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Yeah it would be fine to do, I have some on my reverse switch as well, I made it myself as I had some wire and some left over connectors from another project. I like the connectors on vintage connections because they look similar to OEM, I’m not sure if the modern (blue,yellow, red) plastic ones would fit, they certainly don’t look pretty.

Order some fittings from http://vintageconnections.com and make it.

Can I get the STL file? 😬 if you end up printing ABS your going to need to get an enclosure for it, ABS does not like temperature fluctuations. I build mine out of some wood and put a plexiglass door on it, it’s been pretty effective. I upgraded the feeding mechanism on it too, it was worth the money the prints look way better. https://www.amazon.com/Creality-Printer-Upgrade-Capricorn-Extruder/dp/B07V5VJ29X/ref=mp_s_a_1_10?dchild=1&keywords=3d+printer+upgrades+ender&qid=1610345402&sr=8-10

https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/64501-spirit-garage-fujitsubo-header-exhaust-flanges/?tab=comments#comment-607056

Also consider @Sean Dezart and his zstory setups. There was a thread here about fitment....

Looks like the balancer swap fixed the noise from the front of the car. It looks like there is a slight offset between the alternator pully and fan pully / crank pully. I think the belt is too long for the smaller diameter of the new pully, its almost at the end of the adjustment @Racer X @siteunseen Here is the resistance that I was facing on the clutch. I was thinking that with this much resistance on the clutch fan it might be `coupled` all the time. It does not sound like a vortex, but i can definitely feel the airflow when its cold.

Yeah she got hit in the neck. The camera man is pretty annoying.

Ahhhhhhh you’re right! I completely forgot that i had pulled it apart, I don’t think I have markings I can check to align it back to its original spot. >.>

It’s slightly off, but I think that’s the diameter change, would the face plate used for an indicator make a difference?

Ah crud. Does TDC matter in this case? I thought I’d be OK because I did not touch the chain. 🤧

@Zed Head Both the old and new pulley have a hub depth of 27m.. The motor is a l26. I think it should be OK. Thanks for the heads up. @Racer X I’ll have to double check the fan when this is all installed properly. There seems to be a slight resistance to the fan. I wonder if I can simulate the opening of the plate with a heat gun, just to bench test it. I’ll get a video up later. there is a difference in diameter of the pulley. the new one seems to be lighter so that’s nice.

Replacement crank pully is here, the inside where it fits onto the crank looks like it could be cleaned up a bit, shall probably a scotchbride pad to it to just get it shiny. Is there anything else I should do to prep the balancer for install? Antisieze? Threadlocker ? These balancers are not bad @Zup not sure about `NOS` they seem like they are new used.

Mines is a smoker in the morning, seems like theres lots of water/condensation buildup in the exhaust. Once it warms up its fine, the water level never seems to drop. In the Bay Area everything has been wet lately, so I feel like its just the moisture in the air that is causing this, i saw a idling Land Cruiser that was also letting a considerable amount of smoke in the air. Here is what it was doing on Thursday, it did this until I went for a drive around, then stopped. IMG_0734.MOV Before I tuned my carbs down really well I had gray/black smoke on idle, and my buddy said when I took off it also let out a lot of smoke (black). Turned out to be the needles all along. You might be able to find out more information through a leakdown test. OCT makes a good tool for this.

The orange needle really makes the gauge pop, possible to get a photo of the lights on?

MF DOOM passed away this week, he was known to be `your favorite rapper's favorite rapper`.

Lashpads look OK, I’ll remove the oil spray bar today and get it soaked. Thank for the ideas, should have tube in the back can use. @Racer X wow that’s not bad at all, nice of them to get the OEM paint colour down on it too. @foosman I emailed Dale yesterday, he said it’s $140 + shipping for it to be rebuilt. Not too bad IMO. @Zup I ordered one of those thanks for the heads up, might just run it until I need the other one rebuilt. Why are there 2 grooves if this is not for AC? Is one for the smog pump? Can you not run the AC belt off the spare groove, would the ratio of the size between the crank pulley and the AC pulley be off?

@Mark Maras I don’t think I’ve ever cleaned the inside of the oil spray tube, might be worthwhile to do as I have to take off the cover again to replace the gasket. I was a bit scared of it separating on me so I opted not to clean it out. Is there a easy way to clean it out? Perhaps some solvent and letting it sit? I was thinking purple power in a bucket? Then just shooting some water through? I’ve put a lot of hard miles on the car, not to mention some track time. I would think that the oil has “flushed itself” of deposits, but I could be wrong. on a side note: I was thinking of inspecting the fan clutch while I have everything apart, it seems to resist being spun by hand when it’s on the car. I thought it was supposed to free spin a bit more... the car can take several minutes to warm up, maybe it’s cooling too much, seems to never go past 1/2 on the gauge, sometimes never makes it there either.

@Mark Maras had to start the motor to get the oil to come up and out. I’ll double check for the lash pad, I also found that the harmonic balancer separated. Can these be rebuilt? Or better off getting a new one? I like having 2 pulley options, finally got the heater sorted, wanted the AC fixed next ha.

New year new problems. Was going to take the z out this morning on a drive and I hear this loud clicking from the front. Opted not to drive it, but really want to figure out what this issue is. I tightened the alternator belt, but it did not change. The timing chain on the exhaust/intake side of the engine looks super loose, it looks like it’s slapping around on the rail. the only other thing I can thing of is the water pump bearing starting to make sounds. It normal for half of the chain not to have tension on it? The bright chain link lines up with the marking on the cam sprocket, so it would appear that it has not jumped a tooth or anything like that. I have a remote starter spinning the motor without plugs installed, should I see oil coming from the oil spray bar?

got the heater working. Blinkers stopped working, its always something.

Howdy, Some members (including me) have been switching over to a Vintage Air setup, I ran into a problem on my setup which was that the heater was not getting warm. This is just for a record if anyone else has the issue with a Vintage Air Gen 2 5 Wire Heater Valve. Note you have a 3 year warranty on these things, so email their support and get them to send you another one before opening it up. I removed the valve, plugged it into the control module, got ACC power on, and moved the heater switch around to test the connection, it looked like the block valve was stuck. Upon opening the valve up, there was grease all over the contact board that allows the heater valve to know what position that it is in, after cleaning this contact pad up it started working as expected. This was the troubleshooting steps that were given to me from the support team, i did not follow them as my unit now seems to work. I will see how it responds in the up coming weeks. The three gears must be removed and the contact pads are on the underside of that PBC. If you want to remove both halves you can wedge something between the black out housings and pry apart, the valve is a press fit into the large gear under this PBC. It nice having heat! make the car more bearable.

so @AK260 did you figure out fuel pump you are going to do with?

I wonder how the steering response is with both a short ratio rack and the competition steering arms. It looks like there are several sellers that offer arms now.

What firmware version are you using on it?

@280z I’m in the east bay if you wanna do an early morning run.