many trails I've 4-wheeled on. I don't mind so much except I have two Z engines strapped down on the front of my trailer and don't want anything to happen to them. Well you guessed it!!! Something did happen. After one especially bad bump I see two of my tie down hooks with little strips of blue webbing go bouncing off the back end of my trailer towards the car ridding my a**. I'm certain I was more scared that he as I knew what would happen next...he'd end up with an engine (or two) on TOP of his hood if we hit more bumps like that one and he had not backed off. With this I slow WWWAAAYYY down, he backs off and fortunately we are nearing the end of the construciton zone where I can pull off the side of the road. Now on the side of the road, still a bit shaken, rather pissed off about the situation, and a mere 3 feet from traffic that has now got back of up 70-80MPH (and yes, there were plenty of 18 wheelers which caused a lot of wind when they passed) I'm out on the trailer assessing the situation and determining how best to deal with it. Of the 4 ratchet straps (1000lb working load each mind you, they should not have broken) I had holding down the two engines only one is not broken. I see that I only lost two hooks though and neither of those were attached to the ratchets. So with a couple of quick rescue knots (bowlines specifically, good thing I'm an Eagle Scout) I manage to have four tie downs again. Though of course after this little incedent I don't trust these straps completely so I pull out two of my car straps (G-Force rated for 10,000lbs each, if these break then I'm totally screwed) and put them on also. I did notice that both engines were sitting on an old tire...now only one was...scary how close that was to being a REALLY bad situation. Back on the road again! Well I get to OKC, stop at Home Depot for more ratchet straps as I have to have my car straps to...well...tie down the car. Now it's time to get the car and this part goes fairly smooth. We have to move his other Z out of the way by pushing it UP the driveway into the grass. One of the tires on 'my' new Z is completely flat and the bead has come off so we have to work it a little and shoot it full of air before it's going anywhere. Then due to the front end damage put the front wheels of what is about to be my new Z on dollies which I brought (and didn't realize that they needed put together since I had never used them nor taken them out of the box). We roll the Z down the driveway into the street lining it up with the trailer and winch it up on to the trailer. Redo all the tie downs on the engines and strap down the Z. Ahhhhh, all done. Make sure I have all the odds and ends that go with the car, complete the paperwork, check that everything is fastened down one last time and start back home. I did have to make one last stop at Home Depot to get more ratchet straps though as I had not previously realized I would need one to keep the hood from flying open/off while driving down the road. No big deal, this is fast and easy. The trip home was completely uneventful, just the way I like it. On the way thorugh Norman I did look for my lost old tire...never saw it though. When I hit Sanger Texas (about 5 miles North of Denton, 30 miles North of DFW) I spotted something that made me stop in my tracks...a junk yard full of vintage autos!!! Pulled a U and went back. This place is right next to a drag strip too! NICE! Unfortunately they were closed, at least they only had a chainlink fence so I could see a lot of the yard. I even spotted a few old Z cars, they were too far away to tell what model...they were 1970-1983 body styles though for sure. Very cool place, I'll have to remember it and make a point to be in the area when they are open some time. Anyhow, back on the road home. I get back at 8:10pm and am beat, I just want to head straight to bed. Sunday morning I get up and am excited to get out and start assessing my haul. I'm out sorting through the bins/boxes of stuff that came with it, cleaning out stuff that's in the car, tossing trash, and vacuuming out the inside. This is when I realize I have hit the mother load. This car has a hand throttle in it that is hooked up and appears to be fully functional!!! I nearly fell over backwards off the trailer in to the yard when I saw this, I had no idea it was in there when I bought the car. There were no handles on it though I figured it's still worth it. I clean the center console area a little more and fide two switches in one unit...this strikes a memory, I have just found the dual switch used for the driving/fog lights!! Another nice rare part in the US market. OMG what a day! Well I continue on and while sorting through the bins I find the proper series I ashtray and it's got something rattling around inside...it's the choke and throttle handles and set screws! I'm lovin' this car right now!!!!! After assessing the car, ripping off the mangled sheetmetal from the front end I am thinking that this car is really not in that bad of shape except for the front end damage. The floor pans seem to be solid as does the spare tire well. The driver's dog leg needs attention and the battery tray is not great though I've seen worse. The driver side front frame rail is toast as is the inner wheel well. The good news is that I have a doner car that could be used for these parts. Someone along the way really cared for this car and it shows. I'm going to have a conversation with my body shop to see how feasible it is to fix this ol' girl and get her back on the road...and just how much it will cost me to do. Pix of the car that the owner took which I based my buying decision on as well as pix I took after having clean her up are available here: http://www.pape.ws/gallery/v/Our_Life_Together/Our+Hobbies/Allan_s+Hobbies/240Z+Car/1971+Yellow+240Z+_HLS30-018482_/ Oh, and for those who asked why I didn't take my car to ZCON...this is why. After the above adventure and having this car on my trailer already I was not interested in dealing with all the work that would be necessary to take my car to the show.

