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Well actually both. I was wondering if someone had found a work around for the seal and the grommet. The seal is trashed. On another front, years ago I swapped out the old rear drum brakes and bought a kit to use maxima calipers. The one part I didn't buy were the brake hoses. Does anyone have a line on where I can find a set? I remember seeing the maxima to 510 brake lines back in the day, but never pulled the trigger. Thanks

Hello again I can't seem to find a Master brake cylinder for a 70 510. Rock Auto and others have them for 71 thru 73. Would it be safe to assume they would work? They don't seem to look different and the bore size is the same. Thoughts??

Back again with another question or 2 Anyone know if these rubber gaskets are still available or is there a substitute? Also I'm currently rebuilding the braking system and need to replace the hardlines. Anybody have detailed pics of the routes all the lines take and what goes where? I took some pics back in the day but they were not detailed enough and needs to include the clutch line. Thanks

Thanks again for the info.

Thanks for the info. On to the next topic. I upgraded the front and rear brakes to 280zx discs in the front and Maxima in the rear. Would like to swap out the master cylinder as well. What's a good option without braking the bank? Thanks

My dash looks like this one, but in worse shape. According to the tag on the dash and the registration it's a 70. Getting back to the speedo cable it's 55" I looked at "carpartsmanual.com" and it's says "to Sept 68". So I looked for a replacement speedo cable and they're either 70", 74 1/4" or 80" long (1778mm , 1886mm or 2261mm) The 70" version should work, right? Additionally the side front markers are the arrow style and the rears are round. So maybe this car was a leftover 69 at the factory and they started a new 1970 run with left over cars?

Speedo Cable While digging through my totes of datsun parts, I came across the speedo cable for the car. I looked on line and found cables that are 70" or 80" long. Thing is, my speedo cable is only 50". So I did a little research and the 68 510 had the 50" cable. The 69's and older have longer ones. Anybody know why? Additionally is there a way to figure out what year the car is by the VIN?

I knew someone would have some good data to share. The bottom cluster is out of my 69 510. I don't remember it having a rectangular box on the back. I'll upload a better pic of the connection tomorrow. I was going to try powering it up with a "Power Probe" but wanted to make sure it could be done safely. In the meantime I have another question. Four speed tranny with this hole. Looks like is supposed to have a breather in it??? just a guess? or am I way off?

Hello again, got another question, wait a minute. This pic is upside down! Anyway, as you can see I have 2 clusters. The one on the bottom is from my 69 510, the other is a spare I had on the shelf. Short of plugging them in, is there a way to power them up to test lights and gauges on the bench? Also can anyone ID the wires on the top unit? Thanks

Cool thanks.

New question of the day. Front seats...Out of what car will a good set of seats work without having to do major surgery to make them fit? I'm guessing nothing will bolt right in. Thoughts? Thanks 🙂

No bolt to be found, it's going to the shop, at least a couple of the cylinder walls look like they have some pitting, plus I'm sending the head in as well to make sure it's good to go.

Well, duh. I should have thought of that. Stupid me. By the way I finally removed the timing cover on my L20B. I also removed one of the chain guides and compared it to a spare I had from a L18 motor. Oddly enough the spare one is .9mm thinner across where the chain rides, but I didn't use it because it is pretty beat up, so I trimmed off just a bit of the rubber coating on the original one and got it to fit. It didn't look bent, though I believe it was a replacement. The metal was a bit thinner than the spare. I also found something very troubling. I removed the oil pan and one of the main cap bolts is missing. I was sort of a WTF moment. So off to the shop in the near future to see if the missing bolt caused any additional damage.