Siqx20 Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Haha well im in eugene at the moment. Will be making the rest of the trip home tonight. Truck ran great all the way. Still think the ignition timing is off a lil. But that's to be expected since we had no timing light. Still has a slight miss but I feel its plugs. They are olllld. Anyways thanks again to everyone for helpin me out with extra hands, brains, parts, and time. Quote Link to comment
Jersey Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Glad to hear you had an easy fix! But you truly missed the excitement of the quest to Canby. Having some electrical probs of my own, gracious and helpful new friends assisted in the application of several bandaids to my ailing truck. But the real fun began when they headed back on the road, and as I brought up the rear I found myself behind a travelling blue cloud~ Brandon's 620 decided it didn't like compression rings any more, using more quarts of oil in the last 3+ hours that can be counted. But the troops rallied, he found a used motor, and when I left this AM the PIT CREW was putting the finishing touches on an overnight engine swap using stone knives -n- bearskins for tools~ LITERALLY! I had donated my rear bumper to a fellow ratman, and it ended up being the arm of a human cherrypicker. We drew quite an audience last night! Alas~ someone else will need to pen the epilogue, as I missed the closing laps of this race. Who will chime in? I love this story! Datsuns and their owners are the greatest!!! :) Quote Link to comment
Javin Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Video of it running. Not the first kickover but after adjusting the valves. Quote Link to comment
Siqx20 Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 I think thts before we adjusted them. Cause the valves are way quieter thn they soundin the video Quote Link to comment
Javin Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 According to my camera time it was after, but my camera amplifies noise pretty bad! I admit it was much quieter in person. Quote Link to comment
Siqx20 Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Meh whatevs lol. It was cool meeting yah bro. Lemme kno if u get that cig lighter workin Quote Link to comment
Javin Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Oh yeah! I was looking at it and I think I have the wrong lighter. It was screwed completely down on the threads but still loose. I think I pieced it together. I have another I can try or I will just grab one from the JY. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Siqx20 Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 I just went and bought a new one. It woudnt clamp down cause the outer barrel was to long to j cut it down to work. It was like 7 Bux from auto zone. Quote Link to comment
Pumpkn210 Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 I wanna see all the FAIL videos of us trying to get it runnin the first time... That shit is forl city! Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 :lol: "who worked on this goddammed thing????!! Oh yeah, everybody..." 1 Quote Link to comment
Siqx20 Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Twas ratsun built lol Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 lol for the record. this motor ended up costing $111 to put together :lol: and about 20 ratsuners :rofl: 1 Quote Link to comment
Javin Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 I wish I had gotten the failed starts... we wont mention that siqx20 plugged the spark plug wires in out of order.... Quote Link to comment
Siqx20 Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Haha I didn't kno how they clocked the distributer at the time. Quote Link to comment
DatWifey Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 This was the only video I took of it before it was running..... and before Pumpkin realized that the flywheel and shit wasn't tightened down :huh: Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 lol dude i was so fucked up after the show on sun. I was so tired i was weeble wobbling when I stood lol I had to load up my parts and drop them off at the folks, come back get the bbq and run it to OC, then come back again and drive the roadster back to the GF's and then come back aaaaagain to get my truck and finally go get food and go home. (I ate like 2 burgers all weekend. i was rushing around so much i forgot to eat) I was the last one to leave canby... at about 9pm i meant to ask you if you were heading over to your folks house so i could get my fireplace.....now i wish i had remembered so i could have taking one load for you Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 The only problem I haf was a wheel fell off on 405 in Renton, but I took lugnuts from the other 3 and fixed it. Got to Canby about 9:30. Going home it stopped making noise except when I used the brakes. Quote Link to comment
Guest 510kamikazifreak Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 The only problem I haf was a wheel fell off on 405 in Renton, but I took lugnuts from the other 3 and fixed it. Got to Canby about 9:30. Going home it stopped making noise except when I used the brakes. :blink: That could of be scary. Quote Link to comment
Guest 510kamikazifreak Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Only problem we had was traffic. White car ran like a top, used no fluids , no leaks, no nothing :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Yeah it was scary putting the wheel back on with cars whizzing by 3 ft away. Good thing it was 5:20 AM and not much traffic. It beat up the brake backing plate pretty good, i figure that was what all the noise was (i'm hoping) That thread stuff in this photos is aluminum shavings from the SSRs Quote Link to comment
Guest 510kamikazifreak Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Yeah it was scary putting the wheel back on with cars whizzing by 3 ft away. Good thing it was 5:20 AM and not much traffic. It beat up the brake backing plate pretty good, i figure that was what all the noise was (i'm hoping) :o Yep thats some scary stuff(anything on the Side of a busy highway). Hope its all good .. Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 :o Yep thats some scary stuff(anything on the Side of a busy highway). Hope its all good .. The flat tire is always on the traffic side! Quote Link to comment
albyneau Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 since javins to lazy :P And here's a great shot of my old bumper recycled into a man-powered cherrypicker, my tailgate recycled into a drain pan, and (just out of frame) Skib's full box of latex gloves recycled into..... OIL SPONGES!! :lol: Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 Holy jeebus, that was nuts. I think I know what happened on why the cam was 180 out. I think somebody put the chain on with the motor at BDC, not TDC. I was thinking about that, how the dist drive gear was 180 out, then putting it back to correct the cam was 180 out, yeah. :) Nothing like too many hands in the pot, huh? :P I'm autobatching about 265 pictures from this weekend as we speak. Quote Link to comment
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