hi, i live in melbourne ,

thank you, that makes sense and gives me a direction to work with, much appreciated, although there are no bolts on the back of either wheel at all just the spline and a bolt which goes over the spline, so attachment will be a weld anyways? i'm not sure. the ring of metal for the 360 degree horn would seem to block any bolts of use and as there are no holes to even put a bolt of any kind i will need to look at a new boss to see what type of interface will suit. is it ridiculous to think a reducer or shim would be adequate enough to allow a safe interface?

great!, is there a proper boss for this swap!, i would take that any day!, i'm looking to swap a 120y steering wheel for a 240k or 240z steering wheel with a larger spline, is there a boss that does not have the 6 bolt new wheel setup? it cant be this complicated, either a new spline (which i'm not sure will bolt up to the steering column... (question: does the splined part at the top of the steering column bolt to the column itself or is it all one piece?) and if it does will it be adaptable with the 120y column??) or a reducer which will allow these two to adapt to each other... its always a safety issue, just like every other adjustment i have made to this vehicle, but i'm talking 2 or 3 mm here, everything else is a perfect match.. so if a reducer or welding is possible i dont need to change out steering wheels every month...i just need to know a boss kit which will work with this spline to spline swap or a remedy for column attachment of a 120y column to a 240z spline end piece...whoff....

fair enough, i will keep my eyes peeled for a suitable solution, after a nights sleep i have had a thought; if i use a rotary type drill bit to core the new and old splines out of their respective wheels, and then weld it into the opposite wheel, would that not do the trick?, i'm sure there is a method to make that weld stick... is there a bit strong enough to core this metal?

huh, ok i think i see what you mean, do you have a part number for that saas kit?, i'm missing the visual on what this item should look like, the only ones i have seen have the 6 bolt type which i think would not work at all, ant they would also seem to put my wheel much too close, i'm looking for the furthest possible distance due to my arm reach, but to get this wheel on i would realistically take anything, cheers

ok, i've never had experience with this item, it seems the spline end has a c ring clip,is it just a matter of removing the splined bit from just behind that clip? how big is the piece?, do i need to replace the whole steering column or just the piece on the end? there are pins on the b210 wheel which protrude and i can see where they match up to the small plastic gutters on the column, but there are no pins at all on the 240k wheel, if the only downside of this would be that i have to manually stop the indicator when finished with it i'm willing to accept that as a loss. so really i'm just after some type of spacer to match up the spline sizes. besides that its a perfect match even to the horn interfaces. is a 2 or 3 mm splined shim too thin to be safe?

i have a 120y 1978. i have just purchased a 240k wood steering wheel,also quite old, they are both the same single bolt spline type but the 120y spline is about 2 or 3mm smaller than the new wheel. is there some type of shim or reducer in existence, as the only boss kits i have seen have the allen-key type adapter.

yeah the open setup is what i was after, which carby do i have though?....it all hinges on that really (i think) because i will order it tomorrow...what is the stock 78 a12 carb? and what is the measurement i need to know in order to buy something that fits, is it a air intake hole diameter? or what? kind of confused(if that already hasn't been established...)

does anyone know if the 1973 a12 4 speed man carby in the tech section is the same as the 1978??

yeah thats the eventual plan, but i have a chance to get k&n at wholesale through work at the moment, would whichever setup was necessary for the current carby also work for the weber 32/36? if it is it just an adaptor plate thats ok i just want to make sure i can get one that fits, although there is tons of space under the hood at the moment, so i assume i could get quite a larger airflow setup...anyways do you know of a spot where i could find out which hitachi i have and its dimensions...cheers
beattie wrote:
To be honest with you i doubt a K&N would do much in a standard aplication! I would save my pennies for a 32/36 Weber or similer and get that setup with a K&N or RamFlo filter etc!

But thats my opinion