]2eDeYe Posted December 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Haha Laserdisc, what a great thread :D Edit: Nice Dave. It's a classic look :cool: Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted December 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Another update. Spaghetti!!! CPU is going under the dash. Finally in the cab. I was tryin to pop the split washer off the harness bolt to get it through the hole in the firewall and the bracket broke. At least it fit through the stock hole now... :rolleyes: I will epoxy the bracket, should still work well after hard mounting the CPU. Unless anyone has a spare harness bracket?? Before shots of the shock towers, working up the courage to hack them off I got a set of delrin upper kingpin bushings from mklotz, to put in after I weld up the towers. Thanks Mike Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 You're more than welcome Steve :) Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted December 31, 2011 Report Share Posted December 31, 2011 Measure a few times then cut slow. Lemme know if you need pix of mine. If so pm me your cell & ill send them that way. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Thanks for the pic, I will be cutting up a bit higher than you did I think. That's the next project after the wiring. Did get a bit done on that. Before pic for reference. I am going to fab up a cover for the relays, fuse panel and wire bundle. Should turn out pretty clean, then I won't be ashamed to pop the hood at the get togethers Start of the cover in cardboard, it will be done in sheet metal and powdercoated red to match the valve cover. Here is where the wiring is at now. Still have a couple wires to run/connect. Added a small fuse panel (it's under the blue tape) to get rid of the 'inline Icehouse style' fuses. They worked great and all, but this is a bit cleaner. Not sure if I showed this earlier, the relay block is a stock Nissan part slightly modified. This is for the fuel pump, injectors and the cpu. J/Y relays FTW. Epoxy worked awesome on the cpu connector. Still have to mount the CPU to the firewall. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Wiring is all cleaned up and it still runs. Yay for me Pics I 'S' wrapped the KA wiring so as to minimize the hacking up of the harness. I had to extend the ground wire and the O2 sensor wire but that's it. It's basically a stand alone harness and the truck harness is seperate except where the needed. Still need to fab up the cover. Might get that done this week if I have the time. Looks way better without the wiring all over and the CPU just zipped tied there flopping around Quote Link to comment
1lo620 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Looking good there son..keep up the good work!!!! And thanks for the gas tank, so far so good, and my gas gauge works now....!!! Quote Link to comment
Eric Garside Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Looking great Steve!! Got my motor mounts awhile back (thanks, they look great!!) And should be trying them out thus weekend. Quote Link to comment
Big Schlink Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Looks good man, how well did those fenders match? Any news on the pelvis? I have a condition called osteitis pubis, basically the right half of my pelvis shifts around when it shouldn't. I think it was caused by working out to hard with an old injury or the fact that I was repping 1500 pounds on the leg press. Moral of the story is get it fixed before your handicapped like me. Your truck and your pelvis. :lol: Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Looking good there son..keep up the good work!!!! And thanks for the gas tank, so far so good, and my gas gauge works now....!!! Glad to hear the sender still works. That came from the black truck in case you were wondering :D Looking great Steve!! Got my motor mounts awhile back (thanks, they look great!!) And should be trying them out thus weekend. Awesome, let me know how they work out. :thumbup: Looks good man, how well did those fenders match? Any news on the pelvis? I have a condition called osteitis pubis, basically the right half of my pelvis shifts around when it shouldn't. I think it was caused by working out to hard with an old injury or the fact that I was repping 1500 pounds on the leg press. Moral of the story is get it fixed before your handicapped like me. Your truck and your pelvis. :lol: Thanks, they are pretty much a perfect match patina wise. I'll probably just use the drivers one as the passenger side one on the truck is still straight. Ya, I have a hernia, fawking painful and tiring. I'll be scheduling surgery a little later today to get it fixed. It has really slowed me down. Hopefully the surgery goes well and I'll be back in tip-top shape in no time. :) Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 The KC progress looks clean! Take care of yourself too ;) Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Thanks Mark, I'm taking things slow...sort of frustrating but at least I am still getting thing accomplished. Cut the tops of the shock towers off. I was planning to use some 2" wide plate to lengthen the towers but once I got them off I decided to go with some angle I have. Should work out great. Might get them tacked on tonight unless I go play in the snow Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hell yeah thatll work fine. Youll like the ride too when its done. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Yeah, I'm excited to have the front end behave itself. The shock travel and the new delrin upper dogbone bushings should really tighten things up. :cool: Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 One of these days, I'll see about making them in nylon so they're self lubricating and shouldn't squeak. Really dirty stuff to turn :( Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I got a brand new can of lithium grease to douche these with, should take care of any squeaking. :D Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 make sure to bevel those edges on the joints if your gonna butt weld em like that... id hate to see em break.. thats good idea on the guide for cutting! Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 That's the plan, bevel both sides and weld all around. Gonna jig it up with the shock and clamps to tack everything into place and take pics along the way :D Quote Link to comment
69FJWagon Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 2eDeYe' date='17 January 2012 - 10:17 AM' timestamp='1326824276' post='614130']I got a brand new can of lithium grease to douche these with, should take care of any squeaking. :D Just an FYI Lithium grease turns into a sticky gunk after about 6 months, when I worked installing suspension at my buddys Mustang shop all the bushing kits came with it so you would think thats the stuff to use, WRONG... we started using synthetic bearing grease and no more issues Clayton Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 2eDeYe' date='17 January 2012 - 05:00 PM' timestamp='1326848456' post='614310']That's the plan, bevel both sides and weld all around. Gonna jig it up with the shock and clamps to tack everything into place and take pics along the way :D Done yet???? Quote Link to comment
I'm BLUE Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 2eDeYe' date='09 January 2012 - 10:24 AM' timestamp='1326133486' post='608597'] Ya, I have a hernia, fawking painful and tiring. I'll be scheduling surgery a little later today to get it fixed. It has really slowed me down. Hopefully the surgery goes well and I'll be back in tip-top shape in no time. :) Done yet???? Redeye, Your truck is pretty fawking sweet ... Love the mods ... And evolution Hope the hernia surgeory goes well ... :) Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Done yet???? We got 12"s of snow at my house right now and it is still dumping. Playing in it has taken precedence over everything else :lol: This was yesterday at around 3:00 (Thats a 12" long drafting scale) Redeye, Your truck is pretty fawking sweet ... Love the mods ... And evolution Hope the hernia surgeory goes well ... :) Thanks man :) Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Some progress today Parts are prepped, I should be able to get them jigged and tacked tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
paisa13 Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Looking good Steve!! Thanks for the pics now I have an idea how to raise my towers!! Quote Link to comment
southern620 Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 I read threw but don't recall seeing. Did u swap fuel lines to run your KA? Quote Link to comment
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