datsun rookie

[ol'skoolrob]

hey guys

didn't do too much today

a bit of a tune up and a couple other fiddly bits

i didn't realize how rough the idle was till i got some new plugs in her

now she just purs real smooth B)

goodies

got a manual choke cuz my electric one dont work :sneaky:

 

did i mention i'm an amatuer pinstriper

i did this a couple months ago

a little hood art

little accent to the back o the cab

 

i gotta say she's turning into a nice little daily driver :thumbup:

[rustynutz]

dash looks good man inspiring me to do something similar on my mine!

[ol'skoolrob]

me and the boys were bored today so we cruised around town for some photo spots

the old mill in town

down by the river i just squeezed between the bariers :rofl:

they were definately made for much larger vehicles

i guess i am getting pretty low when short grass rubs the crossmember

i guess i'm gonna have to break down and start doing some body work soon

[mrbigtanker]

looks good,keep up the good work.

[jon521]

looks good man, i like that striping

[ol'skoolrob]

okay so not too much is going on the last couple days because i been working like crazy

i got some new tunes for her and that's about it :thumbup:

for a 25 dollar muffler it sounds pretty bad ass :frantics:

 

so i guess i have a few questions now guys

i'm planning to take a trip from here (texas) to california in late febuary

at first i was gonna take my focus because we were gonna go in november but things happen

so with the delay i was thinkin i might be able to have the truck ready to go by then

i know i need a new radiator, 5 speed, window gaskets, and a decent radio and most likely some sound deadening

 

other than that anybody got any suggestions on things to check or replace before the trip

[uberkevin]

My 521's muffler is set up the same way.

 

It does sound pretty darn good too :)

[ruckycharms]

hey guys

didn't do too much today

a bit of a tune up and a couple other fiddly bits

i didn't realize how rough the idle was till i got some new plugs in her

now she just purs real smooth B)

goodies

got a manual choke cuz my electric one dont work :sneaky:

 

did i mention i'm an amatuer pinstriper

i did this a couple months ago

a little hood art

little accent to the back o the cab

 

i gotta say she's turning into a nice little daily driver :thumbup:

 

fucking genius! lol!

[banzai510(hainz)]

the muffler is going to get old, LOUD

 

texas to Cali?

Take a airplane tickets are cheap.

 

Theres alot of desert inbetween. You better buy a NEW radiator for sure. new hoses heater hose also

I personally would not risk it.

Even GGzilla had soem proplem on his 1200 and his a GURU/

better get lots of Ratsuners phone numbers!!!!!!!!

 

 

I would NOT use Autolites the thread pitch is slightly off. Goes on OK later hard to pull out. I just get NGK or Nippondenso.

 

 

buy spare clutch and slave cuylinder also! keep it in the truck.

[ol'skoolrob]

actually i just replaced the slave cylinder less than a month ago and thanks for the tip on the plugs

and on the radiator where should i look to find a new one other than an aluminum one

[ol'skoolrob]

okay so the last few days i have been rebuilding my rear brakes

but i ran into a little snag

apparently the last person to replace the wheel cylinders lost the bolt that lets the fluid into it

so they found one off of another car and just cross threaded the hell out of it

so now i'm in the hunt for the right bolt so i can get it fixed up right

the bolt that goes through the center is the bad one

the good one

[banzai510(hainz)]

those bolt are usually with the cylinder.

Your say you tighten it and its not locking up thus causeing a leak.

Rockauto shows the bendix one as having BOLT WITH THE PART,

But I learned the hard way thats not always the case when you get the part.

My 521 the fronts wheels cylinders didnt come with the bleed screw as those got stripped out.

 

I PB Blasted them last year hoping next time if I bleed the brakes I can use soem vice grips

[jon521]

hey how is it pretty loud inside the cab with the glass pack dumping out right there? id love to move my exhaust away from my shocks, it rattles on it sometimes and when i go over bumps it hits it sometimes...

