EricB

Great pics Guus!! -e

ok well glad we're all on the same page now... yeah it's the threaded rod that's too short... -e

Pancho I unbolted the clutch master cylinder from the firewall and pulled it through into the engine bay, peeled back the rubber boot and looked at the threaded rod... I tugged on it a bit but fearing to brake something I stopped when nothing seemed to budge. It really looks like the rod is held into the ball/plunger assembly by a circlip or some equivalent. You sure it will just pull right out? I guess I need to see an exploded view to see how the parts go together... -e

Again: Fantastic! True fairy tale of the ultimate junkyard find - I love stories like this... -e

ABsolutely.... what an athelete that guy... -e

hmmmm i didn't realize one had to be a member of the group to view the pics in any case if you want to join, email historic_club-subscribe@yahoogroups.com bunch of cool guys who have been or are stationed in okinawa and some of their internet friends. I for one haven't been in the service and just met up with two of them at MSA several years ago... -e

'81 F54 L28 block mated to an '81 5spd in a '73 240. Last time I changed the clutch and pressure plate I got one for an '81... The clutch master cylinder I replaced on my car was the original 73 one - other than having sprung a leak it worked fine - I replaced it with another 73 Nabco one as described above and found the new rod to be too short - thus the source of my problems... -e

Oh don't get me wrong I agree about the price... a bit steep... I see 3.0L L28 GT and GTX KNMs go for sale around 900000 to 1500000yen in Japan pretty often, add $1000 or so to ship to Long Beach and you'd still save some money by going over there to get one yourself & it'd be the exact color your heart yearns for... -e

More pics This time from the boys on Okinawa http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/historic_club/ -e

True... Imagine the pimply faced 18yo's reaction when you pull up though with no one sitting in the "driver seat" hahahaha -e

73~76 or is it 77? Skylines are called Ken&Mary because of their advertising campaign which showed a white Ken and a white Mary being all lovy dovy both to each other and the car... If memory serves me right there was even a hit single that was recorded and available for sale as a 45... remember 45s? As for chassis codes: the KPGC110 is indeed a Ken&Mary Skyline GT-R 2dr coupe the regular GT and GT-X 2door coupe versions like this specific one have chassis code KGC110 The Skyline that precedes the Ken&Mary is of course the one we all know and love. First Skyline GT-R is the 1969 PGC10 4door GT-R whereas a regular 4door would have chassis code GC10 The 2dr coupe Skyline GT-R arrives in 1970 with chassis code KPGC10 A regular '1970-1972 Skyline GT or GT-X coupe thus has chassis code KGC10 In other words adding P means GT-R & addind K means coupe. Easy enough? RHD is not a legal issue in the USA. Think of the whole host of vintage British cars that have come over from the UK as RHD cars. None of them are legally an issue at all here in the USA. It is however much more difficult to pass a slow moving vehicle on a curving country road in a LHD country while driving a RHD car, and this says nothing of your local drive-up ATM or fast food restaurants... I have checked again with both the California DMV and the Federal offices responsible and have always been told that for cars older than 25years old you can bring anything into the country provided you have a bill of sale from which they can generate a title. -e

Let's all lighten up, have a good laugh, and think about how lax their Department of Motor Vehicles & Highway Patrol must be to allow things like that on the road.... too funny... -e

Nice. -e

Anyone happen to know the pitch and thread on the NABCO clutch rod? I'm guessing M8 x 1.25pitch but I don't have it in front of me... Was going to order some longer threaded rod from McMaster Carr as they have it in stock for $3.- -e

Hahahaha.... Just cause.... Think Pokemon cartoons.... -e

I forgot if I (someone else?) already posted this link of pics on here... If so apologies... If not, enjoy! Whatever you do make sure you click on Tokyo Auto Salon 2005 page 2 and scroll down to the second half of that page.... ahahahaha -e http://tanetane92.web.infoseek.co.jp/gallery.html

Sorry Pancho I don't know where the ENrique thing came from... Thanks again though... -e

$&*%... I did peel back the boot and thought I saw the rod being part of the ball/plunger assembly... so I tossed it... that was last week... trash's been picked up... any other ideas? is the longer rod specific to only certain months of HLS30 production - like late 73 240's only??? Enrique as far as modifying the rod itself... you're saying it's just threaded in behind the rubber boot... so I can get a 1' section of threaded rod with the correct pitch, cut to fit, and replace it... nice. Ok I guess I'll do that then... So much for bolt on replacement parts for our cars... hahaha -e

Hey all So a couple weeks ago my friction disk finally bit the dust. I got another and at the same time decided to replace my clutch master cylinder and slave cylinder. First I went to the import auto parts store in Pasadena and they sold me a no name brand Japanese made replacement set for my '73 240. When I took them home and unbolted my original Nabco and got to comparing them I found the replacement's rod was something like 5/8~3/4" too short. Considering my original one was adjusted all the way out I figured this wouldn't work. I returned both and drove down to MSA. MSA sold me a matched NABCO set which I assumed good and brought home. The threaded rod difference was something like 1/8 ~ 3/16". I figured I'd be fine... Re-assembled everything on the car the next day, fired it up, and couldn't get it in gear.... great... By this time it's 11:30pm on a sunday. I bit the bullet and got a rental car for the week. This weekend thinking my problem was with the throwout collar (maybe it got cockeyed or something) I pulled the tranny off - found nothing wrong and re-assembled. Still wouldn't go in gear. So I took a closer look at the clutch master cylinder rod. I adjusted it out even futher (it's now only held on by like 2 threads - doesn't seem safe to me) and I can BARELY get the car in gear. I feel like I would want to adjust it out a further two threads or something but can't.... What now? The clutch master cylinder MSA sold me is indeed for a 73 240. How come the OE one I pulled off the car was longer??? Thanks as always. -e

Do a search or two. I remember posting the complete shopping list several months back. -e

Try these as well: Randy at REBCO in THousand Oaks - right next to the Auto Row out there. He did my early E88, fitted it with new seats, and larger N42 valves and I'm happy as can be. Also there's Mark DeGroff at Mark DeGroff Cylinder Head in Northridge on Parthenia (near where it crosses Reseda Blvd). He cleaned up the F54 L28 I brought him straight from the junkyard. He got me new bearings and rings and left the assembly up to me but I'm still real happy with that too. However stay away from Hollywood Machine Shop in Pasadena (1blk behind the InNOut on Walnut where the Honda dealer is). I have had a bad experience with them. There's a place just a couple doors down called Foreign Machine Service or something like that and they are SLLOOOOWWWW. -e

She doesn't look like she rolled. I wonder if a tree fell on her... and if it made a sound... -e

Wow... #2, huh? I feel like I should be bowing in its presence... Most impressive that it is in private hands rather than the factory's... Can't even imagine how much money was traded for this one... wow Thanks for sharing the pic. -e

Have you guys seen this? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=40016&item=7985849519 -e

Thank the guy who took the pics (his website, his email link all over it) - not me. -e