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Seems a bit slow, so...anybody know what the Popular Contributors column signifies? What is being contributed and how is it being quantified? Seriously, I don't know what it means or what to do with it. Nothing to click on. Give me a clickable thing!!! p.s. why would an ad for sleep mask problems be on the page? Anybody else get sleep mask ads?

That list is very large. Not clear really, if you're trying to sell the car and all of the parts as a package, or the car separate from a package of parts, or if each part is for sale. Seriously, it's a list of parts, for sale. And no prices listed. That almost always means "too much wanted". And you have to post a picture if you want to sell a car. Just gotta.

Looks nice. What's a "fuel boost"? Stick shift or automatic?

I can't remember if it was Dave WM or KDMatt or someone else that had a thread on it (there was a flurry of transmission work a while back), but somebody just went through this seal replacement. You don't have to disassemble the gears, but you do need to remove the rear housing (case) so that you can remove the striking lever. It's hard to get fingers and tools in there but it is doable. Check the FSM MT chapter. Here's a picture from 1978, you didn't say if you had an early (77-79) or late 5 speed. But I think that they're all essentially the same. You can see the o-ring, #3.

What's a 90 Cherokee worth? That's a nice looking car. Probably rust-free if the history is correct. There's a guy that had his 1978 Z for sale forever for about $8000. Nobody would buy it. Use one of those Craigslist conglomerators to see what Z's are selling of nationwide. I think that there are a ton of people out there who never get their asking price though. http://www.searchtempest.com/

Don't forget tires. Low profile tires can give a harsh ride. There's a lot to be learned from how Nissan set up the stock suspension. A small amount of spring preload so the springs and shocks don't come in to play until the tires do some work. Tall tires to absorb the small bumps. Lots of ways to get things slightly off. Low profile tires, no preload, too much preload, stiff shocks, soft shocks, setting the shock height incorrectly so they bottom out (with coilovers). You could spend some time just trying to put a good puzzle together.

It did and it's quick.

Just wanted to see if this will add a new Topic and post on the front page.

How is chatting different from posting in a thread? Chat Room content disappears, thread content is forever. There doesn't seem to be any advantage to Chat. What am I missing?

Retarded timing burns cleaner, apparently. That's the basis. One thing to consider though is that Nissan might have designed the advance curve to fit the expected initial timing. Your initial timing setting will be added to total advance. I have a distributor with "11" advance mechanism, 22 degrees, so if I set mine to 17 I'll end up at 39 total. Probably not the best. You need to know your distributor. That's why some people set their timing to max advance desired, using a dial-back light or some other calculation. You can make it run better at low and mid-range RPM but end up with lower power or detonation on the high end.

Your title says original, but you're asking about if it's been removed. You know that the early cars had the engine serial number stamped on the car's ID plate, right? If they match, it's original. Then you can say "numbers matching" engine.

The fancy chrome hood lock pins probably looked like that when they started but now people put them on for show. I think that you could get it done under the door. Not visible. Just an option. A ready-made cap with a key would be nice, but apparently they're not available.

There are other ways to make the stock cap a locking cap. A bar or a pin in the right place, maybe brazed on, or mounted with those screws with one-way heads.

I read through that other link and looked at the pictures and descriptions here and I get the impression that there are a variety of bends out there. Some hit the diff, some hang too low, some are too high. The specs must be wide.

You mean it won't fit side-to-side, or up and down, or the muffler doesn't fit if you get the pipe in the groove? Picture!

I think that you'll need a skin on the surface that's either flexible so that it can move with the cracking underneath, or a skin that has high tensile strength so that it can resist the cracking. The substrate, the old foam, is just weak. You can attach strong stuff to it. but it will fail again. Don't hurry, I'm sure that others will have suggestions. Might take a few days to get the views. One option might be to feather in a dash cap. The dash caps are made to glue on top of the cracked dash and tend to look like that. A glued on cap, with edges showing. Not terrible, but can be seen as caps.. But, since you have yours out, maybe you could do some cutting and molding to make it look like one piece. The caps have some other problems also, like making the gauges hard to replace but you might be able to solve that problem while it's out too. http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/CTGY/classic08d04

Even if you get the foam to stick the crack will probably reopen, becuase the stuff it's sticking too s degraded. I haven't done one but if I did I'd fill, shape, and fill with foam again until I had a decent base to lay some thin glass mat or vinyl over. Just use the old crusty foam as a support for a better skin. The foam will fall apart for the same reason it cracked in the first place. It's a tough job. Congrats on the new project.

Also - what does this mean?

Hey, since you're here - I had a thought about sites that I would click through to on a regular basis. Amazon, for sure. Put a link to Amazon here and I'll use it whenever I go there. Rockauto, definitely. Home Depot. I'll think of some others, but there are probably some obvious ones. I don't know how Google AdSense works exactly, but maybe you can lock a few ads in that will make the site a portal to other sites, that sell things besides Z car stuff. Edit - and, more generally, you could move some ads off of the more prominent spots. Like, I'm probably never going to buy a new Chrysler. Or a Michelin tire.

It's the 75-76 280Z tanks that are the hot item. They fit the 240Z's. The 77-78 tanks have the space-saver tire shape.

Aren't Kelly Bundy and coffee enough medication? Mike must be lurking. There's changes. I'll just fade back in to the crowd.

Those are made by EuroDat/Chas, from Holland, that's his thread. Good luck.

Just realized the 24 Hours shows every post, not every topic. Bummer. Oh well.

I didn't know the "discover" page was back. The 24 Hour page. Just switched. Thanks. You're right, it's direct to the latest activity. When I complain I like to think that I speak for the masses, that are otherwise just visiting less. But, it might be just me... Is the ironic part of the cartoon that someone in a blue shirt would help someone in a red shirt?

And sorry Mike, if that's a picture you took and that's why it's there. It's well done. Just a little played.