gene knight Posted February 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 well had an issue again with reverse light not working. the driver side works but passenger side was not. i have new bulbs installed, ran a separate ground wire to insure proper ground, i checked socket with test light and it was working but not light bulb, replaced bulb still no change. so me and charlie did some testing of wiring harness and found that the black ground wire that goes into light socket maybe the problem. so i removed harness from housing and checked black wire for broken contacts, none found but the black wire is connected to metal bulb socket and was dirty/corroded. so me and charlie tested other wiring harness that i have and found 1 that works so i cleaned sockets from corrosion/rust and put in new bulbs and then reinstalled back into tail light housing and made sure that all lights work, so far everything works Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 My work truck has backup lights that work, but that's about it. Half my other rigs never came with them, or I have deleted them, have not checked the 720s though to see if they work. Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted March 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 got my led lights today and tonight when i got home from work at airport i removed the green plastic cups that are on cluster and installed (2) - green led lights for turn signals/hazard lights, (2) - red led lights for ignition/oil light, (1) - blue led light for high beams, (4) - natural white led light for gauges, and let me tell you guys it make a whole of difference when looking at gauges...sorry no pix tonight Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted March 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 me and charlie worked on rear brakes today, installed new brake star adjusters and it now on all four wheels for now until i can get my king pin rebuild kits Quote Link to comment
Steroid Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Get the lowering kingpin set Gene. Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Get the lowering kingpin set Gene. Lowering kingpin set??? Where do you get them, and how did they do it? Quote Link to comment
Steroid Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 This guy sells them: Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted March 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 steroid u r 2 funny Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted March 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 my name is cosmo kramer Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted May 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 been awhile since i updated anything on grimace. well i installed custom metal plate between tail light and installed monza exhaust tips today with help from Charlie 69. here is a recent pic. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 I like that Gene..its different ! Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted June 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 thanks PCD: I was kinda going towards that Ferrari or corvette look. I haven't done much on grimace lately due to it getting so friggin hot and plus busy at work cuz people have quit. my plans were to do that exhaust set up but use my vw stinger instead. then I got a crazy idea to do a tilt bed, but if I use this current exhaust setup I won't be able to do tilt bed then unless I notch out were exhaust tips go so it will clear them when I raise/lower bed. I was planning on tilting bed to the right before I did the current modification for exhaust. see pic in post# 135. any suggestions before I finish welding up exhaust. Quote Link to comment
yellowdatsun Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 Gene, what's a timeframe for you to drive this to our DD meets? Fall maybe? We need more pickups out there. Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted June 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 idk ryan. when I get some time off from work and this heat. so I can get back to it and get it ready. when are we gonna start having tech days in the desert Datsun club? I know we do but it is either working on zcars or 510's. I haven't heard anybody willing to work/help out on trucks in the club Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Gene were hoping to see you guys @ the swdp bbq in a few months. Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted June 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 I talked with tom(dat620), charlie69, slam(Daniel) and confirmed that we are just gonna show up for 1 day probably that Saturday and hang out before we head back. but if things change I will let you know Quote Link to comment
its_karl Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 i'm game to work on stuff (trucks even), currently datsun-less at the moment though. Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted September 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 well here's what has been going with grimace recently. I just got done installing door locks/rods with new plastic rod clips tonight, I removed tail gate handles and repainted them with stainless steel paint that was reffered by nevtony. I repainted the following items: tail light metal frames, ashtray, glove box latch, plastic around instrument cluster, tail gate chains and put new plastic 1" clear shrink tube on them, installed front bumper also. I can post pix later Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Good work Gene..i like your new exhaust. Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted October 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 worked on painting some items from grimace today Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted October 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 well I am hoping to get grimace over to suspension shop on Monday so they can rebuild my front end since I have all the parts now. they quoted me $250 and that includes alignment. Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted October 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 well went and took grimace to suspension shop today, got king pins rebuilt, alignment done, and had them adjust drivers side torsion bar bolts, bought new battery cable, had alternator tested, and battery recharged. Quote Link to comment
Steroid Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Did You chrome the HUSSOMETER yet ? ? ? Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted October 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 if you are referring to the leaf spring stabilizer bar that pcd(mark) made for me no I just painted it with the Tijuana chrome in a can. Quote Link to comment
Steroid Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 PICS ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Quote Link to comment
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