Rustina510 wagoon

[Rustina 510]

Well here we go again, I was looking through the forums and saw izzo was selling one of his Datsun " big shocker I know" so I got to work behind te seems and gathered as much cash as I could.

 

Once I had. Enough cash I sent him a pm then texted him so see if it was still up for grabs, we made a deal and set a time for me to come get it that Sunday, yay!!!

 

So it's tuesday and he texts me and said that some other guy who contacted him earlier was coming to get the car Sunday, BOOOOoooooo!

 

He said he wasn't sure what to do so I simply paid for the car first and beat the other guy to the punch, thankfully the other dude wasn't a ratsun member.

 

So I take Thursday off work and head to seaside to get the car, my friend Patrick and I show up and we start tearing the motor from the tranny to replace the rear main.

 

So we get it all apart no problem and get the seal in with out much fuss, put everything back together and then it took about 2 dam hours getting the tranny to stab back into the motor. Booooo!!!!!

 

We finally get it together and i head back to portland, now the entire drive she was backfiring and misfiring and not running good at all, so by the time I got home I was quit worried that I now have two datsuns that dont run

 

This is what she looked like when I first got her

 

 

More to come

[izzo]

Here she is in 1994

 

[yellowdatsun]

Mmmmmmm, clean it up and throw the hubcaps back on.

[Rustina 510]

So the following weekend I began to make adjustments to the motor, my good friend leaceon came over with his timing light but we couldn't find the notch on the Polly to set it.

 

But a quik adjustment on the distributor fixed the backfiring and some small adjustments to the carb proved fruitful.

 

Also on the drive from seaside I was havin really bad speed wobble so after the backfire I worked on the suspension, as you can see below I installed a adjustable coilover kit I got from mr 510keeper. Thx James!!!

 

And billstien shocks, it really lowered the front and stiffend verifying up real nice

 

 

Here is how she sits now

 

 

More to come

[Rustina 510]

So then I started my usual parts obsession, got new hoses, new wiper blades, new airfilter, new cap and rotor,

New energy suspension lower control arm bushings " I need help installing them please" new outer and inner tie rod ends and new ball joints.

 

I also picked up a sweet ass set of 15x8 enkie 92's with decent looking tires on them.

 

 

Then leaceon came over again and we dropped the rear a little and now the right Hight looks perfect

 

This is her on my maiden voyage to work this morning

 

 

 

[Rustina 510]

I'm pretty sure I got all tue hoses on right for the heater

 

It works and I'm not leaking or losing any water

 

[Rustina 510]

Now, I have a question to ask.

 

The car has a pretty bad vibration when I get above 45-55 mph. I'm not exactly sure what it is but I think the tired might just be out of balance. Any tips?

 

And also, when I have her above 55 and I hit a bump or change lanes the steering is pretty jerky, I think te wheels are out of tow and the old balljoints and bushings?

 

Any help is appreciated guys and gals, thanks for reading so far.

 

I love the way she looks

 

[DISLEXICDIME]

better get a alignment before you eat those tires check your drive line u joints

[Rustina 510]

Ok the u joints could cause the vibration then? How so?

 

Can you explain a little for me dude? Thx for the tip

[Rustina 510]

What should I check for on the u joints?

[hobbes_the_cat]

^^^Get under the car, grab the drive shaft with your hand and see if there is slop in the joints, like the drive line moves but the trans yoke stays still. may not be easy to see at first if they are borderline, but if they are real bad it should be pretty easy to see.

[Rustina 510]

Ok will do. Thx for tue help

[the510keeper]

2 door box flared goon great idea

 

This green bean looks good, congrats

[Rustina 510]

Hmm. Box flared goon? I'll see what I can do.

 

Hey keeper, want to buy Tomoe 510 for like 200$

 

It has good floor pans!!!

[bonvo]

izzo cant keep a datto for more then 5 minutes i swear lol

[izzo]

izzo cant keep a datto for more then 5 minutes i swear lol

 

 

Had my black truck for 3 years. Orange wagon a year, had this wagon about a year, and my truck about a year... Trucks up for sale too.

[Rustina 510]

Lol izzo!!!!! Your cazy!!!!

 

Going to stupid firestone for a alignment and gettin the tires balanced to see if it helps the steering and helps the vibration some

[Rustina 510]

Won't get my car back tell around 5. I hate firestone but they where one of the only places open on sunday

[Rustina 510]

Firestone just called and said they can't do a tire balance, the tires are more than 10 years old an have some big flat spots, he did say the ukoints look and feel perfect and the tires are more than likely causing the vibration.

 

Also said the tow was way off and that should really help the steering at higher speeds.

 

I need a good set of 185.50.r15 for the car

[izzo]

I have some invisible 185.50.r15. Sell em cheap too, one trillion dollars.

[DRIVEN]

Firestone just called and said they can't do a tire balance,

Can't or won't? Firestone sucks.

[Str8_69]

I have some invisible 185.50.r15. Sell em cheap too, one trillion dollars.

 

:lol: :lol:

 

 

Can't or won't? Firestone sucks.

 

 

Can't, most likely. More and more tire shops are dating tires and can't service anything more than about 6 yrs old regardless of condition, because of "liability". Just found this out with some snows I was gonna have swapped, like 50 miles on perfect studs but 9 years old, they wouldn't touch 'em. Gonna do eet myself.

[DRIVEN]

Yeah I've heard that. They still suck though. I'm surprised they didn't try to sell transmission flush and a headlight polish while they had it there.

[Rustina 510]

Look who has seatbelts bitches

 

[izzo]

Sissy :)