Deja Vu: 1971 Restoration

[Carl Beck]

On 12/19/2017 at 12:23 AM, motorman7 said:

....(snipped..cjb)... Also got the windshield wipers on, love those things.   Now its back to the interior.

 

The Z looks Fantastic ! 

A side note, since you mentioned it:

About the windshield wipers - - interesting story in Mr. Uemura’s Book about the development of the windshield wipers - needed to clear the windshield. They even looked at treating the windshield with a product that sounds like RainX.. seems the wipers originally experienced a lot “aerodynamic lift” at higher speeds, and wouldn’t clear the rain drops off the windshield. The finally used that wire frame on the blades as the best solution to reduce the aerodynamic lift. 

[rcb280z]

Looking good! Like the mileage counter too, 7777. 

[motorman7]

16 hours ago, ray_madera said:

Car really looks soo clean. I would like to do the same to my 240z but need a lot of funds. Would you b willing to send me the complete restoration from start to finish on a CD? I will pay for whatever is needed including postage before you send. Ray
 

Hi Ray,   I will have to check with the owner on this, but it is doable.  Mike, the guy who runs the site says there is a way to convert the entire thread to PDF.  That would also be a good way to go.

5 hours ago, Carl Beck said:

About the windshield wipers - - interesting story in Mr. Uemura’s Book about the development of the windshield wipers - needed to clear the windshield. They even looked at treating the windshield with a product that sounds like RainX.. seems the wipers originally experienced a lot “aerodynamic lift” at higher speeds, and wouldn’t clear the rain drops off the windshield. The finally used that wire frame on the blades as the best solution to reduce the aerodynamic lift. 

Nice bit of history there.  I love the construction and design with the wire frame.  It is very artistic and detailed.  It also reminds me a bit of those large cables on the Golden Gate bridge as main supports.

 

4 hours ago, rcb280z said:

Like the mileage counter too, 7777. 

.  Didn't notice that, yes .  

Thanks again for the kind words everyone.  It's pretty exciting to have is this far along.  I am looking forward to hearing the motor run.  Will have to see what i can do to get a video of that on here.  My camera can't do videos, but my phone will.

Edited December 23, 2017 by motorman7

[Patcon]

18 minutes ago, motorman7 said:

Mike, the guy who runs the site says there is a way to convert the entire thread to PDF.  That would also be a good way to go.

That would be interesting to know!

@Mike

Edited December 23, 2017 by Patcon

[motorman7]

IT'S ALIVE!!! 

Yes, she is up and running!  Very nice to have the car running.  The motor sounded very nice and smooth.  There was a little popping out the exhaust, not sure what that is from, but still need to set the timing.  It was getting late so I will do the adjustments in the next day or two .  I took a video of it, but it is 18MB.  I will have to figure out how to make a lower res video so I can get it on the site here.  

     It started up fairly quickly.  I used my vacuum pump to suck the fuel up to the fuel pump, then just turned it over from there.   It started up in about 15 seconds which was great.  Although as perfect as this may all sound when I post here, I did overlook two things.  I forgot to put a hose clamp on the fuel return line just below the fuel pump.  This dumped about a quarter cup of fuel on the floor.  Also did not have the oil filter fully tightened.  Dripped about a tablespoon of oil there.  Surprisingly there were no water leaks.   That is usually the culprit.  Anyway I fixed those two items and shut it down for the night.

   I got a ton of stuff done today.  I got the exhaust painted with high temp paint and installed.  I will change the tip to the OEM slant style when it arrives.  For now I threw on the chrome tip that came with the exhaust system.  I got a lot of the interior done.  I like the OEM jute that the car came with, so I just cleaned it off and re-installed it.  And, the carpet is very nice so I installed that also.  The only concern is the rear hatch carpet is faded.  I will have to see if I can get that dyed.  Otherwise, it is in very good condition.  I installed the door weather stripping and threshold finishers.   I tried to repair the plastic on the door finishers but that did not work very well.  Fortunately I had a nice set so I put those on.  Also got the choke cable installed along with the stick shift handle.

   I got the rear brake cable cleaned up and installed and the drive shaft as well, before the exhaust of course.  Got the clutch cylinder filled and bled.  Also got the battery cables in along with the hard to find battery cover. 

Anyway, pics are below.

[wheee!]

Congratulations!!!

[Carl Beck]

Fantastic progress.  Must find an original exhaust system!!  The reproduction mufflers are pretty accurate, but finding a NOS center section with the resonator won't be easy.

[motorman7]

1 hour ago, Carl Beck said:

  Must find an original exhaust system!!  The reproduction mufflers are pretty accurate, but finding a NOS center section with the resonator won't be easy.

I know.  I am on e-bay quite a bit looking for those, but very hard to find.  Jay at JDM parts has some of the repro pieces but not the whole system.  Also hard to find OEM battery cables.

[scotta]

Congratulations on getting this work of art running. Very impressed with the quality of work and attention to detail. 

[Patcon]

Beautiful as always!

[Zup]

Rich-

http://www.datsun240zrubber.com/apps/webstore/products/show/7319377

Contact Steve Nixon regarding the battery cables.

He has reproduced them very accurately and they would look perfect on this perfect restoration.

Don't fret that it says "out of stock"---he'll make more.

 

Edited December 28, 2017 by Zup
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[motorman7]

13 hours ago, Zup said:

Rich-

http://www.datsun240zrubber.com/apps/webstore/products/show/7319377

Contact Steve Nixon regarding the battery cables.

He has reproduced them very accurately and they would look perfect on this perfect restoration.

Don't fret that it says "out of stock"---he'll make more.

 

Thanks for the contact!   I just sent him an e-mail.