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Anyone seen any 520 hoods or drive side doors for sale at their local junkyard? I can't find any - obviously theres places online to get 521 hoods but that wouldn't match our single-headlight '66 520 which has a smashed hood and driver door. Thanks to anyone who's on the lookout for one (especially on the east coast, I'm in central NC)

Good news boys, we are back on the road after ~3 months of being out of commission. - Went back to the Datsun NOS mechanical fuel pump (replaced the diaphragms and cleaned check valves seemed to have fixed it, for now) - Got the Weber DGEV 32/36 installed "backward" by reversing the adapter plate and swapping the side that the fuel inlet was on - Got an accelerator cable from eBay from Thailand which was made for RHD trucks so it's plenty long - Found a Weber throttle plate (made for Mazda B2000) which fit the way I needed it to - Bent the s*$# out of the throttle cable bracket to make it work the way I needed it to. It looks terrible but works for now And it's running again! I still need to figure out why it bogs down for a moment when shifting from 1-2 or 2-3, will start with checking timing & vacuum advance (it did this with the old carb as well). Thanks everyone for all the help along the way!

Yep it's good, I've used this same model pump with success (until it burns up from being mounted far away from the tank, so I'm moving to the rear)

Yes, she wrote back with the helpful reply "you needed a manual choke" and nothing else. I said I needed a manual choke in my very first email but she had replied at that time that the Redline rep recommended the electric one. oh well - I kinda like the electric choke since this is my wife's truck anyway (not that she can't handle the choke but it's one less thing to have to worry about). And I thought I wouldn't like having it mounted backwards but man has it made working on the throttle setup easier (plus will make adjusting the screws easier). So it's all good, just gotta finish the accelerator cable and mount the electric pump in rear

I ended up keeping the (wrong?) carb they sent me and mounting it "backwards" so the throttle assembly is in the front, then picked up a "universal" accelerator cable kit that seems like it will work, just need to finish the install. I wanted to see it run with the new carburetor so I tried to start it and no fuel coming from the fuel pump - using the NOS OEM mechanical pump I got from a guy in Canada (which worked for a test drive before I started the conversion to Weber). Wouldn't even draw fuel out of a can sitting just below the pump. I tried replacing the rubber internals with the ones from my eBay Thailand mechanical pump (which look identical, just aren't 50 years old), but no luck. I am getting so sick of screwing around with fuel pumps on this damned thing. Ended up just taking an electric pump and temporarily hooking it up just past the tank pickup tube in the rear, the truck started right up first crank and idled great even with the electric choke. Hoping to get some time to put the mechanical pump block-off plate back on (and stick the mechanical pumps in storage), and then permanently mount the electric pump in the rear, finish up the accelerator cable, and get this truck back on the road (for the 100th time, it seems)

Which Weber did you put on? They sent me 32/36 DGEV

Actually I kinda doubt a 1-3/4" rise would do it - even with the current adaptor (which is about 3/4" tall or so), it isn't even close to fitting - i would need a couple more inches of height. It's gotta be the wrong carb, so I either need the "F" version which is reversed, or I need to make a new throttle linkage (which im going to try today)

Thanks guys! I'll try to see if I can find something and I'm sure Monday I'll head from Pierce

Yeah, I am using what Pierce Manafolds told me was the perfect fit per redline. it looks like I could probably do like some MGB guys do with a backwards DGEV and run the throttle cable between the carb and valve cover and have it come in at a 90° angle. But my throttle cable is way to short - I have the "bar" type linkage on my old carb. Guess I could source or make a longer cable with a bend or something

This is the adapter that came with the kit (which pierce Manafolds said was correct and they said they verified it with redline)

I tried turning it and that doesn't change the clearance but a few millimeters - I need a good inch to make it fit. I'm wondering if I need DFEV not DGEV carb, but I did see someone on Instagram once with the same DGEV carb so I dunno how they fit it - maybe pierce just sent me the incorrect manifold.

Well, this hasn't gone as planned. When I have the carb sitting the proper direction to match up with the throttle linkage (linkage at the rear), the choke assembly hits the valve cover so it doesn't fit (not even close). If I turn it "backwards", it fits fine but there's no way to make the throttle work (short of fabricating a new one or something) since the throttle linkage is now on the backside of the carb and the cable is too short anyway. I emailed Pierce Manfolds for advice but open to suggestions from the ratsun pit crew! (not sure why my photos are rotated strangely)

Got my "E662 kit" with Weber 32/36 DGEV today and started poking around at it. One thing I can't really figure out is how to get the throttle linkage hooked up - the kit didn't have any instructions for the throttle linkage, and just came with a "universal" linkage kit My old linkage is the "bar with a ball-in-socket" so I'm going to disassemble it and keep/adapt some of the old parts to make it work. if anyone has done this before and has any pics of the 32/36 on the j13 I'd love to see them!

Just spoke to Pierce Manifolds and ordered the Weber carb kit they recommended - will post the details and pics when it arrives and hopefully is the right thing / works!

Ok, finally got an original Kyosan-Denki mechanical fuel pump in it again (and put the electric pump in the emergency kit, just in case). Thanks to forum member who pointed me in the direction of someone in Canada selling a new old stock pump with the proper arm for the 520 J13! I took it for a test ride and it's running again but still having an issue with hesitation when shifting / trying to get going in a hurry from a stop. When I shift from 2 to 3 for example, I have to really stand on it and there's a second or two where it feels like we just aren't speeding up like we should. I just took the carb off (an eBay J13 carburetor, if anyone has a line on a real Datsun carb let me know!), replaced the pretty worn out gasket and adjusted the float slightly to raise the level of the fuel in the bowl to be a little closer to the level indicator. Took it for a test drive and still having hesitation when shifting up. When I look in the carb barrel and move the throttle linkage, I get a squirt of fuel so the accelerator pump is working (I guess) but I am not sure what / how to adjust.