Slowpoke

Still waiting on the HG kit... My goal is to repair it on wednesday. I have been reading the How to Rebuild Your Nissan & Datsun OHC Engine, FSM, and Chilton manuals. So i feel pretty ready to attack her. I feel like i should to some other maintenence while im in there but i don't want to put a bunch of money and time into this engine if there might be other serious problem. So just the HG kit for now. Don't really plan on driving this in the winter. I had an e30 as a dd before this (sold it to buy a house) and she was a handfull in the winter. But i think the underbody spray is a good idea. I think someone did spray her a few years ago. The topside definatly has more rust than the bottom. Yeah, the auto is going to have to go, as soon as i can make her drive and stop properly. I'm kinda leaning to a 4 speed to keep it OG, but im might only be able to find the 5 speed locally. Thanks for the coments guys, make me feel a lot better about picking her up!

Paid $650 for it. Cleaned it up a little today. Need to get a vaccum in it. The carpet was fried but the vinyls not too bad, all the interior parts are there and pretty clean except for a cracked dash. I love the look of the guages, especially the clock, Classic! Also, drained the coolant and ordered the felpro HG kit. The kit should be here tomorrow. Midri, Damn you craigslist! but I don't regret it yet. What happend with your girl?

Haha, my budget is low. I probably shouldn't have even bought the car....but i couldn't resist. I ordered the haynes manual, the How to Rebuild Your Nissan & Datsun OHC Engine, and downloaded the FSM today. As far as what i want to do with the car goes, i mainly would just like it to be a weekend toy. Just needs to run and be kinda safe. A 4 speed would be nice, nothing fancy. If she treats me well i may consider putting a little more into her, but we'll see. I plan on doing as much of the work to get it running as i can to keep it cheap, and have something to do on the weekends. Plan so far is to: Wash her tomorrow, check for and note serious rust. Order a HG kit. Drain the rest of the coolant and flush the filled cylinder. I aslo need to: Identify the parts that are clearly not original to the car (i have a feeling someone modified/bootleged the ignition setup) Find some info on the webers. Not sure what to do about the carbs yet. From what i have read, the round tops are the way to go, but the webers are on there and i can start the car with them. So i might just leave them on till he HG is done and roll from there. If they seem really bad i'll just replace them. I have to do some research on the round tops the get a idea of how much a set up would cost over just cleaning what i have. I'll probably keep posting my progress here so i can keep track of things and not get too ahead of myself. Thanks for the advice and feel free to keep me in check. Also is there a spell check on this forum? I know my spelling and grammar is pretty bad, sorry.

Hey So i picked up a 73 240z, always wanted one of these cars. I was surfing criegslist and i saw a alright looking z for the right price. The previous owner told me he head gasket was blown and the car would start but it is undrivable. I figure myself handy guy and am need of a cheep project and it just so happened to be my bday. My girl friend ok'ed the purchace and this baby was towed to my driveway the next day: I don't know to much about these cars and this one was kinda an impulse buy, but my goal is to get it running before it snows. The car started after i replaced the batery. It ran with the choke on and would stall as soon as i close it. Im sure he carbs are dirty, and the fuel smells old. Need to drain this asap. Spark plugs are pretty gross and fouled. I verified that the headgasket was blown. The previous owner had drained the coolant and kept fresh oil in it (thank you). I unfortunatly did not know this and topped up the coolant. When i went to change the plugs all was going well untill i pulled the 5th one from the front of the engine and coolant started pouring out. Head gasket is gone forsure, not sure if the head is likely to be cracked. Ive never seen a cylender fill up with coolant like that! Leaky cylinder Plan of action is to replace the HG, set valve lash, clean carbs and roll. So... im sure i'll have plenty of question for you guys, and feel free to give me any suggestions, advice.