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After 8 years of the same wheels - I thought it was time for a change........

Good move Cliff, If I had that choice I would do the same. Can't turn back time.

Wow! Beauty! K

You'll survive Cliff! Just got back from church now...

Thanks Cliff, Got a new puppy and a round of golf. Aught to be a great day

I am trying to figure out what he stopped leaking with teflon tape on the thread. Maybe his cable was still full of oil and slowly leaking back out. The tape stopped that from leaking. He probably didn't clean the cable, while he was doing the seals. A little bit of trivia: When I ordered the o-rings they quoted two parts numbers for the speedo and striking rod, but when I measured them on a o-ring cone, I came up with the same size. There is a photo of them in the "Leaky transmission" link. My rubber hat washer is long gone. I think the PO left it out when he installed the close ratio. I cut a ring out of 2mm NBR sheet with some hole punches. Its main purpose is to keep dust, grime and water from getting in. It probably would stop oil leaking if the outer cable was in good condition, but that is not its intended purpose. And like chickman said, only available with a new "genuine" inner cable and the better aftermarket units.

'77-78 got a vented hood.

If you go on the eBay website the fee for the sale of the car is $125 if I'm not mistaken. You also have to pay for the ad, and lose a 3% paypal fee on your deposit. There are some ins and outs but that's a rundown. Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk

Seems like by putting teflon tape there he just redirected whatever oil was leaking to stay in the speedo cable itself. I picked up some rubber washers today at HomeDepot. (in the plumbing/sink repair section) Believe the one i used was labeled a 1/2" washer, with a 3/4" OD and 3/16" ID. The smaller ID fit very snug, and I believe I have it seated differently than the original grommet. Here is where my washer sits. I think there is still enough engagement with the spinning gear that it shouldn't be a problem... but we will see. It fit so well at that point, i didn't want to try to force it over the next "hump" There seemed like the spring shaft was compressed enough that the keyway shouldn't pop out... but i suppose if i had popped the washer over that hump it would have helped to hold that in as well.

10k$ center caps. Now there's a "wheeler dealer" for ya. I might add that I did the same thing once for a nice set of watanabe wheels. I will add these to my to-look-for-list when shopping. Desperate buyers are always welcome at my store.

I know of two cars for sale around 10k with rims and center caps you could buy take caps and resale. Or make offer on caps Chattanooga Tennessee craigslist .

The Skyline just landed in LAX this morning today.....I will update very soon.......wish me luck!

Since I'm an originality GEEK, thought I would show the NOS OEM hangars I found when restoring my series 1 car. Stuff like this is still out there, just takes a lot of patience. Dan

Wow...the FSM makes the hangers look really, really complex - overly so.