gmkeegan Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 i bought this 240z and have some big planes thought i would share what i have done so far to the car! hope you enjoy! Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 thought i would put in a picture of both my cars 1 Quote Link to comment
Anonymous Waffle Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Sweet series 1 car! 1 Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Sweet series 1 car! thanks it's getting there little by little.. might pick up another one tomorrow lol Quote Link to comment
ArchetypeDatsun Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Nice pair of datsuns! Can I haz the 710 coupe?! Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Nice pair of datsuns! Can I haz the 710 coupe?! yeah everyone likes that one!!! its an all original car i am the second owner! lady bought it off the showroom floor in 1974. only bad thing is the seat covers are torn know anywhere that sells new oem covers? also just bought the dual su L18 sss carbs for it can't wait to put them on. 1 Quote Link to comment
S30Jay Posted April 30, 2016 Report Share Posted April 30, 2016 Z looks pretty solid. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it! Quote Link to comment
Coda Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Looking good! Big props for building that thing outside. Not sure how LA summers are, but I know in about a month it will be a million degrees here in Texas. Keep up the progress :) Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted May 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Z looks pretty solid. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it! trying to keep it as stock as possible with just minor upgrades! i want to drop it an inch rims tires new air filter electronic points, 6into1 header magnaflow exhaust! the guy previous to me put a 5 speed into it all already and has a 2.5 inch exhaust!!! win in my books. energy suspension bushing all around. disk back brakes. oh and last a paint job lol Looking good! Big props for building that thing outside. Not sure how LA summers are, but I know in about a month it will be a million degrees here in Texas. Keep up the progress :) i live in the valley in LA so the summers get up into the 100-108 range not fun :( and thanks Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 I would invest in the 710. 2 Quote Link to comment
Stoney Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Looks like a great base to start from. Any reason why you didn't prep the interior metal after removing the original sound deadener before applying the new stuff? Wouldn't that possibly be a potential rust starting spot now? 2 Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted May 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 I would invest in the 710. the 710 is mint nothing really i want to do....besides do a 5 speed swap and put on the new carbs i got for it!!! just bought l18 sss japanese style carbs and intake for it!! they are in good shape after a quick rebuild and install it should be cherry!! i want to enter this car into JCCS we will see.. i need a coupe random parts for this car and they are hard to come by. Looks like a great base to start from. Any reason why you didn't prep the interior metal after removing the original sound deadener before applying the new stuff? Wouldn't that possibly be a potential rust starting spot now? hey after i striped the old stuff out i wire wheeled the floors and rust spots. cleaned up as much as i could and then put the new stuff down.. only one spot that i should've patched but i will do that down the road unless i pick up a new one shortly. i just want to make it my everyday car ASAP plus i live in socal and i get rain once a year if we are lucky Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 so today turned out to be a bad day! i finally figured out my carb issue.. but then i found out i have a blown head gasket. can anyone recommend a good replacement top end gasket set? thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted August 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 sorry guys i have not posted in a while here is a couple updates on my cars hope you enjoy! i ended up blowing the head gasket trying to get it run after 15 years. so here is the process i went through mock up on 6 into one the previous owner had a 2.5 inch exhaust throughout the so all i did was get a header and cut and weld a new flange Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted August 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 found this little guy on ebay couldn't pass it up for the price 1 Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted August 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 little 710 work before after 1 Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted August 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 i don't know if you can tell but number four is where i had the leak it steam cleaned my piston. closer look all back together 1 Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted August 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 dropped it off at the shop to get it tuned since i couldn't get it running right. runs like a dream now found these caps at autozone to plug my advance lines so clutch. replacing head lights current state... now its just little detail to get it where i want as a day driver. so only problems i'm having with the car is the lights only want to work on high beams... not low beams anybody have any idea why this would be happening? also the tachometer gets stuck.. and then if i tap the face it goes back to where it should anybody run into this problem. and how how about's do i remove one ? thanks again 2 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 relay has corrossion on the low beam contacks when its not engaged. Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted August 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 relay has corrossion on the low beam contacks when its not engaged. would i find that on the switch itself? Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 Im thinking its the relay inside . Or if one has a spare relay try that 1st as its the ezist. or make a jumper ifyou know what pins(drawing/schematic) Jap wiring is pretty good. Most time its just corrossion. one just needs to find where. Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted August 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 more small detail work hope you enjoy!! 1 Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted August 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 Im thinking its the relay inside . Or if one has a spare relay try that 1st as its the ezist. or make a jumper ifyou know what pins(drawing/schematic) Jap wiring is pretty good. Most time its just corrossion. one just needs to find where. where would i find the relay on the car?i just replaces all the fuses on the car thinking that maybe it... it wasn't lol. Quote Link to comment
gmkeegan Posted September 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 can anyone tell the best way to clean a cam lobe without messing it up? mine has rust on the back two. Quote Link to comment
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