bonvo Posted September 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 ok started out today but cleaning the head mating surface dad prying out the valve seals passenger side pistons drivers side yes she needs a good seafoaming torquing down the heads assembled the stair-down proof i did more then take pictures lol empty up....... ......and in running video of the quiet valves the timing and the dwell as well as the carb settings are way off its getting tuned tomorrow threw the air filter on it to see how its gonna look Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Looking good man! Good job bringing that one back to life. that blue don't bad either. Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted September 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 what can i say i like old jap cars lol doesnt help that its like a datto i so many ways i cant wait till shes tuned and i can drive her Quote Link to comment
Wide14u Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 that was fast it sounds pretty good and looks great i dig the blue Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted September 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 fast? shit we fought for an hour to get the motor and trans to mate but not bad for an afternoons worth of work it will sound even better once its tuned right and actually stays running . im also diggin the blue it gives me ideas Quote Link to comment
Wide14u Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 i hope the ideas include a lot of that blue :D Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted September 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 it does just not on this car anyway i dialed in the dwell where it should be and was gonna set the timing but the dame thing wont run reliably im thinking it needs a carb rebuild eather that or it has a huge vacume leak that i cant find Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted September 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 took the carb apart and found water in the float bowl so i drained the tank and fuel lines carb rebuild kit will be in tomorrow so hopfully ill be driving it tomorrow Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Really digging this project B! A perfect winter car. Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted September 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 not just for winter the beautiful thing is that since i now have a daily the datto can get some of the bigger projects that it needs done done Quote Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Should be picking that tailight up this Saturday .. Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted September 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 score man thanks alot rebuilt the carb and took it for a drive talk about a gutless wonder thing can barly get out of its own way but i love it lol Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted October 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 fixed the speedo today were supposed to get snow this week so tomorrow im getting the slow leaking tires fixed and she will be on dd duties Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 You're gonna love snow in Oregon. It's like a magic mind eraser that makes everyone forget how to drive. Better fab up some rock sliders and a cage before the flakes fly. Maybe just a really round exo-cage so you can just roll it back over when some clueless yuppy bitch in a Mercedes SUV shoves you upside-down in the ditch because she's late for cocktails in Sunriver. Car's lookin good -- just keep an eye out for the rest of us :P . Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted October 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Houston we have daily driver status driven i agree man i cant count the number of idiots i have seen here Quote Link to comment
Boaty Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 How is this not awesome? Plz2has? That looks like it would make one HELL of a toy. Or at least I'd run over all the Honduh's. Quote Link to comment
Boaty Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Bonvo - is this your first winter in the high desert? You're gonna love it. I mean the cinder on the roads turns into a ginormous mess towards the end of the season, but if you're already used to the pumice during the summer then this will be a nice (and welcome) change. Next time I'm up that direction I'll certainly hit you up though. Maybe I'll grab Brandon (Siqx20) and make it a mini road trip? Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 yup first winter here i think i ready for it now i need to track down the vibration its driving me nits i know the right front drive axle isnt happy but the inner tie rod on that side is pissed off to damn les shuab they put new tires on a bent rim they should have noticed when they had to put 7 oz of weight on it to balance then i made a 50 mile round trip at speed im wondering if i can get them to recoop me for the tie rod since it was there fuck up i would have caught that with it on the balencer shit i caught it in my garage with a jack anyway boaty hell yeah the more datto people the better and if its soon there wont be snow and i can drive the datsun i know some will say i can run studs and be fine but i have put to much time and energy as well as money into the datto to want anything to happen to it with thee subi yeah i care if something happens to it but no where near as much as the datto id something happend to the datto i think i would cry lol Quote Link to comment
lil89ram50 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 yup first winter here i think i ready for it now i need to track down the vibration its driving me nits i know the right front drive axle isnt happy but the inner tie rod on that side is pissed off to damn les shuab they put new tires on a bent rim they should have noticed when they had to put 7 oz of weight on it to balance then i made a 50 mile round trip at speed im wondering if i can get them to recoop me for the tie rod since it was there fuck up i would have caught that with it on the balencer shit i caught it in my garage with a jack anyway boaty hell yeah the more datto people the better and if its soon there wont be snow and i can drive the datsun i know some will say i can run studs and be fine but i have put to much time and energy as well as money into the datto to want anything to happen to it with thee subi yeah i care if something happens to it but no where near as much as the datto id something happend to the datto i think i would cry lol i have a question.... how would wheel weights have any afect on a tie rod? Quote Link to comment
Boaty Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Well if a tie rod is already pretty much torn up, all that shimmy could potentially make it worse. New tie rods are pretty cheap though, the Les Schwab battle isn't worth it IMO. And about them not checking for bent wheels... and putting extremely large amounts of balance weight on wheels? Tell me about it. I know most of the guys down at Schwab's here in Grants Pass, so I'm exempt from the "Employee's Only" rule in the work bays. So I'm chillen, watching this noob kid dismount my tires and put the new ones on, and start balancing, right? It's way off, so he puts like 8 or 9oz of tape weights in my wheel. I walk over and I'm like.. dude? Why are you putting that much weight on it?! "It's wayyyy out of balance man, needs a lot of weight!" *shakes head* So I grab one of the other guys and tell them to get this kid off my shit and do it right. Pop the bead, rotate the tire 90-120 degrees, pressurize... put it back on the balancing machine.. voila, needed 1oz. People there are too lazy to do it right, they are more interested in pumping out the clientele and bringing in the dough (and they REALLY like their work, apparently). But yeah sometimes you just have to hound them. I had a flat up in Salem one time, so I stopped in at Schwab there to get it fixed. I didn't make it a mile down the road before the weight popped off. Turns out he did a dynamic balance instead of a static balance as I had requested. Like hell you're putting weights on the outside of my wheels after spending 10+ hours EACH buffing them out! Quote Link to comment
lil89ram50 Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 no ,what he was saying was they needed to add more weights to the wheel becuase of the tie rod? or was he just saying they were too lazy to spin tire. and didnt check suspension? Quote Link to comment
Just Joel Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 FYI I think Crescent Salvage has one of these in the yard for parts ;) Nice rig BTW, should be fun this winter :cool: Later Joel Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 no ,what he was saying was they needed to add more weights to the wheel becuase of the tie rod? or was he just saying they were too lazy to spin tire. and didnt check suspension? no they added the large amount of weight to try and compensate for the bent rim a bent rim will show as a really offbalance tire on the machine if there not watching it spin joel i might have to go out there where is this place Quote Link to comment
Boaty Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 South of you man, south. Crescent/Gilchrist. While you're down there, drive to Crater Lake Junction (97/138) and grab yourself some breakfast man, I'm not shitting you. It's worth it. Quote Link to comment
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