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Hey Mike, send in some pics of your interior. I've always liked different colored interiors. Chris

Thanks Enrique for the tips, I just got done lightly scuffing it with a Scotchbrite pad and it looks like the texture is in the metal somehow. I got down to some shiny metal underneath and the texture is still there. I shot it black, not too bad now. Here's a picture. Chris

Anybody have any suggestions on how to refinish the metal panel on the dash that covers the defroster outlets. The one on my 72 is kind of grungy and no amount of scrubbing seems to help it. It seems to be textured below the black surface. I wonder if anybody has repainted theirs? Thanks in advance. Chris

WOW is about all I can say. Nissan power in a Nissan. Wish we knew more details about the swap. I have a wrecked Q45 at my local salvage yard. Chris

There is a joint inside the boot in the picture you posted. It's up to you to determine if it need replaced or not. If the boot isn't torn more than likely it's okay unless you have really high mileage and are concerned about wear. You can test for play(looseness) in that joint to see if its bad. Chris

Try to find a Factory Service Manual for your year and model. Chris

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Yeah I remember it all now!! ROFL

I think you might be right on that. The dude on the show said its really caustic and he wore heavy duty rubber gloves. Whichever it was it worked really good on the old MG parts he was cleaning. Chris

I saw on a DIY show once where a guy took a big Rubbermaid tote filled it with water and some toilet bowl cleaner. He dipped some greasy old parts that had paint on them and after awhile the parts came out surprisingly clean. Just becareful with aluminum parts. The toilet cleaner was some kind of crystal powder he mixed in with hot water from the tap. Seemed to work pretty good. Cant remember the name of the cleaner. Chris

Your pictures look to me like you have the 1979 to July of 1981 280ZX distributor with the two terminal E12-80 module on the side. This is a good distributor when working correctly. Are you getting coil wire spark? Carl's picture of spark plug wiring is how your plug wires should be. Did the car run well before you started tinkering? Keep us informed, we'll help as much as we can. Chris

Looks like you forgot to attach the pictures. What kind of book do you have? Did you figure out if the dizzy is points or electronic? Chris

That's him dude!!

Dana Scully----ooohhh mammmma!!!! Nice!!

What's them Nascar boys always say, "better to have bad luck than no luck at all". LOL Chris

The delrin/aluminum combo was convex/concave to allow for the rod movement as Tomohawk describes but didnt allow much if any lateral movement fore and aft. On a track car its great but like Carl said, one tends to avoid pebbles, cracks, expansion grooves because the shock into the steering wheel was just horrid. Chris

A guy I know always shifted his Honda CRX without using the clutch pedal (except to get going). He got really mad when the transaxle blew up one day!!:stupid: :stupid: :stupid: Chris

I wonder what the 510 was used for and what other suspension mods the car had. In 22 years of driving Z's hard I've never experienced a T/C rod failure when running any of the three types of bushings. But I agree with Carl, the delrin/aluminum combo is by far the hardest and most aggresive. My .02 Chris

I believe that was a ZX thing in the top end turbo models. Told you your lights were on or some such thing. I remember seeing an interview with Eddie Murphy who had one and he did a skit about it. The car said "Hey man, someone stole your battery". "I say we go get the mother f___er." At the time it was pretty funny. Chris

Ditto Chris

Yes, forgot about the Mallory, doesnt it have a red cap as standard? Chris