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Be nice Unkle. She's a new mommy. Welcome to the club. Oh and FeliZity, there are some decent pics of the trans tunnel and the diamond covering in the pics linked from my signature.

Dave, the file size of the Word doc is directly related to the file size in kilobytes or megabytes of the pics you inserted into the doc. To reduce the size of the Word doc you can resize the pics before inserting them, or possibly even save them in a more effecient format like .JPG if they're not already. And thanks for the file. I plan on getting to this as soon as I'm done with the suspension mods.

Well based on memory I thought mine was going to be the exception. Apparently not. My Dark Brown Metalic '73 240Z has also had the radiator support hand painted flat black, and a poor job it is. It was not painted from top to bottom but started about 6" down from the top of the support and stops right at the base before the front crossmember. You can see where the paint ran down onto the crossmember and then down the front. What a slop job. I'm glad it's not visible from the outside.

No ideas on the needle but I know someone is gonna ask.....are you running the stock flat top carbs or have they been replaced with round tops. Someone might be able to help you with the round tops but I'm not so sure about the flatties.

zhead240, sounds like the lock on your hatch got replaced at some point. One of my keys fits the ignition, doors and hatch, and the other fits only the glove box. I assume this is the natural order of things. Do you have a 3rd key the works in the glove, or are you missing that one?

Welcome to the fray. There's a lot of grat info here. I'm sure you'll find it useful. I know I have.

Yeah, I ended up putting the pads back in so I could get both pistons out. Sounds like I went hrough the normal trials and tribulations of your typical Z newbie. The pistons are fairly clean. Just a few nicks and a little marring but nothing that can't be fixed. Thanks again for the help.

I believe the key pictured in the referenced auction is the type used only for the glovebox. Zhead, what exactly do you mean my left and right groove? Looking from which perspective?

I have two original sets of these for my Z. One set used and one not.

Well I got the pistons out with air from my compressor, but I wish I had read the rest of the posts since last night because I learned a valuable lesson the hard way. The pistons come out of the bore with extreme prejudice! My finger hurts like a son of a bitch. Nuff said. Thanks for the help.

Thanks Montoya, I'll give that a try in the morning. I hope I can get enough of a seal on there to get them to pop out. They were working before I removed them and both pads seem to be the same size so I don't think the pistons are seized, just sticky. Ever seen one of these? http://www.autobarn.net/lis28600.html If the air pressure thing doesn't work, perhaps rotating the piston while applying air pressure would help. We'll see.

Welcome to the world of Phishing. I've seen these from eBay, Amazon, Citibank, Bank of New York and many more. The main rule is not to click on links from within an e-mail when someone is requesting that you provide any sort of information, and certainly that you don't provide any private info on a page linked to from the email. Legitimate emails will direct you to visit their website via the registered domain name you are familiar with. I generally ignore even legitimate requests and go directly to the site myself anytime a vendor asks me to update or confirm any of my info. Better safe than sorry.

Well, I'm at the point now where I'm ready to clean and rebuild my brake calipers. Unfortunately I have already removed them from the car as well as the rear wheel cylinders and I can't get the damn pistons to come out? Is there a trick to doing his when they are off the car?

Congrats! Shore looks purty. Can't wait to see more pics.

My mom surprised me and got me the exact Blue Datsun Logo shirt that I wanted, as well as the "How to Restore Your Datsun Z-Car" book by Wick Humble. Unfortunately I had already purchased this book for myself. I still can't figure out how she found and b ought the exact shirt I wanted. I never even mentioned I wanted anything Z related. That's Moms for ya. She always one step ahead of me.

I believe these were already posted here by the owner, Phillip(Mull) from over in sweden. Interesting thread and story. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17399

I usually roll up in a ball in a corner and sob. JK Try breaking it into smaller steps and doing it over a longer period of time than you originally planned. The other thing you can do is find a way to subsidize your mod income. Pick up a side or part-time job long enough to set aside some extra cash. Sell some crap you don't use anymore. Make a deal with a buddy to let him use the car for a day or two a month if he chips in for the mods. I'm sure you'll think of something. Life is often about compromise. Good luck.

Thanks Stephen. The horns I am looking at have the following markings on them. MODEL-ME 12V3A 115dB DATE X10 Not sure what the ME or X10 stand for but I plan on doing some research to find out. So it looks like the horns on the 70-73 are all the same eh?

Neither works for me. All I get is audio.

There's nothing wrong with ZX's that a few engine and suspension mods wouldn't fix. I guess it's just a matter of preference. You can flash your hi beams...er I mean lights and me anytime. I'll flash back

Can anyone give me the original part#'s for the left and right horns from a 1973 240Z? Also, were these used on any other years? I'm missing my left horn and looking to replace one or both with the same type.

Nice job on the refinishing those horns. As soon as I find a replacement set I'll be doing the same.

Mine came with what I believe to be a Suspension Technologies bar probably mounted by the P.O. I can't tell if there was ever a stock bar mounted but the mount points are certainly there.

My air dam is mounted the same way as the picture you provided. It appears to have been mounted correctly. I guess it depends on the design of the dam. Nice lookin car btw.

Sounds kinda lumpy. I like it.