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It should..... but I could be wrong... I can't think of any reason they wouldn't.....

If you have fairly skinny forearms and don't mind a few scratches from the rear panel you can change that one without dropping the tank all the way. It would be a bit easier if you loosen the tank straps so you can slide the tank foreward an inch or so.... I've done it on a couple cars.. but I was blessed with long skinny arms.... it's kinda hard to see what you are doing while your arm is up in there.. but it's not too bad. The worst part will be trying to feed that hose up through the floor into the car. It's much easier to feed it up through the floor than to try to feed the end with the 90 degree bend down thru the floor, at least that's if you are using the stock replacement hose like I did. I just put my tank back in mine, and forgot to put that hose on before I put the tank straps on.... got in a bit of a hurry as it's been over a year since the tank came out...:tapemouth at least I remembered to feed the hose through the body before I put the tank in. :stupid:

Haven't seen any rust through... but have seen some weakened by rust and get trashed in other ways.. I've got a couple sets, but unfortunately they are still holding up the car they are attached too.....if you can't find any, let me know and maybe I can get the cars dragged out of the woods and pull some parts off before they go to the crusher...

I just put mine back in or I'd go look..... but if I remember right there was only a small gap separating the baffle from the tank on the ends. I don't remember seeing any openings along the bottom of the baffle.

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That's what I was thinking Ron, there's too much price difference... so you gotta wonder about the quality of the cheaper one. Plus, it's a carbon fiber/fiberglass hood. It's only as good as its weakest link, which would be the fiberglass he used to make the frame and hinge mounts. I don't know about Les' hood, whether it's all carbon fiber or not, so I can't say it isn't worth 600... but that's an awful lot of money just so you can say you've got a carbon fiber hood.....

Sounds to me like alternator or voltage regulator has died, and you were running off battery voltage. You should be able to take the alternator off and have it tested at most of the auto parts stores before you start buying parts that you may or may not need.

You can also get them here...http://www.classicdatsun.com/ At 600 bucks, is it really worth it?

It depends on which hose it is. Is it the large one in the back of the tank or the smaller one on the front? If it is the large one in the back, you'll need to either get the original or make one up using a piece of tybing as it has a 90 degree bend in it. The smaller one in the front can be replaced by regular 3/8 fuel hose, but it too has a sharp bend, but it you loop it around you can make it work. The larger hose in the back doesn't have any room to make a loop instead of the 90 degree bend so you have to splice one together using tubing to make your bend in it. This large one is the most critical as that is where the air will escape to vent the tank while you are filling it. FWIW, that large hose is still available, although it is expensive, about 50 bucks from MSA. If you try to make up your own, you'll almost have to drop the tank some so you can get your hands up in there to work as there is very little room as you probably have seen already. Easiest way is to use the original unless you want to go through the hassle of dropping the tank down to make room to work so you can fab up a replacement.

Thanks Alan, but there is no hurry as long as you can get the correct measurements that's all I'll need, looks like it will be next summer before the car ever gets back on the road anyways...:disappoin Unless you want to post the measurements for others that is... In all the pics I've seen of them I never noticed that they were mounted differently side to side...

While we are on the subject Alan, is there a diagram or the measurements as to where the mounting holes should be for these? I've got a set of the Nissan ones on the way, and I want to mount them in the proper position, and since I doubt they come with a paper template to mark the position of the holes, I was hoping you might know where one could find the measurements. I hate to drill the holes but....

Yup, anything that can be unbolted from the car is OK in fiberglass or whatever..... Unless someone comes up with patch panels for the unibody or chassis that are made of carbon fiber with a some way to bond the two together that is..... That might be the answer instead of hammering out metal patch panels..be kinda expensive though.......:cross-eye

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First thing I would check is the small pins that are on the backside of the wheel to cancel the turn signals. Make sure they aren't out to far and rubbing on the end of the column.

