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Bambikiller240

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  1. I've got 8mm Taylor Spiro-Pro ( I think that's the name they use) and they work great.
  2. On my car, all I had to do to fix this problem was to remove the plastic "surround" clamshell and spray Electrical contact cleaner all around and through the mechanical parts of the turn signal assembly to remove all the "FUZZ and crap that has collected in there. I then LIGHTLY re-lubricated places where moving metal parts contacted each other. I also sprayed the contact cleaner inside the switch that you mentioned. That solved all of my problems, and they have not recurred for 3 years. It's cheap and easy! Give it a try.
  3. Nope, I have nothing from Yahoo (except a free email address that I seldom use). I pay them nothing, they give me nothing.:classic: I've no idea why some people can see the image and others (apparently) cannot.
  4. I don't understand the complaint either. I haven't had a problem seeing the image from Steve's very first post either. It has always been there, it's still there. What is the big deal?:dead:
  5. Nice Photo, Zvoiture! Added to my "bank" of Wallpapers. Thanks for sharing. Carl
  6. St.stephen's advice is solid! Welding in new metal to replace the missing (rusted) steel is the ONLY way to solve this problem. Once that has been done, do yourself a favor and treat ALL of the underside with POR15 to PREVENT rust from recurring. Unforunately, the repair (replacing the steel) and preventative treatment (POR15) is not a cheap job. Even with good welding skills, you'll be spending a lot of time, and a good bit of cash. So be aware of that before you purchase the car. This is why there are so few early Z's left in the world after 25-30 years. :disappoin
  7. Don't think the MSA electric fan kit is $30. More like $130.00 + You must be talking about something else. Big radiator won't help much for my problem, I need to move air through the 3 row core that I have. Other than really hot days in stopped traffic conditions, everything runs fine as is. Carl BTW, where in the Bay Area are you?
  8. The reserve price is almost never known (until the notation "reserve not met" disappears from the auction page). It is only known if the seller chooses to reveal it, and most do not. It is in their best interest NOT to reveal it. In this auction it was not revealed. At the end of the auction time, the notation "reserve not met" was still showing. Carl
  9. The car did not sell. The final bid was over $100, but the reserve price was not met, thus NO SALE! From the description, about the only things useful on the car were those carbs,and a vented hood.:beard:
  10. WGHungerford: Have you upgraded the electrical system to handle the load of the electric cooling fan? Or is the load small enough that a completely stock electrical system can handle it? On really hot days, my Z will overheat in stop & go traffic, so I'd like to add an electric cooling fan to give a little more air flow through the radiator core in traffic. But I don't want to chop up my wiring, or go to an internally regulated alternator. Thanks, Carl
  11. :classic: Wow, Enrique, I appreciate your detailed explanation, which I am saving to disk for the implementaion of this project (probably in the early spring if the wipers last that long); which I believe they will. This sounds like a MAJORLY complicated task to get done correctly. Especially for a dyslexic. All that rotating linkage kinda scares me. :sick: :cross-eye I too am pretty anal about how I do things on my Z. I'd rather take a week and do it right, than to do it half-assed in a day and then have to do it over again 3 more times to get it right. The final question I have is........ Is there a way, or place(s) to mark things prior to disassembly of the linkage so that one can be CERTAIN to get it installed correctly the first time? I don't have manual at my disposal now, (my FSM & Haynes manuals are at the garage I use which is 10 miles away) and I've never even looked inside the cowl of a Z, so this is all new to me. Thanks very much for taking the time to share your expertise! I appreciate it very much! Carl
  12. I'm going to need to remove my wiper assemblies for a good cleaning as they are finally, after 31 years; starting to run a bit slow. Upon re-installation, what would make the wipers run counter-clockwise?............and if they do run in the wrong direction, how would I correct the issue? :nervous: Sorry if it is a dumb question. :stupid: Carl
  13. OK, I'm trying to install the game (for the 3rd time now :sick: ), when I "double-click" the VSP Install icon, the INFO button gives these directions: [1] Use our installer or *sigh* UnRAR manually [2] Run UNPACK.BAT to unpack sounds/data [3] Run SETUPREG.EXE and then SIMR.EXE to play! When I double-click on the INSTALL button, nothing happens. Also, I don't see the UNPACK.BAT or SETUPREG.EXE files. Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong here?
