Bambikiller240

My specific reference was to WW2 & Nazi's. Didn't mean to exclude any other events. In case you hadn't noticed civilization has come a long way since 1789. What happened in the past does not make what is happening in the present acceptable. What a crock. Good thing I'm wearing hip-boots because the BS is really deep in that statement. I suppose you would consider Bush a foreign affairs expert and/or a great military mind? :stupid: What the hell to human sheilds have to do with anything? (except providing a handy aiming point for weapons to be trained upon) One act of stupidity does not mean that other acts of stupidity should be tolerated. The citizens of Iraq have no prower (except those in the military) and even they have no authority after the regime is toppled. Our Military forces had the authority (as victors) and the means to ATTMEPT to maintain order, yet nothing was done.

You'll still see the connector on the wiring that runs the length of the framerail. It has a pigtail near the starter location that the link plugs into. Get the link, attach it to the starter, plug into the harness. Your original post said "I believe I need to replace the fusible link for my starter." You didn't say anything about it being missing.

I doubt AutoZone or Kragen would have one. Personally, I don't buy anything from those places except chemicals like oil, cleaners etc. My experience has been that they carry JUNK parts. Look at your starter. It is the wire that plugs into the rest of the cars wiring. You cannot miss it if you look there. It just looks like a wire with a ring connector on one end and a plastic plug-in connector on the other. approx 4 to 6 inches long

Replace it with a new fusible link! Available at MSA and Victoria British to name a few. Under $10.00 It is connected to the starter by a ring connector and the other end plugs into the engine bay wiring harness. 5 minute job.

replace the defective starter

Many of the early 72's had the pockets in the body for the seatbelt retractors, but the retractable belts themselves were not added until Jan 72 production dates. My Bambikiller (HLS30 55703) was mfg'd 11/71 pockets, yes / but fixed belts (for now, but I bought a nice set of retractables to install later) PS when Zhome.com lists "earliest reported" he means earliest VIN registered on his website

The production information for US Spec 240Z's shown below is copied from www.zhome.com: and shows production changes and the month that they began: 1972 HLS30 48863 thru 99596 (earliest & latest reported so far - Notable VIN Month Highlights 01 Auto seat belt retractors installed, rear window defroster lines run horizontal 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Last 72 Model Year Car Reported So Far - HLS30 99596 1973 Model Year HLS30 120000 thru HLS30 172767 (to date). Major changes made for 73 Model Year Z's - Federal Vehicle Safety Standards & Emissions Standards. Too extensive to list here, see below. 09 10 11 12 So, as you can see, some cars produced in in 8/72 were in fact 72 240Z's, and production of 73 240Z's had begun in August also.

On the dash near the cigarette lighter. See pictures in previous posts for a pre 1973 switch. 1973 switches are of a push/pull type located in the same area.

"Holey Schmoley" Alan!! That'll certainly make a bloke walk funny for a while. You definitely surprised me with that retort! Thanks for the chuckle! Carl

OK, Yes, Mike it is different in that respect, I did exagerate the analogy. Perhaps a bit too much. Acknowledged. But to allow it to occur served no purpose whatsoever, did it? Anyone one in any form of law enforcement, be it Martial law, or Civilian Police can tell you that it is far easier to MAINTAIN control of a situation than to REGAIN control of a situation. An attempt should have been made to maintain control of the population, rather than to sit on hands and allow the lawlessness to take hold and escalate. I fault the leaders (at the VERY top) for that. I'm quite sure that the military leaders on site wanted to maintain control as it would have been in ther best intereest. PS DRECORD, arresting them for looting would be understood by ALL civilized countries. Arresting them for nothing would not be. PPS Screw the Anti-American movement, Looting is Looting.

It is not terribly difficult to stop the looting from sites like hospitals, museums, universities. You take control of the ground. You do not allow entry. If you couldn't predict it starting, you stop the CONTINUANCE of the looting by taking charge. Please reread my earlier post, I DO NOT BLAME THE TROOPS/COPS. I blame the leadership who ordered them to stand by and allow it. There was very little shooting and fighting going on in these areas, so that is not an issue. You can't shoot people when your arms are full of stolen computer, medical equipment and antiquties. Regarding the museums, your same agruement would also validate the Nazi pillaging of the great museums of France, Italy and the other European countries in WW2 right? Allowing the national treasures to disappear into the hands of thieves is not right. Period. Yes the Iraqi civilians (some of them) did it to their own country, but that does not make it right or mean that ALL civilians of Iraqi wanted that to happen. "It is brilliant to not start shooting people if they steal a chair or an air conditioner. If we did shoot them for theft, how would we be different from Sadam? Not much... " No wonder the people of america loot their own neighborhoods. People with that attitude are ENCOURAGING the behavior by looking the other way. UNCONSIONABLE!

Hi Alan: I haven't seen the show yet, but if the VCR gods are with me and I get the recording programmed correctly, I'll post my opinion on Sunday. Cheers, Carl

Common sense required some form of control to be taken immediately. Unfortunately, in the days of no control there have been many university's, hospital's, libraries, and museum's stripped of everything of value. It is unconsionable that the "coalition" forces were not allowed to control the lawlessness or to even ATTEMPT to control it. Strange though, we're STILL bragging about how the OIL FIELDS are secure. Another example of what is really important to the leaders of this coalition who dictate what and where the forces are allowed to protect. Actually it is incredibly STUPID to allow things such as this to occur. I repeat.... UNCONSIONABLE to allow the raping of the civilzation that we purportedly went to Iraq to SAVE from the evil dictator.

