Victor Laury

Check the tightness of the bolts of the right axle, were it connects to the stub axle flange.

Yea it's not too bad of a job, but I cheated by having a buddy with an Auto shop with a lift I could borrow! Disconnect the Battery Remove the starter Remove the console, body boot and shifter Break and loosen (don't remove) the top bolts on the bell housing Raise the lift Drain the 4 speed throughly. Release the exhaust pipe attachments to the point where you can pull it out of your way or drop it completely. Release the driveshaft and the rear yoke and remove it. --Excelent opertunity to replace the diff mount-- Remove the clutch cylinder. Prepare a lift stand/jack stand with 2X4 wood pad for rear of oil pan. if you can, adjust the stand to accept some of the weight now, if not, get it as close as possible. Remove the transmission crossmember. If you got the jack stad close enough, the weight will be supported before the bolts are all the way out. Remove the speedo cable, reverse light wires and the idle switch wires. (there was no provission of the idle swith on my 5 speed. no big deal, my seat belt buzzer no longer works.) Loosen the remaining bell housing bolts, remove them all, except for the lower left bolt, which should be loose to the last 2 turns. Smack the tailshaft with a plastic hammer to break the adheasions between the bell housing and block plate. Pull back and lower the tranny (watch out there's still some fluid in it, that will pour from the tailshaft! if you have a spare tailshaft you can use it as a plug). Swap the four speed fork to the new tranny. New throw-out bearing is very recommened! Swap the speedo gear drive. New clutch components are very recommended at this point! New tail shaft seal is recommended. Reinstall in reverse order. 3 1/2 hours

I bought mine from MSA, Should be the same from 70 - 83 - All L-6 Since the Dizzy never changed positions.

Love my hand throttle on my 70 SRL Roadster. Use it to stretch my foot on long drives. I don't rely on it as a "Cruise Control" for very long though!

Yes to both accounts. Although that's and unusuall AC box. I first saw the pigtail cover on Les Canaday's 71 and had the same question. He told me it was an orginal item but rare these days.

Yes It would be great, but we (the North American Market) didn't get that box. Now, if you guys Downunder would send us your spares....

I often wondered if it would cost more to ship parts from the U.S. than truck them over the central desert of Australia! It must be costly to get parts in Perth. But at least there you all can afford opal inlaid gauges. right?

I don't see why they should be willing to tell you. After all, researching the proper fittment spec, making a special order of a wheel, not normally produced, in numbers great enough to get the cost down, to offer to the public, who then goes and buys it somewhere else....Man I'm glad I'm not in retail!

Something is up. The bowls fill in just a few cranks. Have a doubt? open them up and look. Timing, Points, Firing order, fuel supply is the order of my "why it don't run" investigations.

It was a straight swap, with no mods, No shifter problem - Nada to put a 1980 ZX 5 speed into my 1972. Can't see why it would be any different for your 260. It's the ZX turbo 5 speed where problems arise

Yep, Partner, that be Faye Valentine - Beatifull - Dangerous

Oh well, In that case, I guess I'll go home today and do some more sanding.

I was wrong. They are Volk Racing TE-37's And they come in our sizes 14 X 7 4X114.3 0 Bronze 8.5lbs 14 X 7 4X114.3 0 White 8.5lbs 15 X 7 4X114.3 0 Bronze10.3lbs 15 X 7 4X114.3 0 White 10.3lbs Man is that light! too bad they don't come in gunmetal. I don't think white or bronze would look good on my lime car. I'll bet they are $1,200 per set though.

! Oh - My - God ! Where can I find a balance tube like that!?! I've been wasting my time grinding off the bosses and looking for a mig welder to fill the holes on a "Project" balance tube, just so it can look like one that's already out there!?! Unbelievable!

Gee Bob, That's a sweet looking bike. Makes me want to buy a ZX out here and drive it to you. Then, Cycle my way back to SoCal.:classic:

Darn, Can't get to that link till I get home. Does it look like this? if so, please note it need a control box or "Oscillating Unit" inorder for it to operate.

Jeff, Cut the gallery tube off from each individual tube rising from the exhaust manifold. Then flatten those tubes with Vice-Grips, fold them over and flatten them again. No more exhaust leak and you'll have a running car while you get your new components ready.

Yea, It fogged a bit. Sort of whiteish/pearlish. I was thinking it would come off with that good German polish - Flitz is it? But I haven't tried it yet.

Today I was out-and-about the neigborhood, had lunch at my favorite fish taco joint, Senor Fish. After the delish lunch I stopped by my local Supermarket, not to buy anything, but to talk to the picketers of the striking grocery workers union. I support them as they are getting a raw deal. As I was ready to pull away, a couple of them started chanting "Burn Rubber". Well, I've never really purposely tried to spin them before, and thought "What the F**K". Wrapped it up, dropped the clutch and floored it. Woo Hoo! I laid a patch about a half a block long! Man did that make me smile!

No, there is one on the web 1966 Japanese Grand Prix (do you know Rob Beddington?). My info is Very sketchy, as you can see. For instance, I had beleived that the UY WAS a Prince/Nissan design. Les of CDM told me that the surviving UY is in a private collection in Japan. But, there is no surviving body/frame. Thank you Alan, and any further info you have or find is VERY welcome!

I have the MSA 6-into-1 ceramic coated header. It performs/sounds/looks great. It empties into a 2.5'' custom bent all-weld coated pipe to a single turbo muffler, mounted in the stock possition. I'm very happy with this set-up. The "Midas" job it had when I bought the car was WAY too quiet. No way was any sports car I own would sound like that!

Have cleaner wax and microfiber towel ready! That photo was taken at the 03 MSA show. The only dirty thing was the mind of the owner, checkin out the Z babes.

Could anything look more right than blue NGK wires on an L6?