mrbigtanker Posted November 1, 2012 Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 I have one mounted to the drivers side inner fender tub in the bed. Quote Link to comment
ol'skoolrob Posted November 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 well i made a little progress this morning mostly cleaning the parts list includes plug wires battery battery cables fuel pump fuel line fuel filter paint and a few miscellaneous wires and now the toasted old parts except for the bat Quote Link to comment
ol'skoolrob Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 well i got it all together today painted the valve cover but kinda bummed on the way it came out so i'll prolly re do it soon plus i scratched the hell out of it putting the hood on Quote Link to comment
ol'skoolrob Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 okay guys she's been running preety good lately but i have a few questions 1. whether or not i should get my radiator replaced or just fixed it will need to be recored for sure and there is a small pin hole next to the upper hose inlet 2. repair or replace my tranny. (5 speed) it grinds going into second and when i have it in fifth it will pop out of gear when i give it more than half throttle i've read some threads that say there is a bolt that works its way loose for fifth. would that cause it to fall out of gear 3.considering i want to take this thing on a serious road trip would an oil cooler be a reasonable up grade or just something to throw money at hopefully you guys can point me in the right direction for getting this thing ready to hit the highway thanks for the info Quote Link to comment
ol'skoolrob Posted January 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 hey hey hey been a long time since I posted got a new job landscaping/irrigation which has taken damn near all of my time been busting my ass for 12-16 hrs a day but I'm learning a lot too been lurking for a while buying a few parts here and there put an aluminum radiator in it installed a matchbox rebuilt the carb got her some new shoes installed a gm internally regulated alternator pulled out the carpet to get ready for some spray on bed liner she has been my dd for the last few months and been fighting with me the whole way she was sputtering a lot and loosing power above half throttle so I gave her a tune up and rebuilt the carb still no change turns out my distributor was shit so I put in the matchbox she ran pretty good for about 3 weeks after that then started sputtering again slowly more and more I somewhat fixed my vacume advance on my carb (siliconed a little piece of brake line in there because I cant seem to locate the hard line that is supposed to connect to the distributor) also replaced the intake gasket because i was loosing water slowly still not a lot of improvement so i bought a compression tester not a lot of great news cyl 1: 145 cyl 2: 60 cyl 3: 60 cyl 4: 120 also cylinder 2 has a little bit of water shooting out with out the plugs in so I've decided to replace the head gasket for now and see where that gets me hopefully be able to have her up and running again this weekend going pawn shopping today to look for a torque wrench so enough of the bad news heres a few pics of where she's at right now nice and dirty Christmas present from my lady toolbox i made not exactly sure what this means but #4 is leakin a little oil been doing a little work around the house started a garden and laid some grass for the dogs i think they had more fun with it in the truck than on the ground Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Great work! Coming along nicely. I pmd u about the horn button. I also have fan switch and wiper switch with knobs if u want them. Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 well i got it all together today painted the valve cover but kinda bummed on the way it came out so i'll prolly re do it soon plus i scratched the hell out of it putting the hood on Did Jrock powder coat that cover. Quote Link to comment
ol'skoolrob Posted January 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Nope its just wrinkle paint I think vht makes it Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 The redline on a Datsun L-16 engine in decent shape is about 6500 RPM. 3000 to 5000 is a good pulling range, with a moderate load. heavy load, or in a hurry, 4000 to 6000. Saw you have a L-20-B lose about 500 to 1000 off the above numbers. The positive battery post goes to the rear on a 521. This makes the cable to the starter, and the fusebox shorter. It also makes the ground cable to the bolt by the fuel pump closer to the negative terminal. Here is a picture of the battery, and hold down in my Datsun 521. Quote Link to comment
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