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I bought mine from Zcardepot, but they took care of me. They said they can fix it or issue a full refund, I took the full refund, I had my original one rebuilt per @Tony D 's referral to Dale manufacturing(http://hbrepair.com/) I should be getting it by this Friday. What's funny is I called MSA first to see how the fitment was and they said they didn't hear of any issues ya ok!

Tried to install the powerforce damper(all black) and it did not fit. This was on a '72 Z.

Same here, tried this weekend and the pulley was not going on at all. What a ridiculous waste of time.

Updated list. Looking for the headliner and door panels.

Hi, looking to purchase a full interior(diamond Vinyl, center console smokers tray, door panels, all plastic panels) let me know what you have and the condition. zip is 10472. Thanks!

Thank you!

Thanks for the link. Any other dampers to look at that is a direct replacement instead of the rebuild?

Ok some great progress today. I used a dial gauge(like a piston stop) inserted into cyl 1 spark plug hole to find absolute TDC. This worked great. But even before this I tried looking for the notch and groove on the cam plate and cam gear, no luck maybe I didn't look hard enough. Anyway it was cold so I continued, I got TDC on cyl 1, using the gauge on the compression stroke, the cam lobes were in the V orientation. I looked down on my damper and it was no where near 0 TDC, more like 50 degrees. I knew the issue right away, my damper was twisted at some point. So I used a white ink pen and made a mark to locate the new TDC mark. I also saw my distributor tang was at 12 not 11:25. Went on to the distributor locked it down and tried to start it, had to play with the distributor a little bit and then it ran. I was able to set the distributor where there was no backfiring and the engine revved easily. I then used the timing light which is useless as my damper has incorrect measurements. I noticed the timing was maybe at 10-15 degrees, this is a very rough estimate. As of now i'm done with the timing, I will have to one weekend thoroughly go over the timing. I'll look for the notch and groove, check to see at what pin my cam gear was installed on, check crank to cam timing, drop the oil pump and realign the distributor drive, install a new damper. The next is to tackle the carbs, I readjusted the front float and the car was less rich than before. I tried looking for some clear hoses to check my float levels(thanks Peter for this suggestion and the multiple other suggestion) but couldn't find any. But in the meantime I will buy some plastic tubing and try to make some float level gauges from the bowl drain bolts. This float issue are a real pain in the arse, I'm done trying to bend them this way and that way to get it straight. I know for sure the front carb has more gas in the bowl as compared to the rear per the WD-40 stick per @siteunseen(thanks!) I'm going to buy some new ones and call it a day. My carbs btw are almost synced as I used my uni-syn to check between them so once I fix the float levels and some minor adjustments they should be good to go.

Ok, I will try this. lol funny you mentioned this. I was actually at Advance auto trying to get a piston stop which they didn't have. I instead will have my job bore out a 240z spark plug and insert a dial indicator, that should give me the absolute TDC and then go from there.

Yup, D612-53. It was always out of adjustment. No electronics here. I know it's an emission distributor per the FSM.

ok tdc pics.

No, randomly took it out for photos.

The distributor is a D612-53. Didn't see this in the 72 fsm.

The first pics were of the distributor position when the car was running. Here's some more pics. I just took these and haven't verified if the distributor is the original.

I am having an issue with my distributor's adjustment range it's a 72 Z manual trans. Basically everything is lined up, #1 TDC(verified with lobe face up and to the right), zero on the crank, 11:25 at the shaft, rotor to number 1 but my dist is way out of the range of the lock nut. Someone suggested the distributor could be different, which is a great possibility(not the original owner) but looking at photos online it looks like my pedestal installed is correct and the 74 Z is electronic I believe. attached are some pics. Thank you for your time and happy new year!!

bump bump. Food/Drink/Gas/toll on me =)

Hello everyone, looking for the above bracket. Mines in horrible shape. Thanks!

Looking to see if anyone has used a place local to NYC(10465) to have their parts plated? Thanks!

Good stuff! Thanks!

I'm rebuilding all my harnesses now. The Alternator/ Starter are AVS 5 or 10 AWG i'm going to replace all of it with 8 AWG wiring. Finding White/Red wire in a 10 or 8 AWG is almost impossible. I did find 2 places that would do it but you have to buy a minimum of 500'. I purchased white 8 AWG SXL wire and will use a paint pen to mark a red line through it, I will also then put a "WR" label on the wire on both ends. Since the wires are Japanese spec you have to convert to AWG. To do this you need to count the strands and measure each one then look at the AVS chart. Then take a AVS chart and convert to AWG. Here'es the thread I made on classicZ. http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/50631-proper-gauge-for-wiring/

Here is a pic, basically a rolling shell. I need to get rubber hoses for the fuel lines, engine parts, weather-stripping.

NYC members Hi, everyone. Unfortunately with school and all of my buddies being busy, I rarely get to work on my Z. If there a few members near Bronx, NY to help me put together my Z, I will cover your food, gas, toll. The car is basically a rolling shell =( Any help would be great!! thx Mo

Whats up everyone, looking to see what weather strip kits you guys have or OEM weather-strip pieces you have that you don't need. Looking for good fitment with no leaks. Please PM me what you have. Thanks!

Beautiful Z, I was looking at that one not too long ago! Enjoy!

Hi, looking for a complete set of 240z taillights and hardware if you have it. Please PM me an offer and approx. shipping to NYC, NY. Thanks