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well, i went out for a bit more of a play, and it started to work.. only up to about 2k, then it stopped working again. very frustrating. id like to keep the original tacho.. but im seriously tending towards an aftermarket item. I am running an apexi rm, but i still want a working tacho in the dash aswell.

just following up on this topic, well.. i checked all my connections, cleaned them etc.. stil no tacho. In theory, if they were dirty enough for the tach signal not to get through, the car wouldn't start right? So im still tending towards the guage itself. So, how do you remove the guage? I read the haynes manual.. and it was very vauge.. it tell's you how to remove the speedo, but not the tacho.. i had a bit of a look in there.. and heck.. how the hell do you get it out!.. I know there is a screw on the front face.. how do you then get to it from there? Now, is there capacitors etc inside the cover itself? Im thinking maybe something has dried out being so old. Thanks.

Hey guys. I haven't had much time to work on the project of late, but this last week I have been determined to get some progress done. So I bought some materials and you can see the results in the pictures. I have done all of the left side, still have to right side to do, and also the engine cross member and steering rack. Once that's done, I will move to the back of the car and rebuild the back brakes and suspension system as well.

this is right up my alley.. i'll be there

just sent another pm to you

ok.. will find out about postage tomorrow and get back to you in the afternoon..

I got dibs on all those piceces ive asked for!! How about seat belts? Are they there? the whole lot? Maybe the screen can be sent via a courier? I'll ask at work tomorrow if we have any transport companys we deal with from your way. Can you pm your prices please, and also your banking details. Thanks. OOhh dont for get the gear boot.. will you seperate that from the centre console? does it have the inner rubber quietner one too?? thanks. Oohh.. and the dove tails on the doors.. Ive got one broken one! Thanks.

I desperately need the windscreen! What do you want for it? What about all the carpet, the hood linning, and the upper trim pieces to the hood linning, ie the front "A" pillar pieces, the ones that run along above the doors, and along the top of the windscreen under the sunvisors aswell. Will you send it all to Brisbane? I can pay immediately. Thanks.

I only really need the head. The complete engine would be good for the datsun boys being a na motor, but not really a bigger market. The price is strting to get more realistic now to. Is it the non vvt head? On your ebay listing you say you wont split, so i think i might be barking up the wrong tree.

Id be interested in the motor for a bitzer twin turbo build for my 32. I just live so far away.

So what does the extension actually cover? And why is it needed?

No offence to the late owner of the vehicle or the seller aswell, but this thread just goes to show how much these early zeds are really worth. The price is dropping dramatically, and even the zedophiles on the forum who swear black and blue that these cars are worth 3 billion dollars wont even pay the asking price, irrespective of it being a 240-60 or 80. Their old cars, with a cheap purchase price from the original dealer floor, with billions world wide, this does not make them collectors car's, unfortunately. As much as i love my 260, I can face the reality of it not being a rare hard to find supercar collectable. Just ask a non z owner, what is this car? And i'm sure the response will be "I don't know", or "Their those cheap sports cars from the states". Ask a z owner involved in a z community, "It's a mega collectable car that's worth mega dollars because of a cult status amongst its own kind". I love my car, but wont see it any other that a cheap japanese sports car. Goodluck with the sale, many respects the the parted owner.

well, i would have, but you jumped in before i could organise anything.. goodluck with the stuff.

there worth only half that asking price becuase there's only 3 billion of them outside of japan.

ok, so the air filter will be on the end of the 3 inch tube, in front of the radiator? Maybe the extra power being created is because there is far less restriction on the intake side of things?

It does look good, but where is it sucking the cold air from? It looks the same as original, just with a pod filter on the end, instead of the original filter inside the box? It look's like your still funneling the hot air in, just with more of it coming from the radiator aswell? Maybe the photo's don't show enough of the whole picture maybe?

technial term is flat gloss, matte(or matting agent) is what you add to the gloss product to produce a lower reflectivity at 60 and 85 degress. useless information for most i know.

steve your thinking to much. do you plan on doing rallying maybe? I'd start worrying if i was one of the 99.999% person then.

hey guys, im looking for some cheap speco guages, i need speedo and tach. prefer working but dont mind other wise? has anybody got anything like this? thanks.

Im sure this is a dumb question to you guy's, though where do you download the uk series?

looks good sushi, definately need to clean up the wiring and the temp probe wire aswell.

no.. roll cages stops chassis movement.. strut bars stops suspension flex and anti sway bars reduces the entire car from moving lateral.

im going up to cairns for a week from next friday, till the monday after, so i'll be out of action for that one. A location i had in mind was the kingsford smith memorial at the airport, through the day on a weekend.Though a bbq meet sounds good too! Still no 26 though, im doing all the nitty gritty, it doesnt even look any different to the first day i got it.. lol.. doesnt look like ive even done anything to it! lol.

Strut top tower bars are designed to stop independant flexing of each strut, by apply oppsing forces on the strut through the means of the strut bar, though not actually a means of stiffening a frame(a weld in roll cage through the firewall stiffens a body's chassis), it give's the illusion that the body is stiffer. Matched to the correct rated springs, shock's and sway bars, is when you will notice the biggest difference. Defiantely a must buy though in building up your suspension package for sure, i'll be after these one day soon myself.

i've started taking out the suspension bits and found so far most of the bits have already got bleed nipple's. So, i dont need to buy any. thanks for the help people.