A similar preventive maintenance procedure to speedometer cable in spection and repair can be performed on your choke cables and wire stranded hood release cables, except that you can not easily remove the inner solid or braided wires. For these you can hang up one end with a piece of string and first drip WD-40 and then "chase" it with a light oil into the opening of the outer cable and let the different weights of lubricant "chase" themselves down into the cable, adding a few more drops every few minutes until it all starts to leak out of the bottom. Sometimes, inverting the cable half way through the process and working from the other end speeds up the oiling procedure. Be sure to pull the cable back and forth a few times as you go along to make sure that the oiling is complete.

btw, be sure to check the hood latch end of the hood release cable for wear in the stranded wire where it meets the connector stub. The aged metal strands often start to break at this point. If the cable ever breaks at this point you'll be screwed when it comes to trying to open your hood the next time, especially if your hood already is difficult to release at present. Many pay the painful price on a day when they can least afford for it to happen. Very wise to replace your hood release cable with a solid one ahead of time.

NOTE: Most early 240Z owners never realize that this damage is occurring on their cars because this area is virtually impossible to see visually without first removing the hood end of the cable from the hood female receiver mechanism. To do this you first have to unbolt and remove the female hood latch receiver from the body support in order to inspect it.

If you are in need of any used speedometer, hood, choke or hand brake cables you can find a list of what I have in stock by checking my online inventory pages link at http://www.zparts.com/selectzp.html They will be found in the Engine, Fuel-Ignition, Body and Driveline tabbed sections at the bottom of the master inventory page that I will be updating by Monday.

Good luck with your repairs,

Eric Neyerlin - Owner of Z PARTS