[ol'skoolrob]

yeah with the glass pack and the turn down its pretty loud in the truck but i don't mind B)

 

thanks for the advice on the wheel cylinders

 

i had orielly's order the wheel cylinder from another company also and neither had the bolt come with it

 

i'm gonna try this specialty bolt place that my

[ol'skoolrob]

boss recomended

[wayno]

Sometimes people think that the 521 and 620 bolts are the same, and as the 620 is more likely to be in the wrecking yards, they will try to use the 620 metric bolt to replace the SAE 521 bolt.

[ol'skoolrob]

cool at least now i know that my desired bolt is standard

[ol'skoolrob]

well i order some knew wheel cylinders from rockauto that supposedly have the back y piece and all the bolts so wish me luck

 

and what would be the difference in performance between the bore sizes of wheel cylinders

[erichwaslike]

are you interested in a good grill for this thing. ive got like 5 i think. ppl keep giving me extras when i buy things

[ol'skoolrob]

sounds good i'll send you a pm

[ol'skoolrob]

SSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

i had quite an interesting day today with my datsun

i'll start with this

 

 

you see what had happened was....

 

i'm just cruzing home in my truck from lunch and picking up my gf from work and some tard decides to pull out in front of me

so i hit the brakes and no big deal a bit of a hard stop but whatever right????

WRONG!!!

i didn't have much of a tie down on my battery just a rope

i know

i know

it is not a battery bracket

and i should have secured it properly

but it's abit late for that

 

anyways

my battery slid forward when i hit the brakes and the truck starts to sputter

so i pulled over, luckly i wasn't going that fast

 

 

if you look carefully you can see where my +battery terminal made contact with my fuel pump

and as i pulled over it must have heated until it caught on fire

 

luckily a well prepared by stander had an aerosal can of fire suppresent and i put out my flaming truck just in time

before my fuel filter melted all the way through and we would have had a real problem

 

so here is some picks of the carnage

 

the irony of it is that as i finish my walk home i see this on my door step

the "last" parts i needed to complete my rear brake rebuild

like that is gonna make the difference now

 

anyways i'm gonna clean her up tomorow and see how far the damage is

so if you got some clues on what to check let me know

[wayno]

Your freaking lucky the whole truck didn't go up in flames, you need to buy a battery with the posts on top of the battery like they came with stock.

And a battery hold down assembly would help to.

My 521 has a rubber bungee cord holding it in position, I got tired of the battery shifting forward/sideways and kinking the fuel hose shut causing me to run out of gas, the bungee fixed it, my posts are on top though, and never touched anything, the reason I don't use a stock battery hold down is because I have to pull the battery out at least once a week to use it on my sprayer pump.

Don't use batteries with the posts on the side, our 521s were never meant to have that type of battery.

I hope you don't have any major destruction, use a lot of baking soda everywhere that battery acid touched, rinse everything real good and then paint it.

[oldskoolvws]

That's so rebuildable.

 

Wayno's right. If not setup properly, your asking for trouble. I'm going the side mount option with the GM covered bolts instead of posts. I'm about to run these with an Optima battery. There's a rubber boot that covers the bolt too. My battery has a custom battery clamp mount on the bottom bolted to a frame welded to the truck. It's not going anywhere. Cables are OEM GM, pricey but worth it.

 

My first battery fire was in my first car ever, 1967 Custom VW Bug. The battery cover was missing from my battery and I put passengers in the back seat. The seat springs ground to the car and the battery, overheated the springs and set the horsehair on fire. Scary but funny.

 

[mrbigtanker]

You will be fine.minor set back.My battery is in the bed and i think i still got the shitty factory battery holder that came with these trucks.

[ol'skoolrob]

yeah she's definately going to get rebuilt

and i'm definately going to switch to top posts

the only reason i ever had side posts is because thats what came with it

and i should probably invest in a decent fire extinguisher also