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I saw that happening to a guy who visited my shop with his motorbike few years back, he was bragging about his new tires, but then I gave a look, and saw the direction was wrong lol, he was quite pissed 😉

Looks like the typical wrong jacking up of the car. The floors don't look bad at all from the pictures, why did you replace them , or was their hidden rott we can't see in the pictures?

Let some good shop do the engine !, and rebuild the head also properly, horrendous valve clatter ! A proper shop will replace these and polisch the cam, or replace the cam, this will stop the rattle with proper valve adjustement.: Datsun 240Z 260Z 280Z ZX 1970-83 L24 L26 L28 Valve Cam Rocker Arm | eBay My L24 is silent, no rattle can, it's a common myth L series rattle, but that's BS

NO, you can't see bad rings on compression readings, the oil can be building a film and still give compression.

could be burning oil yes, the bores should be bored/honed TO the new pistons, not other way around. 10 or 15w40 is better to use on these engines. white could also be coolant, but that has a distinctive smell to it

Petroleum jelly in my opinion only makes it worse, wd40 works better then

I like the old 30s Datsun cars Cats ! Very cool 😃

yeah the 5 speed. Well I searched the whole internet couldn't find anything, few synchros maybe big bucks, rest is all gone. I found a shop in Australia that has lots of spare parts for it. But then I found a second 71 A by real luck, from a z garage here in the netherlands. The guy sadly passed, I was just in time, he was clearing up his shop everything was for sale.

Later type B 5 speed ... I have the 71 A rebuilded now, complete with the driveshaft and 3.90 diff going in next year, and have a spare 71 A to, so how rare are these then ?

Maybe because it's been at Jays Garage it's now worth big bucks 😜

The door panels and the seats.... 😞 looks like the door seals are to thick to, bet it's a slammer

YES, because it was new, and all soft and flexable😄

usually shortly heating the grommet with a heatgun helps making it soft, so you can put it in

Yes, this is the old style, I have them to on the z. It works but the clearance needs to be absolut minium or else vibration... Back in the day they used to do a lot of finish balancing to get most out

I got huge problems with E10 in my work ( scooters, mopeds )... carbs get killed with it, and it eats anything rubber ( fuel petcock, hoses ) Valves clogg up etc. Here in the netherlands it's since oktober 2019, the first year had huge problems with customers, now mostly everybody knows to put normal gasoline ( super here ), which is ethanol free.. I heard Germany wants to stop with E10 and go back to normal fuel.

Hey it's part of a classic getting gassed 😂 Seriously though, I'd go with the above advice, I think it's coming from the rear, sucking it in, when you open up the windows.

Higher octane number fuel, you can advance the timing more, before it start's knocking. In modern cars there is a knock sensor, that does that automatically

Is that zink on the exhaust ? I don't get the marker thing, it's not like there are 500 nuts and bolts to torque down.. But anyhow if people feel better doing that, that's fine

Hey Chas, No, that was from American Autowire, but they don't maken one for Z's. But this brand is Painless, I think it's more of a universal wiring kit, but it will work fine, if you got the time to do it right. Could be that American Autowire also has universal kits, check their website. Gr Bart

https://www.godzillaraceworks.com/electrical/painless-performance-21-circuit-universal-harness-for-70-83-datsun-z-car

the text in the add: " Needs additional work "

It's rough, bodywork is very rusty, I see many places that have been replaced allread and rusted again. Thing needs total resto.

I think it's actually smart to produce a steering wheel like that for the longevity, and also reduce the costs. Manyt things on the S30 where innovative

Let's do this, and clear the myth once and for all 😄

Because it doesn't feel like traditional wood. Because the composites mixed into it, you get the plastic look and feel 🥸