Steroid Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Hey Gene, Did You take any pics of Your truck at that run ? 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted January 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 no but if you look under severedinthesouthwest forum for 2012 and scroll thru pix u will see 2 pix of it. well the lateset thing done to grimace was on sunday, me, charlie, ben, gabe(desert datsuns) swapped out head w53 and replaced it with rebuilt u67 open chambered head and got everthing buttoned up and checked for leaks and any issues and so far none found so that is good news. now i gotta check brake adjustments and rebalance tires and get alignment done and do some daily driving to get bugs worked out so it will be ready for next months car show here in phoenix (ART OF NOIZE) and be ready for WCN in april 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted January 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 pix of work done this past sunday tech day at my house are posted on desertdatsuns@freeforum.org listing under general and look for what i did on my datsun today, page 55 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 pix of work done this past sunday tech day at my house are posted on desertdatsuns@freeforum.org listing under general and look for what i did on my datsun today, page 55 All this link does is open an email reply. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Here Gene & Wayno are pictures & video link. Scroll down about half way to 86 720's (Gabe) post on January 16th 2013. http://desertdatsuns.freeforums.org/what-i-did-on-my-datsun-today-t1773-540.html Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Hey Charlie, how are you? Thanks for the link, are there any photos of the damage caused by the hit and run? Was the head pulled because of a missing lash pad, why? 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Hi Wayno, I am doing fine. The reason for the head replacement was the rebuilder did not know how to do a Datsun head. Gene & Ben have pulled the original head before because of coolant leaks between the head & the block. What the rebuilder did wrong was: 1. milled the head excessively 2 groud valve stems to make up for the excessive milling of the head The grinding of the valve stems caused the lash pads to work their way out, and on a couple of the the valves the spring retainer keepers actually came out. What should have been done was shim the cam towers to accomodate the milling and not gtind the valve stems at all. It is not a Ford! The new head is a U67 with the stock larger valves and ports that was done by Doc 510. Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Hi Wayno, I am doing fine. The reason for the head replacement was the rebuilder did not know how to do a Datsun head. Gene & Ben have pulled the original head before because of coolant leaks between the head & the block. What the rebuilder did wrong was: 1. milled the head excessively 2 groud valve stems to make up for the excessive milling of the head The grinding of the valve stems caused the lash pads to work their way out, and on a couple of the the valves the spring retainer keepers actually came out. What should have been done was shim the cam towers to accomodate the milling and not gtind the valve stems at all. It is not a Ford! The new head is a U67 with the stock larger valves and ports that was done by Doc 510. Ok, now I get it, the valve height is a big issue, my machinist had to keep bringing in differant valves till he found the correct size for the last head I had modified, as they were at differant heights depending on intake or exhaust, but he finally found what was needed so that the rocker arm was riding on the cam where it was supposed to, and they were all the same. I usually don't look this far back in a section, almost missed the answer. 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 thanks for keeping my post thread going wayno. i am hoping that i won't have to pull head off again anytime soon as i so want to drive grimace real bad. i have an itching in my pants... git ur mind out of the gutter.. the itching i am talking about my legs are itching to step on the gas and lay some rubber on the streets. 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 This thread is alive and well, we all don't have something to say everyday, so they tend to fade off into the next page, I call it hibernating, most of my threads have been hibernating for several pages. :lol: You never did post a photo of the damage, do you have one? Keep in mind that having an itch is fine, but I don't want to see you on the news taking care of your itch in front of a bunch of rotating blue lights. 2 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 wayno: lmao about itching. worked on grimace by installing door window felt channels and lower felt strips 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 wayno: lmao about itching. worked on grimace by installing door window felt channels and lower felt strips So your getting rid of the air conditioning, and fixing a few rattles in the process, what felt did you use, 510? 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 wayno: it is some channels material i picked up at a fabric store 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted February 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 worked on grimace today checking out brake adjustment, throttle likes to stick when releasing gas pedal need to put a return spring on and make sure it is not to tight. will work on it tomorrow and get it prepped for next sundays show (ART OF NOIZE) here in phoenix 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 worked on grimace with charlie69 for the past 2 days and had modify the pushrod for the master cylinder to long and was not allowing the brake pedal to have any free travel 1/2 play, adjusted brakes til they would not allow drums to turn then backed off 13 clicks according to instructions in datsun 520/521/620 repair/service manual then took for a ride afterwards and to see if trucks pulls to the side when applying brakes. so far good on that aspect/issue but will need to drive it more than just around housing complex, need to drive it at least 5 miles and see if brake drums drag or get hot then adjust accordingly. will need to reinstall bottom center support bearing plate, but have an issue of carb throttle sticking and adjustment cuz plugs are black, running to rich, timing maybe off also. hope to get it dialed in before this saturday cuz ART OF NOIZE show is here in phoenix this sunday and i hope to drive there in grimace 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 You will get there, Saturday is 4 days away, you can get a lot done in 4 days. :rolleyes: 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted February 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 i go to work at airport at noon so i have a few hours in da morning if i can get my butt out of bed early 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Just think about how happy you will be driving it there. :rolleyes: 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 did some more work on grimace today with charlie69. installed lower center support bearing loop plate that sits on x member, took off speedo cable and shot some cleaner into outer speedo cover to try and free up and dirt, took it for a ride still shims a little bit 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted February 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 did some more yesterday and again today. bought some new rubber grommets and steel 1/4 spacers that go inside rubber grommets that go to wiper motor assembly/frame. works good but had an issue of wiper arm linkages, driver side turn opposite than the pasenger side. finally had to dig out the service manual to read up on it. trouble is that they show pix of rhd 521 pickup with dash removed.. got it working correctly but need to buy wiper blade refills b4 they scratch glass. installed new valve cover breather hose to air filter. getting it ready for this sundays car show put on by ART OF NOIZE. charlie 69 is gonna ride with me and hangout. will try and take pix Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Gene has been working hard to get his 521 ready for the Art Of Noize car wshow tomottow. I have enjoyed working with him. Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 well had an issue with grimace on the day(feb. 10th) of taking it to ART OF NOIZE show. front end/truck shimmys bad when going over 25mph may need to rebuild front end and alignment. so did not drive grimace to show. went to uhaul to get auto transport trailer me and charlie69 tried to get it on trailer (drive) but half way up it got stuck on the inner railing of trailer it was getting caught on my frame. weird back in December i used 1 no issues, but this time i had some. maybe railing on trailer was bent out more. or maybe cuz i sitting my a$$ in it instead of pushing it on trailer like in december. oh well i decided not to take it. damn i really wanted to take it. but it saved me $100 dollars. so me and charlie just went in my silverado. i replaced speedo cable cuz speedo make noise. no more noise but off by 10mph. will work on it on sunday/monday. Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted February 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2013 worked on instrument cluster by cleaning up copper contacts were light bulb bezels go and where gas/temp gauge contacts go on schematic for better contact now just gotta buy led light bulbs for indicator/turnsignal arrows Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted February 24, 2013 Report Share Posted February 24, 2013 Keep at it Gene. Little by little. Get with AZHitman the guy with the 521 parts has the jack you are looking for. Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Hope you can drive it to wcn in April gene. Quote Link to comment
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