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Kind of looks like a Japanese trademark. not sure. Maybe Denso K________

Most of those parts are still good. Rust "grows" so it looks worse than it is. The rotors can be turned, the hubs are still good on the inside where it matters, the struts can have shocks inserted, etc. The insulators at the tops of the strut are hard to find. The half shafts and u-joints are probably still good. The steering rack rubber looks intact. Lots of good parts there.

How does a person forget about a spare transmission? Don't forget that the first gear ratio matches certain diff ratios best. You might be going back to a better match if the diff was never changed. The close ratios used a 3.9, the wides a 3.54, in general. Not a big deal just something to consider.

Which brand of pressure plate? Any numbers or markings. To be avoided.

This one just belongs here after that one.

Not sure I heard him right or if the media is fixing it for him. Never mind.

Seems to fit, a bit...

I can easily imagine a civil war within a civil war. The people who bought all of those guns using them against the people who don't want to fight the virus, but also bought a bunch of guns and ammo. Here is Alex Jones back in the public eye. This stuff used to be just crazies on the internet but now they are out and active. This can't end well. Stay At Home makes even more sense now.

This data set, below, can be sorted by clicking on the column header. Click "Deaths per one million population". The USA is moving up fairly rapidly. Look at all of the countries below us, doing better. Of course, the data is always suspect, but still, we're supposed to be "the best". It really is amazing that all of this is happening. This is not the America that anyone recognizes. We're not saving or helping some other needy part of the world. This is all internal, no matter where it started. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

He is a desperate man, a wounded animal. Jail time, or at least years of trials and exposure, is waiting for him if he doesn't get re-elected. It's probably going to get much worse, especially as the election gets near, if the polls show him behind. If he loses, that lame duck period will be extraordinary. I'm talking about the man himself, not the party. These are fascinating times.

That's actually a nice car for the price, even with the terrible paint and the sunroof. I wonder if they gave it a 2+2 price but don't realize that it's a coupe.

I hope that Dr. Birx is watching Governor Cuomo's briefing. Because he knows much more about the heart of the testing problem.

If you want to see what the manufacturers do when they have complete freedom from the mechanical stuff, get an OBD reader with live data capability and look at what your other vehicle does. It's pretty interesting. Here's a screen shot from a 2003 Ford, fully warmed up. Running coil packs (wasted spark) with EDIS, and a crankshaft trigger. Factory stock. They control timing and use an IACV to hit a target RPM, apparently. p.s. I don't have aftermarket engine control, but I've considered it. I got in to the factory systems and the OBD readers because I had a code on a used vehicle that I could not figure out. It was caused by a vacuum leak. This live data is read directly through the PCM.

It's all good. We need more parts suppliers. Good luck.

I was responding to yarb"s post. Not yours. He posted for no apparent reason. Maybe you're on a phone, but it shows in the thread, I quoted his post. Good luck with BHJ. Interesting stuff. Ideally, you'd post in the Vendor's area or the Aftermarket sub-forum. https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/forum/93-vendor-marketplace/ https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/forum/49-aftermarket/

This does not add...

Who are you?

This is just crazy. Never mind, just too much. Time will tell.

Total death projection is down to 60,000 again. April 17 update. That's a good sign. It had gone up to 68,000. https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

To be fair, the Alabama "Stay At Home" instructions aren't the clearest. The Washington state site is bad too. Things aren't super clear. These "orders" are being issued without much media coverage explaining what they mean and how to comply. If you get on the internet to try and find things you get in to the government bureaucracy sites. The most important thing, the social distancing, is not even on the front page. The most important thing for stopping the spread. You can't really get angry at people if the information is not readily available. Pretend that you're a person who got yelled at in the store and you want to find out why people are pissed at you. Click "Learn More" - https://covid19.alabama.gov/ Try to find something on these two sites - https://www.governor.wa.gov/issues/issues/covid-19-resources https://coronavirus.wa.gov/

The rails on a Z are actually just unibody reinforcement pieces. So they are much thinner than a true frame piece would be. Every piece of sheet metal in a unibody has some effect on body stiffness. The most important structure is probably the rocker panels. They are steel tubes, formed from sheet metal. Lots of flimsy Z's out there and many ways to make them stiffer. Think holistically.

Yes. Not good. At least the balls are still in their races. Sometimes they're on the magnet too. That's the pieces of a retainer for a ball bearing assembly. Usually it's from an adapter plate bearing. @EuroDat knows the details there. Your trans needs a rebuild. The good news is that things will be soooo much better when it's back together.

Found a good video about checking frame parts...

I found a new site with cases and deaths plotted by state. Motorman's world, maybe he can opine. @motorman7 Worth following if they keep it updated. It should show the effects of "re-opening' pretty clearly. https://covid-19.mdmetrix.com/grid.html?list=death_curve https://covid-19.mdmetrix.com/grid.html?list=new_case_curve https://www.mdmetrix.com/covid-19-projections

Just saw Governor Cooper of North Carolina talking. He has a good three word motto, don't know if it's his but it sums things up. Testing, tracing and trends.