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Little more progress. Sent from my iPizzle ringy dingy device....

A few updates to share. I got all of my cylinder head issues sorted out. After several days of posting and replying to my thread below I discovered the valves for the rear three cylinders were not adjusted tight enough. Now they are on the tight side of .008 intake and .010 exhaust and everything is nice and quiet. Here is the link to the thread in case you missed it -> http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/51743-240z-valve-train-tapping-after-head-work-videos-inside/ I ran in to another issue with the brakes sticking but determined it was just the left rear drum had auto adjusted itself too tight. Luckily I could turn it by hand using a pry-bar. I used the mag lugs to protect the wheels studs. It only took a few clicks to get the right drag back on the drum. However, since I had the wheel off I decided to inspect everything. A visual inspection showed that everything looked good so I put it back together. That is all for now. I should have some more updates in a week or two as I have some other projects going on.

The aluminum engine components received serious some polishing. Even though you can barely see some of them once they were installed its almost like a nice surprise when you discover them again.

Thank you so much for the compliment Red7. As much work as I have put in to the car I cannot take all the credit for it. The previous owner, Dave Hoffer and his team of mechanics deserve A LOT of credit as it came a long way under Dave’s ownership. In wanting to give credit where credit is due below are just a few of the pictures Dave gave me when I bought the car. All of his work really deserves its own thread. Based on the pictures and what Dave told me, when he got the car it was in the same condition as many other old and tired Z’s at this point in their lives. It was a running and driving car but very much a greasy project in need of some serious time, effort, and money to bring it back to proper form. The blacked out engine bay is a huge pet peeve for me and was glad to see it was not carried over. You can also see the passenger side orange inner fender. The car was hit at some point in its life but I have been unable to get any details on it. The suspension and other related components were in the same shape, present and complete but utterly worn out. Just focusing on the engine and engine bay for now the engine received a complete rebuild. With the engine out the engine bay was stripped, primed, painted, and all hardware re-plated and detailed.