Well, you're right, they are hard to find... :tapemouth I know I have at least 4 somewhere..... might take a day or two to find the right box or jar or drawer or........:cross-eye

How many do you need? I think I remember seeing some in a box somewhere in my shop... finding the right box might be a problem though.....:stupid:

I don't know that I would use a welded rear in an auto-X car, unless you were to use adjustable sway bars. The welded rear will tend to push the front end of the car (the heavier you are on the throttle, the harder it will push) and without adjustable sways bars to bring the handling back more towards neutral you will end up hurting your times while trying to wrestle with the understeer. Slow speed with a welded rear is a real work out just trying to turn the wheel.... it will make the steering even heavier than normal.... Since most auto-X's are fairly low speed, at least compared to road racing, I'd stick with an open rear until you can get some type of LSD. I ran a welded rear in my road race 280 for 3 years and never got the handling right..... I think one of these Phantom Grips would be better than a welded rear for an auto-X car and I haven't heard too many good reports on the Phantom Grips....even a factory LSD is better than the Phantom Grips, of course, none of them would be as good as a Quaiffe...but even a Quaiffe would have it's drawbacks on an auto-X course where you go from off throttle to full throttle a lot.

As far as using fiberglass instead of metal, I wouldn't do it on a uni-body car as the entire uni-body is the structure of the car. There are really no areas of the uni-body that aren't a structural member of the car in one way or another. Every piece is tied into another to form the chassis as well as the outer body and with one are compromised it will end up putting more stress on the areas that haven't been patched. If these cars were like a Roadster with a body-on-frame design, there would be no real problem with using fiberglass, but on a Z, I wouldn't use fiberglass unless it's to blend in a set of flares or something like that.

Now, I wonder where they all are... Wasn't long ago we were just hitting 3,000.

First, turn the drum so the inspection hole is just about in the "7 o'clock" position. Then if you can, drill the hole out to 1/2 inch so you can see inside and get your screwdrivers in there to work the ratchet. Don't worry, drilling it out won't hurt the drum at all, and by the sounds of it, it may not be salvageable anyways if the shoes have been dragging for a long time the drum is probably cut so deep that it won't be able to be turned. Then, get your self a good little light and a couple straight screwdrivers, and with one, press down on the arm from the E-brake. If it will stay out of the way, that's good, if not, then using the second screwdriver you need to turn the adjusting wheel down to loosen the shoes. It's a good possibility that the wheel cylinder might even be froze up and that's why the e-brake cable is unhooked, or else the e-brake cable is froze.... hard to tell until you get it apart to inspect the wheel cylinder. If I'm not mistaken on the opposite side you need the drum in about the "5 o'clock" position to line up with the adjuster. Either side, you still need to turn the adjuster wheel downward to loosen as the arm works on the bottom of the wheel and swings outward when the e-brake is used to tighten the brake shoes.

Well, 450 is a bit steep, but.... it's brand new and compared to spending a couple hundred on one of unknown condition used, I'd go with new if possible. Another 100 or so for bearings and seals, and you'd have a brand new rebuilt rear good to go for as long as you own the car... Most of the R-180 3:90's you will find, have either been used in a race car which means you'd be rebuilding it anyways or at least changing out the center section if the spider gears are welded, or would be from a well used street car..... I know where you could probably find an R-180 with the 3:90's, but the rear is welded and you don't want that on the street, and the price is nearly the same as the new ring and pinion for the complete (but used) diff. Which means you'd end up pulling it apart to swap out the spider gears and then you'd want to change the bearings... yadda, yadda, yadda... see what I mean? Only other alternative is to find one in a junkyard from the front of the 720 4x4 truck, which might be in somewhat better condition as most probably weren't used that often in four wheel drive in your neck of the woods.

Bearing first, then lock ring.... if you looked at it and thought about it you'd see how they have to go... bearing has to be in the race to work...

Here's another good chart but it doesn't list the 4:11 http://www.geocities.com/zgarage2001/ratios.gif For a street car with the 77 5 speed, I'd be tempted to go with the 3.90 for the simple reason your overall gear ration will be nearly the same as what it was stock. In other words, you will turn basically the same RPM's as you would with the stock 4 speed and the 3:36 rear on the highway. If you are going to use it for mostly auto-X and don't care about a couple hundred more RPM's while cruising, go with the 4:11. It's all up to which gear ratio you can find... neither is a bad choice with the 77 5 speed. I just saw a brand new 3:90 ring and pinion on Ebay last week going for 450, or about half price of what it sold for new......wish I'd had the money or I would have bought it myself.

MSA has them still listed in their catalog for 140 each... although on a 73 you would need to use the 70-72 mounts. With these mounts they would fit nice and tight to the body whereas the 73 bumpers stuck out further and had the rubber "fillers" behind the bumper face bar. Dunno if MSA still has them or not....as hard as some of the fiberglass parts are to come by now, I kinda think they won't be available.