lynchfourtwenty Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 whats a reverse light???? Mine havent worked in 26 years:sneaky: yea its no biggy really, i just dont park anywhere that i cant see if im backin out if its dark, just be thankful if the rest of your tail lights work Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 i might have to just do what i had on my Ram. Piaa Solitare 100s! 110 wats of brightness SWITCHED :D butthen how would i run a rear fog if i have that rigged.... i am so euro is sickening! :D Quote Link to comment
Llittle_Llama Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 yeah. i totally forgot bout em. $$s been tighter than expected. i'llsee wahts left in the pal and well go fromt ehre. just pm me your address and there off, moneys tight here too, i know what its like. maybe i'll get a hookup later when i need it too. dont worry about the 10, lol Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 got a radiator in all the hoses hooked up wiht a spare rad in holding just in case and the freaking oil pressure light wont go out. i just replaced teh sensor and it went off when i moved it yesterday. now it wont. i really need to get this truck going and cant afford to ahve to yank the motor. i dont have time for this crap. if i yank the motor, that L16 is NOT going back in. and neither is the 4spd. i have an oil pressure tester that i might ahve to bust out and see if its actually readign 0 or not. if it isn't then the sensor is bad. oh and i got a couple goodies today. i found a near perfect grille WITH trim rings. its getting cleaned up and painted black tehn the rings are going back on as well as a refreshed emblem. the rest of the truck may look like ass but the grille wont! :D Quote Link to comment
Cuts metal like mad Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 I'm to lazy to read all 6 pages... but maybe you need a new oil pump... have you watched the Hainz video yet? Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 i think i have it either book marked or saved. cant remember which. but i have seen most of it. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 i think it was just a abd sensor. book says anywhere between 11 PSI and 40PSI at idle. its sitting, after running for about 12 hour or so at operation temp, at 25 PSI but it did drop from 40 when it was cold. i am thinking it was just a bad sensor. i will be doing an oil change soon as i have never done one on this truck. 20w50 with a enw filter. and not Fram cause Fram sucks ballz. also i have found a couple leaks in the rad i have but it seems like they should be fixable. the 2 that i noticed, once warm pretty much stopped. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 today i foudn i have only 1 leak in the rad. a small crack in the top tank. abotu 12 inch long. other than that it holds water and pressure so i am good to go. would JBweld hold that crack together and be able to hold the pressure??? as for the rest of the truck i put the grille in, front valance, adn front bumper. when i pulled the valance originally i broke some bolts. i was working on pulling them but i need the truck NOW so i just went cheap. i went about installing the screws that i got out but whatever wasn't going to be useable i held together with self tapping screws. it works! just looks craptastic. oh well. also the trim rings on the grille had some broken tabs. so like any self respecting VW owner would do, i zip tied them in place. 4 per ring. it actualy doesn't look bad. kinda looks cool on the black grille. the only thing i havent done yet is install my front turn signals. i found i have 3 good lenses and one broken one. guess what? 3 perfect RIGHT lenses..... and a broken left. go figure. i cant win for loosing i guess. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 pics for ya to oogle over. rad is in with the shroud. JB weld fixed the small crack in the top header. hope it holds. zipties FTMFW! isn't that grille sechsee??? Quote Link to comment
Llittle_Llama Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 glad to see it coming along man! imma try and get that stuff out to you this week, just dont have the truck, so im kinda un mobile Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 whatever works man. yeah i am still working on getting it going right. an 80+ mile trip and she kinda held together. i have a weird clicking noise now when i drive. and only when i move. so tomorrow i am hoping the weather holds and i can lift the ass end up so i can check on it. the rear diff was serviced about 2 months ago so that, i hope, is not the issue. it has about 125 miles if that on the service. so the only things i can think of is that maybe my trans is making noise which i hope is not the case. BUT my little trip was a good one. it made it there and back with only the clicking being the only issue. it never got over 12 way on the temp guage. and i am now sure that i have a bad sensor for the oil pressure. also i am thinking that the front end needs some major work. i was getting a NASTY vibration at about 60-65 and she liked to wander a bit more than i liked. so it seems i have a little work to do before i can make this a good reliable driver but as of now i am pleased wiht what i have done so far. timet o put my nose to the grindstone again. Quote Link to comment
Llittle_Llama Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives..... Quote Link to comment
DatDoug Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 also i am thinking that the front end needs some major work. i was getting a NASTY vibration at about 60-65 and she liked to wander a bit more than i liked. . Dude every SixTwenty I have had has a vibration @ around 60:blink: Any Year 73, 76,78, 79....It dont matter! It seems that the skinnier the front tires the less it does it tho. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 i'll lift the truck and see how the front is doing. if its tight then i am not gonna screw with it. i may just need a good alignment since i dropped the front. and of course a rebalance on teh tires. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 well today i adjusted the valves. it no longer sounds like a sewing machine. and it seems to have a bit more power as well. i can actually bark the tire now. it was an easy job. god i love my truck! Quote Link to comment
