bonvo Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 oh fuck man that fucking sucks i feel your pain :( Quote Link to comment
hessianben Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Quote: "Shit'll buff out". JK... I'm sorry about Ethel man! But, you know that this is what we all do best- REBUILD!!!! Once you get shit sorted, post a list of parts needed and I'm sure everyone who can will help out! :D you're lucky you didn't have the scoop hood on there, or you probably would've broken your glass! Total brake failure? scary. what happened? Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Yeah I wonder what happened too. Didn't you have a disk brake upgrade in this? Quote Link to comment
polski ogorki Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 ouch! that sux man good luck with the rebuild hows the frame?good thing no one got hurt! well i love your truck and cant wait to see her rollin again Quote Link to comment
521 Dropsun Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Worst weekend of my life. Blew one diff on the way down which in turn toasted the brand new five speed. Spent an entire day going from scrap yard to dealership trying to figure out what kind of truck my rear end came from. Finially i found an early 70s Toyota Hilux that had the same diff. so made it to bakersfield by 3 am saturday. limping it in in fourth gear because if I shifted to fifth the trans would start to howl and the diff would overheat. had some fun with the freaks of nature and got pissed at the event staff for being such dicks. Pissed so I didn't go the awards serimony on sunday. Buddy called and said Id won my class. Cool. Drove home and near travis airforce base I noticed my brakes were a bit soft. didn't touch them untill I was almost to hwy 28 near napa. Come over a hill and truck was stopped at the light in front of me so I geared down then hit the brakes which went to the floor. SMASH!! No time to react. I havent even touched her yet. I feel like shit for smashing her. But now maybe people wont give me shit about "When are you going to paint your truck?" Whatever right? Just one of thoes things. Going to need all new sheet metal from the firewall forward I think. I havent looked yet. Too mad at myself. I suck.:( Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 dont be hard on yourself man it was a mechanical failure not like you werent paying attention to the road its only metal it can be fixed sheet metal can be sorced and not to mention you got all of ratsun behind ya the only thing that i can see that would be hard to replace is the hood Quote Link to comment
pl521sss Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 got you covered Perfect grill passenger side fender not perfect but it will work till you get a better one Radiator support Headlight pieces somewhere in this bucket Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 way to come threw and help a fellow ratsuner pl521sss this bad boy will be layin rocker again in no time :D Quote Link to comment
denveratsun Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Dang it man! I totally feel for you! I sure hope that everything comes together for you. Glad you were alright...could have been way worse bro. Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Holy shite sorry man. I have a "gently used" DS fender you can have if you want it. Quote Link to comment
Hyphy Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 the other option....there are a few 521's on CL in norcal. Scoop up another one for like $500 and youll have plenty of parts and/or one you can really put some time on and make perfect. Basically take 2 and make 1 really nice one... just an idea. It'd beat havin to do alot of repair work if you can just swap cabs all together. Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 only if the frame isnt bent i know that truck has a yoda clip in the front Quote Link to comment
521 Dropsun Posted August 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Well started the tear down a while ago. Thought I owed you guys an update. Hood off Fender gone Radiator making out with the motor Lipstick stains Front sheet metal gone Mock up with "new" fender Well thats as far as I can go now. I need to do a little hamer and dolly work to the passengerside inner fender mount. It looks like I might be able to use my orginal inners so thats taken care of. Im going to need a new glove box latch. My homie put his knee through it.:blink: Ouch! I also need to find a new hood to start working on. All I have is a skin, no braceing. So if anybody knows where one is please let me know. Any help is much appreciated. Quote Link to comment
Bugeye Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 ive got a hood here you can have it if you come pick it up, its not perfect, but its free Quote Link to comment
Cuts metal like mad Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 time to upgrade to a better brake master... Quote Link to comment
Hyphy Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 (edited) If you need a hood and dont care about the skin, ive got the hood that came with mine that the PO cut a hole in. Were your inner fenders chopped out for tire clearance leaving the fender supporting the core? Ive seen that done on so many rigs and always worried about the kind of damage itd take. Guess i know now.lol. Did the frame and motor survive? That rad took a big hit. Almost looks like it may have busted up your fan/water pump. On second thought, the weak inner fender may have saved your cab from more serious damage. Edited August 8, 2009 by Hyphy Quote Link to comment
zenndog Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Time for a dual master, cheap insurance. Easy mod, I did it on my L320, lots of info about it on the forum in terms of which type to use. You look like you know what you are doing so you would bust it out in no time. On my L320 the new line I ran to rear brakes had a little crack in it that started leaking fluid. Lost rear brakes, no sweat, still have front brakes. Single master=crash, double master =second chance. If I watch you make this truck beautiful again without a dual I will give you a ration of shit. Thats my freak'n public service announcement.:D:fu::D I personally have had two singles fail, now a dual is the first thing I do to an old car before I drive it. Love the truck, love the steamer trunk as tool/cargo in bed, love the gear shifter. Bring er back but make her a little safer, be nice to Ethel. Quote Link to comment
521 Dropsun Posted August 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Yeah the skin on the hood doesn't matter. All Im looking for is the support underneath the skin. So If you could let me know about that, that would be sweet. Yeah there isn't really all that much inner fender left after we cut it out for the tire clearance. so no damage to the cab. The cab is tubbed anyway so the only connection is at the top. Its my birthday right now and so Im pretty hammered so I'll have to get back to you guys tommorow. Sorry. Thanks for the support. You guys rock! Quote Link to comment
Hyphy Posted August 10, 2009 Report Share Posted August 10, 2009 Just checked it. Its got rust, but no visible cancer. Most, if not all, of the panel bond has released the skin, tho there may have been some tweaking with the hing mount areas. All in all, much better than your current. Text/call 707 386-1217. We can arrange something. Quote Link to comment
521 Dropsun Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Back on the road. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Great news! Gonna need some pic's though :D Quote Link to comment
slam_dat_sun Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 2eDeYe;217141'']Great news! Gonna need some pic's though :D Yeah what he said :lol: Quote Link to comment
Bob3 Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Great news! X2 on some pics!:w00t: Quote Link to comment
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