gas gauge / sender issues

[wayno]

The heater knob is going to be difficult, I have only seen a handfull in my life, but I have not been looking until recently.

The problem is the heater core valve freezes up from lack of use, and then when one trys to shut the valve off, they break.

That 521 hubcap in the photo above is better than most, I sometimes see really rusty ones, or there dented up and no one wants them.

For now you should buy the first decent set of 620 caps you can find for daily driving, and eventually you will come across extra 521 caps somewhere.

[mr928]

The heater knob is going to be difficult, I have only seen a handfull in my life, but I have not been looking until recently.

The problem is the heater core valve freezes up from lack of use, and then when one trys to shut the valve off, they break.

That 521 hubcap in the photo above is better than most, I sometimes see really rusty ones, or there dented up and no one wants them.

For now you should buy the first decent set of 620 caps you can find for daily driving, and eventually you will come across extra 521 caps somewhere.

 

 

Thanks Wayne. I'll just keep my eyes open for those. I'll also try to move that shaft and see if it is frozen already.

[wayno]

Check this out.

 

http://community.ratsun.net/topic/41707-521-radio-delete-ashtray-and-some-other-parts/

[mr928]

Check this out.

 

http://community.rat...me-other-parts/

Thanks Wayne but it looks like I'm too late

[wayno]

 

Thanks Wayne but it looks like I'm too late

 

He said all he wanted was the delete plate, there was window cranks and the dome light in there, along with some other stuff.

[mr928]

He said all he wanted was the delete plate, there was window cranks and the dome light in there, along with some other stuff.

Thanks

I did send him a PM

[dat521gatherer]

This seller may have one more heater knob. Used ones run about $20 when they pop up

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1497.l2649

[dat521gatherer]

here ya go.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Datsun-520-521-Truck-Heater-Knob-/160769861851?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3A521+Pickup&hash=item256ea168db&vxp=mtr

[wayno]

here ya go.

http://www.ebay.com/...ea168db&vxp=mtr

 

 

Where do you find the time to search all this stuff? :wacko:

[mr928]

This seller may have one more heater knob. Used ones run about $20 when they pop up

http://www.ebay.com/...984.m1497.l2649

Dang,

That thing brought big $$$

[mr928]

here ya go.

http://www.ebay.com/...ea168db&vxp=mtr

Thanks

I'll roll the dice on this one.

[dat521gatherer]

Where do you find the time to search all this stuff? :wacko:

I'm a ebay junkie. I search for 521 parts when I get home from work along with 520 and b210 ect but I click on newly listed which isn't that many items day to day.

 

I cant believe how brightly white my new heater knob is. :thumbup:

[dat521gatherer]

Thanks

I'll roll the dice on this one.

I promise not to bid on this one. I have a few spares that aren't as good looking as that one. I might be willing to part with one if you dont win.

 

The 320 metal knob is really hard to find.

 

Pic for reference.

[wayno]

I guess one has to be smart about how to search, I never make it to the 521s, after the 320s and a few pages of the 520 stuff, I get tired of looking.

[wayno]

I promise not to bid on this one. I have a few spares that aren't as good looking as that one. I might be willing to part with one if you dont win.

 

The 320 metal knob is really hard to find.

 

Pic for reference.

 

I was just going to ask if this was the knob you were talking about, as I have been wondering what this is to.

How come your photo above doesn't show in your post?

[dat521gatherer]

I see the photo just fine.

 

I've never seen that knob/lever before. Looks like it would work great though.

 

Let me show you one I made. Ok I didn't make it I just drilled a few holes in it to fit. I have no clue what it went to but I have another deeper one somewhere.

 

 

Not trying to thread jack.

[wayno]

Now the photo is there, this is weird, even my writing changes from post to post.

Fact is I don't own a heater core with a working valve, and I have a lot of heater cores.

That's a nice heat knob, it looks like it could be stock, good job.