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As much as I appreciate a band-aid that I can attest to working, A true fix would be best. I will spend some time, researching a better switch option! Everyone should have functional hazards as well as blinkers... Besides BMW & Merc drivers whom have their turn signal lever cut off at the factory!

4 hours ago, datzenmike said:

I'm still trying to come to grips with the signals blinking backwards.

Honestly that would take work and INTENT to make happen!

The hazard switch on these trucks is the weakest link in many many ways. I have worked on dozens of 720s and every one is temperamental. I just brought one back to life today with copious amounts of QD contact cleaner and vigorous switching off and on. I noticed also that they are different from the 2wd to the 4x4 or maybe just the 84' to the 85' but the 85 4x4 has many more wires and a different harness plug.

William Shatner, not quite a politician, but he is Canadian, old, fat, rich and kind of orange!

Well I had a few beers last night, went wild and bought that set off of Ebay. I will post up how they look in person and if they look good, how they work out!

The head does look nice and clean, here is your picture with the nuts used to adjust the clearance encapsulated in red.

I also use MT-90 and it is awesome, being a synthetic it doesn't turn to molasses in the cold as much either!  That big oil pump is manly and all but if you really want to work smarter not harder, these drill gun powered pumps with some cheap nylon tubing wins the prize. 

I am 3'rd generation full blood Italian and I take no offense to any slur! However I do enjoy the hilarity of them! Guinea is my favorite, I am talking about the pets racist! 🤣

On 2/2/2022 at 11:09 AM, datzenmike said:

This is also called an Italian Tune-up.

Racist, take this kind of talk over to Destruction of America! 🤣

I am very interested in this as well. I have an 85' 4x4 with auto hubs , but I truly desire manual hubs. Hearing that all parts are discontinued is disheartening! I have owned a 4x4 with manual hubs (82) and I never had a problem with them so I never got into them, what is the main problem part in your experience? 

I spent some money on a quality pair of LED headlights and also replaced my inner pair of sealed beams with H4 light housings. I then took time to focus them correctly. Wish I had links but it has been a while. The lights are nice and bright without blinding people(never get flashed) and I like the combination of LEDs and conventional lighting. The H4 housing are super nice if a lamp burns out you just pull it out of the back and drop a new one in.

After pulling my driver seat out to check on the irritating and fucked up brain on my 720 (the ECS) I found a sticker that I believe says Isuzu.  

I have no idea what these are out of, but they are a direct bolt up. I love them, however they do sit a toucher higher(or maybe I am just used to tired 40 year old seats)

I am not sure if it was a mud dauber, it looked like I had dropped the brake booster down in the dirt and it had jammed the inlet full of dirt. I am pretty sure its fine as I took my time and slowed vac cleaned out the cocoon and dirt. I was just curious how fragile the booster diaphragm is and if I should take additional steps. 

As for my radiator, I am leaning towards using the new one as I feel the same as you do. The old solder joints are most likely brittle and the 40+ year old corrosion is not conducive to better cooling or longevity.  I do believe many many many original Japanese made parts will be far superior to modern reproductions, I do my best to use rational, deduction, and logic to decide which is best... With some help from friends! 

I just cannot make this shit up, Working on re-building a couple of 720's and I had to let them sit for a bit during the fall while I had the engines out. Recently dropped the engine back in and have been hooking everything back up and I noticed both the coils and the brake booster vacuum inlet were full of 'dirt' Turned out to BEE mud wasps nesting. I cleaned the coil outputs fine and did my best to slowly scratch away the dirt from the booster with a vacuum and a small screw driver. Most of the "material" looked to get sucked up into the vacuum, however I am curious if there is any other action I should take? I have never taken apart a booster, only replaced them. Should I rinse it with water and hope to suck it out? My gut says, leave it alone and it will BEE fine. Thoughts?

Also, Just curious... one of these trucks has a PRISTINE aftermarket radiator and the other has a stock rad in decent shape. The newer radiator is aluminum with plastic housing on top and bottom. The other rad is a decent stocker but has several deflected finned areas. Which would you chose to put in your vehicle? 

9 minutes ago, datzenmike said:

 

  Everything someone else takes seriously is worth making fun of.

My statement was an alteration of the original but still a quote, I did not come up with it. 

They both are succinct and both should be made fun of!

I have worked on a few heads that have been stripped and used a heli-coil to repair them. While yes I would love a true repair such as a Tig-fill and re-tap that is not always possible. I have not had any heli-coil failures to my knowledge. 

Heli-Coil

With respect to Jbird, he has a very thin skin and has seemed a bit unstable IMHO. Everything posted on the net and this forum outside of technical specs should be taken very lightly... Two of my favorite thoughts:

1. Everything worth taking seriously is worth making fun of.

2. Arguing on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded.

If you DRIVE a Datsun its very hard for me not to like you!

Other than Dav...

Links? I see Lockleaf has one in his signature...

Cable Lug:

I thought about the Lada and just gutting the engine/tranny and swapping in a KA dual cam and tranny but importing and even little parts are still going to be a pain. The 510 you might not be able to get some trim pieces and good condition tail light lenses ect but you can acquire engine gaskets, bushings, bearings, and most parts to keep it running from just about any parts store.

Not sure if many people have seen the old British show, Red dwarf but if you have there is a part where the curry addict Lister finds out all the Indian food stores have been destroyed and is inconsolable while the servant Chriton asks if he could learn to love pasta... Thats how I feel with PL510's! 

1 minute ago, Mattndew76 said:

I respect your opinion but I disagree. 

Cheers!🍻

Don't use google... searched for you PDF found the one from Joel E. Cohen. Doesn't he make movies 😉 Still found more papers that keep the number around 2-3 billion and that's if we go veggie for the most part which I DOUBT will ever happen outside of 10000 years in the future. Not looking to turn this into a full research project but I have been interested in the reality of sustainability and human population over the years. I travel for work constantly, have been to some desolate places and I live out in the country on acreage with barely any neighbors... I think there is too many people there!  

1 hour ago, Mattndew76 said:

The earth is estimated to be able to support from 16 billion to 1 trillion in several studies.

I couldn't find ANYTHING close to those numbers. Just a quick look yielded these thoughts:

Paul Ehrlich, professor of population studies at Stanford University: The optimum population of Earth – enough to guarantee the minimal physical ingredients of a decent life to everyone – was 1.5 to 2 billion people rather than the 7 billion who are alive today or the 9 billion expected in 2050, said Ehrlich.

One such scientist, the eminent Harvard University sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson, bases his estimate on calculations of the Earth's available resources. 

Aside from the limited availability of freshwater, there are indeed constraints on the amount of food that Earth can produce, just as Malthus argued more than 200 years ago. Even in the case of maximum efficiency, in which all the grains grown are dedicated to feeding humans (instead of livestock, which is an inefficient way to convert plant energy into food energy), there's still a limit to how far the available quantities can stretch. "If everyone agreed to become vegetarian, leaving little or nothing for livestock, the present 1.4 billion hectares of arable land (3.5 billion acres) would support about 10 billion people," Wilson wrote.

The 3.5 billion acres would produce approximately 2 billion tons of grains annually, he explained. That's enough to feed 10 billion vegetarians, but would only feed 2.5 billion U.S. omnivores, because so much vegetation is dedicated to livestock and poultry in the United States.