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I've still got the one I offered to you. You don't want that one...?

No, the FS5C71-A should fit OK in place of an FS4W71-A, if that is what you have in your car. Shifter position should be OK in the trans tunnel and console, and the crossmember should work. Only thing you will have to address ( depending on your car ) is the type of propshaft you need. It will depend on diff position ( early 'forward' or late 'rearward' ) and whether anyone has changed it in the past. The correct - early - propshaft for the FS5C71-A can be quite hard to find. Has the guy who sold you the transmission not got one..?

There were two different 5-speed transmissions fitted to 'Euro' market 240Zs, depending on the date of manufacture. First cars had the FS5C-71A, but later cars had the FS5C-71B. Which one will be a more suitable and 'period correct' bolt-in fitment for your particular car would depend on the car's production date. Bear in mind that the actual transmission is only one part of this. Trying to put the 'wrong' transmission in a car might give you difficulty with the hole in the trans tunnel, the console, the shifter itself, as well as the crossmember and the prop shaft. You also need to consider diff location ( early or late type ) for the prop shaft, and the diff ratio. What year / month / original market is your 240Z?

OK. Thanks Jerry.

Hi Jerry, There were several different types of narrow-belt crank pulleys. Here's a photo of one type ( attached ). There was also one large diameter version like this, but with no holes. There were some that were small diameter too. The narrow-belt pulleys had to be used as a set, so the original crank pulley that went with the Alternator pulley and Water Pump pulley in your photos would have been of the narrow-belt type too. Not stock. Would be great if you could find it. Cheers, Alan T.

Hi Jerry, Are there two water pump pulleys? I see what appears to be a stock W/P pulley, and also the ( smaller ) Competition W/P pulley with the holes in ( that's one of the ones I'm looking for ) and a water pump pulley spacer ( small dia. with the four slots ). Other item is the ( small dia. ) Alternator pulley. No crank pulley? Cheers, Alan T.

Jerry, If you want to sell the 3pc pulley set, I'd be very happy to buy them from you.

And, by the way: 1981 JDM Nissan 280z Datsun Fairlady Hood Fenders Front End Asembly | eBay and: 1981 280Z fairlady (RHD) L28 Japan import. So.cal 91316 ($1500) - Cars for Sale - HybridZ

It's for the whole run of the Japanese domestic market S130-series Z variants. If the "VIN" ( 'Katashiki' prefix + body serial number combination ) of the car is indeed 'HGS130' then I would have thought it was likely that it was a Fairlady 280Z-T 2/2 or Fairlady 280Z-L 2/2. Both had the L28E engine ( injection, non turbo ) as stock equipment, so if it's got a turbo on it I'd guess that it's a later addition.

Japanese market S130-series Z models: *'S130-S' Fairlady Z ( L20E engine ) 2-seater *'S130-J' Fairlady Z-T ( L20E engine ) 2-seater *'S130' Fairlady Z-L ( L20E engine ) 2-seater *'HS130-J' Fairlady 280Z-T ( L28E engine ) 2-seater *'HS130' Fairlady 280Z-L ( L28E engine ) 2-seater *'S130-ST' Fairlady Z Turbo ( L20ET engine ) 2-seater *'S130-JTB' Fairlady Z-T Turbo ( L20ET engine ) 2-seater *'S130-T' Fairlady Z-L Turbo ( L20ET engine ) 2-seater *'GS130-S' Fairlady Z 2by2 ( L20E engine ) *'GS130-J' Fairlady Z-T 2by2 ( L20E engine ) *'GS130' Fairlady Z-L 2by2 ( L20E engine ) *'HGS130-J' Fairlady 280Z-T 2by2 ( L28E engine ) *'HGS130' Fairlady 280Z-L 2by2 ( L28E engine ) *'KGS130-J' Fairlady Z T-Bar Roof 2by2 ( L20E engine ) *'KS130-J' Fairlady Z T-Bar Roof ( L20E engine ) 2-seater *'KHGS130-JBC' Fairlady 280Z T-Bar Roof 2by2 ( L28E engine ) *'KHS130-JBC' Fairlady 280Z T-Bar Roof ( L28E engine ) 2-seater *'KGS130-JTB' Fairlady Z T-Bar Roof Turbo 2by2 ( L20ET engine ) *'KS130-JTB' Fairlady Z T-Bar Roof Turbo ( L20ET engine ) 2-seater *'GS130-ST' Fairlady Z Turbo 2by2 ( L20ET engine ) *'GS130-JTB' Fairlady Z-T Turbo 2by2 ( L20ET engine ) *'GS130-T' Fairlady Z-L Turbo 2by2 ( L20ET engine )

