sblake01

The new Fiat has one:

I guess I just have never been one to add something to cover up a problem. I've always been one to find and fix the actual problem. As far as this being a "common fix on old cars not just z cars", well I've owned several of both and the only cars I ever had Ford solenoids on were the Fords I owned that were supposed to have them.

If you replace the part mentioned in post #2 there shouldn't be a need for that. This.

Wires, to me, are part of the components. Common or not, I've never thought much of it. More of a 'rig' than a 'fix. JMO......

I never thought much of that mod. With properly functioning components in the starting system you'd never 'need' it.

The part circled in yellow is the B.P.T valve (backpressure tranducer) which is part of the EGR system.

That is definitely a non North American market factory system. Like I said earlier, you'll probably have a difficult time sourcing parts for it.

There were no USDM Fairladies. There would be many differences between that car and a U.S. market 75 280Z.

I didn't know exactly where to post this. It saddens me to have to post it anywhere. I received this email from Joe & Carol Hastie this morning: For those that don't know, Fred was founder of the Datsun Heritage Museum in Murrieta, Ca. as well as having been the sales manager of San Diego Datsun which was one of the first Datsun dealerships in the U.S.

Doubtful that it's really important anymore. The thread is almost 7 years old.

That's a 1973. I owned it for a couple of years back in the late 70s.

If it was the 240RS verison (look it up), we'd have something to talk about! That may be the 'fast' one that ajmcforester was talking about.

I pulled and replaced the T56 in my GTO when I put my new clutch and remote slave bleeder in. I'll tell you what...you wouldn't be bench pressing that bad boy! Maybe a bit of an exaggeration but it seemed to weigh as much as two Z transes!

I cut about 2½" off of one and re threaded it a few years ago but I didn't bend it. I wasn't impressed with it one way or another. Didn't feel that much different from stock to me.

Just sayin'.......... (I miss that one more than I miss my Z.....)

From experience, I'd rather have plastic/fiberglass. Aluminum wouldn't give or break when you hit something like a small animal or some other obstruction in the road, causing more damage to the vehicle itself. I once hit a possum near the fairgrounds when I lived in La Verne. I shredded my fiberglass spoiler but didn't do any damage to the valence.

I've always done tranmission by myself with a floor jack and jack stands. I bought a trans adapter years ago that goes in place of the saddle on my floor jack and not only holds the trans but allows me to tilt and turn it into any position. Didn't cost much but I bought it at least 20 years ago. Similar to the one attached but I use tie downs instead of chain:

I had a 1980 200SX. I don't recall ever seeing much available for the NAPS-Z engines to make them fast. To me, it was just a driver. There is quite a bit of 'poetic license' in that ad.

Well, to me, it's already a clean install and it already looks better then the Healey engine.

Exactly what I was thinking....Nissan K Car convertible The other thing I was thinking........

I wasn't offended but I just think that doing things to make it look more like the original setup goes beyond a clean install...JMO.

Why is is necessaary to 'fool' anyone? Besides, if you're 'fooling' someone who doesn't know any better, what's the point?

I haven't owned the 320 for over two years now but I never opened my tailgate beyond horizontal so there was never any contact betwen the tailgate and the bumperettes. I did, however, have the plugs in them. I just don't recall where I got them.

I'll second stainless steel rather than just chrome carriage bolts. I used them on my od 320 Pickup rear bumperettes (for the same reason). The chrome ones would rust over time.

You could cap the port on the rec/drier or get one that doesn't have a port and use an inline switch port in the hose.