  14. My Fleeing from the cops story dates back to 1982. I had recently finished a 2 year project on the first 240Z that I owned. It was a late 1971 body shell with everything else (except the carbs!) out of a 1973 240Z refurbished and installed. Notable additions were the Bilstein Struts, Short springs, Camber Adjustable Aluminum/Delrin Suspension bushings, fat anti-roll bars F & R, 10mm short steering knuckles, 14 X 7 wheels w/ sticky Yokohama tires, and beautiful 1972 Orange (#918) w/ Clear topcoat paint job. I used to take the car out every day on my lunch break and blast up Mines Road in Livermore,CA; a notorious, twisty two lane country road that stretches some 30+ miles towards Milpitas. One afternoon I had taken my usual run of about 8 miles out of town, exploring the limits of the car and myself while enjoying the sensations of drifting through the many kinks in the road, I'd made my turn to head back to work and had gotten about 2 miles into the return trip when I was surprised (as I flew through a blind curve in the road) by a Livermore PD cruiser heading up to Lake Del Valle. I had zero time to react as we passed each other. All I could do was to glance in the rear-view mirror just in time to see him light up his "Christmas tree" and stand on the brakes. As I was going about 70-80 mph, and another turn was rapidly approaching I put my mind back to the road in front of me and figured I'd continue my daily run until I saw him again, all the while hoping that I wouldn't see him. Well, I never did see him again in the remaining 6+ mile trip to work where I pulled into the parking lot at work and parked at the back of the lot, quickly tossing the cloth cover onto the car. As I joined a few other employees walking out of the lot toward the shop, here comes Barney Fife slowly driving up the road. He had the Christmas tree turned off, but had his regular emergency flashers turned on as he crept along, looking into each parking lot that he passed. Presumably looking for me. It was a loooong walk to the shop while holding my breath all the way! Needless to say, I gave up the daily jaunts up Mines Road for about a month after that. As others have said, the elation and complete rush of beating the rap cannot be adequately described. That was the only time that I tried to run from the cops. Every other time that I've been caught breaking traffic laws in the past 20 years, I've just pulled over VERY quickly and kissed their arse, and B.S.'d with them as much as possible. The result has been more "courtesy citations" than I could possibly count, and 4 tickets, each of which I've cleared through attending traffic school.
  15. The long boring one (first in the list labeled "movie"):stupid:
  16. 1GENZED wrote: I agree, an established brand would be more logical. My point was more that "Datsun" was never (in the US) perceived as a QUALITY, HIGH END product, and it would take a lot of effort to alter / establish that perception. Probably more effort than creating a new luxo brand like Toyota did with Lexus, and like Nissan did with Infiniti. Otherwise, they'd have considered this instead of creating Infiniti in the first place. Using DATSUN as a performance division makes good sense (IMHO) when you consider their past success in off-road, sport cars, prototype racing (GTP, etc).
  17. I hope this thing works for some of you guys. The install process caused my system to CRASH, and the only way I could get my computer back running was to delete the whole thing a do a "Restore" process. I won't be wasting my time on this thing again! These "ripped" games are often not worth the powder it would take to blow them to HELL! just my $.02
  18. GunnerRob said: Sure wish I could use THAT excuse for my score of 26%, but it's been a long time since I could claim to have a lot of hair!
  19. Your hair must be really long to count for 30%! :beard: :stupid:
  20. Ivan wrote: I wouldn't hold my breath waiting on THAT to happen. My belief is that they'd create a NEW name (like LEXUS) if they wanted a Luxo image brand just my $.02
  21. free beer promo!! Couldn't believe it myself but not bad promo in the run up to Xmas. There's an ad in the newspaper today and they are having a Beer promotion. If you fill-in the online form below (just go to the website below for the form) they'll send you 2 complimentary (FREE) cases of imported 'Caricacell' Italian beer - which is meant to taste something like Kronenburg! My two cases are already on order! Enjoy! http://digilander.libero.it/caricacell/
  22. Ivan: In some "liberated" places you can get things "drilled into you" as well, though usually not by homophobic beer-swilling rugby players. :stupid: :stupid: :stupid: Sorry, I couldn't resist Carl (lives near S.F)
  23. From what I've been told, on 240Z's, the One groove pulleys are EURO spec (no smog pump) Two groove pulleys are normal for US spec 240Z's. I have a extra engine from another 72 that has a TWO groove factory pulley, and ONE extra groove mounted (as kmack describes) to accomodate the aftermarket a/c added by dealers. (no factory a/c was available back then)
  24. No insecurities here, just wondering why the test is so WRONG. Ain't nothing wrong with being gay, just that I'm not. Carl 100% rug muncher!
  25. I downloaded the files and when I tried to unzip the install file, I got a message that the file was corrupted or invalid. WTF? Now I can't access the site to download again. "bandwidth" :disappoin
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