goatee Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 (edited) Took my weber apart to check my jets it's been running rich. yeah, they are all screwed up. Then my three year old got into my little pile of carb parts and lost the dust shield! After freaking out for a couple hours I finally found it. Reassembly tonight I hope! oh and I adjusted my head lights so they aren't point 3 feet in front of me. Edited September 14, 2009 by goatee forgot Quote Link to comment
Byron510 Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 I DROVE mine to work today. I've been trying to figure out a backfiring issue for MONTHS, and it turned out it was all caused by plug wires 2 & 3 being swapped. You just gotta hate that! Been there, done that! I felt like a fool as a teenager when I wired the distributor "backwards" resulting in your same scenario! It's all part of learning! Chances are you Quote Link to comment
jovial_cynic Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Threw in a new temp gauge. My previous one (mechanical, not electric) somehow broke, so I picked up a new one at a local Napa. Next task is to track down some exhaust leaks. Any good suggestions other than blowing smoke at the pipe while it's running to see where it's leaking? I'm going to weld up the leaks, but trying to work around a hot exhaust doesn't sound like fun. I think I might seal up the tail pipe and push air into it with a compressor... Quote Link to comment
Byron510 Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Well, I started installing the R180 Precision Gear LSD in a 720 front diff today for the Bronze. Datzenmike - that R180 diff is pretty damn clean - thanks for pulling it and getting it to me! I started with a pressure wash of the exterior (which turned into a 1.5 hour long tech session on the pressure wash system). Then I took off the cover, and cleaned up the parts, took off the ring gear and I pulled the bearing off one side of the differential unit itself to get the part number, then proceeded to split the races in the differential side plates. I picked up the new bearings at Kaman today for $30 each (the OEM NSK bearings were actually in stock!) - too cheap to try and re-use the old ones (even thought they looked to be in great condition). Besides, there'd be no way to get one of the old ones off without destroying it. So tomorrow I hope to install the bearings, assemble the whole diff and check the gear wipe pattern. I'll take some pics tomrrow and post them if anthing is interesting. Byron Quote Link to comment
milesgetssideways Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 got my baby new front tires and threw it on the alignment rack to try and straighten it out a bit. And made a run down one of my fav backroads... and oh yea dailyed it like every other day!:D Quote Link to comment
Byron510 Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 I finished setting up the R180 with the Percision Gear clutch LSD, with some extra shims supplied by Specialty Engineering - thanks Andy. His shop is a god send to us Datsun guys in Vancouver. And also finished my radiator fabrication tonight. Now I have to get the surge tank built so that i can fill it! Byron Quote Link to comment
goatee Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 Took my carb outside to reinstall after freshing some of it up and realized I don't have a new gasket for the air cleaner housing adapater. Covered everything up and went inside to kill zombies instead. Quote Link to comment
jovial_cynic Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 Finished welding up my exhaust. The car is quite a bit quieter now, and I no longer have exhaust gas dumping into the cabin. Hooray! Quote Link to comment
freekwonder Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 Started working on the wiring for the microtech. Quote Link to comment
qwik510 Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 I bought and test fitted some new seats today. I made a new thread about them. It is posted here: http://forum.ratsun.net/showthread.php?p=207103#post207103 Quote Link to comment
marioburke Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 I put my Nismo seats in my 78 510 which by no means is as easy as the 72. The floor boards are uneven and raised towards the center tunnel. With the seat bottoms being flat it required making spacers and brackets. Of course neither driver or passenger side were the same. Please excuse the crap job. Long time dreamer first time welder! Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Long time dreamer first time welder!:blink: Please don't move on to anything structural, suspension, or drive train related! Quote Link to comment
Byron510 Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Well, I ran the hell out of the Bronze today at the DNBC All Datsun/Nissan meet autoX, posted the fastest time of any Datsun, only getting put down by a Ferrari F5 (by just over 1 second) and a well driven WRX (just over a half second) - results I can live with :D Tomorrow Quote Link to comment
ohpyramids Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 missed it! dropped it off with ricardo the rotary specialist in santa clarita yesterday. gonna have a clean 13b for jccs :) Quote Link to comment
jovial_cynic Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 fabbed up a mounting plate for a newer mystery wiper motor (off some other datsun) to work with the 510, and finally got around to installing my wipers. Time to go hunting for some switches so I can get them wired up inside the car. Quote Link to comment
jovial_cynic Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Adjusted the valves last night. Holy smokes, the clearances were WAY too tight. Turns out that adjusting valves is VERY easy. I had no idea, and was dreading the project... but it only took me about 20 minutes to do. Quote Link to comment
goatee Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 That's good to hear! Assuming my feeler gauge makes it I'll be doing that this weekend too! Spent most of last night dialing in a good idle and snap to my carb. I also adjusted the headlights so I can finally see. Took my wiper motor off again and decided I STILL ain't excited enough to work on that. Quote Link to comment
jovial_cynic Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 goatee - ha! looks like we're both working on similar things. I have headlights in, but no wiring harness, so I'm doing all the wiring manually. Same with the wiper - it's installed, but i have to wire in switches and all that. fun. Quote Link to comment
goatee Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Course in some ways that can be easier instead of messing with gremlins and previous hack jobs. I still can't get one set of beams to work. I cleaned up the relay and everything so I guess it's toast and I just haven't ordered another one yet. Good luck! Quote Link to comment
jovial_cynic Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 you've confirmed that the light itself works? and that your switch works? Quote Link to comment
goatee Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Well that part is supposedly less than 10 bucks and the housing on my is all chewed from people being in there so I probably need to replace it anyway. I was told by one of the guys here to clean the one in the column and then followed the dime quartely article I picked up to work on the relay. After doing both of those when I flip switch on the column my lights turn OFF. :D Previously it did nothing. Most of the headlight wiring was cut apart. I respliced them all and tried to make it look better at least for now. Quote Link to comment
jovial_cynic Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Bled the brakes (again; I think I have a leak somewhere), and installed a necessary fuel-pump spacer. I had no idea a spacer went between the fuel pump and the head! The engine came to me that way... it's no wonder my O2 gauge has been pegging rich. The stock fuel pump is supposed to push 3.5 to 4 psi with the spacer, but without it, it's pushing out around 10 psi. WAY too much for my SUs. Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 fuel pump arm could be bent now?maybe?????? Quote Link to comment
defdes Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Bled the brakes (again; I think I have a leak somewhere), and installed a necessary fuel-pump spacer. I had no idea a spacer went between the fuel pump and the head! The engine came to me that way... it's no wonder my O2 gauge has been pegging rich. The stock fuel pump is supposed to push 3.5 to 4 psi with the spacer, but without it, it's pushing out around 10 psi. WAY too much for my SUs. I am surprised you didn't blow the diaphragm or gawl the pump arm.. Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.