Bambikiller240

Very Funny Joke, Thanks!

Hi Smokey: From your description and the pictures posted today, it looks like the battery area is in need of major work to get at all of the areas where the acid has migrated. It appears that the battery support will need to be removed, and the seams where the panels join will need to be opened to repair the damage. Metal will probably need to be cut out and new metal welded in, and then everything re-assembled and painted. You might want to talk to a body shop for a REALISTIC (no sugar coating) estimate of the costs involved, but I suspect it's not going to be cheap. If you are talking about rust that hasn't eaten deeply into or through the floorpan in large areas, this is the kind of rust that you could repair yourself (if you wanted to do do) with a few days of work and a modest purchase of POR15 materials. I (myself) would not shy away from the car for this issue I believe that you had mentioned early on in your examination of the car that it has been for sale for some time. Only you can decide the value of the car to you. If you don't want to let go of the idea of buying the car.....maybe show the pictures (or the car) to an expert body shop and get a realistic estimate of COMPLETE repair costs for the battery area issue, factor in the cost of the other issues you found and present a purchase offer to the owner, with figures to back up the costs in bringing the car to satisfactory condition. Sometimes people place values in their car that reflect the love they have for the vehicle more than a realistic appraisal of it's actual value on the open market. He may be offended at what you could offer, but since you are probably not the first person to consider buying the car, by now he's probably realised that his $11K price is way out of line. If your offer is realistic based on the vehicles condition, if he is offended by it, then problem is himself, not you. You shouldn't beat yourself up for being realistic. That is the Buyers job.

Hi Rick: I could be wrong, but I THINK that he was referring to the Aussie members of this club who hadn't been participating in the thread. I don't think he meant your military actually hiding from partcipating in the "events" about to unfold in Iraq. Again, I could be wrong. Hate to speak for another member, but that is what I took his statement to mean. Carl (one of the ones who remembers that the Aussies have been with us through thick and thin)

It had been 3 1/2 hours since I posted the request for clarification, so many already knew that I didn't get it. I don't mind that people knew I was lost on that one.

a pressure washer usually will remove most of the undercoat. I'd use a hair dryer and scraper to get the remaining chunks off, then wipe the area down with acetone to get the final tiny bits off. Others will have different idea that will work just as good, but that's how I'd do it. POR15 everything after it is solidly repaired/replaced http://www.thefinishedlook.com/main.htm

The FSM also calls the Front lower control arm the traverse link.

Who would use them? The country that posesses them AND the delivery system to get them HERE! The same one who has been playing tag with our reconnasance aircraft. The same one who we fought in the 50's. Not some pissant shiek with no active reactor to produce plutonium, or a delivery system to get them here. No one said Saddam isn't a terrorist. My post did say that he doesn't threaten the US currently. My belief is that if Isreal felt that Saddam was a significat threat to them, that they posess the BALLS to go after him themselves. They have done so with other percieved threats. (and rightly so IMO) I feel that it is the responsibility of those that are threatened by a country to deal with it. If they don't have the resources, they need allies to help them. He isn't a threat to US, and we have practically no allies in this US led Jihaad against Saddam. I sincerely hope that your father remains safe!

I trust that your son is uninjured, and still alive? Either by the acid or his father. Sorry to hear about your car damage. Hope that is all that was injured.

Might also try Andy Russell at e-mail addy: z@datsundude.com he's in Chandler, AZ and has great service and prices. He doesn't have a website yet, but I've dealt with him and can vouch for his service. Addendum to suggestion by 2ManyZs: Orchard Supply Hardware has lots of different thicknesses and constructions of sheet rubber (reinforced or not) at reasonable prices. Get a nice Xacto-Knife set and some sheet rubber and have at it.

Hi Dwight: While I do not believe that Gov. Gray Dufus, er Davis "caused" the natural gas crisis, I do believe his inept management of the issue has , and sadly; will continue to cause the people of our state to pay more for our natural gas than we otherwise would have to pay. He made a bad situation worse, and still doesn't admit to the error of his ways. In my mind the "cause" of that situation was the manipulation of the gas supplies by Enron, Duke Energy, and the other companies who routed supplies away from CA, in spite of adequate supply, contracts, and obvious needs. The federal government didn't help the situation either, especially GWB standing there with the CEO of Enron and spouting crap about market forces, and supply and demand. Since that time documents and verbal testimony has proven what many of us suspected. The market was manipulated. Enron fell like the house of cards that it was when they could no longer sustain the market manipulation that the company was built upon. Suddenly, GWB was silent, and not at all appologetic. I can assure you that Gov. Dufus, er Davis did not get my vote! Never will either. We can agree to disagree on any of these subjects, verbal intercourse even in disagreement is healthy. It is the folks who blindly accept what a few "leaders" tell them, without examining the situaton, and cannot even discuss it with an eye to drawing their own conclusions that scare the bleep out of me! Carl -------------- (whew, you guys type way faster than me!) Hi GunnerRob: If we were to "take" Iraq and "manage" the country for the benefit of the Iraqi's, those oil supply contracts could certainly stay in place. It's only if we start managing the country for "someone else's" benefit that they might be changed. OK, so let's stop supporting the UN financially. (Actually, I'm in favor of that!) Let them do what they want with the rest of the world. We can tighten our borders to keep out the "suicide terorists" if we chose to do so. What do we gain by being the Worlds COP? Gratitude? Loyalty? Money? Respect? I don't see any of that coming our way, do you? Why not wait until Saddam is PROVEN to be a MAJOR threat to US, and/or we are ASKED to provide the means to remove him? In one day we could turn Iraq into a lovely "glass bowl" (or parking lot). Choose your metafor. I don't see that we as a country stand to gain anything (except the oil) from the current situation. Saddam didn't do in the World Trade Center, Osama's thugs did it. What, you say guilt by association? The CIA was instrumental in putting Saddam in power in the first place. What have Saddam's boys done to US? Sure, a day may come when they CAN do something, but we do posess the POWER to stop him at anytime that he threatens US. Carl Dinner time. Peace ALL! I hope you guys understand that my position is that If any of our (or your, since I don't have any) sons and daughters must die, that it be for a VERY good reason.

