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Yikes! Proof of proof :stupid: ! I wonder about the ones we were not privy to...Better destroy them now, if ther is a search, they'll be admissable! Will

Are you sure you want to have Carl vouch for you, I mean we all know all about him here! He even posted pictures! :stupid: Will

Would that be another "Duck" trade there Bill? I am sure the cars are a weel bit harder to come by on that side of the pond! Will

Well, what happened? Was the transplant a success? inquiring minds want to know, and so do I> Will

Harbor Freight! Brass Drift set,$4 on sale, $8 every day not on sale. I have had a machine shop usae a bearing driver on a press, but I am not sure i would feel confident doing that blind with no experience. Will

My thought in my advice was, any way you look at it, unless you just tighten it and go on, you have to dissassemble the hub. If I had the kind of doubts you have expressed, I wouldn't be confident in that fix! If you open it up and the bearings are gone, they have to be replaced. If you open them up and everythingis fine, you still had to get to that point! For $20 and an hour is it really worth all of that supposition? I opened mine up and found what I thought were nice low wear bearings, juist to be thorough, I cleaned everything spotless. There were a few very small scores on the race, but everything else looked pretty well polished! My first thought was to pack it and put it all back together, but then I thought, really check the bearings. I did. and on one one roller I found a flat spot! out of all of those rollers, everything looked nice and polished-except for that flat spot. I would have missed it, and had to revisit the area. perhapse after galling! I made the desicion to at least inspect, and more probably replace all of them at that point. Granted, I am already upgrading the brakes all the way around. No offence intended, just pointing out that when "the other part of me worries that if the bearing is really the problem, it may lead to the bearing disintegrating, or seizing, or worse (if that's possible) and more than likely that will happen as I hit 90 mph on the back stretch..." I would much rather be safe, than sorry...$20 and an hour for piece of mind at 90mph is a purchase I would not even have to think about. Any time alleviating a consergn costs less that the fuel I will be burning, it is like breathing or wearing eye protection. I follow the Nike advice. I just do it. Will

When in this much doubt change the $20 worth of parts out! $20 is too cheep to risk that kind of a problem! If the old bearings and races check out, you can alway keep them for the next time-if the $20 is that important. If this was a more expensive, or difficult, thing to change I could see asking for opinions. but this is $20 and about an hour! Change them out and be done! Will

280Z the gasket under the mirror(looks like yours has been painted on, has probably been squished too thin. Cut a couple of pieces of old inner tube to fit the metal backer that goes under the nut inside the door. Glue the rubber to the backer, and put it all back together, your fit should be wonderful. check car-parts.com for the side mirror-prolly pretty cheep, and still original! WIll

I can't wait to see how you did! Will

Pictures? Pictures? Pleaase! Will

BREWSTER THE ROOSTER ** Whitey was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young layers called pullets and eight or ten roosters, whose job was to fertilize the eggs. Whitey kept records and any rooster that didn't perform went into the soup pot and was replaced. * That took an awful lot of Whitey's time so Whitey got a set of tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. * Each bell had a different tone so Whitey could tell from a distance, which rooster was performing. * Now he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report simply by listening to the bells. * Whitey's favorite rooster was old Brewster, a very fine specimen he was, too. But on this particular morning Whitey noticed old Brewster's bell hadn't rung at all! * Whitey went to investigate. The other roosters were chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing. The pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover. * BUT, to Whitey's amazement, Brewster had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one. * Whitey was so proud of Brewster, he entered him in the county fair... and Brewster became an overnight sensation among the judges. * The result... * The judges not only awarded Brewster the "No Bell Piece Prize" but they also awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as well. * Clearly Brewster was a politician. Who else could figure out how to win two of the most politically biased awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the populous and screwing them. *

All in all, I would say that the car in question had been restored fairly recently, and that the seller either isn't aware of it, ot is trying to hide it. No pictures of where the cars really rust, rust bubbles in the rear fender, parts that are close, but were not original to the car, a few mistakes in reassembly. Still A pretty car, but I would want to inspect it in person, too many little inconsistancies, and A great level of worksmanship that does not extend everywhere(over spray, painted hoses among clean originals, and new. I don't think the up keep has been done to the same standard as the majority of the work! Either the car is third hand, or the second hand found a major flaw that kept him from paying for the same quality of worksmanship. 26th, my '72 kept her habit hidden, must have been a high mainteneace recreational user. I found evidence under the undercoating, and in the front suspension mountings. That's OK, she has had time to dry out, and will be ready to embrace the rest of her life as therapy continues!! Will

Don't disconnect it, put a 10k pot on the temp sensor so you can fine tune the enrichment-other wise on a hot day you are likely to have thick black smoke from your exhaust and probably foulled plugs-with the pot, you can adjust the smoke and fouling out. Keep the car in a good state of tune. (Conventional NGK plugs, wires, c&R, valves and filters) Upgrade your coil with that from a Maxima-I'll try to find the year-hotter coil,cheep from the u-pull-it. Run a bottle of RPX through the car occasionally as per its instruction to clean the injectors. Once the car is tuned up and the coil is hotter, play with some of the aftermarket stuff-you may be very supprise dat what a good tuneup can do! Will

Carl, Nothing much done in the last five days-out of town guests, my wife and I are both on vacation-The babys room must be ready-all mean I am relegated to other service-and the Z waits-probably until this Saturday(9/18). The deadline looms closer every day that something comes between me and achieving it.... Will Hmmmm....At least I have a HOT, NAKED 33 year old patiently waiting for me to "work on" her, 26th is into those "older" situations-even though he has twins...

Hmmmm....Twins in your garage-I'd rather be you than have an egg free face! Will

My turn! Paint on the front windshield gasket! Paint damage from tape on side marker gaskets! Painted carb fuel hose! painted upper hood seal! Rust bubbles on the pass rear fender! Will

Wow! Carl, is that a JDM bumper, or a CDM (Carls Domestic Market )? Did you "modify " it yourself? Will P.S. if there is a problem finding the glass, reasonable in CA, I will see what i can find.

Uh, I think Carl needs a hood worse, On the window, if Carl is being difficult, check car-parts.com They had several listed in Ca. but I am not familiar enough with the local geography to know how close they are to you. Will

My 2400 valve cover is levitating and spinning end over end...faster, faster, there is blood-no wait, it's just motor oil. The 70-75 door glass assemblies are still interchangeable, and the 77 and 78s are not in the group! Will

The glass assembly is the same 70-75, but in 77,78 the metal frame at the bottom is different. I think the glass is actually still the same, but to be sure I would take the old frame to the yard and swap them there. Will

You guys have a place reserved in heaven for this thread-if only it had saved me from making a mushroom out of the treaded end of a spindle pin-I will post a picture of what happens when frustration takes over and follows the "get a bigger hammer" routine tomorrow! Will

Ok, not the Kings english or something else from Cambridge, but hopefully funny to those that get it! WIll

Alphadog, Now that is evidently something from way beyond the black stump. Seems you may need a go at blowin in the bag, maybe we should have your esky checked for a slab before you fall off your face. Having a lend on Tomohawk like that , that's just the thing for finnishing the day with the wobbly boot on! He's just a fair dinkum dag after all. No worries! Will

You got my attention! Pictures would be nice! Will