Art, here’s a link to instructions made by Frank Schwartz on a good way to add gas struts to the bonnet. http://www.villageautobodyshop.com/mitch/struts.html I found the right ...   08-31-2020 06:02 am

Bruce, keep in mind that the build date on the driver door tag is actually written the European way. So your build date was December ...   08-31-2020 05:32 am

I’m sure the knurled brass insert on mine wasn’t glued in before; but it was loose in it’s seating. It is also fully seized onto ...   05-20-2020 05:16 pm

For anyone that was as confused as I was about how that whole assembly worked: I pulled the bolt out and found that it was one ...   05-18-2020 05:48 pm

I took Kurt’s idea when looking at my crossmember assembly bushings. They were in dire need of replacement, but at 84 a piece from Delta, ...   05-18-2020 04:35 pm

Thanks Brett and Tim. I had forgot about the option to double nut the studs, although I’ve never had great success with that method. It ...   05-04-2020 04:31 pm

+1 for the FAST XR700. I went right to that when I rebuilt my distributor when I first got the car. Did a lot of ...   05-04-2020 04:26 pm

Thanks Brett! And Tim! You all are always such a wealth of knowledge. Very helpful to us newbies. As a side note, my new studs ...   04-30-2020 05:56 pm

Disco, I'm not sure why the diameter of the stud hole is that much bigger than the stud itself (maybe for some heat transfer or ...   04-30-2020 05:52 pm

Brett, I was wondering about that. The seal on my new composite gasket runs outside of the head around that oil hole. Is there an ...   04-29-2020 06:16 pm

Noomg, Nice! Congrats on the finished interior. Nice work on saving the old parts. I’m always in favor of keeping things as well, though I ...   04-09-2020 05:45 pm

Side shot. Hard to see the features in 2D, but the outer portion of holes dips down, will the inner portion with the speaker icon ...   04-08-2020 06:50 pm

These are what I believe to be the original speaker covers and split pins to hold them in place ...   04-08-2020 06:36 pm

Is the length of the impeller that I pulled out standard? It is much shorter than the one that Tim Engel showed. ...   12-18-2019 05:12 pm

Hey all, Thanks for the information, Brett and Tim. Finally received my new 910 impeller kit from JAE. Pretty good setup, and $100 with shipping. ...   12-18-2019 06:29 am

Thanks for all the info, Tim. Very informative. I second Bruce’s request; I’d love to get an impeller from a 910 and try it out ...   10-05-2019 06:30 am

That’s exactly what I’m thinking about installing. Car came with a pusher fan when I bought it, but took it out in the hopes that ...   09-23-2019 12:54 am

You’re correct; sorry for the typo, tripping over myself. Enjoy and good luck! Patrick ...   09-14-2019 01:05 am

No, not if you’re going to pull the tranny out to do it. the seal is behind the transmission crossmember. Everything can be done with ...   09-13-2019 09:42 pm

Thanks for the tip! Wouldn’t have thought about that but makes a lot of sense. Just ordered a couple; hoping that it clears up my ...   09-13-2019 09:14 pm

Thanks, noomg. Bummer about the rain, eh? Been an 'indoor' week for us down here too. I guess we shouldn't be complaining; sorry to all ...   02-05-2019 06:48 pm

Glad to hear other people are doing this. Have been wanting to for a while, but haven’t gotten around to it. Found this video of ...   02-04-2019 07:46 pm

Paul Prinsen wrote: A couple of gas tank issues: Third question: Safety may not be the most exciting issue, but ... I would like to incorporate ...   02-04-2019 07:39 pm

Hey all, I have an original steel tank available in San Diego. It had some really old fuel in it when I bought the car, ...   08-15-2018 02:47 am

Hi all, Proud new (2nd!) owner of 18602 in San Diego, CA. 34,999 on the odometer, but it wasn't functional when I got it moving, ...   03-30-2018 06:31 am