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I found the parts I need at Black Dragon Auto and MSA, I'll call them tomorrow to see if they have it. I was just hoping to get it in my hands today, but I guess they're rare enough that I need to stick with my Datsun professionals!

I've discovered brake fluid leaking from my left rear drum brake. Went to pep-boys to purchase a rebuild kit for the brake cylinder, only to be told that they don't carry rebuild kits anymore because they're usually so cheap just to replace. OK, so I'll replace it. Can't. Corporate says they're out of stock at the factory. Ok, then I guess I'll get the rebuild kit. Can't, same deal. Sooo......does anyone have any ideas? Is there a manufacturer that I'm not aware of that has either a rebuild kit or a replacement? Is there a compatible part from another model? The poor thing in not driveable until I get this fixed. Thanks. -P- '74 260Z

Hate to hijack this thread, but I didn't want to make a new topic with such a similar problem. I have a 74 260 but I have a 327 V8. When the car is off, the tach is at zero, but from startup to shutdown it is usually pinned at the top of the red arc, but when I use my turn signal the needle drops 300 rpm or so in relation to the blinking of the turn signal light. Every once in a while it drops down into the normal range and seems to indicate pretty close to normal rpm and functions normally for a few minutes. Does this sound like a tach problem or a wiring/sending problem from the distributor?

There are a lot of crappy jobs out there, and most of them are considered stepping stones to better jobs. I avoided the regionals for that very reason, and I've been very lucky with my career so far. There *are* good pilot jobs out there but the aviation industry is very cyclical and we're in a trough right now, but things are looking up! All y'all: If you really, really want to be a pilot, do it. It's not easy, it's not for everyone, it's hard on a relationship, but it's also very rewarding and can be a damn fine way to make a living. That is all.

Adding just any random texture to a surface does not necessarily make things more aerodynamic. As much as I love MythBusters (who doesn't?), they are not the utmost authority on everything, and sometimes I disagree with some of their results and techniques. (in this example they only tested on a straight mile, without taking into account variables like wind and temperature.) Regardless, if texture made things faster why don't race cars, jets, bullets, trains, etc. have textured surfaces? High speed aircraft and jets do the complete opposite of a golf ball's dimpling, creating as smooth a surface with no interruptions in airflow. This is call laminar flow, and keeping the airflow laminar for the greatest distance back from the leading edge of the wing makes for the most efficient airflow=fastest speeds=greatest fuel economy=greatest range. Trust me, if you could prove that textures make something more aerodynamic you'd be the richest man alive! /minirant

I agree. Mine is exactly that, I call it cream pearl, but I have no idea what color is actually is. It looks different depending on the light. Looks light here, closer to white. But here, compared to the snow, it's definitely cream. But HERE, in the sunlight, you can really see the pearl.

Just got the BlackDragon harness in the mail and I'm a bit dismayed that the plugs are totally incompatable and there's only limited instructions on the back of the box. I'm going to keep it because I don't feel like sending it back and waiting but I have no idea where to start cutting and splicing. Hell, I don't even know how to get the darn headlights OUT. Does anyone know of a link with specific instructions or care to help a new guy out?

Who the heck is Dave?

Fixed linky:

Fantastic! MSA only has a harness that fits the 240. Thanks! For archiving, here's the page from the blackdragon catalog: http://www.blackdragonauto.com/icatalog/zr/images/0065.jpg

The only upgraded headlight relay I've seen works only on the 240 with the square plugs. I already bought the H4 bulbs to put in the car but there's no relay harness available for my 260, and I can't even find instructions to wire them up on my own. Help?

Thanks to a similar crap pilot, I have a pristine looking polished prop from a 172 hanging in my house. Same deal, BRAND new engine and prop, I think it had maybe 20 hours on it. Renter coming home from some trip and encountered some weather, decided to land at a little po-dunk airport with an extreme crosswind. Bounced, skipped, ran off the runway, across the parallel grass runway, and straight out into a field. At which point he ran STRAIGHT into one of those giant 10 foot tall bales of hay. Direct hit, engine first. Engine/nosewheel ended up wedged under the fuselage, it was pretty yucky. Well they sent the prop back to hartzel to get it bent back into shape, since he didn't hit anything hard it wasn't scratched or sliced as if it would be if he hit asphalt. Anyway. Hartzel sent it back, red-tagged, irrepairable. Apparently he hit the hay bale at near full throttle (which baffles me why, but explains why we careened so far off the runway) and the prop was not only bent back under the nose, but it was bent chord-wise along the axis of rotation. Can't be fixed. Long story short, it looks like a brand new prop, but it just rests in the corner of my stairwell landing looking pretty.

Depends on the size of the jump and how fast they were going in reverse when they hit it!