Rusty panda 620 DD

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Got more parts yesterday... Picked up some su's! And Datsun mud flaps and a Datsun ohc valve cover and a new cowl or however you spell that

 

My su's!! Need a little lincage tho but the ly are 2 bolt 38's

 

New valve cover, needs stripped and re-painted

 

New mud flaps I found in the junk yard

 

New cowel

 

Pickin up another part tomorrow

[Eagle_Adam]

i see how it is, i give u your first elephant oil cap and you arent even happy.......

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Haha and yes an elephant oil cap too. Little distracted by the carbs

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Also got a fuse box from eagle Adam. Soaked it in vinegar and rinced it in soapy water and now ready to install

[Eagle_Adam]

take a round wire brush to those contact, or some sandpaper.

 

i found the wire brushed for cleaning gun barrels work great

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I cleaned them good as new

 

Spent some time on my electrical today cause I've been having issues with my headlights and corroded battery cables

 

Took the old fuse box off to find this... Someone had a 32 amp fuse for the horn which shorted out a couple months ago and my horns burned up and looks like so did the back of the fuse box

 

Put new shielded connectors on and a smaller fuse and sprayed the other harness with contact cleaner

 

Pic of the new fuse box mounted

 

My headlights actually turn on right away now! And my brights are actually bright!

 

 

 

 

Then been having problems with my battery cable ends... Had to clean them every couple days or no start in the morning... So got new cable ends and cut the wires back a little to where they were clean.

 

Old crusty

 

New and improved!

[Laecaon]

Well theres your problem, you are using clamp on ends. As in, they clamp onto the cable. They are notorious for having issues.

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And more progress kinda. My window squeegee was completely destroyed on the drivers side. Managed to fine a complete one for the passenger side and then pieced one together for the drivers side out or the left over good bits

 

Not much to see... But did take a pic of one of the seams where I spliced the drivers side together

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Well theres your problem, you are using clamp on ends. As in, they clamp onto the cable. They are notorious for having issues.

 

Yep that's the problem for sure. I hope the new ends last better.

Any suggestion for better options? Never had issues with cable ends corroding so quick before

[Laecaon]

I know I soldered mine on. I used one like this. Heated up until orange, cut some solder into it, and then stabbed the cable into it. Added a bit more solder to completely fill. I held it in a bench vise. Then I took a punch, and gave it a good whack.

 

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Cool I'll pick some of those up and dig out my torch. At least for now they're fixed

[Eagle_Adam]

my fuse box looked like that too man, glad you got it all fixed up. :D

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Thanks dude, it helped to have a spare so I could swap stuff right over really quick

[Eagle_Adam]

;) been there done that one man :D

[Eagle_Adam]

we will have to do a battery cable day cus ive got 4 rigs now with clamp on battery terminals - i fucking hate them.......

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Sounds good dude after 5 vehicles we'll be pro's

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Kinda had trouble getting motivation today so I lowered the front

 

Too low?

 

First time lowering with torsion bars... Thinking of going back up a little

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Completely forgot to update haha

 

Got a square port exhaust manifold from hwaggon yesterday. That way I'm ready to put those su's in when I finish messin with them. And a different head might be comming as well if the bottom end tests good

 

 

[Eagle_Adam]

take ur grinder to that mani man, it should clean up real well.

 

 

i sent you a txt about that cylinder head

[Skib]

 

 

you can also just buy cables with soldered/sealed battery ends from any parts store.

they come completed in various lengths

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Adam I might have a cool idea where the fins would look good. Gotta figure out if that head is what I want.... Lots of searching the Internet is being done haha

 

Pictures always help. Thanks skib I'll be doing that pretty soon

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Finally got my truck some Oregon plates! And successfully avoided deq! Which means my upgrades can continue with no fear of smog

[Eagle_Adam]

winning!! that cylinder head is yours whenever man, just let me know when you have time to meet up.

[converted_to_datsun]

Awesome! Sounds good. My parts collection has grown 10x in the last couple months

[izzo]

Just wait, it gets worse.