Recently, I was able to obtain something rare, which I've been searching for five years, or so now. But let's start in the beginning. In 1937, Nissan registered a daughter-company called "Nissan Auto Sales Co. Ltd." as a sales division spin-off. In 1957, the same company registered the "NISSALCO" trademark, with the aim to develop and produce service tools for Nissan factories and workshops. They produced all kind of mechanical and electronic testers but also accessory parts for Nissan Car owners. Here is a picture from the Nissan Cherry assembly line, with a NISSALCO sign above every test bench:

Today, the company is still existing, but under the "ALTIA" Name. In the early 70ies, they developed a Special service tool box for the Datsun 240Z sports. ST0929-0000. And yesterday, I finally got one, after many years of searching for it.

The toolbox comes with a selection of Special tools for the 240Z. And this box came with a lot of extra tools inside.

You can lift out the upper case, and then you have access to the lower level. Mine included also the Booklet that comes with it.


So first, I had to get all the parts out and go through them. 


Luckily, i collected some of the Datsun / Nissan / Kent-Moore Special tools books over the years. 

And the box (even though without any part number or information) and some of the tools are also listed in the US-service manual:

Sadly, I quickly realized that my purchase came with a lot of additional tools which do not exactly belong to the S30, but random Datsun's, and some original tools from the box are missing. It seems that the previous owner also recreated some missing tools.

Overall, it's still a good starting point. After cleaning the box out, hammering the metal straight and fixing the locks. it started to look good.

I wanted to keep the patina, but still clean up all the parts. so i gave them a quick wash in the parts cleaner:

And then put the original parts back in:

Assembled (some tools are not correct):

And closed:

The set also included this nice Nissan wooden tool box, with the lovely lock:

I still have to figure out yet what this is used for, but i just love the looks of it:


I'm also working on to restore the original manual that came with it:

But it appears that the last few pages are missing and the back cover. But still better than nothing. It also has a very strange format, where each page is only printed on one side and then folded to have a print on both sides, which is a bit weird.

That's it for now. I will try to keep finding the missing tools and pages. If you know something, I'm happy to hear from you. Expect some more tools related stuff in the coming days, but i also hope to work on the car itself again, in the next days. Stay tuned!

The brake booster tool is nice. That's a nice find!

On 11/5/2012 at 10:23 PM, JDMjunkies.ch said:

Well hello everybody. i'd like to introduce myself. I'm Nils, coming from switzerland and about two year ago i started work on a S30Z i bought. I now have a few restored parts, a lot of repair-parts lying around but the chassis was in bad condition because of earlier bad repair attempts by previous owners and a few crash-damages.

Check out the whole story here:

http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11769

then i had to decide if i would have a bodyshop to bring everything back to original condition or look out for a second car with a better base. Some weeks ago i got a notice from two friends telling me they saw a sad Z hanging around with no roof-window out in the rain. Long story short - it was near my job, i checked it out and brought it here this weekend and started work immediately:

so here's were the story begin's - i'll keep you updated!

Check out my other project (JDM EK9 TypeR and my Daily EJ9 which will get replacement in 2013) on my personal site on www.JDMjunkies.ch

back to the Z:

Jup, it has been a while, but today i bought a second 240Z for a really great price. it looks ugly but it was a real great deal i'll also get some more parts from this guy beloning to the Z soon. Mor information soon:

1) My friend Simon is loading the car and tying it safely

http://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/P1080040-Kopie.jpg

2) while at home my old Z chassis had to leave the garage for better workspace on the new one:

http://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/P1080042-Kopie.jpg

3) and here my new fairlady is safely at its new home in the garage:

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http://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/P1080046-Kopie.jpg

Even have some OEM seats and seatbelts

http://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/P1080045-Kopie.jpg

and a complete engine with carbs and everything

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4) Last but not least i had to wrap the "old" chassis so it wont get wet during winter:

http://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/P1080048-Kopie.jpg

I'll explain more on my plans soon. all i'd like to say is that both are genuine swiss 1972 240z. The main plan is to strip the new chassis and build one car out of these two with each part choosen from which car the part was in better condition. but we'll see. will be fun to explore Lots of updates will come again soon - the project is back in full swing Sounds like a great project, Nils! I saw a similar approach during a roof repair Long Island NY project—combining the best parts from two builds always leads to a stronger, cleaner result.

