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My 9/'76 had the horns mounted to the bumper supports with a ground wire attached to the stud too. Like Chas's photo.

Have you called your local Nissan parts guy? Usually if Courtesy can get it my local guy can too. He'll say "there's some out there, might take a few days though". Those times it comes from Irving, TX. The next day stuff comes from Olive Branch, MS.

Thank you Blue, that's what I've done so far. Now I can quit.

I've got my E88 apart now and cleaning, polishing everything. My cam lobes are nice and smooth just not shiny like I feel like it should be. Sorta dull grey, but smooth as butter. Should I polish them to a shinier finish? Does shiny mean worn? Thanks Cliff

I had a buddy that had lyme disease from a deer tick. Bad deal for sure. He works hard and thought the symptoms were from work. He got in bad shape and then finally went for help. I'm sore all the time too, makes me wonder sometimes. EDIT I assume it was Lymes, honestly don't know. It was a deer tick though, probably fell from a tree limb while he was mowing, according to the doctor.

Hey, there's a guy on here evevery now and again, SBlake. He is a walking encyclopedia on those 510s. Stephen Blake I think. He'll see this thread eventually if you're lucky.

That's what worries me. Snakes are scared too but I don't sneak up on them, I'm loud, so hopefully there won't be any surprises and we can live in peace. If it goes the other way, he'll be in pieces.

Running lights are the what I call parking lights, in between OFF and HEADLIGHTS on the right side stalk switch. Everything but the headlights come on. Are your side marker lights working? Here they are inside the switch on the right side stalk.

L's Collection of Tech Tips

Steve I'm curios, what's L? I remember the color code as blue orange green brown slate White red black yellow violet. That's on cat 5 wire which I'm sure has nothing to do with automotive wiring. Teach me something new today.

The drill is a great help. I couldn't use it on the valve stem without removing the cam towers so I took the suction cup off the wooden handle and shoved a 3/8" male air coupler into it and then chucked it up, that works great.

Now I know why there's no acorns in my air filter housings anymore. I think I have a new pet, hopefully it's just a black snake. The head is small and the tip of the tail is long and pointed so I'm pretty sure it's non poisonous. I've had the cover on for so long there's no telling when it slithered out, I just pulled it back yesterday and saw the skin. When I first bought this car I turned the blower on and pieces of a skin blew out. So I'm thinking they like to get into there. I'm making a lot of noise so he'll leave if he is inside.

If it has one, what's the G3 filter look like at the tank?

You are right, it should read FULL when shorted together.

I've got the part number for the O-ring around the sending unit from Nissan. It's like $1.89. I'll dig it out when I get in from work later this morning.

Don't know if you've read this or not but you might find something useful in there, http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/44331-diy-how-to-recover-your-z-seats-lots-of-pictures/

So for my selfish benefit for right and wrong, what does the gauge do when the sending unit wires are joined together? Is that not zero resistance which shows EMPTY?

Old thread but I'll play! I use 20W 3in1 with the blue label.

I'm probably light years behind saying this, but have you sanded your thermotime sensor to look like new brass?

I was thinking if you put the two wires together it should peg on the empty side of the gauge? Could the clear lense be pushed up against the needle? Happened on one I bought, the guy kept finger tapping the actual gauge face trying to get it to work when the sending unit went bad.

I put new connectors on my '77 a few years ago. If my memory serves me right, when I wired them in the instructions said that the wires could be swapped around without damage, they were both 12 volts. The ECU sends a ground pulse? that tells them to fire. Not 100%, but pretty sure. Maybe one of our electrical gurus can say for sure.

This is something I've only seen done with camouflage on gun stocks and compound bows, Hydro Dip Graphics, never thought about car parts.

Okay, I see what you mean by 6-2-1, I was thinking you meant 6 into 1, just quick typing. Sounds good.

All your hard work has paid off, that looks really good! Congratulations.

But I'd make more money!