Patcon

Beautiful place. Love the live oak and the slide. The water has to rise a lot to get over the wall much less to add 7' of water to the yard!!! I don't know that you noticed but I live in the upstate. I had a few friends that got hammered the last time we had all the flooding in the low country.

I agree with some of the others. Tony D can come across badly at times, but I believe some of that happens to be the limitation of the forum as a medium. As I have seen the same happen here at times. He is very knowledgeable and has years of experience. There is a wealth of information on the site and much of it is very good and very technical. It would be a shame to loose that. I don't visit there much any more unless I am looking for something very specific because they can be quick to flame noobies or those that don't exhibit some level or having searched for the answer first. Derek's siamesed head is only one of many examples of the amazing info there, custom intakes designed with flow software, brake upgrade FAQ's, etc.,etc. That site fills a different need than this site but they are both full of valuable information

Cool. You going back with the original yellow?

Cool! Now you need to get a bid together for Zcon 2019!!!!

Very cool. We have thought about bees for the same reasons as stated above plus we have tried to get away from processed sugars

Beautiful collection! Love the selection of Porsche's. I suspect your estimate was low and you appear to live near the coast since your house is elevated. Be sure and keep them all properly insured against flood damage. It would be a shame to see them get damaged and then take the financial hit too...

Well this is where we're at: With everything plugged in, in left turn all the exterior lights blink but only the left turn on the dash blinks. We unplugged the front left turn signal, both rear brakes lights still flash when the stalk is on left turn, but the left turn still blinks properly With the front signal unplugged and the left rear bulbs removed the right turn still blinks in the left turn position. If the brake is pressed in any of these positions the brakes lights quit blinking and become solid

NLA, very hard to find NOS parts. I am hoping one of the larger vendors or even Nissan themselves will make a limited run of these. The last set I bought came out of Japan

I agree with gwri8, a good paint shop aught to be able to get pretty close on color. They can even adjust for fading of the original paint

All of the above is good information. As you are in a very hot climate you can afford to run a little heavier oil than the rest of us. I hate that you hatch is "bruised" the way it is. It can be easily salvaged. If you don't have the skills, a local body shop can surely get the dented area right.

Thanks for that Steve, We will start with that on Saturday Thanks guys, I will update when I have some results

Very cool. Racking up those FF miles I see...

Not enough fuel or lack of spark. You just installed the Pretronix? Did it run 80mph + before the Pertronix?

I like that wagon!

@SteveJ We are having a new turn signal problem. If the right turn signal is on it flashes properly with the brake lights on or off. If the left signal is on all the lights flash like the hazards are on and if you step on the brake they become solid (no flashing). anyone please feel free to comment...

Looks like a nice machine though. Stupid hot here right now. We have been out framing in it...

Thanks Jim

Drove it yesterday. It is much better, but the tires were low on air. So it was still a little splashy but a big improvement! Now on to brakes and improved carburation

I love it!!!! So jealous... Keep it straight and rubber down!

there is only one u joint in the steering shaft. Box is on the rear of the cross member and there is not much room there The joint looks good. All the slop looked like it was in the box itself. We already pulled the hubs and greased them. They had a little play too. This is the way I adjusted the box.: Roll the car forward a few feet, to make sure the wheels are pointing forward. Then, take a wrench and loosen the jam nut on the top of the steering box, AT THE SAME TIME, put a slotted screw driver into the slot in the top of the screw, AND HOLD IT IN THAT POSITION! Now, carefully screw the screw down in the box, till you feel some resistance. ( you may have to back the nut off a hair more, to keep it from tightening up) Then, go grab the steering wheel and wiggle it back and forth, WHILE WATCHING THE WHEELS. You want to see the wheels move, with the steering wheel movement. IF not, tighten a bit more. When it seems ok, hold the screw in that EXACT position, and then you tighten the jam nut! Now, this is whre you find out if your worm and sector gears are bagged beyond adjustment. You have to drive the car, to see if it wants to return to center, AFTER you try to turn a corner. IF it is sluggish, or just plain TOO TIGHT, you have to back OFF the adjustment, till it turns ok, but, if you loose the on-center tightness...YOUR BOX is dead. You will either have to live with that vague steering, try and find a better box, or, try to find a good HL510 box and put that on. So try a few points , test drive.....GOOD LUCK! While you can turn the wheels statically, I do recommend you actually drive the car to really see how it's working, and BECAREFUL when you first turn, as you may be surprised at how tight the box can become, past the on-center feel. We did all this with the car in the air. Now time for a test drive...

@zKars On your 195-55 15's, how much clearance do you have between the tire tread and the floor board. We are rubbing right there. The 70 aspects are 20mm closer to the floor board than a 60 would be

Thanks! @Zed Head

For a Z or a 510?

Thanks guys. I will check the U joint and the steering box. So there is no problem in trying to tighten the steering box up? If I over tighten what happens? Heavy, stiff steering or worse?

http://jalopnik.com/this-incredibly-fast-ls-swapped-datsun-240z-on-mt-wash-1796886016 Car took a beating. He was hauling if that's an LS car! I am too old for all that. A lot of those shoulders look lethal if you make a mistake...