If you own a Datsun 240Z, 260Z, or 280Z and plan to restore it yourself, you will need the right information, tips and secrets to bring your car back to like-new condition.
In this DIY guide, author Wick Humble discusses the pluses and minuses of a frame-up or staged restoration. He starts by helping you decide whether or not you should restore your Z in the first place!
If the answer is yes, he then discusses all the tools you'll need to do the job safely and right.
Packed with easy-to-understand text instructions and more than 500 photos and drawings, How to Restore Your Datsun Z-Car will allow you to return your Z-car to its original glory!
All aspects of Datsun Z-car restoration are covered, including:
- How to set up your shop, procedures and tips
- Organize and store your Z's parts
- Engine and drivetrain
- Suspension, steering and brakes
- Electrical components and wiring
- Interior trim restoration, glass installation
- Rust repair, body and paint
- Technical bulletins and parts illustrations
- Z-car identification and codes
Subject: A step-by-step guide on how to restore a Datsun (Nissan) Z car back to stock condition. ISBN-10: 1931128022 | ISBN-13: 9781931128025 | Part Number: CB802
TABLE of CONTENTS:
Foreword | Introduction | What is restoration | How to use this book PROCEDURES AND TIPS
Planning your project | Storage | Restoration, over-restoration or modification | Used parts ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION REMOVAL
Engine check | Transmission check BODY EXTERIOR TEARDOWN
Remove fuel tank | Body disassembly BODY REPAIR AND PAINT
Engine compartment preparation | Prepping new body panels | Rust damage | Trial fitting of body parts | Body & paint INTERIOR TRIM AND COMPONENT REMOVAL
Interior disassembly | Remove hatch | Remove instrument panel FRONT SUSPENSION AND BRAKES
Remove front suspension, steering and brakes | Remove and recondition brakes | Recondition front suspension and steering | Install front suspension, steering and brakes | Remove and recondition steering column | Fasteners | Install steering column REAR SUSPENSION, DIFFERENTIAL AND BRAKES
Remove rear suspension, differential and brakes | Restore and assemble rear suspension | Install rear suspension, differential and brakes | Recondition halfshafts and drive shaft | Recondition rear brakes | Brake fluids ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND WIRING
Restore wiring harness | Electrical parts suppliers | Install wiring harness INTERIOR ASSEMBLY
Restore instrument panel | Restore interior | Install glass | Insulators | Install brake and clutch pedals and master cylinders | Install instrument panel | Restore and install console | Restore seats | Restore and install taillights | Restore and install radio antenna | Standard bolt-torque specifications BODY EXTERIOR AND DRIVELINE ASSEMBLY
Restore and install doors | Restore and install hatch | Install engine and transmission | Restore and install fuel system | Bleed hydraulic systems | Install body front end TECHNICAL BULLETINS, HI-LIGHTS AND RECALLS INSURING YOUR Z-CAR Z-CAR IDENTIFICATION AND CODES
Parts and services | Parts illustrations | Metric conversion chart | Index
