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Today, I finished reassembly and testing of the horns. I made some gaskets out of some old "resume" paper I had. It is high quality paper in a slightly off white color. I sprayed a couple of coats of clear coat from a spray can on each side of the new gasket. The differential side flange shim was a good template for the ID. I used the horn for the OD. Some people have said that their horns have a very dark brown finish on the front. Some have said they were other colors. Mine sure looked to be black to me. Condition the horn was in when I took it apart. This plate is aluminum and was painted black on one side. That paint looked to be done at the factory to me. I cleaned it and resprayed it with Krylon semi-flat black. I forgot to take a picture of all the hardware, but here is some of it. The mounting bracket has two little aluminum spacers that go in between the plates. Two longer 6 mm screws secure the mounting bracket to the horn. The other four 6 mm screws are much shorter. Horns installed. It is interesting what makes the horns high vs. low pitch. I think all of the parts are the same except perhaps the piece to the far left in this picture. I think the height of it is different for each horn. And to get the contacts operating properly, the volume adjustment screws have to be set differently for each. I found this out by having to adjust my volume screws differently from what I did yesterday. The screw that was tall, I had to make short. And the screw that was short, I had to make tall. It was an interesting learning experience, but now they are both adjusted and nice and loud.

It’s this one, but there are many that are similar. https://a.co/d/g0cCVne

Yes I was a bit upset the Matsuo San was not mentioned when asked who the designer was. And the 3ltr Rb26 was a good laugh.. perhaps he was confused between 2jz vs Rb26? But it's in the name of the motor!

I finished my LED pulse width modulator (dimmer) today. It’s pretty easy if you want to try it. Using a brass rod made it tough to work with hand files so I resorted to a bench grinder for some of it, but all you need to do is measure the length you want, grind the end into a tab to slide into the slot on the PWM control rod, and drill through them sideways so you can press in a retaining pin. It won’t stay otherwise. Sorry I forgot to photograph that part. I fabbed up a bracket out of a strip of steel with some holes and bends in the right places and it fits exactly like the OEM rheostat.

2024 Z Con Drag Day. No S30’s to Run so Corvettes will Do. 9FD4F437-4C07-4539-8C41-1CCF59925704.MOV

Hahaha.. yeah... about 3,8 for a american gallon and... 4,2 liters for a english gallon (about..) so out of my head... and it's different to make it easy!!! JUST USE THE METRIC !! 😉

Jay Leno continues to display his lack of knowledge about the S30-series Z and Japanese cars in general. Another airing for the Katayama/Fairlady naming story thrown in for good measure. Utter nonsense. And apparently an RB26DETT engine has a capacity of three litres. Tricky stuff this Metric business.