Llittle_Llama Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 i need to re adjust the valves in mine too.....kinda sounds like the problem i have..... Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 its easy to do. hell i had never done it and it was teh almost the easiest thing i had done. i have a lot of things still to do on my datto but i am slowly getting it together. i still need to change the fusebox, find a couple leaks, fix the brakes, adjust the front end again and figure out where my newest rattle is. all in all it comming along. not as fast as i would like but fast enough to keep it on the road while my rabbit truck is OOC. and it will stay on the road as my hauler even after i get my rabbit put together. this wont be a show truck by any means but it will be nice enough to take to shows and still work. anyone got a good bed they dont want anymore??? :D Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 well found out today my truck is in need of a carrier bearing and insolator. what fun. i am now down to just my passat, which i dont want to drive for fear of damaging the head (interferance motor) due to timing chains, my marquis (bad tabs and no $$) and my pathfinder. the path though my wife needs for work. what fun...... Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted August 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 since i cant drive the truck right nwo i figured i would check on a few other things that were not working on the truck. choke and the dome light. got the dome light to work after adjusting the holder for the bulb. the choke on the other hand is a bit more complicated. the heater relay is not working and even jumped i htink the heater coil in the choke is gone. no action waht so ever. i am about ready to go manual choke on it and be done with it. ideas on where to get a conversion kit for my carb??? also i think its running RICH. i can smell gass even when its off and sitting. thats another day though. today i am not really in the mood to F around with this damn truck anymore. so yeah tahts that for today. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted August 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 well i got a little work done today. installed a new manual choke kit, ran a comp test (my kid actually did it), and attempted to tear apart the driveline. the #s we got on the comp test were #1, 150, #2 160, #3 155, and #4 160. not bad #s for a 35 year old truck. i will be doing one warm once i get the driveline reinstalled. the manual choke setup seems to work good. but the drive line is really pissing me off. the u-joints are all rusted in and not even a vice can get em out. and i think i may have screwed up the threading for the nut that holds the drive flange on the 2nd half of the drive shaft. i forgot to undent the nut and chewed up the last few threads. i hope i can salvage it but i dunno. this sucks. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted August 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 drive line is rebuilt with the exception of hte carrier bearing. i ahve to wait for my nuts to come in from Nissan. i also replaced the oil pressure sensor AGAIN so hopefully the light will actually work. i am also going to be doing an oil change, lube job, redo my vapor barriors on both doors, and if i can fix the shifter so its not so loose. if i could find the proper cable to fix the e-brake i would love to but it seems a 77 has a different setup than my 73 does. would it be possible to swap setups??? Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted August 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 today was spent D&R my cooling system, and starting to go through the brakes. god i HATE LES SCHWAB!!!!!!! those idiots, not my doing but 2 owners ago, screwed up doing the brakes. http://forum.ratsun.net/showthread.php?t=5790 if you read that you'll undeerstand why. now i need MORE parts to get my truck on the road. this sucks ass! i need it going NOW but i have to wait MORE! i guess i am just screwed for now. this sucks. so for now i dont have any brakes on the pass side rear. BUT to keep the wheel cylender from coming apart i ziptied it together. :D sorry bout venting on this but it was needed. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted August 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 :( i dropped my truck and destroyed my jack stands. this sucks. BUT i did get teh [arts from nissan today so the DL is back in and ready to go. i also got the rear brakes reinstalled PROPERLY! now i gotta readjust tehm so they work. i will be doing some other work here shortly but it will take some more parts. yesterday i went and picked up the rear end from ]2eDeYe and it came with good shocks and drop blocks. soon enough my truck will get dropped. hopefully all will be able to be done shortly. just need new U bolts so i can run the new blocks. :D:D:D:D:D soon enough, tomorrow, i will be back on the road with it. cant wait!!!! Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 made another trip to and from seattle with very little problems. still need to bleed the brakes but at least i am not bottoming out the pedal now trying to stop. all in all though she ran good. cant complain in the least. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 checked the timing again today. oil pump drive shaft looked to be in the proper clocking but i think the dizzy is not in the best of shape. timed it to 10* and she fired up great. ran good, good throttle response. i will know tomorrow how she runs on the freeway. also i think the vac advacne is pretty well shot. its all rusted to hell and i dont even think it move right. i couldn't find my vac pump so i was unable to test it. i also found out my advance points were shot. so i swapped em with the retard set and took the bridge wire out so the retard set is isolated. found out a business card is the perfect thickness called for to gap the points. .020 to be exact. spec is .018-.022 . hope fully it will last me for a while. Quote Link to comment
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