My father was in the US Marines during WW2 and fought and earned a Purple Heart (wounded) at Guadalcanal (an island in the Pacific Ocean, for you that don't know). I served the US Naval Air during the Viet Nam "conflict", though (thankfully) I never had to set foot in the country. (Aircraft Carriers and Airplanes are a wonderful resource!) It isn't just France that isn't supporting the US on the decision to wage war in Iraq. There are many other countries who oppose this action. Just look at the "supporters" who Bush met with today in the Azores, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Durao Barroso. Real heavyweights in the world? A broad coalition? !!!!!! Give Me a Break, Please! Saddam is an a$$hole who is providing a convenient (weak) excuse for Bush to go after the 2nd largest reserves of oil in the world. Bush is working for the benefit of his families oil rich friends, just as he did during the natural gas "energy crisis" of two years ago. Saddam is not an "immediate threat", North Korea is far closer to being an "immediate threat" to the US. Saddam is evil, and should not be taken lightly, but he isn't the "baddest boy on the block", and the US isn't the world's Police Force. Don't let your patriotism blind you to reality. Keep your eyes and ears open. Use your brain to logically process the information it can receive. There are many reasons for government leaders of all countries to tell "less than the truth". Carl --------------------- Sean: Our storage of oil for "national emergencies" is also underground in natural formations called "Salt Domes", stable geologic formations, where we have pumped some oil to store , long term. Untapped natural resources are a different thing. We do have some oil fields that are not pumped for ecological reasons, and some others where the volumn of oil remaining is so depleted that extracting the remaining oil is (at current oil prices) prohibitively expensive. But 200 years worth of oil is a hell of a lot of oil. I can't believe that the leaders of our government are competent enough to keep a secret THAT large! (Note: MikeW posted while I was composing this post)

Sorry, I can't help you as I'm in CA. However, we do have many members from the NY / North East area, perhaps some of them can advise you. Good Luck Carl

Caen: I loved the video Clip! Very Funny, and quite possibly has a lot of truth in it. Thanks for sharing it! Sean: I agree with you on a lot of your points, but while we do have some reserves of oil stashed for "national emergencies" they are nowhere near 200 years worth. I'd be surprised if they could last for 2 years. The cubic volumn of storage necessary to store oil to last any length of time at modern consumption levels is tremendous. 200 years would be impossible to store! I too feel that the main reason GW Bush wants to attack is OIL. It is not because Saddam is a threat to the US. Saddam is a threat, but a minor one at this time. Now having said that, my personal opinion is that the people of Iraq would be better off without Saddam Hussain in power, but I do not think that the US should remove him. That is a job for a truely international force with the full support of the United Nations. On the other hand, North Korea is a MAJOR threat since they are far closer to posessing Nuclear weapons, and already posesses a delivery system that can reach the US shores. Yet, nobody is even close to considering steps to remove the government of Korea. Hypocritics! Sadly, it looks like young men, and innocent civilians are going to die soon.

He means the actual Lower control arm, technically called the Traverse Link in the FSM. I don't know the answer for sure, but I BELIEVE that there are different P/N's for this part between 240Z and 280Z. Sorry I can't be of much help to you. Carl

Where are you located? There are many machine shops in the WORLD that can handle the job for you. Buying one from MSA only makes sense if there isn't a local shop that can do the job for you. Shipping costs will be EXPENSIVE! Remember, you have to pay for the one you buy to be shipped, AND you have to pay for your core to be shipped to them! They ain't light!

Same as screen name, see signature. Story behind it explained in Screen names thread: http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=33057#post33057

I knew someone would understand that I wasn't just "bashing", merely wishing the fella some safety!

Cool! I just saved it. Someday it will make the rotation onto my screen. Thanks for posting it!

That Fella's not real bright, as that is an area frequented by Great White Sharks. One can only hope he's a Politican or a Lawyer!

I knew I had seen it somewhere, but I could not remember where. It's really inconvenient having my shop/work space clear across town. I have all my reference books there where I'l need them most, so at home I'm blind!

Doh! Got it, about 10 minutes before your post the light bulb finally went on. I gotta get that switch fixed! Thanks Rob! PS I sure wish I'd had the chance for an evasive maneuver on that one. I've dodged a few deer, possums, and raccoons before, but that damn minivan shut off my vision until the last instant. Bambi just barely made it in front of the car. Another second and It would have heard me coming and bolted in the other direction.

Too bad they didn't do it in the daylight. Watching two pair of taillights race is kinda boring. :sleepy:

I'll let the Limeys worry about traffic in London. Just imagine , the traffic may be getting better in the Bay Area! PS I said it was a joke! Carl PSS And why does a guy from Hot 'Lanta have the GG Bridge for an avatar?

Power wash it off first, then sandblast what you find underneath. If neighbor won't lend it, rent one for half a day!