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In Washington State it is against the law for the government or law enforcement agencies to use a GPS to track your movements without a Court Approved Warrant based on Probable Cause. I'm not a paranoid or an anti-government wacko, but this sounds like another errosion of a citizen's rights. Rights like freedom of movement w/out having to tell anyone where you're going or where you've been. Glad I don't live in California. P.S. I'll take our sales tax (none on food) over a state income tax any day. No matter how many times someone tries to push a state income tax in Wash. the people always vote it down. Not very trusting as we know they promise no sales tax, but soon we'd have both.

Sorry, meant factory exhaust manifold not headers.

Thanks, Mark. Looking at my FSM I see I still have the air gallery pipe on my Z as it is now, it appears to be capped off at where the check valve goes. I also have an extra pipe from a parts car. Like you said, I will need the air pump, check valve, A.B. valve, a Tee and some hoses I guess. I've got nothing against clean air just was curious about the need for the air pump, I'd rather have it than not. Just a little worried about coming across the right parts. I'll keep an eye out on eBay I guess, I never thought to look for this stuff at the wreckers because every 240Z I've come across that has the engine intact is missing the carbs and that's as far as I've looked. Want to get back to a semi-original look. Since I don't have the matching #s motor I've decided to put in an L28 F54, flat top pistons, (N90/E31/E88 head) with the SUs mounted on the N36 manifolds with a fairly early Balance Tube missing some of the extra connections of the later ones -- not quite as clean as the "Euro" balance tube, but a little cleaner than the other ones I've seen. Another question, does the air gallery pipe hook up to the factory headers? If so, and you go to after market headers can you still use it? I need to go back out into the garage and look again.

I am missing this valve, as well as the air pump. A previous owner had installed webber downdrafts, which are coming out and 70/71 SUs will be going in. Should I find an airpump and anti-backfire (gulp) valve or just leave them off? Will this help with performance, or should I try and mimic what came on the car from the factory? What are your opinions?

It's such a simple double rocker switch, there is probably one the same size or close to it that could be modified out there, but finding the right supplier could be the problem. Edit: Enrique, what are the measurements for the switch? Nevermind, I guess I could just get my lazy butt up out of my chair and measure the hole on my console plate. Gary

Oh, by eBay humor, I thought maybe you meant this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7953425256&category=33550 Don't miss out, use buy it now, boating season is fast approaching!

Oh, now I get it -- bike shops on every corner -- sorry if I led the post astray. I'll go sit in the corner now. Sonofzzzap it sounds like your custom exhaust sounds great.

Then there was the man celebrating his 90th Birthday. His young 70 year-old son got him a room in a fancy hotel and for a lark hired his dad a hooker. The hooker, scantilly dressed, knocks on the old man's door and when he opens it says, "Hi honey, I'm here to give you super sex." The old guy, slightly hard of hearing, thinks about it for awhile and answers, "I'll take the soup."

It's my understanding that it is a a Ferrari replica in the movie, not the real thing. They used four replicas in the movie -- they were powered with Ford 5 liter V8s. Fiberglass bodies with no Ferrari logo, according to a website on the movie.

A JDM roadster possibly?

There's a 1972 FSM listed on eBay right now. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7953580126&category=34229 And the engine FSM from 1970 (original FSM came in two halves Engine & Chassis and Body) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7953566493&category=34229

Here's a link to a past discussion of the cover, as well as racing mirrors: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9282&page=2&pp=15&highlight=Tonneau They also have a link to a recent eBay win by DJACEY(UK) which shows photos of the cover he won, as well as two instruction sheet photos which I will post a poor, but somewhat cleaned up copy of one. Maybe he'd be willing to photocopy them and send you a set. It looks like you were in on that discussion as well texasz. I will also re-post a copy of the picture Taikaki posted of the cover as installed. Looks pretty nice. Also a link that Carl Beck posted: http://ZHome.com/History/CargoCover.htm It has instructions on installation.

Bambi, you're right of course. My CD is not an FSM, it is a parts fische as well. Just mixed up my terminology and yes, I believe both are important and encourage anyone that doesn't have the club CD to get one. Gary

I'd buy one for the right price. Between gloveboxes, JDM-type headlight covers, and some of the other parts people are, or are planning to make we'll be able to build most of our Zs from scratch . Sounds like you could start your own business manufacturing these things and selling them to we poor souls who can't find them on eBay >>>> <<<<. The pattern doesn't sound too hard, but the devise to retract them would it be hard to make? Seems like shock cords are involved if I remember a past thread. I believe there were instructions in that thread on installation as well, but it might have just a small photo of the instructions. Not sure exactly what was in the post, but might do a search to refresh my memory.

