My Swiss 1972 S30 240Z rebuild project

[240zness]

Great work! Doing it right.

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Finally another part of the body which can be called "completed". My panelbeater sent me another update with the rear upper hatch panel welded back and the whole area coated in some protective primer. Without top hatch panel installed:

 

Primered inside as well:

 

New Top hatch panel welded back. Well done :)

[datsunfreak]

I would be scared to tear any of my cars down this far, and find all the little rusty spots lurking in the crevices...    ^_^

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Honestly i prefer to find all the rust spots now, rather than spending a lot of Money on fresh paint and rework while knowing that there might be a lot of rust-spots inside and underneath. the car will be like new when done and that means i don't have to worry for many years. at lest from the Body-side of things.

[Draker]

Some exciting news! First i was able to finally open up the FS5W71C 5-speed Transmission. Turns out the reason i wasn't able to open it earlier was because had removed the wrong locking spring *lol*. Small part - big problem.

This is the one to remove on the main shaft bearing, not the small one in front of the bearing :)

Finally disasembled and ready for checking.

 

My unprofessional first check revealed that it's in quite good condition and no need for a big rebuild, but i will have a professional look over it and definitly will replace a few wear-parts anyway and have the housing repainted.

 

 

Even better news - I was able to source a complete NOS (New Old stock!) Rear quarter panel from the Z. It's the US-edition with the cutout for the rear sidemarkers but otherwise exactly what i need. Man i've never seen something like this for sale in the last years and it was a reasonable price too!!

 

It already arrived at my export agent and will be loaded onto the next sea-freight container to switzerland soon - should arrive here in about 6 weeks :)

 

And then i bought this so i have a bit of extra reference and documents probably 50% of the bulletins are about the S30 chassis or L2x Motors ;)

 

 

 

I think this snap ring has burned every one of us at least once. Now that you know its there... you'll check it on any other tranny you open. lol

[JDMjunkies.ch]

I think this snap ring has burned every one of us at least once. Now that you know its there... you'll check it on any other tranny you open. lol

haha yeah, that might be true :)

[datsunfreak]

the car will be like new when done 

 

 

It's going to be a lot better than it was when it was new...   ^_^

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Lately i really appreciate the updates from the bodyshop. And If things go right i will visit him and my car again on monday. However here are the latest pictures i got :)
What you see here is the inner rear right quarter panel piecte between the trunk floor and the Fender. it contins the hole where the fuel filler hose goes through. As you can see the original pieces was totally rusted and he created a new one from scratch:

 

Here it's installed test-wise:

 

View from the outside:

 

View from the bottom. As usual: Work of art. May look a bit rough now, but once it has some primer on it it will be like it was from factory ;) 

[Draker]

I like that piece.. Good amount of work in that.

[JDMjunkies.ch]

indeed, unfortunately i have to pay for that work :w00t:

[JDMjunkies.ch]

My Panelbeater asked for some Budget to continue his work, and since it's really going on nicely lately i happily brought hime some of my savings :) While there i had a look at the latest work, of course. You have to make sure you're money is well invested :)

 

After inspecting the recently completed upper end of the rear he showed me a mock-up of the right side rear inner wheel wells and some problem areas.
The tabco pieces really do not fit very well, but he will make them fit. I've seen worse :)

 

And while there he was preparing the door to fit them back to the car for future fitment testing of his work around the right side. You can see the thin line on the door? he noticed that little line (edge) was gone due to some previous repairs and straightened everything and made sure the thin line is back in t he door. Most people wouldn't even notice.

 

And then he closed the holes of the original door mirrors, because i'll go with fender mirrors :)

[JDMjunkies.ch]

No big update, but today i got a phone call from the local Nissan dealership that my order had arrived, so i went there and picked up my order: All the refurbishment parts which ar still available at Nissan for the 5-speed FS5C71A 5-speed early type factory transmission.
The order contained some oil seals, snap rings, Balls, springs and so on. still need a lot of parts and will order the rest elsewere. this was just the easy part of the whole thing :)

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Dear readers, sorry for the lack of updates during the last weeks. I was very busy with some other big things, one of them beeing marrying my wife :)
Yesterday i got back to work in the garage. while it's still freezing cold outside i got some stuff done on the transmission. I found a local glass-bead blasting company and i'm preparing the transmission to be blasted soon. So i had to remove all bits and pieces:
Shifter lever Bracket removed:

Removed the shifter bushings from the brackets and had all laid-out:

Removed the control arm springs and "plugs"

Tried to remove this plug, but after trying hard and not beoing able to get it out, decided to leave it there for blasting :)

Removed the oil filler plug

And the speedo sensor (still in place here): 

Still need to figure out how to remove the speedo sensor complete, the plastic vents and then i'm ready to get it blasted :)

