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If you want a rebuild kit, look for the 300ZX, 200SX, Maxima kits. Plenty out there. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fits-Nissan-200SX-300ZX-Hardbody-FS5W71C-F4W71E-Transmission-Rebuild-Kit-5spd/171273648905?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D41376%26meid%3D20436572be504cd5896109aaba761520%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D221371830904&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1 The only thing that won't fit is the front cluster shaft bearing. You need a 63/22 C3 (ID22 OD56 x 16mm) which will cost about $15 - 25 depending on where you go and brand. The one in the kit is the larger FS5W71C bearing (ID22 OD62 x 16mm). The synchros will fit the 280Z close ratio.

Decades ago, I learned to drive on the family 1961 Chrysler. A cool feature of Chrysler cars in those days was the push button gear selector on the dash instead of a shift lever. The "Reverse" button was a two position switch. Push it in halfway and the back up lights would come on before the reverse gear engaged when the button was fully depressed. The very bright back up lights on the '61 Chrysler were mounted high above the tail lights on the huge Virgil Exner designed rear fins. When someone was riding my tail, I would push the reverse button halfway in and accelerate, the high mounted back up lights would light and the immediate reaction of the driver behind me was to hit his brakes. Problem solved. Dennis

On my first (and only) Z I went the budget route on all the lines several years ago and no regrets now. I cleaned and stripped them thoroughly with a Scotch Brite, cleaned again with degreaser followed by acid wash. Taped the threads on all nuts, primed with self-etching primer followed by a silver metallic paint and topped with a clear coat. Here's the results from back in 2011 when the car was being put together, everything is still just as bright. With no significant heat near any of the lines, there may be little benefit from using a caliper paint.

Just a comment on the picture you posted of your car... I didn't know that Canada got Euro style non-emission cars back in the early days. That balance tube looks to be the Euro style tube available from ZTherapy and there are some differences I see in the carb linkage from my 12/70 USA car due to the non-emission, cool!

Hello everyone and thank you for the positive feedback. I will keep you posted on the progress. I haven't heard anything new from my mechanic, but I am not one for updates and I don't want to interfere. He has free reign. It's hard for me to let go as I am not one to just trust anyone with my pride and joy, but he is a person I truly believe that treats other people's cars as his own. Upon meeting Rob I quickly understood that he gives everyone special treatment. I do hope that my son and daughter get into the hobby of cars somehow or some way as it is so dynamic as we all know. Even if they enjoyed cars a bit it would be fun. There is an infinite number of lessons to learn from a car; critical thinking, patience, perseverance, discovery, and escape among other things. My kids have attended a ton of car shows and my son has gone to the Monterey Historics two years in a row. I changed his diaper at the world famous corkscrew!!! As a dad I have no shame. I am also lathering them in sunscreen and the ear protection is on at all times. I am not trying to create 'car-kids', but I am living my life and until they start telling me where to go and what to do I am going to continue educating them on cars. On a funny-note, we were at the Hillsborough Concours and a row of Ferrari's were in the distance and my 2 year old son turned to me and said, 'let's go check out that Datsun.' I was a proud papa. Maybe a Daytona to a toddler looks like a Z. I will never know. Here is my son at the Historics this year with our own Ron Carter's 2000 roadster. Sincerely, Ben

Sorry to be so late getting back to you. I am fine. We were blessed in so many ways over the past week. My wife spent 6 straight days at the hospital taking care of everybody and keep the lights on and people fed their. I am so proud of her. I was home with our two boys making sure things were safe. With so many I know who lost so much, I am almost ashamed to say I had little to no damage from the storm. Our cleanup is all but done and many others have not even been able to start. THanks for the kind thoughts! I am okay. My family is okay and my little Datsuns made it okay

So wrong in so many ways. . Not exactly a chick magnet, but more of a "look what I can do with a lot of stuff I found in the field behind my grandfather's barn". Dennis

Playing around... waiting for some bolts and nuts to attach things properly. Bolted up the 15/16" master cylinder.

IMHO- quite the contrary. if I were to count the number of cars I was under or half-way into when I said "How did someone get a pay-cheque for designing this?", I would say German cars top the list. Completely unnecessary parts with exaggerated importance in a lot of places. Most of their "afterthoughts" are the product of subsequent "overthoughts". If anyone would like to give me a good reason as to why Porsche would use self-tapping sheet metal screws to secure cam phasing solenoids to the cylinder heads on some of their more recent engines- I'd like to also know what time and day of the week they decided that a common DIN metric threaded fastener wasn't sufficient enough as it was for the passed 30 years when used for the same purpose. I don't think I'll ever get a good enough reason as to why that is. In this case, BMW could have easily designed these shims with material near the oiling hole just a smiiiiidge longer and bent over the between the main cap and the oil hole flange. It looks like it would fit there without issue and prevent it from spinning... I'm actually not surprised it's done this way... as per my comment above. They're great engines when they're running in tip-top shape- but there are certain things I would never forgive an engine designer for implementing. BMW has other types of shims for other motors, apparently. They span from one side to the other: I wonder if they will work as is. Even if they don't quite fit across the crank like on this particular motor, I'd use these instead and just cut it to an appropriate legnth so that it has a tab to bend over. Should be easy with tin-snips/shears.

Hi everyone - I'm the buyer of Jeff's car, and I am thrilled to own it. The pictures do not do justice to what Jeff has achieved with this car. When I'm not driving it, I just open the hood and study the engine compartment - it's pristine. I'm looking forward to the next steps with the car, but mainly just driving it and learning more about these wonderful cars.