Royal Sierra Posted June 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid105.photobucket.com/albums/m203/Randel_05/video-2012-05-08-12-42-11.mp4 Quote Link to comment
jon521 Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 hey is your buddy lookin for a datsun now? haha http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/cto/3046018873.html Quote Link to comment
skyknight789990 Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Still has l20b w dogleg 5spd. truck is looking good my buddy that lives up the street from me had it tried talking him out of painting it that color but i helped with it an the tailgate good to see someone is keeping it an fixing what he trashed on it Quote Link to comment
Royal Sierra Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Haha i let him drive my truck and he loved it. Havent had one reply yet For a datty trade. Quote Link to comment
jon521 Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Haha i let him drive my truck and he loved it. hahah nice! i fall in love with my 521 multiple times a day... Quote Link to comment
Royal Sierra Posted June 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I do too until i go over a bump. I got this from a guy in sherwood for $65. Did i do good? this is what it looks like now. It is destroyed. Im gonna fiber glass the old one Quote Link to comment
jon521 Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 is the new one all metal? Quote Link to comment
Royal Sierra Posted June 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 No its not Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 That's a fairly good condition 521 dash top for something that is likely at least 40 years old, or is it a cover over the original? Quote Link to comment
Royal Sierra Posted June 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 No its original. There is 1 hair line fracture towards the left but its alot better than the one i have...see for yourself Still gonna keep an eye out for a 520 dash Quote Link to comment
Royal Sierra Posted June 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Decided id tray and swap them out tonight. Will post more pics!! Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Decided id tray and swap them out tonight. Will post more pics!! I remember doing this,i powder coated my whole dash and recovered in leather my dash pad,good job the end result will be great. Quote Link to comment
fatty Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 I know someone who used to owen this truck here in portland. I would like to know some more info on it like where it went and i would also like to know if the curent owener cut those stupid shock towers off in the back that where added? Quote Link to comment
Royal Sierra Posted June 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2012 Yeah i took those out! My friend bought it from a guy in clackamas. My friend nor the guy he got it from didnt want to take the time to fix it up. I bought it from my friend for $740. Got it running and drove it hope. Been working on it since. Had it a few months.now 1 Quote Link to comment
jon521 Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 nice steering wheel :D Quote Link to comment
Royal Sierra Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Badass! I pulled it out of a zcar but i despise how big the horn button is. So i left it off. My lights came today!. Turn signals look way to big and the taillights are insanely small.... Sidemarkers are good though. Guessing they are 520 tails? Quote Link to comment
Royal Sierra Posted June 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Since ive swapped the dash and turn signal lights ive had nothing but problems with electrical. I have no idea whats going on im pulling my hair out at this point. I cant keep having these elctrical issue and need a car and i already have a blown up chevy. I can get this to work. Im so tired of this. Im ready to sell this thing Quote Link to comment
Z chopper Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 do not give up, you have already put so much work into it. Maybe another ratsun member near you could pop on by and give a hand Quote Link to comment
datsun 521 ute Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Since ive swapped the dash and turn signal lights ive had nothing but problems with electrical. I have no idea whats going on im pulling my hair out at this point. I cant keep having these elctrical issue and need a car and i already have a blown up chevy. I can get this to work. Im so tired of this. Im ready to sell this thing What are the electrical issues you are having? Have you tried looking at a RHD wiring diagram as it may be different to your LHD. 520 and 521 tailight lenses are the same. I have noticed in pictures the US tail lenses look longer than ours. Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Dude if I gave up every time I hit a snag I would of blown my head off.I'm going through the same thing you are.my ignition stays on and I keep popping the blinker horn fuse.just slow down and check things one at a time.You will figure it out if it worked before then it something you did in the course of fixing the dash pad and installing new lights. Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 It's already up on craigslist for $1000. More specifics on exactly what you changed and what your problems are now would help us to help you. Put the stock lights back in to start with. The harness wasn't designed for separate blinkers. I looked at doing that once before and I'm pretty sure you'll have to run at least one extra wire to each tail light to get it to work......maybe each front light too. The '68 521 came with small tail lights like that.....that's why they market them as 521 lights. I have a set that I bought back when I first got a 521.....learned the hard way and they've sat on my shelf ever since. Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 i am doing the similar swap only 521 lower dash...(cause its got that awesome stamping in the meta)l and a 520 sheet metal top...powder coating both....stole the idea from phixius after he did both a 520 full dash swap...then i presented that a 521 lower would be cool since the stamping....and two weeks later, boom he had now i have to convince him to pull it back out so I can powdercoat them with mine....powder doesn't fill any of the stamping in the metal and in fact makes it stand out better....looks good so far keep up the progress... Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 oh and always start looking at electrical problems from a ground perspective.... saved me from chasing phantom electrical issues ..... and if this all started with those front blinkers then let me know cause mine were a bitch... such pieces of shit ... and rusty as hell after three years.... like rustier then my stock ones...and the lenses are all cracking at the seams....i ended up soldering a lead to the blinker housing and grounding at frame....i wish i would saved my 38 bux and bought rubbing compound to clean up old lenses... update....those blinkers in my truck one stopped working a while back and i fear it to much to take it out and not just throw them away...pieces of shit... edit ...if any one wants a set of those bluebirds side markers like above pic... u can have my set after the blinkers fiasco i said fuck that...im not cutting a fender to find out my lights are piles o shit... Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted June 13, 2012 Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 It's already up on craigslist for $1000. Quote Link to comment
Royal Sierra Posted June 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 I dont want to sell it but i have listed there unless i cant figure it out.. I will see what i can do with taking out a bulb on the new blinkers. I threw the old ones away as they were rusted to hell..should have just swapped lenses. I turn my signals on they stay on but flicker..then i hooked up just the new turn singals. Just Added 1 more bulb and now the turn signals dont work. Quote Link to comment
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