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#3230 An American soldier, serving in World War II, had just returned from several weeks of intense action on the German front lines. He had finally been granted R&R and was on a train bound for London. The train was very crowded, so the soldier walked the length of the train, looking for an empty seat. The only unoccupied seat was directly adjacent to a well dressed middle aged lady and was being used by her little dog. The war weary soldier asked, "Please, ma'am, may I sit in that seat?" The English woman looked down her nose at the soldier, sniffed and said, "You Americans. You are such a rude class of people. Can't you see my Little Fifi is using that seat?" The soldier walked away, determined to find a place to rest, but after another trip down to the end of the train, found himself again facing the woman with the dog. Again he asked, "Please, lady. May I sit there? I'm very tired." The English woman wrinkled her nose and snorted, "You Americans! Not only are you rude, you are also arrogant. Imagine!" The soldier didn't say anything else; he leaned over, picked up the little dog, tossed it out the window of the train and sat down in the empty seat. The woman shrieked and railed, and demanded that someone defend her and chastise the soldier. An English gentleman sitting across the aisle spoke up, "You know, sir, you Americans do seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You eat holding the fork in the wrong hand. You drive your autos on the wrong side of the road. And now, sir, you've thrown the wrong bitch out the window."

Fastwoman did an excellent thread on rebuilding the vacuum selector valve here and well worth doing while you are there.

That sucks. I had my power go out for four days due to cold, wind and snow. Found out the fireplace really sucked, like it sucked all the heat out of the house instead of creating any. It was worthless as a heat provider. But you should have been ready. It was predicted over a year ago. Your free paper towels will arrive soon.

As a recent project, I had a new rear plate made for between the engine and the transmission. It's laser cut out of 304 stainless, and it turned out fantastic! Just the thing for bling! Since I'm putting it on a 280, I modeled it after the later version with the triangular shaped hole instead of the earlier 240 version with the round hole in the middle. The parts fische says the manual trans 240s used P/N 30411-E3000, while everything after that used P/N 30411-A8600. Also note that the 240 version was superseded by the 280 version, so according to that documentation, they are interchangeable. Here's the new shiny stainless bling plate next to the original with the failing plating: Mounted on the back of the motor: Pic of the front of the transmission to see where the holes are: And here's the plate up against the tranny face. Just hanging in place with bolts and drill bits: Any interest in having more of these made and offering for sale?

No power! Hot or cold anything. Candles and shop LEDs. Saving my laptop battery for bedtime dvd, Family Guy you pervs. Lost it about 3 a.m. sleeping like a rock but my best damn Buddy woke me up. Been up since then too. Had to to lace my hiking boots in the pretty much dark and my pee hole was on my back side. Luckily the restaurant had power so I coffeed up there and rearranged my clothes. Going to be hard going to sleep but I have products for that so not so bad as my head in the morning. Anyhow, bored to death and thanks for letting me vent a little. Houses across the street have power. WTF! Electricity is like a Z, you won't miss it for years then one day it's gone. I'll be buying a generator as soon as they're available. Enjoy your commercials tonight.

It may not help you if the factory tar board/sound deadener is no longer present on your floor panels, but I noted on my 4/70 HLS30U that it had gaps which corresponded with the factory footrest mount positions. No factory footrest or doubler mounts underneath, but the tar board has the corresponding gaps should they have been required:

Yea, talk to the farmers about that policy. And talk to the taxpayers about the subsidies going to the farmers because of that policy. But, oh!, the tariffs are paying the subsidies! I'm tired of this. Biden fixed the economy that caused me to put my cars in storage (I'm real lucky that I still have them) and I'm betting on Biden again. "Less Worse", who are YOU kidding?

How many extension cords do you have?

@jalexquijanoOn this site search "valve guide seals". DAVEWM (as well as others) have good descriptions of the procedure to change the valve seals. You only have to remove one valve spring, #4 intake. Stuffing the cylinder with rope, using the valve spring compressor shown earlier in this thread, remove the valve spring retainer, lower the valve slightly, rock the stem back and forth to try to gauge the guide wear. If there is little to no sideways movement between the valve stem and the guide, use a straw to install the new (you'll probably have to buy a whole set to get one) seal and reassemble the spring. If there's considerable sideways motion of the valve stem, the head will probably have to be removed to repair that guide. Once again, before you buy a spring compressor and a set of seals, do your homework. Search this site and probably YouTube too. They have lots of videos. Should you decide to go ahead, you'll have the cost of a valve spring compressor, a set of valve seals and maybe a valve cover gasket. You might also check to see what a local shop would charge to inspect and change that one valve seal.

Your wasting time with Al Allen. That's over and done with. Like I suggested before, find a cylinder head shop. That's your only option. You can keep trying to get an easy answer but there is not one. Buy another car. Or learn how to work on yours. Quit buying on ebay. If you want to save money get a Buick.

