Ranman72 Posted December 28, 2013 Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 drove it on a fun run with a couple friends approx 130 miles we had a blast [/url] 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted December 28, 2013 Report Share Posted December 28, 2013 installed my nos shift knob a stranger gave me for Christmas Quote Link to comment
qwik510 Posted December 29, 2013 Report Share Posted December 29, 2013 Cleaned it out. My poor VG33 project car had been neglected for way too long. When I moved (over 2 years ago) I packed the trunk and the inside with all the boxes of parts for the project and lots of other junk too. I pulled it all out yesterday and when through it all and repacked it. Had about 15 boxes. Now I have 5. Looking forward to spring so I can get back to working on it and getting it on the road. I miss this car. Someone buy my 4 door so I will have money for this one. http://community.ratsun.net/classifieds/item/2610-for-sale-1972-datsun-510-4-door-vg30-v6-east-coast-usa/ Quote Link to comment
Big_E-Dog Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 installed top camber plates in the goon. now away with uneven tire wear! 1 Quote Link to comment
Brad's 510 Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Went to 3 junkyards today, found the 280ZX hubs I needed for my ZX struts. Started to prep the struts for the threaded collars. Cut/prepped the lower control arms for the rod ends. Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted December 31, 2013 Report Share Posted December 31, 2013 Cleaned up the new washer bottle i got to replace the one that cracked :( Sucks the one that cracked was like new, but this one came out clean, when filled with blue fluid she will look decent enough. Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Installed a leather shift boot. 1 Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 New one installed. Just need to get the old sticker off the old one and re-placed onto the new one. Looks good. And yes, i got a engine light, always forget to use it, but was perfect for re-installing the bottle LOL http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s304/danfiveten/new%20album/DSC02929-1.jpg Quote Link to comment
Son_of_a_Datsun_Guy Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Discovered the problem that was causing the car not to work. I traced my lack of fuel all the way from the tank, starting with vapor lock and Xing things off the list until I took the dome off the SUs, turns out the set screws that hold the needles were loose and when the car backfired really hard they fell out of the piston, jamming into the nozzle, thus allowing no fuel into the jets. Wacky huh? So after I fixed this I went to start the car again, no dice. It cranked and cranked, about thirty minutes into my next diagnostic phase I realized that I had taken the rotor out of the distributor last week before vacation. Herpaderp. My anti theft mechanism nearly gave me a heart attack thinking something catastrophic had gone wrong in the engine's internals... :hmm: But now she runs, just needs a tune and it'll be smooth sailing. And damn it a lot quicker than the old L16. 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 well you have to remember the things you do to protect yourself or you could be trouble shooting for a long time Quote Link to comment
Guest Rick-rat Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Things like that you don't post, reminds me of a guy at work that brought in a picture of him launching his boat. All that showed was the top of his truck and back part of the boat Quote Link to comment
Just Joel Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Guna give up the back seat? Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Look what i have on the way. NOS set FROM A NISSAN DEALER!!! Once my set and my dads set come in, ill share some info, but not untill they show up. He had quite a few red and grey left. 1 Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Art started hesitating on me again, after driving in the city for a bit running errands, seems if i get on the freeway she evens out and runs good again for a bit, then if you drive around the city she starts to hesitate more as you sit at lights, and it takes getting up to a good speed/rpm to blow it all out again. Seems shes holding to much fuel and choking herself. Quote Link to comment
demo243 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Art started hesitating on me again, after driving in the city for a bit running errands, seems if i get on the freeway she evens out and runs good again for a bit, then if you drive around the city she starts to hesitate more as you sit at lights, and it takes getting up to a good speed/rpm to blow it all out again. Seems shes holding to much fuel and choking herself. Could be a carb float maybe? Mostly unrelated and not sure what carbs your running. But I was helping a Z guy out in the pits at Limerock during last years vintage race and he was having an issue with his front sidedraft carb filling up to full. Was fine when he was on it in the straights, but once he got into the turns and slowed it would bog down. one of the other guys there mentioned that the older carbs with metal floats can develope holes in them so the float fills with fuel and causes it to sink- hence more fuel in the carb... his was fine but he bent the float a little bit so it sat higher and it helped... that was on mikuni sidedrafts... Again total long shot and probably just speaking out of my ass but throwing the idea out there. Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Possiblity, maybe ill change out the float just to see. Its a stock hitachi. Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 installed all these parts. Quote Link to comment
demo243 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 installed all these parts. How did she handle on the way home? Looking forward to hearing how those clamps worked out for you and seeing shot of the car on them. 1 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 handles sooo much better. nice and firm ride. so far so good. it does pull a bit to the right when i brake. but other than that i'm pretty happy with it. i think antony got some pics of the asembly on the car with his cam. maybe he'll post them up. thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment
67_1600 Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Not today, but I recently installed new ball joints and inner/outer tie rod ends and adjusting sleeves. My YOM plate also came in the mail yesterday - hopefully the DOL won't give me too much grief when I go to register it. I've heard that some offices will but some won't but I have a friend who registered some so if all else fails I'll go to that office. 2 Quote Link to comment
danfiveten Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 They may since its a dealer plate form 71. Quote Link to comment
67_1600 Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 They may since its a dealer plate form 71. Hopefully it won't be too much of a hassle but I'll just go to the office my friend went to when he registered his dealer plates if nobody local to me will do it. Quote Link to comment
Son_of_a_Datsun_Guy Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Discovered that I have a very large fuel bowl leak. Pulled the tops off the SU bowls and checked the floats, both good. Gasket looks like crap so I'm getting/making new ones. However there is still a problem in so much as the bowl is getting more fuel than it should. So the shut-off valve isn't working. Have a new one ordered up, just waiting for it before I drive the car again. Quote Link to comment
Just Joel Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Do you have a return line? A new factory pump over powered my new needle valves before I ran the return line. No problems after... SU's are extremely sensitive to fuel pressure. Quote Link to comment
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