Z Kid

After postage I think I got about 100US (very rough idea) for them, which was on the cheapish side I think given that they had been replaced two years ago after a rear end collision apparently, but seeing as I gave my last set away, its a step in theright direction, and I'd rather see them go on a car and be used than sit in my shed and get gradually destroyed.

Halz, Sorry about that, I emptied my PM box .

Halz, if you can find a local person with a parts book, in the back under miscallaneous, it has small offcuts of each type of material, and where they should be positioned on the seat. If you cant find one locally let me know and I may be able to assist you with a high detail scan or a loan or two. They are great because they have texture as well, and shouldnts have faded. Cheers Chris

Every Z I have pulled apart (only three so far, but I am trying for more) I have removed the entire back and as a single unit. I undo the mounts, support the diff and then lower the whole lot struts, halfshafts and driveshafts. I find it much much easier to disassemble when its on the ground and I am the right way up. So as long as you can get enough room to slide the diff back a few inches it shouldnt be a problem. The tightness may be that the diff is dropping down too far and causing it to bind. If all else fails use a bigger hammer. Just out of curiosity what is happening to Cuongs old car? Sounds like some serious surgery going on there . All the best Chris

Yeah its just them getting revenge for Steve Urwin "Australian for Stupid".

Hello, Sent you and email, I am after a few little bits and pieces. Cheers Chris

There is no doubt that there was leakage between the cylinders, and ultimately the oil and water galleries. The thing is that the head is not warped, not even slightly. I think it comes down to the installation of it. The head gasket was put on with oil, as per instruction manual, and should have probably been done with a sealant as well. Also when i retorqued, I didnt loosen first. All that black build up came off with a piece of sanpaper on glass, and a straightedge confirms the trueness of the block. I guess I need to get it running richer to cool down the head temps and go from there.

and here is a picture of the head gasket. Doesnt appear to be burning evenly in all four cylinders

Well my run of great luck continues . Friday night, my car decides to take a dump, and a big one at that, with no symptoms at all, the cabin fills with oil (lots of holes in the bulkhead). Well it turns out the sumps full of ice coffee and the radiator is sludgy, and there is next to no compression (first time the starter motor has ever turned over the engine convincingly). Now for the good news, the head is straight, and the block is not warped either, bit of leakage around the valvles but not really enough to bother about relapping them in at this stage. So what are your opinions, for a non performance motor, is the Copper head gasket or the fibre gasket better? This stupid car is slowing down the progress on the Z (now its Z related)

At least take the measurements, look at trinkets, and borrow a few cool bits from it to make it all worth your while. Your time is valuab;e

Ben if it makes you feel any better, the recent ozdat add for stuff in the barossa valley was the remnants of a 2+2, but the owner had the whole lot crushed, inlcuding fibreglass front gaurds and bonnets, because he bought the whole car just for the R200 to fit into his 1600

Hello, do you still have the toolkit, if so could you PM me with a price you are after? Cheers Chris

So what are you going to do about it? Have you contacted the PPO, tell him you will sell it back to him for what you paid, swipe a few nice bits, then be done with it. Would be a shame to work on a car which you then ended up with a criminal record over, assuming you dont already have a criminal record . Bit of a bugger, and sounds like a wasted trip. Just out of curiosity, did the PO ever actually own the car? Cheers Chris

Yeah that sucks too, I know that I will get a few of them, its a perfect scheme, speed up to clear the intersection, and get a speeding fine. God I hate christmas

It doesnt look bad for what it is . I wonder what the handling was like, they seem to havea bit of a cult following looking at the other pictures on the web page. As for Christmas, mine is as good as over, got a lovely present from the police yesterday in the form of not one, but two speeding fines. The bastards got me going in both dircections down the same piece of road, 7 minutes apart (recently rezoned from 60 to 50 (by removing the 60 sign, not signing it as 50)). The Z just got pushed 400 bucks further down the list of important things to do. Man I hate speed cameras. Merry Christmas All Chris PS Zedrally, dont forget to have a look around for me, and let me know when he is going to have his clearing sale, I'll be there with bells on.

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2071&password=&sort=2&thecat=500 Its not much, but I beleive this is the purple colour you are talking about?

If you are thinking about bonding over a fibreglass one, you may do just as well to get in there with a cricket bat handle, bang it roughly out, then just fibreglass bog it up. I couldnt see that a competent body man would have any problems beating it out, the question would be is it cheaper to use the panel off the parts car and have it welded or have your original one straigtened?

Sole remaining toyota 200GT? There were three in SA as of about 8 years ago, and one at a recent car meet (two months ago).

The celicas I had both had four Koito lights, but they were later 77 coupes (looks like a baby mustang type thing)

So will we be seeing these on Z points car soon

Nah the stupid mutt didnt catch it, its been an ongoing challenge, the rabbit sits just inside the fence and waits for the dog to chase it before ducking outside, so I thought I'd give the dog a hand and lift it over the fence. If nothing else the rabbit got a hell of a scare, and the dog had the time of its life playing hide and seek with me. It was a bit surprising that the pedals werent the same, I was kind of thinking that they may be. Oh well the hunt continues. Mind you the door handles look kind of similar

I tried selling stuff on ebay, just one item, and I dont think I'll do it again, for a new zippo lighter that I had lying around, you wouldnt have thought people could ask soo many stupid questions, starting at a dollar they cant expect much. Oh well no ebay for me for a while. Incidentally there is a datsun "expert" selling a fair few misdescribed bits on Ebay australia at the moment, so just be careful if you are going to buy a bit from him.