When you reach the right age the generator won’t be good enough. It will be whole house self starter running on the continuous supply of natural gas., a strong WiFi connection and a cable TV booster. Oh forget about the heated garage floor and driveway

Hi all, This weekend I finally got around to tracking down that last vacuum leak -- in the pneumatics of the HVAC control apparatus. (I had previously identified a leak through the vacuum line leading through the firewall from the vacuum solenoids or "magnet valves" -- righthand/passenger side of hood compartment.) The larger source of the leak was immediately apparent. In their infinite wisdom, Nissan put a splice in the vacuum line in the righthand/passenger dash area. It's shown in the factory service manual diagrams. It seems like that's just more to go wrong, but I'm sure there was an assembly line rationale behind the splice. In my own case, I had three splices, apparently from repairs by the previous owner. The tubing was starting to rot and had split over one of the splice connectors, then falling off. So I did a quick fix of the splice and found that I still had a vacuum leak. Not surprising. Anyway, I had to tear into the dash to track down the remaining leak and to replace old tubing with new. (Joy!) The center console on my '78 didn't come out as nicely as I had remembered on my '75, but I got it out. No leaks in any of the vacuum actuators in the system. The leak was definitely in the vacuum selector valve. It looked as though I could simply remove it from the bottom of the control assembly, but I wasn't sure. I figured I'd be better off taking the conservative approach and removing the entire control assembly before worrying about the vacuum selector valve. This gave me the opportunity to clean and lube it, but in hindsight I would have left it in place, only removing the vacuum selector valve. There are too many things to take loose and reconnect, and the assembly doesn't really come out without a bit of a fight. Once I had the vacuum selector valve out, I was able to confirm that, yup, it leaked. It seemed like a rather simple construction -- and was. It consists of two metal plates faced against each other, sealed with vacuum grease. The design of the valve is such that it vents air to the actuators to allow them to relax. The problem is that dirt is sucked into the valve and combines with the grease over time, eventually resulting in accumulated gunk that doesn't seal the two plates together very well. Anyway, the valve disassembles very easily. Just remove the little c-clip on the shaft, and the valve disassembles into 5 parts -- the two plates, the shaft, the clip, and a spring (on the outside of the assembly, pressing the plates together). There was a bit of scoring on mine from the dirt, but it was very minor. I just cleaned the two plates, lubricated lightly with silicone vacuum grease, and reassembled. Note that there is a recess in the middle, right around the shaft. I packed that recess with extra grease to feed out over time. In the original assembly process, Nissan had apparently not packed this area. After reassembling, to my delight, the assembly was vacuum-tight. I reassembled the whole mess, properly adjusting the cables, and found that the HVAC system worked perfectly and my engine had no remaining vacuum leaks. Yea! Here's what I would have done differently -- things that the factory service manual doesn't tell you: Rather than taking out the entire HVAC control assembly, I would have removed the vacuum selector valve from the bottom of the assembly. The cleaning/lubing of the remainder of the control assembly simply isn't important enough to go through the headaches of R&R. To do this, I recommend the following procedure, and I'd advise penciling it in on the appropriate page of the factory service manual (page AC-31 of my 1978 manual): (1) Turn the mode lever to "defrost" (far right position). (2) Remove the two screws retaining the vacuum selector valve, and remove through the bottom of the assembly (very easy). Be careful not to turn the two plates (also very easy). Note that the selector valve could install either the way you took it out or 180 deg turned. I'm pretty sure from the construction of the valve that it would make no difference how it is turned during reassembly. Note also that the drawing of the vacuum selector valve in the factory service manual is not accurate, at least on my car. The nipples are located in different positions. Perhaps there is more than one configuration of valve. (3) Note when you remove the valve that the top and bottom plates have alignment pointers on their outer radius. In the "defrost" position, these pointers should be aligned. At least that's how it is on my valve. Again, there may be different configurations. If the arrows don't align, then make your own alignment marks. (4) Disassemble, clean, re-lube, and reassemble valve. Use silicone vacuum grease or (silicone brake grease?). (5) Realign the plates using the alignment arrows. (6) Without rotating the plates, reinstall into the assembly, gently meshing the gears together. (7) Check the final alignment with the air selector lever now in the A/C position (far left). In this position, the S nipple should be completely vacuum tight, and the other three nipples should vent to the outside. I believe this is the only position where this would be true. One final note: One of my "magnet valves" is bad in the engine compartment. It is the primary one that evacuates the reservoir when the HVAC system is turned on. When the system is turned off, it is supposed to vent air back into the HVAC pneumatic system (note: edited as per below), thereby relieving the vacuum on the entire system. (There is a little filter on the bottom of the valve.) In my car, someone had bypassed that valve. I was worried that with a healthy vacuum and no leaks that the vacuum actuators might remain actuated when the system was turned off. However, the design of the vacuum selector valve does vent air back to the actuators when the system is off. I suppose the vacuum reservoir does hold a vacuum when the system is in the A/C position and the HVAC system is shut off. I presume that's not a problem. Anyway, I hope this posting saves someone a few headaches. Peace, Sarah

People can't resist posting about election topics and other things that they feel strongly about so I'm starting this new thread. Feel free, let Mike decide what to about it. The dead horse is getting bloody. p.s. I didn't create the Topic because I wanted to see more politics. Just trying to isolate it.