An awesome project, Nils! Combining two genuine Swiss 240Zs to build one solid car is a great plan. It’s always inspiring to see classic Zs getting a new life, can’t wait to see your progress and updates!

7 hours ago, James Edward said:

@Mike Please delete me. I'm a bot.

@Mike They are multiplying!! This is number three in the last week or so!!

@Mike , I've been reporting the posts as well. Is the "report" function working?

I bought some service tools off the bay decades ago. Along with two boxes, here's what I have.

I'm working on a knowledge post about the S30's automatic transmissions, and for that, I tried to update my document collection. Since I don't have any Auto transmission and don't plant to install one ever, it was obviously never a priority.
So recently a few things arrived again from all over the world. Some of them are pretty cool and rare:

First, a set of original Nissan Japan 3N71B Auto transmission service manuals from 1971 and 1973. They're not specific to this car, but they have some good general information about that specific transmission.

I also got the English version of the earlier 3N71A transmission manual. This time specific for the 240Z. Nothing crazy inside, but good for some reference data if you're a nerd like me.

Speaking of Automatic transmissions. I got this cool troubleshooting guide slider, which was issued for both the A and B transmissions by Nissan USA in 1972:

The delivery also included some Mikuni triple carb-setup parts:

And i also came across this Mikuni PH level gauge for 2 bucks, so I had to get it:

It even came with a nice little operation manual leaflet and padded pouch:

Then I also got this nice booklet called "Z-car" by driver magazine JP. It's basically a collection of all their S30-related publications from their monthly magazine. I still have to read through all of it, but so far it has some very nice stories, including the original designers of the car. The only downside so far is the overload of praise for Mr. K as the sole man behind the Z, which is of course nonsense. But as said, i only read two pages so far.

Speaking of documents. I made a copy of that original Nissalco 240Z special service toolbox manual, as it was falling apart. And I have to say it turned out pretty good for my first attempt at something like this.

I picked up a load of tool-related things yesterday and have a lot of pending orders. so stay tuned for another update soon.

You might remember that recently, I picked up another vintage Datsun tool Board, to the one I already had.
Soon after that, a friend wrote me that he found some more. So naturally, I negotiated and was able to pick them up last week. This time, luckily, including some tools:


First, I had to clean everything and sort through the boxes of tools:

It included quite a funky set of homegrown tools. I wonder what purpose they were made for:

Then I also spent a bit of time to remove rust and put some protective clear coat primer on the walls, to ensure they don't corrode any longer. Thanks to @Mymechanics for your support and inputs!

So totally i have now 5 tool walls. That one from Germany, which is already completed and hanging in my garage, plus these four. Two Datsun ones:

And two more modern ones with a Nissan branding:

As you can see in the photos, many tools are there, but also many are missing. So the next step is to make an inventory of what I have and what is missing. And what the tools are for, which do not belong to these specific tool boards. Luckily, I have a lot of original Datsun / Nissan / Kent-Moore / SPX documentation about those tools, and what cars / Engines / transmissions they are intended for.


And my latest acquisition also included a more modern Nissan / SPX / Kent-Moore booklet, which is nice for the Nissan branded boards:

I was lucky to already find some of the missing tools. But that's only a fraction. Some of the tools will be tricky to find and might take me a few months / years to come accross.

Overall, I'm quite happy. I have to find a nice place for the Datsun branded walls, and with the Nissan ones I yet have to decide if I keep them as decoration or if I sell them, if the right person comes along. Either way, it was a great find, but still some homework ahead to figure out what all these tools are used for, which car models they fit and what is missing.

8 hours ago, JDMjunkies.ch said:

I believe, the unusual shaped wrench about halfway down on the right side is for valve adjustment to tighten and loosen the lock nuts. The other below it may be for holding the adjusting nut while tightening