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I also started on the IZCC mailing list. It was a great place to get info and make friends. You are right and we don't say it often enough, ... We owe a HUGE thanks you to Mike for making this great community available to Z Car nuts everywhere.

well id got the problem solved and both flashers and turn signal lights are working. Dirty contact under the dashboard, passenger side, where the hazard flasher relay is connected. dirty terminals which will need some tightening and cleaning. Thanks everyone for your input!

It sounds like the clutch disc was stuck (possibly due to corrosion) to the flywheel. When you disengaged the clutch, it would have released from the pressure plate, but remain stuck to the flywheel. It’s also possible that the clutch disc had difficulty sliding back from the flywheel on the transmission input shaft splines. Next time, I would use 4th or 5th gear. In 1st gear, the engine has very little resistance due to the gearing, allowing the car to move forward too easily. Nice to hear it was an easy fix.

My prior digging around about such matters leads me to believe that the stabilized gauge design was originally invented by Smith Gauges out of England in the late nineteen-fifties or early sixties. That stabilizer design quickly proliferated, and by the mid-sixties pretty much all the auto manufacturers were using a version of that design. A quick web search came up with lots of hits including this summary by whatever AI bot decided I needed to know: "Smiths voltage stabilizers, used for their bimetallic gauges in classic cars (like MGs, Triumphs, Fords) from the 1960s onwards, were mechanical devices that converted varying dynamo/alternator voltage to a steady ~10V, preventing inaccurate fuel/temp readings; they worked by heating a bimetallic strip that rapidly opened/closed contacts" So between that, and the fact that I've been inside a few mid-1970 gauges (which were stabilized just like the later ones), my answer to your question would be "I assume Datsun used the stabilized design from the very beginning." As for the info in the service manual, I assume it's just another case of incomplete or incorrect info in the documentation. There are lots of examples of that.

I see a cable linkage that pulls down at the left arrow. And the front two ITBs are connected to the middle two ITBs at the right arrow. And there is a list of options on their site. I'm not familiar enough with the Jenvey setup to explain the first two options. The third looks like a throttle-by-wire setup. I just found another picture that may show the double linkage.

I have bought many things from Vintage connections. No problems. Haven't dealt with the other company

AI training. Firstly, don't repeat other people words. Second, get the facts correct. Check the logic of the writing. The following explanations are incorrect. Good luck, Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms. bot.