Bringing my baby back to the road

[71240z4me]

Hello, new member here first post. I wanted to introduce myself and ask for your assistance if you would be so kind to help. I am the second owner of a series 1 240z. I purchased the car in the early 80s as my first car in high school. I have held onto the car for all of these years and now shes calling me back to return her to her former glory. The car was a silver metalic with black interior that I had painted a peal white years ago. She is completly stock and intact except the radio enki rims and a lower air dam. She is in need of inerior work on the carpets and seats and of course the dash. The car has sat idle for several years so any advice on steps prior to getting her started would be apperciated also. Im asking for your expert opinions on the best places to purchase / repair the items i need to bring her back to life so I can drive her again. Thank you in advance for you help!

[Ace2cool]

Well, first off, I'd go ahead and budget for all the seals, gaskets, and rubber hoses on the car. Past that, carb rebuild (or at least cleaning would probably be a good idea, though you may just wanna throw a battery in and see what happens.

But I would almost guarantee anything rubber is on its way out, if not already there.

Oh, and welcome to NICO!

[Desert Rat]

Get a Prothane kit and rebush the suspension...Like Ace said, anything rubber is likely toast.

I'd get all the fuel drained out and clean the lines. If she's been sitting that long, you probably have varnish all through the system. Get it drained out as best as you can, put in fresh gas and some seafoam or other good fuel system cleaner.

Change the oil too. Pull the plugs and put a few drops of oil down the holes and replace.

See if she fires. go from there on all the regular maintenance stuff to get it back running smooth again, then focus on the restoration.

I'll guess that anything hydraulically operated is gonna have issues too, like brake calipers, etc. Hopefully the clutch still engages and disengages ok after sitting that long.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

In addition to the solid advice already posted here, I advocate changing the coolant (and other fluids throughout the engine/trans/diff) after firing it up, just to verify if there are any leaks. It would suck to change out all the coolant, and then see it get pissed all over the ground.

Oil and fuel (like has been mentioned) should be changed before firing it up. Also check for rust on the spark plugs, corroded wires, etc.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Oh, and welcome to NICO!
Post some pictures of it!

[float_6969]

I've seen oil that sets for that long do some CRAZY stuff in the oil pan. If it were my car, I would pull the oil pan and make sure you don't have a bunch of sludge setting in the bottom of the pan. That is in addition to all of the other stuff that has been mentioned.