They look 'Italianate' to me too, but they also look like a variation on the Dunlop 'Formula' D-series wheels, as seen on many Triumphs of the period as well as the Reliant Scimitar: Canley Classics - Triumph Museum: Dunlop Wheels Should have some casting marks / identification on the back somewhere. You have taken one off to have a look, haven't you?

Yes, I'm back. But very busy at the moment.....

I don't know why not. My local automotive paint supplier can cross-match across BS, Glidden and RAL ( the European Standard ) paint codes, as well as custom mix and match to sample.

Not at all. I think it was perfectly valid. It's something we have discussed many times in the past. You managed to find this thread a couple of months after the last reply, didn't you? Nothing 'ironic' about it at all. If I have the answer I'll usually give it. Stop complaining. Spraying a Nissan engine block in a GM colour might be ironic, though...

For the sake of accuracy, it's cast, not forged.

No need to wait for me to turn up. Anybody else with an ounce of sense would do the job.... There were some markets where the engine number wasn't stamped into the engine bay plate at all. And I'm afraid it still grates to see people talking about 'Datsun doing this' and 'Datsun doing that'. Datsun never did anything, because Datsun was just a badge attached to some of the cars. It was Nissan that was doing the doing... Tomohawk: The numerical part of the engine number would only match the numerical part of the chassis number by chance, if ever.

Is this an early April Fool joke, or have we all fallen into some parallel universe where Nissan's engine numbers match their chassis numbers ( huh? ) and people think that L24, L26 and L28 engines were only ever fitted to Zs, and only to north American market cars at that...? I think I might need to go and lay down in a darkened room for a while.....

OK, I managed to find my box of used carbs, and I selected a single 40DCOE-18 that might be a good candidate. The manufacturing date is a little later than yours ( mine is no.27752 ) so it's not really a perfect match. However, theoretically any early 40DCOE-18 should match up with another early 40DCOE-18 as far as circuits and internals etc, so it should work. I'm away in Japan for a couple of weeks from tomorrow, so can't really do anything about this until I come back. Hope you can wait....

I might be able to help you. I have several vintage 40DCOE-18s 'spare'. One of them might be a close enough match to the two you have. Tell me what the individual numbers on the covers are ( the 'No' on the pad underneath the 'Tipo' line ) and I'll see if I've got one that's near.

Any "rally package" would have been installed by a private owner or shop, as Nissan never sold any "rally package" that included such parts and only made rally cars for its own factory use. They never sold such to the general public. It would be a logical place to put a Halda Tripmaster or other proprietary distance-measuring meters and a stopwatch setup, for "rally" use. However, it might also have been a mounting / blanking plate for a grab handle ( which I've seen before ). Unless there is other tell-tale evidence of rally / trials use, they may just have been the affectations and whims of a former owner.

Looks like a late S31 extra cost option ( 1976/7/8 ): B9300-N4603 STEREO KIT - CASSETTE - W/AM-FM MPX HITACHI.

In that case, please clearly label it as such. If you leave it as it is, people will do what they always do, and think that the "American" market is the only story.

EuroDat, How are you going to address the fact that there was no simple, linear time-line style breakdown for the engines fitted in different models and in different markets? You're going to need to think about this again before you design your layout. I'm disappointed to see you ignoring the Japanese market models of a Japanese car ( you don't seem to have even thought of them...? ) but it's even more disappointing to see somebody from the Netherlands ignore the European market versions too ( look at your '260Z' data.... ). It's a big task you're taking on, and hats off to you for trying, but it's got to be RIGHT or there's no point. There are already more inaccurate data sources out there than you can shake a stick at, and we don't need any more poisoned wells. Sorry to be harsh, but I think it needs to be said.