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Total waste of a good car. Doesn't matter if it's a Z, a Pacer, a Kia or a '70s Ford Granada. Total waste.

Nope. After the last go-round on stuff like this, I will no longer selectively delete individual posts, unless they are obvious spam. If necessary I will lock or delete the entire thread, but not single posts. I will say that "Chrissimmons" joined today, location listed as "U.S.". There was another brand new account created from the very same IP address about an hour earlier with the location of "Indiana". I will be watching both accounts, and also any new accounts from the same IP address.

Yes, they are laminated, and much superior to the paper gaskets.

You might want to take a look at the Hooker gasket set, I found the set to be quite nice. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24505 http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HOK-10852HKR/

Quick update, the sunshades are in the final stages of production and should be ready to ship to me within 2-3 business days. Stay tuned...

Looking good, Dave. Are you happy with it so far?

Yup, I've seen that car. As Bruce noted, it's a 1200 (Sunny). Watch how the thing leaps off the line...

At least the typeface (font) of the new 5 speed appears to be correct, unlike the typeface on the new 4 speed knobs. Good job!

From what I've seen those screws were common even on fairly late Series 1 cars. #12746 (10/70) had 'em...

Lots of sources for resonated tips. Since I don't want yellow on my red car, I've been looking at either Hooker or Hedman tips instead.We talked about the lack of period exhausts a while back - http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34920

The console is the '72 type, so that car is apparently a '72. Don't what that knob is from, though.And actually, the 240Z and other S30 models were available with 5 speeds from the beginning pretty much everywhere else in the world, other than North America.

All the more reason for me to not worry about finding a Type A 5 speed for my car. Because once I had the transmission I wouldn't be totally happy until I acquired one of the small original 5 speed knobs for it. Since the knobs appear to be harder to find than the transmissions themselves, I best not even start.

Ahh, the old Amco knobs. Nice, but not original.

Ron, I've never seen an original 5 speed knob in person either. But your pictures of the five speed knob look exactly like my pictures of the current replacement 4 speed knob. I'd guess that the original 5 speed knob was really the same as the 4 speed but with a different emblem disk.

Hard to find here in the US, as they never offered a 5 speed in a 240Z here. At one time new-datsun-parts.com had them, but they are listed as Out of Stock now.

Darrel is correct - the vents are vents, the heat only comes from the footwells (or the defrosters). After rebuilding a heater box or two, I can confirm that this is the way they were designed.

Well, note that while I'll pitch the '73s as best for a driver, I have a '71. Sure, I would have enjoyed all the improvements a '73 has to offer. But when you find one that's rust-free you buy it, no matter what year or color it is.

Actually, for a street car, I think the '73s (once you swap to roundtop carbs) are by far the best. All sorts of desirable improvements. Like intermittent wipers and retractable seatbelts, for example.

Series 1 cars in the USA (built through 12/70 or so) had speedos that started at 20. Later '71s had speedos that started at 0. (I have one of those.) By '73 they started at 10. I can't remember when the change from 0 to 10 was.

for the gear lube to begin leaking out of the bellhousing that quickly sounds to me like damage to the transmission case, not the seal. Probably the countershaft slammed into the front cover hard enough to crack or hole it. I too would plan on finding a replacement transmission.

Redline MT-90 is reddish in color.

Transmission fluid leaking past the input shaft seal. The seal may have been improperly seated during the rebuild, but in my experience it is far more likely that the transmission was over-filled. Unlike most domestic transmissions, the Datsun transmissions are not supposed to be filled until the fluid starts dripping from the filler plug hole, but instead should have the proper measured amount of lube added. Don't ask me how I learned this... :stupid:

Actually, the electrical portion of the switch itself IS pretty universal. It fits all Zs and ZXs from '70-83. The wiring differences are in the wiring that connects to the switch, not the switch itself. New electrical switches (not including the ignition lock) run about $35.

No way I'm driving 2500 each way in the hottest part of the Summer w/o A/C for Zcon. Thinking about MSA in April. Almost went last year, might be able to swing it this year.

Mostly another year of small stuff, since the big stuff was back in 2008. Maybe a new exhaust, if I can finally decide what I want to build. That, and driving....