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Can't help you much, but a Magnesium Wheel should be a lot lighter (weight) than an Aluminium wheel. You might be able to find out how to determine what you have by contacting Minilite Wheels and asking them. Just a thought.

The only one that I recall off the top of my head is the 27mm bolt that mounts the Crankshaft Dampner to the Crankshaft. Oh, there are some 17mm ones (somewhere), but at the moment, I can't remember where they are. (outer spindle pins??) I'll check around on Weds or Thurs when I am under the car next.

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Hmm, interesting. You certainly could be right about that. I'll try both wrenchs and see if there is any noticable difference in fit. If they "created" a hybrid fitting, I'll have to ask next time if they can "create" the right 10mm fitting. They had mentioned that most of the wait for the lines (almost a month) was for the fittings to be made. I assume they out-sourced them. Thanks for the info. Where did you have your lines made, Walter?

Hi Marty; I did receive the rear brake bridges from ClassicTube. They are in Stainless steel and look great but it took them a while to make them for me. HOWEVER, the Hex size is 11mm rather than 10mm. The diameter and thread pitch is correct for the fittings, but I'm told that Nissan used an oddball (10mm) hex size that isn't available anymore. The extra 1mm gives a bit more "meat" for the wrench to grasp onto, and distribute the stress applied by the wrench, I'm told. Since my flarenut wrench set has 10,11,12,13,14,15mm sizes, and I'm not going for a 100 point resto, I'm OK with the minor difference. Not that I have much choice, since the late style right rear bridge tube is NLA from Nissan. BTW, I wasn't able to find any pre-made straight lengths of brake line with the correct 10mm hex head size to fab my own replacement lines either. Everyone had only the 11 hex head fittings with the correct diameter and thread pitch.

Not anymore! Now he's "lunch"

Sorry, Didn't mean to make you mad. Just wanted to get my poke at you in before someone else took a shot at you!

Alfa is one of those unlucky fellows who has no Z, but we still like him and "allow" () him to play in our backyard.

Try Charlie Osboure at Zed Findings , he produces floorpans that get great reviews from people who have purchased and installed them.

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Great find! Thanks for the information. I'd been putting off replacing my windsheild washer pump due to the expense (and like you wanting the stock configuration) of a new bottle and OEM pump.

Sorry to hear of such low readings on your engine. As you may know Factory spec on the L24 is 170psi in a new engine, and it isn't uncommon for 30 year old engines with under 200K miles to still have compression readings of over 150psi in all cylinders. With readings of 120 on most cylinders it appears that your engine is very tired. It could be valves that are worn or not closing properly, worn valve guides, or piston rings, or all of the above. (a leakdown test would give you an idea of which is more likely) That cylinder with 40psi is of a more immediate concern. It could also have a head gasket leak from the cylinder to a water jacket, an oil passage, or to an adjoining cylinder, or (less likely) to atmosphere. In any event, at least now you know more of what you are up against and you can try to formulate a plan to address your needs. Yeah, that does sound like normal wear, though with that low reading for cyl #4, I'm surprised that the plug for that cylinder wasn't significantly different in color from the rest of the plugs. It must still be firing, but losing virtually all pressure, and not getting significant excess oil into the cylinder (like from bad valve stem seals), or you'd have found it to be black.

I think that you're going to have to fabricate something yourself. I've never seen them available separately. Trace out an outline of the carb face(s) on paper, then increase the outer dimensions by about 1/4 inch in all directions, Transfer the design onto a good quality gasket material (or BUNA-N sheet rubber) and carve yourself a nice set. A little high-temp RTV can be used to stick them to the air cleaner assembly and you are back in business.

Sounds like George has a WHACK on the Forehead due to him!

No biggie, door should be keyed the same as the doors, as you suspected.

Welcome to the club, Sven!

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Check www.ZHome.com for a registry of early Z cars. You can get a pretty good idea of production date. Once you get the doors open you can also check the Data tag on the drivers door jam. The locking gas cap is an aftermarket piece, and you'll probably have to disassemble the filler neck to get it off. See if you can get a key made for it. They are very difficult to find now days and sell for about $50 on eBay when they show up.

They can be used if the chain is stretched. Also, back in the day, the C Production Z cars routinely set up their cars with the #3 position to get more power out of the engine. AIR, the differnce in cam timing between each of the positions is something like 4 degrees advancing the cam timeing in relation to the crankshaft timing marks. Of couse back then, there was higher octane gasoline available so this may not be something you could get away with (in the US) now. Maybe someone with more knowledge can pipe up here and advise us both, as I'm about to start assembling the top-end of my newly rebuilt short block L24 and I'd like to optimize the engine for the best power I can get out of the crappy gas we have here in California.

OK, I see where you are at on this issue. Sounds like you are just getting ready to get into this thing. Since you haven't looked at the plugs, and I'm guessing that this is a new (to you) car )god knows what shape they are in, or how long they have been in there)........replace the plugs now (use anti-seize on the threads), do the other things that you mentioned, and keep an eye on those plugs. Pull them and inspect them each week for a while and see how they look, how their appearance changes as time passes. This (and the compression test) will help to tell you how bad of an issue this "blow-by" is for your engine. Didn't mean to overwhelm you with questions

Blow-by? Do you mean blow-by as in the piston rings aren't seating to the cylinder walls and the combustion pressure is blowing-by (past) the rings into the crankcase? If so, I guess I'm not sure how that would foul the plugs. Of course, I'm NOT an engine expert. Have you checked your compression? What are the readings? Have you done a leakdown test? What color are the plugs? How long does it take them to get that color?

Well, the auction indicated the diameter of the holes for the cam (bearing surface) was within spec (but just barely AIR). Measure the cam that you have and see what diameters you have to work with. Check with a machine shop and see if they think there would be enough "meat" to line-bore the towers to fit the cam that you have to work with. Who knows, you MAY not even have to line-bore. Won't know until you take some measurements.

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