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Looks great, Mark. I'm not familiar with the bumper guards on a '73 though, they look a bit odd to me. Are they on the correct sides? Maybe upside down and swapped sides? Or maybe it's just my eyes.

I actually have beandip's loaner spindle pin puller right now. It works great. As for the lock bolt, I'd actually call it more of a drift pin. It is tapered on one side to match a flat machined onto the spindle pin. I'd recommend having a spare or two on hand before you start driving it out, as chances are very good that you'll mess up the threads.

My car thanks you too, Jim. But I took the lazy man's way out - I bought mine in its present nice condition. I can be pleased with it, but all it took was money and a bit of luck (to stumble upon it). You on the other hand, will be able to take personal pride in yours. It's different, I know, because I've been in that place too. (More or less.)

Hmm. Re-read post #2 in this thread....

I was afraid of that. Oh well, they were cheap. I suspect they'll arrive today.

I've been following Jim's progress for almost a year now. Believe me when I say that in this case, "mostly yourself" is a serious understatement. I'm frankly in awe of what Jim has done almost entirely single-handedly. Totally amazing!

My pleasure, Bryan. Next time is on me.Back on topic - I'm actually quite interested in hearing whether the 240SX spare will clear the bigger calipers. Since it is narrow, it should clear the struts, and has the right bolt pattern. If it clears larger calipers as well it would be the ideal solution for those of you with big brakes who want/need to carry a spare. Should be affordable at the local pick-n-pull.

Well, if they are as old as the car, they almost have to be Appliance. Not many other choices in that style that long ago. As for the spinners, it's good to know they fit on the Rewinds, since the real Rewind caps don't. Although I've never cared for the looks of those things, personally.

Vague recollections of complaints that they were noisy, and perhaps hard on rotors. But no personal experience, no.

Driver obviously had more money than brains...

Probably Appliance then, although I've seen some that are virtually identical that were made in Japan. Perhaps made for and distributed by Appliance as well, since they had old, rusty Appliance caps also.

No such thing as a "factory" bra, they were all aftermarket. May have been sold by the dealer, but still aftermarket. I've got a really old one as well. Needs new elastic. Tried to give it away and got no takers.

There's a thought - what did the 240SX come with for a spare? That should work quite well, I should think.

Enkei made at least 5 different mesh wheels back in the '80s. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you need Type 92s, as those were their most popular mesh that was made in 16" RWD. But you may want to post a picture here just to be certain that people are looking for the right ones.

Yes, the one I pictured is an Appliance. I used Eagle center caps on mine, from Massey's in Oklahoma, as noted in this thread: http://classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22863&highlight=appliance+caps The Eagle caps are the proper size, are retained in the same manner, and are very similar in shape to the original Appliance caps, but have the Eagle logo stamped in the center. I'm going to try to cover the Eagle logo with "Z" stickers from MSA soon. Not sure how it'll look, the Z stickers are 1.5" but the recess on the caps is 1.75". I have found a source for 1.75" Datsun stickers, but they are a bit more colorful than I'd prefer on my wheels. I'll post pictures (maybe in the other thread) once my Z stickers get here.

I like Repco/Axxis/PBR Deluxe (not Metal Master) for a good, quiet, general purpose pad. Then I use Sta-Lube brake caliper grease on the piston-to-pad contact, as well as the edges of the pad backing plates where they contact the caliper body. I also use the grease on all the contact points of the top hold-down springs.

Hard to say, as the images in the gallery don't show the wheels up close. Not Enkei's, might be Appliance - if so they are probably 14x6. If you've got a close up I might be able to pin them down. Also look for any words or numbers cast/stamped in the back side. Here's an Appliance.

Nope. Remember that by trade I'm a server geek, so the second drive is internal as well, setup as a RAID1 mirrored pair. I've got external Firewire drives for the laptop backups.

The unloaded calipers I put on my yellow car came from Schucks. They were just less than $30 each with no shipping, since I picked them up locally. They looked very nice, came with new pad hardware, and have worked well. I generally prefer to buy calipers unloaded, as the pads are the easiest part for a rebuilder to scrimp on - and so they do. So I normally buy unloaded and pick my own name-brand pads to suit my needs at the time.

To me that's like asking when was the last time I had a hard drive fail. Doesn't mean I shouldn't be prepared, one way or another. Whether it's a useable spare tire, or a way to contact road service, I want to be ready just in case.

Not a good option for me. Too many of the roads I enjoy driving are rather secluded, and have no cell coverage. Got to have a spare.

My spare is about 20 years old, it came in the back of my former parts car. To the best of my knowledge, there's only a few small rubber companies still making 175-14s. I think the only one being imported into the USA is the Vredestein Sprint+. Vredestein also makes the Sprint Classic (whose tread design I prefer) in that size, but I haven't been able to find a US distributor that carries that one, just the +. Side note - the currently available P185/75-14 is very close to the 175-14, about the same height but 10 mm wider. Still fits a 4.5" wide rim, too.

John is great - bailed me out big time on the yellow car's wiring, including a long-tail fusebox. Great parts. I also highly recommend him.

Very true, except I believe the Konig is a FWD wheel that requires thick spacers when used on a Z. Could be wrong, but there's no other reason for it not to have any lip.

Not my taste either.