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That cracked thermostat housing would be my top priority. Epoxied aluminum + so cal summer heat= not good. You can pick up a good used one or a new one on ebay.

and his older brother #516 across the pacific ocean is up for sale at 2x the price. This one is from san jose calif and i a one owner (woman) Appears to be all original and very well taken care of. http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k185607252

8 year old thread back from the dead. Probably nothing else was done after these guys ran into a dead end and gave up. Well, since i've accumulated 3 of these clocks without oscillators, i've been doing a little research myself and ran across this thread. I'm not an electronics guru for sure but this much i think i've figured a little more out. It's a slave and master type with the slave being the clock gears and hands. The master is the oscillator/impulser. Smith clock co used to make these and people have made universal impulser's to retrofit the old smith clocks. Guess who made the oscillators for the later Smith clocks. Jeco supplied them. I think the only way to solve this problem is to find the correct motor voltage and start by tweaking the pulses. It would be helpful to know what the tuning fork frequency is but i have not found anyone who has hooked a scope up to one and measured it. There is an equasion however that gets you in the ballpark. I just have to know how long the fork is. This guy measured frequency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vP3SE-wD6Q I've seen references to the datsun oscillator comparing it to the bulova tuning fork watch. The main difference is the bulova had a direct mechanical link from the fork to the "slave" part of the clock. Whereas the datsun clock is 2 completely seperate pieces whereas the Jeco turns the tuning fork motion into electronic motion (pulses). So it makes it easier to retrofit using more modern electronics. Whats confusing though is that some of the old slave clocks have a coil and some of the "less old" slave clocks refer to a motor. I don't think it matters that its sending pulses to a coil that moves a mechanism or a motor. I found a list of the types of clock motors and I believe the rally clock uses the stepping motor Synchronous motors, connected to the normal household mains supply (potentially (very) high power) Impulse motors, used to provide a magnetic impulse to maintain a pendulum (low to very low power) Miniature stepping motors, as used in quartz clocks and watches (low power) Conventional small DC motors - generally only used to rewind a spring (high power) Here is a universal impulser/oscillator they sell on ebay for 98$ http://www.piexx.com/imp2/imp22k.pdf

Is 1/70 mfg date. probably car #11854? He blocked off the first 2 digits. I wonder what the thinking behind this car was. Its an oregon car that they imported into japan and they are now parting it. It looks salvagable. Just new floor pans. What a shame. Their starting price on parts is very cheap. Can't see him making much money parting it out. One scenario that comes to mind is seller advertising "rust free series 1 240z" buyer picks it up at the docks and takes one look at all the rust and is furious. someone in oregon now has a fat wallet and a smile on his face? neener neener... can't catch me.

This is what I like to see. Upgrades using a combination of old and new technology. For those of you who would like to listen to pandora or mp3 player on their ancient but period correct original radio's you may be interested to know you can add mp3 functionality to the later model hitachi radio that have the round 7 pin din in the back. All you need is a 7pin din to mp3 male adapter jack. Sometimes technology can be a pain in the butt too. I have the automatic antenna feature on my 90 cressida and something went haywire in the antenna. When i turn the radio on the antenna motor keeps going after the antenna is fully extended. The only way to kill it is disconnect the battery.

Congratulations. There are californians out there that have lost their sanity and their dignity and sold their cars for pennies on the dollar because they couldn't get their cars smogged. The calif car i got had only the thermotime switch wires switched with the temp sensor wires. Easy to do but hard for some people to spot. There were 2 afm's in the back.. They always leave a trail of dissected afm's behind. now whatever you do don't spray the top of the engine at the car wash. I'm guilty of that too.

perhaps its from a 2+2 fairlady model. Anyone out there have a 2+2 fairlady? Some of their speedo's go up to 260 kph. Two of these are 240 kph. That rally clock isn't good without the oscillator. I'm hoping I got the oscillator in another batch of fairlady parts from the same guy. He had a bad photo of tons of parts but i expanded the photo and i think i saw the oscillator. The guy parting the 2 fairladys doesn't know anything about the cars. Its really a shame becuase the sheetmetal from the cars shows little rust. One was a zg model. I'm finding there are quite a few small variations in jdm parts over the years. Just like our series 1 and 2. Use what you got and build em fast frankensteins. its going to be a while before i can clean this stuff up and sell it. 6 months or more. This am radio is a strange variation. Its not signal seek like series 1 and the antenna switch is blocked off.

