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Center maffler and rear maffler were painted, Pitwork brand heat proof silver is the most duarable paint I think. Please note exhaust tube cramps , there are two types, one hole and . two holes. Kats

They let me use some tools to disassemble the previous transmission, they are very generous for amateurs. This project was started to find a reason of oil leak around the center maffler. I noticed a steel tube which is working with clutch release bearing was loosen and turning. and two pins under the shift control arm, O rings did not do their job, so a lot of oil leaked from there. kats

Replacing job has completed , the mechanic in the photo is Mr.Okajima , he is young but very skilled man.His toy is 1974 Ken-meri Skyline. I recommend maintenance at Nissan is very good if there is a mechanic who has good experience of an old car Kats

Previous one has gold plated shift arm, new one's is black. I think original color is cream white for the arm. Once the spacer was located as a service manual yesterday, then I told a mechanic disregard last my request, get back just like as it was soon after I saw Alan posted here, thank you Alan. Gas leakage was found on the center maffler , must be welded soon. And I changed a shift boot 3 times for this Z432. My 1970 240Z has still the one was new in 2000. Too much heat ? Or oil leakage damaged the rubber? Kats

New rear case, just in case . My Z432 is now on a lift at Kyoto Nissan, previous transmission was taken off , a replacement one must be on the car tonight . Kats

Hi Alan, Thank you so much , I take your comment and I keep remain the parts as it is , not follow the manual. I think this is woderful ! we are leaning every day, we are finding correct thing even Nissan does not know. I was thinking same thing Alan, I really felt natural to seeing my mounting parts, and I really liked those special parts only for Z432. If I did the work without seeing the picture of the service manual, I definitly would assemble the distance piece between the spacer shim and the mount . If the distance piece was really need to be touched to the aluminium case, also need to be a certain distance, I think enqineering designers would just make it longer about 2mm. Then you do not need to have the spacer shim like you said , Alan. Every Z432 I saw has this muonting style, I attached 3 pictures of Mr.Watanabe's , Z432 at Mega web Odaiba, and the 31000USD yahoo auction S20. This leads to me remember a story of cracking problem of the transmission rear case when Z432 was in a race track back in 1970-1971. Some Nissan factory racers told us ''it was very notorious the vibration of Z432-R's transmission, sometimes it cracked...'' So, I think this could be the cause, the distance piece damaged the aluminium transmission case in a very high speed and much stressed situation. Can we say we found the reason of that? The last picture is my another spare FS5C71A which has totally cracked in two pieces Kats

Hi hr369,I have been there a few times. Mr.Uchida is very passionate for Hakosuka , I wish he becomes more being interested in S30, but yes he is very busy on Hakosuka. I think he does nice work and price is reasonable. Kats

By the way, is it repairable? A winner of an auction is now very unhappy when he saw rusty water came out all over the block , transmission. Winning bit was 31000 USD. On the other hand, a new in box S20 head only (no cams/ valves/springs/etc) was 25000 USD on Yahoo Japan auctuon . Kats

Arrived at Kyoto Nissan , waiting for installation. I found previous transmission has wrong order of assembling about a plate and spacer. A thin plate should be under the spacer, not on the spacer. This will be corrected when the new one will be in position. Kats

My Z432 had its transmission rebuilt in 2013, here is a link of Mr.Kawashima 's web site. He has been rebuilding many transmissions for S30 and Skyline. This time I ordered him rebuilding my another FS5C71A which was kept in a garage as a spare. Tomorrow the spare one will arrive at local Nissan near my house, I will report replacement job at Nissan. This is the work in 2013,http://www.vintagecraft-e-za.com/s30zのページ/旧車のレストアは楽し/７１ａ３分割-空飛ぶｚ４３２/ And this is the work just completed last week,http://www.vintagecraft-e-za.com/s30zのページ/旧車のレストアは楽し/７１ａ３分割-空飛ぶℤ４３２その４-1/

Hi, I think there will be no differences between early and 1971. Just picture quality of 1969 is better than 1971 , And just for your interest, Flat rate schedule and Collision estimate are attached. Kats