I should have asked for a commission for starting this post. I'm glad lots of people are getting some affordable wheels with good service.

This thing is at least 300 pages I'd guess. I don't have it with me it is at home. It would be time and cost prohibitive to copy. I like my microfiche CD, but it isn't nearly as easy to use. I would have bought the club one, but already had the one from Courtesy which was also an eBay buy. And yes I had a request to make a copy of that too. Don't want to get into the copyright discussion again. The eBay seller's name is larryo0o0o(teachpe@optonline.net) you can ask him yourself if he has other manuals. I checked and he doesn't have anything else listed right now. I know if I sell something on eBay I always appreciate it if I am contacted requesting more of the same or related items. Gary

No snipe, I bid my highest bid 56.98 more than an hour before the auction ended. I figure I've seen the greasy vintage ones go for as much as $75 each so that's about $150 for the two volumes contained in one. This one looks nearly brand new, of course it's only 8 years old. Gary

Got tired of getting outbid on vintage FSMs on eBay and finally won a 1997 reprint of the combined 1970 engine and chasis manuals. It arrived today and I'm really happy with it, much better and easier to use than any of the aftermarket Haynes, etc. I have. Also easier to use than the Courtesy microfiche CD I had, better to see the details with and I finally think I can tell everything I need to get my SUs plumbed in.

Here's more "rant." There are always two sides (at least) to the story. Obviously someone believed her's (the old lady's) if they awarded her some money for her lawsuit.

Read the article -- it says 10:30 p.m., not 9:30 p.m. or 2 a.m. for that matter. What makes you think she isn't?

If it was 9:30 that's a somewhat different matter, but she said on the news this morning that it was 2 a.m. Makes a bit of a difference. Of course I didn't read the entire article, but will do so now. Gary

They had an interview with the lady who sued this morning on MSNBC. She lives 10 miles from town in a rural area. The girls hid their car, jumped the fence and a creek/ditch snuck around back and pounded so hard on the metal back door as to leave dents -- all this at 2 a.m. in the morning. The woman, no spring chicken herself, lives with her elderly mother. Now I know we (in the U.S.) are a lawsuit happy nation, but maybe she had a case. The girls never appologized even though the lady tried to talk with them three times before the court case. She knew one of the girls, but not the other. Even though I don't advocate it, out here in rural Okanogan County, someone comes pounding on your door uninvited is just as likely to get greeted with a shotgun or a large dog. The girls did not use common sense. The welcome wagon should come during daylight hours. Most of the people who called in to comment figured the lady should have been awarded tripple damages. The girls have yet to send payment.

Thanks guys, I'll check back and see if there is any other info on the bolts later. If I would have been thinking I would have brought samples with me. Things like lock washers and washers are easy because SAE stainless works fine. Someone sent me some allen head screws for the domes in stainless once. They look nice, altho not very original to the carbs. Might see what I can find at the local wrecking yards as far as 240 parts while I'm here as well.

Anyone? I'd like to pick up some of these items before I have to head back to rural America.

Hi, I've travelled to the big city of Spokane to watch Gonzaga beat St. Mary's and just down the street from my daughter's is an Ace Hardware, that, unlike my hometown store, stocks metric nuts and bolts, and other hardware in Stainless Steel. Since I left my carbs at home on the kitchen table, I am hoping you guys can help me with a few sizes for the odds and ends I'd like to replace with SS hardware. I need the size of the nuts that retain the SU carbs to the studs. Looking at the nut I thought maybe a size 8, but then looking at some auto studs I started thinking size 10. Which is it? I don't want to pay for the wrong thing as they are quite a bit more than for non-stainless. In addition to the nuts, what size are the pan heads that that hold the float bowl lids on. What about the bolts for the assessories on the balance tube and the ones that hold the heat shield on. I know some were 5s with a .80 thread and others were 6s w/ .100, but can't remember which were which and how many and how long. Any help I can get on these and any other thing I can pick up while I am in town would be appreciated. Oh yeah, while I'm here, what size are the holes on the bumper if I want to fill them in with SS bolts, rather than putting on the upright bumperetts, or whatever they're called? Thanks in advance for your response.