Just bought a grab basket of speedo's, tac's and clocks and the one speedo in the center looks different that the others. It only goes up to 180 kph. The others go up to 240 kph. Could it be from a very early fairlday?

holy crap a toyota 2000gt for 100k? Thats gotta be a typo. THATS A MILLION DOLLAR CAR. If its not a typo, beg,borrow STEAL the cash and buy it! edit: upon further inspection that looks like a bondo bucket and a 70's slide hammer dent puller botch job. Not worth 1 mil.. maybe 500k There are a couple for sale in the uk for cheaper prices than that one that sold for 1 mil at RM auctions not long ago. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/99/2000gt/

I say go for it. Kidney's are going for a nice price. You could also buy a nice 240z with the proceeds. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-sell-body-parts-for-profit-2012-3 http://io9.com/5896323/how-do-you-buy-organs-on-the-black-market

if you want to measure gas mileage using a cell phone app, there is one called gasmate that will do all the math for you. Yea its possible to get over 30 but you've gotta drive slow and accelerate slow and have a lot of flat terrain and a strong tail wind and no rain. i've been trying to get 50 mpg with my vw diesel. I've done everything possible from tweaking the computer to overinflating the tires. I've only achieved it once and let me tell you its not easy. You have to drive like a 100 year old. Hype-r-mile-ing really pisses off other drivers too my efi 78z gets about 20-24

black dragon has new ones for 199. I got a new one for my 78 from them. Good quality chrome. 2 years so far and hasn't peeled. http://www.blackdragonauto.com/icatalog/zr/full.aspx?Page=20

How do you get out of the car if you roll the car and it lands on the top? gullwing doors don't open when the car is sitting on them. :: slap a paint job on it and put it up for sale at the going prices. Looks to be around 17,000 usd.

At least 20k if you're piecing it together. Better to buy a complete one in a car. I saw a ratty skyline with an s20 for about 18,000 usd.

On yahoo jp auctions there is a s20 valve cover with 63 bids so far. Price is up to around 3000 usd. A used s20 cylinder head recently sold for 7600 usd. Thats over 10k just for the top end! Anyone good at casting replica aluminum valve covers? any on alibaba yet? http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e160912991

I removed the drain plug. if yours is frozen and you can't get it out, you could try blowing the remaining water out by using compressed air. They may look good from the outside but mine were rotten from the inside. You could try sticking an ice pick into them to see if its about to rust thru if this is your daily driver. when these things go it empties the radiator fast. carry a couple litres of water in the car just in case.

I just went down this path you're going. I replaced just 1 and soon after another one popped. It popped in a very inconvenient place too. Lesson learned: If 1 is bad the rest are not far behind. Also, after you replace them they may leak a little bit. Don't panic and rip them out again because sometimes it takes a few heat cycles to seal completely. The hardest ones to replace are on the intake manifold side. On my 280 I had to remove the intake manifold to get to them. If you're going to keep the car forever you might consider going with brass. Seeing that you're up in Alberta i'de see what everyone up there uses. Rumor has it that brass doesn't pop out in extreme cold. But thats internet folklore.

Pay close attention to those roadside signs that say "Next gas 500 miles" edit: park your vehicles close to your motel room as possible so you can keep an eye on them. i always took out the coil wire overnight at motels in crummy towns.

For those of you that think the 280z has battering ram bumpers, take a look at those behemoths. Does this one have the amc 360 or the 351 windsor? Definately a more powerful car than the delorean and the body is fiberglass so no rust. Those tail lites look like 280z tail lites. Not a bad looking car for 3k. That one may be an ex-police car from arizona. edit: do NOT mix beer with ebay.

Just for the record it does fit the later version of the calendar clock. To be more precise, it fits the niles calendar clock. Screw fit perfectly too. And yes you are correct about it not fitting the earlier calendar clock made by citizen. Well it does fit but its a very loose fit and the screw is smaller on the citizen. If anyone is interested in buying the later clock, its on ebay now.

They like to shorten words here. Family mart becomes Fami-ma and convenience store becomes Con-ve-ni. Its also easier for them to pronounce. Or its a spelling error and they meant sanitary. Ithis train we rode had a really bizarre Brochure. I just had to snap a pic.

Bored and waiting for a plane here in japan. I saw this in the restroom Above the urinal. Strange place for sanity to be. Gotta love their version of english

yea thats the one. It's on ebay too. better looking than the vette inspired one and cheaper. Neither talks about chassis reinforcement to compensate for no roof. Death trap?