My vote would be not to have political rants on this site. I have always thought that this site, just like sports is an escape from the political B.S. Please find a political site to your liking and do your venting there.

Ha Ha!! I'm laughing cause I have the same problem and I'm older than you. Thank god I have a pull out radio.

Well, yes, the part about the tariffs. I'm tired of the lies. "The only country set up to deal with it was Taiwan. They learned from SARS and put measures in place in advance.... good planning." WRONG! USA was set up not only in this country but on a world stage. The United States had measures set in place after SARS and Ebola. The current administration took all that apart. Fact. Look it up. Both of them are bad leaders, you say? One of them hasn't lead yet and the other isn't a leader and cannot be described that way, obviously. Get ready for mandatory masks. Both France and Germany have gone to mandatory masks in public. I just bought some very stylish Datsun Z masks. They are going to be all the rage. And speaking of masks; does anyone know how well ZCON did with virus transmission? Did anyone get the plague from ZCON?

Yeah but he didn't get in like Trump did.

I agree with what Obama said the other day. If he can't handle Lesley Stahl's questions and walks off we'd be in world of trouble when Putin calls in his debt, and he will. My Mom would break him down in a short minute.

I prefer Metal lica.

You're right! https://www.google.com/amp/s/texashillcountry.com/mysterious-tesla-tower-texas/amp/

I'm not sure that is a fair statement regarding Biden. He really hasn't been a leader in an executive branch nor was he ever a governor or mayor. He chaired two Senate committees but I'm not sure if that is really considered a leader. He was Vise President though and has most certainly been in the same room when decisions were made.

OK, so you guys don’t like Chinese metal, how about Japanese metal?

I think Elon Musk already did that.

I assume that Biden will win, and although it will create a s**tstorm, IMO he has no option other than to enact a mandatory mask and distancing order to take effect on all federal properties and any mode of transportation which is under federal safety regulations, which I believe will include both trains and air travel. Massive federal subsidies will be required to keep businesses and transportation operating. The day after the election, Republicans will immediately discover that the deficit is unacceptable and will begin to wail and rend their garments over the same government spending which they have supported for the past 9 months.

That dude’s got cleavage all the way to his chin!

I've often heard you should change your oil every 3,000 miles or yearly which ever comes first. I know that's not necessary, but then again I wouldn't keep a brand new car for 44 years.

We need to resurrect Nikola's Tesla coil. I'm sick of wires.

Beautiful car!!!

I'm sorry if mentioned before (i did not read the whole story..) But.. what is a 350 miles car doing with a FRAM oil filter, that was'nt standard on a new delivered car in the '70's or was it? FRAM was'nt used by nissan??? and a first 1000km or 600 miles (or so) check was'nt performed either so i ask myself where does the FRAM come from..?? FRAM is a ... i've been told.... a useless filter with paper in them that after some time starts to disolve and gets into your engine.. or is it old news very old news?

The D1 and " I " looks like they are interchanged. I'm going to look at mine and mark them with my label maker. This is something else I have never seen. I will check mine out tomorrow and take a photo. Ron

I I have new door seals, I'll pull them out tomorrow and install one to see if I get the same results.

I had the same thought about generator

We lost power for part of the day today due to high winds. Worked on an electrical rough in with headlights for part of the day

ok here is the diagram or picture of the engine. After removing the valve cover how can you determine if its the valve seals, seats, guides or valves that are torn? Visually how? I wouldnt like to spend 500 usd in parts which are not damaged.

I am joking and actually hoping for Trump as he is the "less worse" and has better foreign policy with China.

A man is waiting outside a ladies' clothing shop while his wife buys herself 'something special' for their anniversary, when he is approached by a lady of the night, who suggests they get together. He enquires the price, and is told $50. He apologises, saying he only has $10, and she leaves him. A few minutes later, he is rejoined by his wife, and, arm in arm, they stroll round the corner - there to find the lady who accosted him earlier. She looks at him, then at his wife, and says 'You see ? That's what you get for $10 !'

If you're anything like I am with access to mostly generic exhaust clamps, you may have struggled sealing up slip fit pipes. Ive tried lots, most recently walker slip fit stainless and was not satisfied with the result. The pipes I am dealing with are 2" and a flare on one side. I was in at bmw and got to chatting with the guys, they gave me one of their bmw clamps to try and it holds very well. As a result, now my 38 year old car has bmw waranty:

This seems to fit somehow...

At least Dr. Fauci is safe, they won't let him in the WH anymore because he has this nasty habit of telling the truth.

A virus? Huh... Spreading like herpes at a Whore House, see that, WH.

COVID-19 is spreading in the WH like a virus.

Isn't it more the case that NA companies that have their products manufactured in China don't want to pay for a quality product? China is capable of producing a piece of crap that looks the part at a very low price and that is why NA companies have their stuff produced there. I think Chinese manufactures are given a rock bottom price point and specs to work to from by companies like AC Delco, Motorcraft, Delta, Stanley even Milwaukee because those companies simply want higher profits and more repeat sales. As backward as China can be towards its own people I don't believe they are the real villains here, I would put that squarely on the shoulders of greedy NA companies and stingy NA consumers. Walmart prices rule.