260z 2+2=Twice the Fun

[SupDoc]

I just brought home this non-running 1974 260z 2+2 on a trailer. I purchased it from a local family that had it in a storage container since 1991.

 

 

It has a lot of surface corrosion and, at some point, rodents tried to eat various parts of the engine and made a nest in the splash pan area.

 

 

So far, I've been prepping the engine before I attempt to crank it. Luckily, it does rotate freely. I changed the oil, filter and spark plugs. Plus, squirted a little bit of mystery oil in each cylinder. Check out this old filter.

 

 

The coolant system was bone dry, so before flushing it, I hooked up my shop vac and tried to suck out as much loose rust as it could.

 

 

The brake drums were very corroded, but didn't look too bad after bead blasting them. I also had the insides re-machined at the local Napa Auto. I decided to re-use them, since you can no longer buy the OEM aluminum drums.

 

 

I'm not sure what this relay is, but it will obviously need to get replaced.

 

 

This splash plate is also in bad shape. I don't know if it is worth cleaning up and re-installing.

 

 

 

 

 

[Stoffregen Motorsports]

Barn find!!!

 

Twice the fun... Keep telling yourself that.

[Rustbin]

Rats are worse than squirrels but the piss is just as corrosive, clean everywhere! This can be an interesting project, not a lot of people do the 2+2's. I'll follow along.

[SupDoc]

I bought this old R&T magazine, thinking it would have some good road testing information. But it just reviewed some basic information that was revealed at the Tokyo car show that year.

 

 

I needed to buy some new tires, since the current ones were trash and could barely hold any air. I decided to get these cheap used tires, since I only need something that I can roll the car around on, for now. They look kind of goofy, since they're not the right size, but they were the only used 14" tires that the shop had.

 

 

I also bought this cheap endoscope camera that plugs into the iphone. I intended to use it to look in the gas tank, but the built-in light is not bright enough. It did work good for looking inside the cylinders, though.

 

 

 

Does anybody know if this is the stock side mirror for the 1974 260z? This one flops around and won't hold it's position. I need to figure out if there's a way to tighten it.

 

[Motorvated]

Thanks for this post. I’ve been researching endoscopy cameras too. I’ll grab one when I’m at the auto store next.

 

the original key is so cool!

 

Is there much involved in opening up the mirrors?

My terminals look to be in even worse condition. Will you just replace the ends or the whole wire?

[datzenmike]

The negative terminal should have a smaller black wire at the terminal clamp that goes to the body ground. Replacement cables often don't have this and it causes problems because the block and drive line are insulated from the body sheet metal by rubber mounts. You can just buy replacement clamps but they are poor quality and look like hell. What I did on my Datsun was scour the auto wrecking yards for ones of similar lengths with the molded clamp ends. At the same time I changed to side mount terminals.