derk

[St.stephen]

c'mon tell us what you have been doing with that 240Z. you can't possibly tell me you haven't been home giggling and tinkering with that gem!

[derk]

Honestly? I have been working. I also have 8 kids , 7 under age 10 so my time is limited. I have been working to clear space in the garage to hold this guy. Plan to move it indoors this weekend and try to turn the engine by hand. Have plugs out and Marvel in.

also searching for parts for initial launch.... I feel way overwhelmed.

Not sure the right order to do things.

I think:

Drop tank, drain gas, get tank cleaned (where?) and check fuel lines.

New filters

oil change

drain and check radiator

new plugs

new coil

new points, etc

new plug wires...

Main question is body...as I work on it an hour at a time, do I fix a spot, primer it knowing that at some point I will resand the whole thing and reprimer?

I have lots of rust spots

[St.stephen]

Wow, I did not know you had that many kids!! I commend you for finding the time you have.

Your tank question is easy. Any local auto restoration business would be happy to clean out the tank and coat the inside with the sloshing compound. THere are consumer products on the market that are easy and affordable however are highly smelly so you will stink up the garage and with a large family that is a consideration. YOur local restorer will also check all the fittings on top of the tank and make any repairs needed.

I would stress checking the rubber and steel fuel lines especially where they come out from the trans tunnel and bend on the firewall. While the 240 is differant than my 74 260, there are many many similarities. You may want to consider changing the oil in the carbs, give all the vaccum lines a once over and FLUSH FLUSH that rad and cooling system.

you may want to consider upgrading that distributor and ignition. The original points are cool however the reliability is a pain. almost any year electronic ignition from the early cars would work and give you much better reliability.

for your rust you might want to try that POR 15. that would stop the rust and kind of prolong your attack at a full body redo.

I am jealous of the car though!!!

[derk]

Truth is, no "local restoration businesses" anywhere near here. Will keep checking as presume the gas inside that tank has killed it. Maybe a new one if not too much $$$

All my vacuum lines are shot I think. Almost all the rubber

hoses are shot.

Tell me more about the ignition? Does anyone sell a complete kit?

Thanks!

[St.stephen]

actually there is no need to order a kit. Standard Nissan parts will work fantastically. remember, the Z is virtually interchangable from 1970-1983 with a lot of parts. Let me peruse my documentation and let you know what should work perfectly for you. You will be able to use a distributor from another Z car that will be much more reliable and perform a hell of alot better,.

Remember, breaker point ignitions were done away with for a reason!!!

If you are looking for something more aftermarket www.victoriabritish.com and www.zcarparts.com sells complete systems and victoria british has an electronic ignition specifically for the 70 and 71 240.

Where are you located??

[derk]

I am in southern Indiana. Not the hotbed of car restoration. I built a Triumph Spitfire from a box of parts but it took me 4 years of an hour here and an hour there.

I want to get the rust stopped on the surface so I think I will attack it a section at a time and prime it with spray cans just to get it stopped...then sand the whole car when I can get to it and have a real body shop prime and paint it. Long way away though.

[kenpomgm]

I haven't done mine yet, but my friendly local Z Guru told me that a radiator shop can do your gas tank for you. I have a leak in my daily driver's tank, so I plan to pull the tank from my parts car and have it done, then swap them.

I'll let you know how it goes with the radiator shop.

--Mark

[Zvoiture]

>>"I also have 8 kids "

Dang! Don't you know what causes that?

steve77