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zKars

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9 minutes ago, zKars said:

Well it took two days, about 8 hours of work, and a lot of sweat (it’s actually a heat wave here right now, +23C yesterday) but I did it. Boy is my right arm sore.

I got this thing started. Was last running in 1981.  Yup

Wow, your '71 240Z sat for almost 40 years without being started - incredible!  Just think about that for a moment, the car was only 10 years old when you parked it.  Congrats on bringing the old girl back to life! 

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Clutch master and slave are new. Wouldn’t push fluid to the slave. Turns out the soft line was plugged with crud. Fixed that, and now the clutch works. Can technically make it move under its own power. SU’s need to be dismantled and cleaned, the jet tubes are frozen and it’s tough to get the mix rich enough. Runs but way too lean. Will take care of that this evening. 

It has to move into my yard for winter. Don’t feel like pushing it uphill, so it will get itself there, even if I use the starter motor to do it. 

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Jim,

I'm amazed you found the engine to be so clean after four decades.  Coincidentally, just last week I began disassembly of an old Chev 327 V-8 (I know, I know, sacrilege on this site; forgive me).  The fellow I got it from believes that it last ran in (another coincidence) in 1981.  The oil is disgusting.  It is sludge.  Days after I began stripping the engine, there are still bits of black greasy stuff falling off the block.  I used a spoon to get some of it off the top surface of the heads. 

I have to admit, I've never before taken apart an engine  that has been idle for so long.  Any chemists out there know why Jim's engine would be clean, while mine is such a mess?  

 

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