JDMjunkies.ch Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Im in love... With my brand new NOS (New old stock) Watanabe-RS (Japan) "Falcon" steering wheel. It's kind of the "holy grail" of vintage japanese sports steering wheels: A little investigation at rs-watanabe and i figured out only 250 of these were ever made by watanabe around 1985 - so awesome i found a unused one :) Quote Link to comment
Rustbucket Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Dude! VERY jealous of that wheel. Good lookin' out! Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 @ Rustbucket! thanks mate, just had to have it when i saw it :) After another 1,5h sanding by hand out in the cold garage finally the wing has no mor old rattle-can paint left :-) Also got those old emblem-pins out. Now only need to replace the broken screws then it's done :) Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted February 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Can't be happier! Usually good and simple plans never work as i thought, but this time it worked very well. istead of sourcing some new JDM Fairlady fender mirrors i decided to buy sume used ones, but these were too damaged, so i bought a set of New 510Mirrors which seemed to be actually the same, just with a shorter base-mount. i decided to swap the old 240Z base to the new 510 Mirrors to have some kind of new 240Z mirrors: 1) before - you can see how the 240Z base is longer compared to the 510 (left) 2) Disasembled everything: 3) and interchanged the two base mounts: 5) Fits perfectly!! even the 510 Plastic piece on the bottom-end fits perfect to the 240Z Base mount: So these parts will get a proper sandblast and black powdercoating soon (And also will have to swap over that base mounting screw...) Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Nothing big today, just removed those ball joint mounts so i can get them sandblasted and powdercoated soon: before: After: And cleaned the engine mount bracket (That big front bar..) for easier sandblasting as well: Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 7) Extra tip: be sure to not run the process in a garage with -15° Celsius. this will make the water freeze even when the machine is running :) at least the beer is cold Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted February 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 at least the beer is cold :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
DARIN 510 Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Are you willing to sell the 510 bluebird base mount. If so how much. I know Troy ermish needs some Quote Link to comment
screamer510 Posted February 18, 2012 Report Share Posted February 18, 2012 Nice work on those bolts. I've seen a tumbler like that at Harbor Freight (USA), but didn't think to use it for that! Keep workin' away. Dan Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted March 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Still nothing big. working hard on my home, but hope to get seriously back to work on the car in april agian. Anyway, had a few spare-minutes so i spent them at the garage: Uninstalling the stabilizer-bar stuff So i have them ready now for the Sandblaster and powdercoater :) Also installed a nice fujitsubo calendar i got with some delivery from japan: Well and then our local carneval started in front of my home, so i had to take a look and a few (or maybe more..) Beers over there: They even had a wagon in the vintage "Jägermeister racing" livery, hahahaha :-) Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted May 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Has been way too long since the last update, but finally i got back to work: 1) Got a new shelve and cleaned up the mess in the garage: 2) decided to get some work done on the Engine - started to remove the valve cover and gasket: Love the oldschool mechanics: 3) wanted to remove the cylinder head then but found out i need to read a bit before i start with that so i tried to turn the engine manually and it cranks smoothly with a torque-wrench, at least i know it turns - good to know: that's it for today, more stuff and work to come soon :D Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted May 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Decided to give the engine dissasembly another attempt today, so started with removing the water pump: Well looked quite messy inside. with some probably 10 year old water inside... But after a quick cleanup it looked way better: 2) Next was the water pipe (not sure if this is the inlet or outlet pipe..) 3) and third that "chain cover" (not sure what it's really called :D): 4) then off with the engine mounts: 5) Next was the Crank pulley which reffering to the manual just have to bee pulled of using a special tool. ... So i thought it also might work with a ball joint / Bearing removal tool.. but then i only broke the pulley.. doesn't matter because i want to replace it anyway. But now i have no idea how to remove it without that special tool. anyone has a Hint or Idea? Quote Link to comment
sky14 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 nice bro good dedication on the project Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted May 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 nice bro good dedication on the project thanks, man :) Quote Link to comment
Master-O-Turbonics Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Still studying the age of my car My 260Z timing cover had month and year cast into it. ;-) Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted May 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 in between i know now :) production date was stamped on some electrical parts and i got the first registration documents with date. Car was produced in late 1971 but sold in switzerland on early 1972 it's one of the first "series 2" cars i believe Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted May 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 So continued the work on the engine: 1) Removed the oil pan: 2) then started with the crank pulley not (actually i allready did this last time..) But somehow distroyed the ratchet (probably there was too much force with me :D) Anyway - i got it off: Then started to remove the headbults as metioned in the service manual using this "IKEA" type tool plus a rubber hammer: But then figured out to reach all of the head studs i need to remove this pipe first: Which had some crazy corroded stuff inside: And then had all of the bolts off. Need to get a new ratched to get the cam gear off and then i s hould be able to remove the entire cylinder head: Quote Link to comment
dennis Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Good job documenting everything. Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted May 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Good job documenting everything. somehow i need to remember how to put stuff back together :D Quote Link to comment
dennis Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 somehow i need to remember how to put stuff back together :D I just take tons of pics. I also usually dont tear multiple things apart. I just work on one item then when I am done I move to the next. It is kind of hard for you to do that since you are doing a full resto. Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 @ datsun200l: Thanks for your great advice and inputs, mate! :tu: Today i got really a lot done within probably one hour. Despite the fact i've never touched an engine before im really happy with todays' results: 1) Removed the cam gear nut: and the cam gear: 2) finally i was able to remove the cylinder head: I'm no specialist on this, but i feel the pistons look quite a bit "burnt" but not really damaged or something. Also it doesn't look like it has been honed or something. Looks quite original inside: 3) Same thing on the cylinder head side: 4) Then removed the cylinder head gasket. all of the gaskets feel really brittly and shit: also you can see more of that nasty old water-shit inside the cooling channels. need to figure out how i can clean it. maybe some ultrasonic-bath or something: 5) then removed what must be the oil pump: 6) the crank seal 7) and finally the timing cover: 8) Chain & Chain tensioner removed: 9) view on the bottom-end: 10) and finally removed that "primary oil filter" and cleand all from old gasket-pieces, grease, oil and stuff: Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted May 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Had a few minutes left today so off to the garage :) 1) Got a pretty nice delivery from Alison at BRE (Brock racing enterprises) one of 500 HQ prints of a classic BRE celebration poster, Hand signed by Peter brock himself - Love it! (Will post better pictures, as soon as i got a frame for it): Plus a little message - thanks guys at BRE, great and fast service!! 2) then started work at the car - removed ignition plugs: Some of them where white, others brown, others black - weird.. Added a little wood support to not bend the valves while it's sitting there: 3) Decided to remove that nasty rusty old water stuff that was inside the water channels.. Before: and after tooling around 15 minutes with a dremel and a rubber wire wheel.. way better but still needs a lot of detailing :) Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Comin' along...Love the pix!!! Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 the pistons are fine thats just carbon build up nothing a little seafoam cant fix keep up the good work man Quote Link to comment
JDMjunkies.ch Posted May 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 thanks for your input guys. - yeah it definitly seems to be only carbon, but quite a lot of it :P Im a bit busy today so no big work this saturday, but still managed to find a few free minutes for the car: 1) Scraped off some old cylinder head gasket stuff with a spatula: 2) Measured the cylinder top bore, and largest i measured was 82,92mm. Actually i didn't find any information on the standard bore on the quick (have to search for it) and on the other hand i don't know if i even used right method and tools to measure this. probably not :P Quote Link to comment
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