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He finally seems to have started on the 5 speed 😄. Let's be patient.. I pulled the 240Z out of winter storage VERY late this, year, just weeks ago. Winter stayed very long... It's still 18c during the day, for the time of the year it's cold.. I replaced a fuel line and filter in the engine bay, and in the summer I will do the valve adjustments again. Some basic stuff. Clean up the engine bay. Last week I had a kind of sad request... some guy my parents know, was dying of cancer, and one of his last wish was to see and drive in a 240Z, so who am I to refuse that ? Was glad I could make his day.. 🙂 Some pictures of that...

Good timing on this question as I was just going to update the group on my progress. I havent actually put any of the hoses in yet as I got distracted once I saw the condition of the old sound deadening and wheel well. I figured that all needed to be dealt with first so I stripped the entire back of the car and went to town. Once I got it all up I found that most of it was just surface rust from trapped moisture. The wheel well had some small pitted spots and a few poke through but nothing big enough to get a finger through. Everything was sound so I got some POR 15 patch and paint and ground it all down, prepped it, filled it, POR painted it, sanded it and finally finished it with one stage spray cans since I don't have a sprayer or air supply or anything resembling professional gear. Before I get to before and after pictures, back to the hoses. I found that some of the supplied information just wasn't working for me so I sourced a few different items to better fit what I needed. I had started by looking for things pre-shaped for some of the funky bends before knowing the spring door trick (which is awesome). So I had already purchased from Z Car Depot the bent hose for the front vent. Since I had that in hand the rest of the shopping list diverted a bit from recommended. The biggest issue I had was that the 17 MM recommendation for the filler vent just would not fit. I had to get a 19 MM hose which now fits perfectly. So in summary here is my shopping list and what I had purchased from a length perspective, some out of need, some out of direct measurement. I also had a need for all new clamps as the PO had a hornets nest of crap everywhere. Hope this helps people starting from scratch. Now to the fun stuff, some pics!. Before Midway Done Next up the Kilmat I chose and then I'll start dealing with putting it back together and the tank. Will update group when I do.

Get used to is. I always get comments or thumbs up when I drive mine. There much nostalgia with these vehicles. It’s odd there is much space inside the cabin compared to the overall size of the vehicle. Now that your got her on the road, what is your insurance game plan? I’m with USAA and they’re only covering $800 for the car so I’m moving to Hagerty’s. I’m told you can give them the value you want insured within reason and you’ll be covered. I’m going to put mine around 20k-25k just to be safe. It’s probably not worth that much but in three years with inflation we could see another 15% decline in our currency. Every day I’m shocked at prices when I buy things I haven’t bought in awhile. Many things are double what I paid just 2 years ago. Please stop the pain!

Thanks so much for that! I never know where to do those sorts of things!

The original poster requested the thread size and pitch, which I provided with additional details about the fastener. I apologize for the my use of the apparently forbidden “Phillips” term when describing machine screws on a Datsun. I shall from now on use the non-gendered term “X” or “cross” as a generic pronoun to describe screws of this style. Then the readers of the thread can choose to find and use hardware with the drive type of their choice, be it “phillips” or “JIC” or “posi-drive” or whatever the drive of the day is. Sometimes you just need to put the bumpers on with the hardware that locally available and not the exactly correct fastener. Oh, and let me also apologize for an early morning snarky response…..

Hi LorenB667, Nice work and great that others can enjoy alll the effort you put in to it. You can upload wiring diagrams in the download section of this site. That would get for future use. https://www.classiczcars.com/files/category/1-wiring-diagrams/

Drove it to work yesterday, I don’t plan on doing it daily. Left early to minimize traffic (5am) and to get a feel of driving at night. Driving home at 330pm was a different story. Thumbs up, folks saying they’ve always “wanted a 240” at red lights. My route led me near a high school, where teenagers wanted to race. Given the Rebello’s lope, I’m guessing I’m going to need to get used to that. It’s amazing to see how small an S30 is compared to Teslas.

It occurred to me as I was leaving this page after having read this (and agreeing), that this forum has attracted and retained amazingly friendly and helpful soles. I've been on and off here a long time and every time I dig into someone's topic and read the community's offerings I am reminded how much I appreciate them and admire the seemingly endless well of knowledge and encouragement freely given. I enjoy being here and hope I can pay it forward.

I just refurbished an old breaker plate and took a picture of all of the pieces laid out in the order I took them off, in proper orientation, except for the bottom spring plate bearing holder, which is upside down and opposite the way it would go back on. But it's obvious how it fits when re-assembling unlike some of the other parts. I spent more time trying to get the circlip back in place than anything else. I'll devise some sort of jig before I try to put another one back together. Just posting for the record for those who get disoriented while taking it apart. I always do.