So I'm in the garage this evening doing the final packing of two Z car parts orders and decide I don't want to carry these two large boxes out to the street to put them in the 4Runner. So I back the 4Runner in to the driveway and load up the two boxes close the back and set the alarm. I'm now done with Z work for the night and glad to be ready to ship some more parts off. I just happen to glance over at my 240Z on the other side of the driveway and about die...the entire rear hatch glass is shattered!!! The whole thing is still in place though it's spiderwebbed and every now and then I can hear more cracking taking place. I'm doing my best to remain calm and not totally freak out. I closely look over it and see what appears to be a slight outward bulge in the lower right area as if someone or something had hit it from the inside causing it to break. My first thought...it's got to be the girl (she's 5, can open the car doors on her own, and loves the Z). I march straight inside to the living room where both she and her brother (3yrs old) are watching TV (again remaining calm). Turn the tele off and sit them both down in front of me asking if either of them were playing in/around the Z today or yesterday. Of course nobody has a clue what happened and neither child claims to have been anywhere near the car. True or not I may never know. I advise them that this is their one chance to tell the truth and if they don't and I find out about it later they will be in big trouble for lying. Still nothig. Ok then, we are done. I called my wife who's at work to see if she knows anything about the window or either kid playing in/around the car...another dead end. Well I may never know what happened to the glass (unless anyone here knows anything about spontaneous glass shattering)...though I do know one thing, part of my weekend will be spent replacing it. For anyone who wants to see here's a link to a few pix I took of it: http://www.pape.ws/gallery/v/Our_Life_Together/Our+Hobbies/Allan_s+Hobbies/240Z+Car/My+First+240Z/Mystery+Of+The+Shattered+Hatch+Glass/?g2_fromNavId=xa62b5e15

Ok, now I know. I'll work on being more descriptive.

Oh ok, great...thank you!! The info above, was that for the other end...the one that's attached to the hub?

That's what I thought too, I had a feeling this guy didn't know what he was talking about. This is the kind of mis-information or general lack of information that is causing me to ask so many questions lately...more than I have had to ask since I first got in to Z cars a few years back. Thanx again guys!!

The piece that fits into the diff which you then bolt the half shaft to. Is this the wrong name/term for this part? My understanding has always been that this is the stub axle and then the piece (actually more than one held together by u-joints) that bolts to this and to the wheel hub on the other end was the half shaft.

Ok, I got a yellow "lumber yard" crayon and used it to aid in counting the splines again marking every 10 splines. I still got 29! Are these from a 300ZX?

Did these ever exist? Were they ever available in yellow? I'm asking because I have a pair of 2+2 doors that I was told came from a 240Z and they are yellow inside and out so that leads me to believe that it may be an original color (I have not inspected too closely for over spray yet). I do not recall the 240Z ever being made in a 2+2 style...

One is not really "better" than the other, just different as described above. Check out this little tool, I think it will help you make your decision as well as the info from this forum. http://www.geocities.com/z_design_studio/