Farmer Joe Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 they didnt come with a coil wire... did a frontier even have a coil wire? 1 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 well, the parts arent going to be here till tomorrow.. buuuut, i am getting new front tires done right now... pickup... 1 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 mkay... parts came in first thing this morning. well, like 1030, but that was the start of my day.... lol in any case i have it almost done.. throttle cable is done speedo cable is done upper rad hose worked... sorta.. radiator worked... sorta... waiting for the cowtail to dry on the hole it had.. more to come.. 5 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 wooo hooooo! the shittin thing is done! the cow tail sealed up the hole in the rad without an issue.. it took a good while to get the cooling system kinda de-bubbled... it wanted to overheat the first time i took it out. even with going from the 3 to 2 core rad it cools like it used to with the single cam. never gets past the half mark, and usually hangs around a high 1/4 mark. dont even have to use the fan most of the time. the upper hose didnt turn out too bad... was hopin it would be a little closer, but it turned out like this... finished engine bay.. ill get some video of it later on... took one with my phone, but it didnt turn out that well... more to come... 4 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 well heres that video... my steering wheel make soo much vibration noise.. 3 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 well, i hope i dont have a problem. when i drive slowly (anything from stop up to about 35) im getting this squeaking and grinding noise from the drive rear wheel... sooo, im hopin its not a wheel bearing tearin shit up.. i gotta still get home from work and i dont want it locking up if it is a bearing. but, its not howling or growling like a bearing does tho. kinda sounds like it could be brake hardware thats broken and just freewheelin around. im hopin this is the case.. i dont wanna pull an axle from the junkyard.. gonna pull it apart when i get home to inspect whats going on.. and then movie night.. gonna see mad max with the wifey. more to come.. 2 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 well mad max was meh... cool, but kinda boring.. in any case, did pop the wheel and drum off... havent pulled the axle yet, but will here after work i think. there was evidence of a rock or some rocks in the drum.. the sound has stopped entirely now too. it quit on the way home yesterday. sooo, im not sure whats up for sure, but we'll see... 1 Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 the cow tail sealed up the hole in the rad without an issue.. Does that really work? I've heard of people in a bind using an egg or even emptying a cigarette out into the cooling system, but never that. 2 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 those are tasty! but they give me heartburn something fierce nowadays... 1 Quote Link to comment
Eccles Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 mad max aaas just a 2 hour car chase to nowhere, i found it really really boring loving your truck 2 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 OK Farmer did you drive it to Canby? How fun was it? 1 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 yeah, it went to canby. did just fine. only used about a half a quart of oil.. so not bad at all... ill get some pictures up later on.. 1 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice selfie :rofl: Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 hahahaha yeah i was burnt out in that one... lots o miles 1 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 played around with some simple tuning on the KA. gave it some more timing, and set the idle down a little more. it runs really well now with the extra timing.. still havnt gotten a light on it yet, but it runs well here and isnt pinging yet. other than that, its the same ol same ol.. i did finally get all the shit out of it from canby though.. not gonna be alot going on with this now that canby is over. buuuut, it doesnt mean i wont still be workin on a datsun of ours... i wanna take 2 datsuns next year... more to come. 2 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 oh yeah!! i forgot stephen gave me this on sunday after the show... fuckin badass!! thanks again man! 3 Quote Link to comment
sebpv Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Farmer, is there a build thread of that burnt orange slammed truck? Or would you know the owner's forum name? Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Farmer, is there a build thread of that burnt orange slammed truck? Or would you know the owner's forum name? this truck? 1 Quote Link to comment
sebpv Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 That truck on the hauler 1 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted June 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 ahhh, that Rorys truck. hes bullet_Rory on here. heres the link to his thread... he hasnt updated the thread for a while tho.... http://community.ratsun.net/topic/61650-74-bullet-bagged-and-stock-floored/ 1 Quote Link to comment
sebpv Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 thx man! Just went through the build. I have a spare truck I wanna do the same to. I actually started buying Datto trucks for that specific idea... 1 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 took the truck for a drive yesterday... i forget how quick it is when i drive the GMC for too long.. its been too hot here to drive the dat.. the GMC spoils me with the amazing AC it has.... just trying to save up some more cash to get the 411 project going again.. need the engine and trans before i get really get going on it.. more to come.... 3 Quote Link to comment
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