Hi, I want to see the English ver. book, I will check how big the differences is. Chris, yes that #3 is S20 with LHD. They tried every conceivable combination which they came up with. Mr.Uemura is still regretting that they could not release 4000cc V8(Y40 for Nissan President) S30 . He was assuming positive requests from US customers, but there was no request. If that happened, what kind of name was applied? Interesting. Kats

Thank you everyone, so do we have two types of E31 ? Hi Dan,how are you doing ? I reviewied your beautiful 240Z , wonderful car. Kats

Hi, I saw my L24 , there are some differences between E31 and E88. Have we talked about this already? How do you say this tiny banana shape of the cylinder head? Length of the banana looks different, I think E31 is longer than E88. What do you think of it? Kats PS. The last two pictures are racing special head, you see the ribs and blank for fuel pump location. Thanks for Kubo-San , Speed shop KUBO .

Blue, I did it too much, it should be just on top of the stud bolt. I see Nov 1969 Tokyo motor show car has yellow painted on the bolts of shock towers, very cool. My 240ZG has sitll yellow paint little bit on the bolt. Kats

Thanks Blue, I think the 00002 is still sitting outside and just wrapped by a cheap cover. Must see before gone . Kats

Thank you Chris, This photo makes me think it was a bit difficult to patch a shock basement dish with a tower, were they welded together prior to meet a wheel arch ? If I were there and watching it, I would ask the worker "please do not use a failure piece, use new one"... Here is a good example, her sister PS30-00087 has a good spot welding on the both towers. And about early head bolts, you are so lucky obtained it, just great. Fred, let us see what you see ! Kats

An error occurred in an assembly line, You see the double spotted welding around the shock tower, this is unusual, I think the worker missed welding. Is this because my car is an early production? Passenger (left ) side is normal. Kats

More exhaust, this is a Nissan race option header for L24 , I think this can be used for LHD , I am tempted to install this to my HLS 240Z in some time. When I do that, E4200 (for 1970 blue 240Z)/ E8710 (for 1971 orange 240Z or 1972 ZG) exhaust system will come together. My friend (240ZG owner) is doing something nice, this race header with SU carbs. He said it is fun to drive, no need to have Solex! Kats

Here are some pictures of my parts which I will never use(^~^) Exhaust system for Z432, E4200 is for an early type, E8710 is for a later type when new console / prop shaft started to apply(joint position is slightly different) . And an exhaust header, mine is painted by the seller unfortunately, this one was sitting on a shelf from early 1970 ( the seller even did not remember this is a NOS or used ) , it must have a part number stamped on a tube, I wished I could see it. The 4th picture is for a reference from yahoo auctuon, the NOS exhaust pipes has the part number as you can see . Kats

Chris, Like you said I am doing a bit strange! But I always can not stop myself from buying something if there is a old part which is wrapped with a Nissan paper. I too want to see how crankshaft is doing well in a S20 engine even only 4 counter weights. Yours is balanced with assorted parts, that is great ! Chris, is your crankshaft has an early less counterweights? Please let us know when you fire it up in someday ! Kats

Hi Chris, I am not going to do anything right now, I just want to collect parts for overhalling in the future! The man who sold this crankshaft is a real fanatic. Kats

Believe it or not, S20's crankshaft has only 4 counter weights, some people say it should have had more , on the other hand , most people are still enjoying sharpe response up to the red line with the stock crankshaft. Kats

Hi, I have got this , crank for S20 engine. Now in Japan humidity is very high like in a bath room, we do not like summer in Japan . I need to take care of this, the wrapping paper is special, there is a caution you see. I carried it in my room , not in a outside garage. Kats

Careless, this is a pretty interesting thread, and I am just amazed by your effort. I have some pictures for this topic, NOS tail panels with lamps on Yahoo auction rigt now (aprox.5000USD for reserve) and hub caps which were installed on topy wheels with Skyline GTR.( wheels were exactly same as S30 and many other cars) The caps are now on sale for 1000-1500 USD ! And my Z432 at an auto show in 2007 just after the restoration had been completed, my car had a set of NOS tail light panels . Looks like tail panels lighter than topy wheels when new. The wheels were not only for S30 series,topy did not make wheels for specificaly for S30 series. On the other hand, tail light panels were only desined for S30 series. Mr.Matsuo said the design teem wanted somthing special, they came to an idea ''sanding paper feeling'' for the rear panels. Hope this helps, Kats