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Yeah, a few weeks ago i was browsing the internet for some usable parts for my transmission restauration when i found this ebay seller from Thailand. Usually i'm not a big fan of Cheap Asian stuff. Only real deal Japanese OEM or Aftermarket. However when i found these parts and they seemed to be either Japanese-made or high-quality but for a good price, i thought i'd give it a go. so here's what i got: Transmission / Clutch fork rubber boot. Made by Thailand company Turtlerubber / SPI-Goodrubber:


 

Firewall grommet. Unknown brand, but i assume the same as above:

Niles (Japan) Reverse light switch.  Niles is the original Supplier of nissan so i guess it's an Original part:


 

Unknown brand Speedo cable:


 

Unknown brand Side marker (front) lamps:


 

DENSO (japan) Horn's, 66dB:


 

New-Era (Japan, Aftermarket supplier) Voltage regulator:    


 

Not sure how all the parts fit and if they will end up in the car, but they were cheap and looked nice so i thought i buy them in a package deal. Looking good so far :) More parts coming soon :)

[Stoney]

Are you doing a complete factory original restoration or upgrading it?

If upgrading it, I would suggest steering clear of an external voltage regulated alternator and just fit a modern IR unit instead, more power, better voltage control, and greater voltage output at idle too, plus less clutter in the engine bay

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Are you doing a complete factory original restoration or upgrading it?

 

If upgrading it, I would suggest steering clear of an external voltage regulated alternator and just fit a modern IR unit instead, more power, better voltage control, and greater voltage output at idle too, plus less clutter in the engine bay

It's not going to be full factory, but a mix of factory and some "invisible" upgrades.  However i just bought the voltage regulator in a "bulk" with the other stuff and i'm not sure which parts all will end up in the car. However i appreciate your input and definitly will think about it once the project comes to the motor :)

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Here we go :) Got another parts delivery from the land of the rising sun. All needed transmission parts which were still available in Japan:
Seals:


 

Rear hub:


 

Front seal gasket:


 

Then a friend of mine asked me to help him import some Nagisa Auto motor sports Part for his 240Z: Front adjustable tierod end-links:

 

And adjustable Doglegs. Really beautiful parts. seems like they changed their annodizing procedure, sinec the parts i have have a different colour. anyhow. Nice pieces. The Colour is more gunmetal in reality. the white-balance on my cam was a bit off...

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Nothing big here, just got another missing Piece of the transmission puzzle today:
The speedo pinion gear sleeve assembly:

[JDMjunkies.ch]

One of t hose lucky days again where i get several deliveries at the same time :)
One was an Ebay buy, A NOS Transmission breather vent:

 

The second one was a New Speedo pinion Gear, which was available through Nissan Japan:

 

Then, thanks to some tips of nice people in the community, i was able to purchase these Rear quarter panels.
I promised to not tell the source. It's a Last stock and one of the people that gave me the tip wants to buy the rest of the stock and sell it.

 

I have the feeling they are better than the tabco ones. with sharper edges.

 

When i have time i will make a direct comparison between tabco and these. Big thanks to the people who supported me with buying these. :)

 

 

[datsunfreak]

Too late to help you, but as an FYI to anyone else, you can get these new from the Subaru dealer. 

 

 

One was an Ebay buy, A NOS Transmission breather vent:

 

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Too late to help you, but as an FYI to anyone else, you can get these new from the Subaru dealer. 

Wow, i didn't know that. maybe this is a Subaru item anyway, it came in an unmarked bag and was really cheap compared to most of the NOS-parts prices i know.. :)

[JDMjunkies.ch]

While i consider the 240Z quite a common classic (compared to other cars) around the world, it can get hard to find good quality spare-parts - especially for the parts that where installed in markets outside america only. As it is the case with the 5-speed transmission (only optional and rare in the USA). And then even more specially in the case of the early FS5C71A transmission, which i happen to have.

 

This means a lot of reasearch and sometimes going to the other side of the world and as far as Australia to find some quality parts.

 

In this case i have to thank the guys at www.SWMotorsport.com.au for providing me with the right parts for my Transmission.

 

Today i finally got a delivery of:
- Bearing kit
- Front Seal
- Rear Seal
- 1x Front & 2x Center gaskets
- Gear lever Pin & Clip
- Roll Pin
- Speedo drive Seal
- Striker shaft seal

 

And all for a decent price and fast shippin too! Thank you so much for the great service. Nice to still have those small shops able to provide the market with the stuff we need :)

[240zness]

Plenty of five speeds from our 280z.. interesting trans you have

 

Beautiful parts. Those corner markers and horns a while back are very nissan.

[240zness]

Ah, an a type 5 spd. I'll stay out of your way.

 

http://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress/2016-06-07/240z-transmissions-manuals-swap-possibillities/

 

Link fits.

[JDMjunkies.ch]

Ah, an a type 5 spd. I'll stay out of your way.

 

http://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress/2016-06-07/240z-transmissions-manuals-swap-possibillities/

 

Link fits.

Haha jepp :D And that post was made by me too - it's my blog :)