Csurge33

Thank you so much!

Hello all you Datsun wizards out there! I have an old 620 (77 body on a 79 chassis). It runs great but lots of parts are close to wearing out and cosmetically it could use quite a bit of love. I live in Texas and the sun/heat here has severely disintegrated anything rubber/plastic on the truck. I was curious if any of you that have undertaken a full restore have any advice or suggestions on finding parts on a larger scale than single issue repairs? Especially anything in the rubber/plastic realm. I'm not hell bent on total OEM but previous owner (that did the 77/79 mod) used a lot of universal parts that aren't standing the test of time due to improper fit. I'm always checking Ebay, New-Datsun-Parts.com, and Rock Auto but parts are few and far between. Any suggestions on how you may have worked through the parts issue would be greatly appreciated. Not opposed to looking into buying a parts vehicle but from what I can see, most would have the same issues mine is having simply from age. Thank you so much for your time!! Best wishes, Clare

Thank you so much for all of these suggestions! I'll give them all a shot this weekend and see how it goes. Thanks again! Really grateful for your help

Hello! I've got a 79 Datsun 620 Manual. I got this truck to learn to work on vehicles. I love it, but I'm pretty much green in the troubleshooting department. Recently several problems developed all at the same time. brake lights/tail lights (flashing or not) are very dim brake lights/tail lights do not illuminate if headlights are on signals/hazards will come on but won't flash if headlights are on signals/hazards will flash but will stop flashing if brakes are depressed (they'll stay illuminated solid) Replaced flashing units for both blinkers and hazards, replaced all bulbs, fuses are good. I'm guessing it's a ground issue but I can't seem to find it. Thought maybe it's the hazard switch but it doesn't seem like that should involve the headlights. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time!!