Maybe we could ask Bush and Blair to go after the rogue Panda's after he finishes with Iraq, & Syria, &....................

It can be done, but it is more difficult when keeping the L24 and the SU's. There is a guy that hangs out on www.zcar.com named "Norm the Twelve second Z car dude" or something like that. He can tell you what was necessary to get his z down to the 12.9 sec ET range.

"Emporer George of Syria" has a nice ring to it huh? Me thinks that the little SOB has a John Wayne complex.

Whoa, There is supposed to be some play there. "back off one rotation and a half of the nut, then lock down". Read your manual. If there is no free play, your T.O bearing is in contact with the fingers of the pressure plate at all times and will fail prematurely. That small amount of free play is critical for the life of the T.O. bearing.

Adjustment is at the interface of the rod at the end of the slave cylinder where it goes througt the T.O. bearing fork whcih comes out the side of the bell housing. The manual will have the specs for the adjustment. I don't have my manuals with me but as I recall, you use the nuts in the threaded rod to take all of the play out the the connection there, then back off about 1 and a half revolutions of the nut, then lock it down. PLEASE refer to the manual and don't take my word for this as I have don't have the manula here to confirm this adjustment.

Hey Bonnie, his expression looks as if someone placed a small turd under his nose.

I see your post. "part of" I refer to my earlier post: ------------------------------------------------ Originally posted by MDyer Bambi, Rebuilding is construction work, not oil. I contend that the German-French-Russian position to NOT go to war, was about oil. It's too nice of a day to rant. and I replied to MDyer: The rebuilding will pump LARGE sums of money into certain companies and countries economies, likey at taxpayer expense to one degree or another. Interesting that one of the first contracts to be let was to Haliburton Co. (One of Cheney's favorites) I suspect other large companies like Bechtel will be next at the trough, to feed on the Money Pie served up by Chef's Bush and Blair. I still maintain that Bush's oil buddies will benefit greatly from the newly available (stable?) oil supplies from Iraq. OIL and MONEY it's all tied together. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, he did want the UN in the war. No arguement there,(if there had to be a war, I did too) Since then he (Bush) has stated pubicly that he'd prefer that the UN not be involved in the "interim" governing of the country. He and Blair had a chat about that in Ireland a few days ago. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MikeW: They want STABLE supply controlled by a "friendly" government who will not raise prices, lower supply or do anything to negitively impact the bottom line. My belief is that the oil will be cheaper, and less will be purchased from those other sources that you mentioned which are not CONTROLLED by the "friends" of the US oil industry. They don't care to develop the oil in the US as it costs too much ,what with all of the enviromental hoops to be jumped through. In many areas of the US they CAN'T develop the known reserves due to restrictions pushed through during the rein of previous administrations We've already talked about how the price leaps before the higher cost supplies even reach our shores. The oil companies charge what they can get away with, whether supply prices have risen or not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm going back into my hut. I'd prefer to not get involved with a wizz'n contest (again) about who's opinion is right. We can disagree, OK. can't we?

Martial Law. The military enforces (to the best of their ability) the rule of law. You do what you can, you don't just stand around and observe. You don't remove a government and not replace it with some other form of control immediately; unless you want things like this to occur. Even Saddam practiced Command and Control.

!!! But in Iraq, the US will CONTROL the oil for quite some time. Why do you think Bush doesn't want the UN involved in running the country? Big difference.

16 tooth Speedo Pinion (yellow) = 3.36 17 tooth speedo pinion (black) = 3.54 18 tooth speedo pinion (blue) = 3.70 19 tooth speedo pinion (white) = 3.90 20 tooth speedo pinion (red) = 4.11 21 tooth speedo pinion (purple) = 4.38 22 tooth speedo pinion (orange) = ? 23 tooth speedo pinion (green) = ? 16-19t require standard sleeve assembly 20-23t require special sleeve assembly

Brian: Only the 73 240Z had self adjusting Clutch hydraulic system, so unless you or P.O. replaced the T.O. Bearing Fork and Slave cylinder with that from a 1973 240Z or later 260Z/280Z; your car does not have self adjusting capabilities. I had the symptoms that you describe on my 1972, and the cause was a leak from the rubber hose from the hard line to the slave cylinder. It had gone rotten from 30 years of exposure to everyting under ths sun. That is probably where your leak is, as the rest of the system is hard metal lines and should not degrade much over time. If your Master cyl.is getting low, you have a leak somewhere. It should be easy to find as the location of the leak will be wet with brake fluid. Look around and "touch" all connectors and fittings until you find the wet one. Another possible place for the leak is out the back of the clutch master cylinder, look in the passenger cabin under the dash at the firewall for signs of leakage. Good Luck PS I wouldn't "replace it all". That's just throwing money away. Find the problem and fix "it".

Opinions do differ. Cheers back to ya!