CFHdatsun77 Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 its a 1977 Kingcab, has a l20b 5 speed. already working on some stuff on it. new to cars so learning a lot and figured these trucks would be a good little starting point lol. plus they look Cool ha. Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 newb with a pic in their first post = WIN Welcome to Ratsun, now on with more pics!!!! Quote Link to comment
CFHdatsun77 Posted June 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 haha, i try. Quote Link to comment
CFHdatsun77 Posted June 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Would have more pictures up of the body, but this truck went straight into the garage pretty much when we got it. Ill get some up as soon as possible though! Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 thats a damn good start, welcome to the mix :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
CFHdatsun77 Posted June 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Yeah i have my dad helping me, So thats not all just me ripping that crap up ha. thanks! excited to get it on the road forsure. Quote Link to comment
Lee R Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 Truck looks clean! What happened where you have to pull the head off already? Quote Link to comment
Farmer Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 If you have any spare time this coming weekend, YOU need to goto the Datsun show up in Canby Oregon. Theres 50+ page thread in the Event Forum. ITS A MUST SEE. BY the way, great looking King Cab Larry Quote Link to comment
CFHdatsun77 Posted June 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 Truck looks clean! What happened where you have to pull the head off already? Well in the 3rd pic down you can see that we found alot of oil in the Radiator, so my dad thought it was a head gasket. so at first we went to check that but was pretty much brand new..so now figured since weve already taken the head off mine aswell replace some stuff on it n try to rebuild the best we can pretty much. mystery on why theres oil in my radiator though. Quote Link to comment
CFHdatsun77 Posted June 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 If you have any spare time this coming weekend, YOU need to goto the Datsun show up in Canby Oregon. Theres 50+ page thread in the Event Forum. ITS A MUST SEE. BY the way, great looking King Cab Larry Nice, yeah me and my dad were talking about looking for some meets we could go to. sounds like it would be fun. specially being around everyone that has a thing for these trucks is cool. but may be a bit till we can get the truck on the road. gotta save that money you know ha. Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Well in the 3rd pic down you can see that we found alot of oil in the Radiator, so my dad thought it was a head gasket. so at first we went to check that but was pretty much brand new..so now figured since weve already taken the head off mine aswell replace some stuff on it n try to rebuild the best we can pretty much. mystery on why theres oil in my radiator though. nice truck! and welcome to our insanity :D i had oil in the radiator on my 73 as well. figured it was a PO being stupid. ran some degreaser though the system adn back flushed it. no more oil. and my 73 has an L20 as well. 1 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 A bad front cover behind the water pump could be cavitaded. Go to vimeo and dial in hainz for my L series video Or YouTube will have it, dial in hainz 1 Quote Link to comment
CFHdatsun77 Posted June 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 nice truck! and welcome to our insanity :D i had oil in the radiator on my 73 as well. figured it was a PO being stupid. ran some degreaser though the system adn back flushed it. no more oil. and my 73 has an L20 as well. A bad front cover behind the water pump could be cavitaded. Go to vimeo and dial in hainz for my L series video Or YouTube will have it, dial in hainz Nice thanks, ill be sure to check it out forsure! Quote Link to comment
Suspect Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 I had the same problem with oil in the radiator. I flushed it many times, kept coming back. I ran degreaser, water, and stop leak for 20k. It got bad enough I had to flush it all out every other day. Everyone was puzzled on how oil can get into the coolant but not get coolant into the oil. I pulled the motor apart, really didn't find anything wrong. The only hint of a problem was a tiny spot in the head gasket. Anyways, welcome to the forum and you look to have a great truck to start with. Quote Link to comment
CFHdatsun77 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 I had the same problem with oil in the radiator. I flushed it many times, kept coming back. I ran degreaser, water, and stop leak for 20k. It got bad enough I had to flush it all out every other day. Everyone was puzzled on how oil can get into the coolant but not get coolant into the oil. I pulled the motor apart, really didn't find anything wrong. The only hint of a problem was a tiny spot in the head gasket. Anyways, welcome to the forum and you look to have a great truck to start with. yeah so far that literally sounds like the situation weve been having. we havnt flushed it at all but everything we looked at seems to be pretty clean...we did find out that the head needed to be resurfaced but wasnt by alot. wouldnt think it would leak so much from that..and thanks, yeah i think its pretty clean for the price i picked it up for. Quote Link to comment
Willdatsun Posted June 5, 2012 Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 Welcome! If you get bored with it and want to sell it, I'm looking for a King Cab :) Quote Link to comment
CFHdatsun77 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 HAHA, ill let ya know but dont count on it :P its still my new toy! Quote Link to comment
CFHdatsun77 Posted June 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2012 Just some touch up paint since my engine is out. this things been atleast 3 different colors lol Quote Link to comment
BEEBANI Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 welcome, good to see that truck went to a good home. I work in Eugene, hope to see it rollin around soon! Quote Link to comment
CFHdatsun77 Posted June 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 oh yeah Defenitly ganna show it some love. and nice thats awsome! was hoping to find some locals. and it should be up in the next few weeks going to start putting the motor back together. Quote Link to comment
PtheDude Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 you get sick of that rear slider window and yank it. its sold in seattle! Quote Link to comment
CFHdatsun77 Posted June 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Actually i am looking for a solid window, so the slider will be coming out at some point man ill let you know forsure! Quote Link to comment
henryhustler Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Hey I'm in eugene and have a solid window in my shed. Quote Link to comment
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