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Thanks for all the great input and information. I'm getting the car to a place I can work on it today and will know more soon.

Yes, almost has to be that, huh? That solves my mystery (thanks for the pics) of what holds the flange in place.

Hi all, Yesterday I was happily cruising down the highway in heavy traffic and was greeted by a whiney sound, which at first I thought was due to the grooving in the road at that stretch. The sound quickly seemed more ominous, and as I began to merge over to exit it became downright ugly --...

The key is to install the bar/arm assembly first, without the "L" brackets on it in place (these have 2 bolts each). Then, by attaching (by wire in my case) a piece of wood (or whatever; about 12" long) to each arm you can tension the spring by pulling the arms upward toward the hood. At this...

Seeking the in-trunk plastic tool box. My brittle original is spitting plastic shards as it disintegrates. Thanks.

Thanks, everyone. I'll post my experiences if I learn anything beyond what's already noted here when I do this.

Thanks, Jon, good to know if I decide to go that route.

My heater blower motor has died. I have a new motor (motor only, not the plastic fan) on the way and so will need to marry the new motor to the old fan. The fan is old, plastic, and potentially brittle. The motor rotor is apparently pressed into the fan assembly but is very firmly in place...

thanks so much for the part #s; I had seen the trim piece, but was hoping to find a used one for less $; hadn't yet found the part # for the arm support piece

I'm looking for 2 (maybe 3) parts: 1. the plastic seat release lever surround piece 2. the seat release knob (since mine seems glued on and will probably break when I try to get it off to replace #1) 3. the hard plastic piece that constitutes the uppermost part of the inside door grip assembly...

Thanks to everyone for the responses. As for more info, I'm in the US (southern California) and, for others' sake for future searches on this thread, if there are specific recommendations for LSD and non-LSD diffs, I'm sure people would benefit from hearing advice for both types.

I'm about to change out (first time, just got the car) the differential and transmission oils. I think I've read the relevant threads here to get people's opinions and recommendations, but since there is some disagreement I wanted to clarify/verify... For the original 4-speed I will use Red...

got one, thanks to all

'73 3.0CS thanks

Dude, I was not questioning anything anyone said about the irregularity in readings, and in fact I deeply appreciate the input and expertise. The only issue at the time when I asked for additional input from others was regarding how low people interpret 100 to be, since that was not really...

I will get another compression test or, better yet, do it myself. It seems to run ok whatever its compression numbers are. Are others in agreement that 100 across the board, more or less, is on the bottom end of barely acceptable? I really don't feel like being the one holding the car when...

Why? Because (a) they are unlikely to be so consistent? (b) they are unlikely to be so consistent at this low of a compression value? or (c) because they are unlikely to be this low overall? I'm guessing you mean option (b). Unfortunately I didn't do the compression check myself so can't...

I'm looking at a 3.0CS with compression numbers across all 6 cylinders at about 100 psi (and minimal variation among them; less than 5%). The low variation is obviously good, but the 100psi is in my opinion either unacceptable, or just barely acceptable, indicating a fairly tired engine. I...

What did the seller say? Just wouldn't let you come and look? Scheduling problems? Uncooperative? Curious about the nature of the refusal, thanks.