darrel Posted March 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Just did some preliminary work on the car. Took off the valve cover, there was still a slight film of oil on the cam and lifters. I put some white lithium grease on all contact points anyway. I tried to siphon what was left of the 28 yr old gas, but all I got was a spotty syrup coating on the rubber hose. I will still drop the tank since it probably needs cleaned and all the hoses changed out. I still need to squirt some oil in each of the cylinders just as a precaution against stuck rings to pistons. The crank does turn, I just pushed the car in gear just enough to see the fan move. Quote Link to comment
jdizzy204 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 So fortunate. Great deal and beautiful car! Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 ok, this car is officially a rust bucket. I don't know how I missed it. passenger side floor board directly under seat. You can see it on the left side of this pic in front of the smaller drain plug. I put it up on jack stands today, dropped the tank and took off the rear brake cylinders for a rebuild. Tomorrow I will bring the tank back home and drain and take look inside. Might be less than a gallon of gas left in it. 1 Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted March 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Here are some close ups of the two more spots of rust. In this pic, the larger of the two, you can barely make out the other area. look closely at two white spots in the back ground on the other side of the plug. And here are the two white spots up close(spider egg sacks) Both of these are under the passenger seat. I will post pics of the fuel tank tomorrow when I take pics of the inside. Here is a pic of the electric fuel pump installed by previous owner(terry) with the help from his mechanic friends. Note, they did not use the factory harness which included wiring for an electric fuel pump. This car had a manufacturer date of 9/72. Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 ARTIFACT FOUND! OVER 30 NOT ELIGIBLE. What is it? Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 And now to the gas tank pics. What was left of the gas after 28 yrs. After a visit to the car wash. Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Yummy. Tank doesn't look TOO bad. Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 The difference between a car that may have had a full tank before being parked and one with a very low tank of gas when parked, my white 240. That tank looked brand new inside. Quote Link to comment
Wwildman Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 That car is solid and I would make a small patch for those floors Quote Link to comment
Z Speed Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Dang! I'm over 30 and I know what that is. Too cool.... Nice find darrel.... Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 You are officially the person I hate the most on this forum......... :P Cannot believe you got this the way you did.............fucking BAD ASS :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: I'm so fucking jealous I'm gonna be sick :sick: FAVORITE color for a Zed EVER!!!! I will be following closely B) 1 Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted March 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Nothing too much to report on and no pics. Picked up the tank from the rad shop yesterday. Bought new brake shoes for the rear and rebuilt the brake cylinders. I have the back brakes on using the old shoes to make sure the rebuild kits work, no use using new shoes if they fail right away. Ran out of brake cleaner, will get some tomorrow and go back to clean the brake master reservoirs and bleed brakes. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 ARTIFACT FOUND! OVER 30 NOT ELIGIBLE. What is it? Wow. It's for holding an oil can. You put the nozzle in the oil fill hole in the valve cover and squeeze the handle. It pushes the can down puncturing it and the oil flows down through the funnel. You guys do know that quarts of oil was a one time sold in tin cans right? :lol: :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I have seen the oil spouts but forgot how they worked thanks for the explanation mike when I was younger they had oil spouts you pushed in the can manually and poured the oil out like this Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Cleaned the brake and clutch reservoirs and cleaned out the nasty old brake fluid in them. Bled the rear brakes starting with the LR. It didn't seem to be working correctly. The lines were probably all dry from sitting when I took out the rear brake cylinders. After trying to bleed the LR and getting some progress, I went to the RR and bled it. Had no trouble bleeding it and got clean fluid flowing. Went back to the LR and didn't have any problems bleeding it. It was a little weird how it worked. The fronts bled nicely as well as the clutch master and slave. Have a firm pedal for the brakes and clutch. No leaks detected when I finished for the day. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Bias ply tires! Haven't seen any in years except for my 1972 spare. Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 haha, The only radial was the spare. Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 HOLY #$%^ !!! What a score darrel !!! great on you ..... she's a looker :cool: Lots of rust too ..... too much ..... ;) :hyper: :hyper: :lol: Blue and yellow plates.... with yellow scheme ....oh man .... !!! slutted mags.... yum ! and you checked the brakes (rear cylinders) with free movement + no leaks ..... outstanding ! :D !!! It's a great color ... never thought I'd like my yellow 73' 240z when I bought it because of the color :lol: ... I was very VERY wrong :cool: :lol: I've been a busy bee on other shat than Datsun's (****enter whining here*** :lol:) Good work and keep up the good work man ! :cool: Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 When it comes to these cars or any older cars, color is secondary, mileage is secondary. Body condition is the most important part. Mechanicals can always be taken care of. I really do like the color. There was one person that had a chance at this and she didn't want it because of the color. ;-) But yes, it's a very solid car. When i was bleeding the brakes today I was a little concerned. Starting with the LR first, I just didn't have the pedal feel I was expecting, it would get soft, then hard, let off of it then it would push all the way down. When sitting, it seemed like the reservoir would fill back up through the system. Got tired of that so i switched to the RR, bleeding it felt normal and pulled clean fluid through, then went back to the LR and it was normal brake bleeding procedure. It was really weird. I was concerned with the rebuilt cylinders since I had never done those before. No leaks and the pedal is firm. Quote Link to comment
Slowpoke Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) The brakes on my z usually don't firm up until they are all bled. Did you bleed the master too? NM you probably know way more about z car than it do. Nice find BTW. Edited April 3, 2014 by Slowpoke Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 New page......need oics!!! :P Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I think what happened, the rear brake system was dry from R&R the brake cylinders. Air probably got trapped in the rr lines and was compressing and when released went back to the mainline. Once I got the air out of the system going to the rr, it worked itself out when I went back to the lr. Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted April 4, 2014 Report Share Posted April 4, 2014 Dad taught me to start at the furthest point from the master cylinder and work to it. Ending at the master itself. PICS!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
darrel Posted April 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 I got a hold of the first owner of the car. He lives in Oregon and still thinks about it occasionally. He only had it a year and traded it in for a couple of smaller cars for a growing family. I got his name from the warrantee booklet and the white pages showed he lived in the area in cali where it was bought. Most of what I heard was from the 2nd owner. I wasn't able to talk to the first owner for very long, but he seemed interested in his old car and the story I had. Hopefully he will register. He just didn't have it long enough to have grown an attachment to it, unbelievable I know. ;-) Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Not weird. All repair manuals say start with the furthest wheel. Quote Link to comment
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