Kold91 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 This is my 1974 620 with an L18 and 4 speed in it. Swapping in a 98 obd2 ka24de for more power, reliability and a 5 speed! Pulled the engine and tranny Dirty bay All clean Perfectly good running L18 and 4 speed tranny for sale if anyone wants to buy them. 176k miles stay tuned for the install! Just waiting on mounts 2 Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Post for sale in the classifieds section. Good luck with the build. Quote Link to comment
Farmer Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Now thats a way to start out of thread. Lots of pictures. Good looking 620 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 That is a great looking truck. :cool: Mounts incoming :D Quote Link to comment
WallRocket Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Sweet! I was going to do ka24de, before i got a great deal on my sr20. Pm me if you need any parts/help with it. Good luck! Quote Link to comment
mantas Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 Looking good so far. Ill have to follow thiis and since ive done this swap, i'm willing to lend a e-hand. Haha. Quote Link to comment
Kold91 Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Does anyone know what shops can do the center link flip? I pulled my pitman arm and the rest of it, but don't know how to reverse the taper Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 Olympic 4x4 in Snohomish could do it, but you are a decent drive from there. There has to be a local 4x4 off road place by you that could do it for you. There is a 4 wheel parts near you, if they can't do it they might know of a local place that can. Quote Link to comment
Kold91 Posted July 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Ok so I asked around a few 4x4 and machine shops, and no one seems to want to weld and ream the holes... Thinking about attempting it myself, what bit is used for the reaming? Quote Link to comment
mantas Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 I got fucked by all of the misleading info on the forums. I ended up getting a local shop to weld in the geoffreit inserts, which i found out the hard way will not work with the 620 center link - taper is too wide on the inserts. I guess a lot of the ratsun guys run the 620 link but i was not going to chance it. Instead of running my 620 center link and praying that it did not fall the fuck out, i had Rusty's Offroad (http://www.rustysoffroad.com) make me a custom drag link for about $100 quid which fit the geoffreit inserts like a glove. Quote Link to comment
Kold91 Posted July 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 The "goferit" inserts will work though? Seems like you could crank the nut down tight and call it good :rofl: Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 You might be able to, but the taper is what takes all the side load of the steering. Seems like I read somewhere what the taper is, but I haven't been able to find it again. I have a steering arm cleaning. I will measure it and get back to you on the taper. Then you would just need the correct taper ream. Quote Link to comment
mantas Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 The "goferit" inserts will work though? Seems like you could crank the nut down tight and call it good :rofl: Yes you could. But to me it had a little too much wiggle room, and i did not like how far the joints went in. In other words the nut would max out and the joints had little to no movement left. You might be able to, but the taper is what takes all the side load of the steering. Seems like I read somewhere what the taper is, but I haven't been able to find it again. I have a steering arm cleaning. I will measure it and get back to you on the taper. Then you would just need the correct taper ream. I believe it was you or someone else that found a whole taper kit for about $100? Seemed like a straight forward task wish i had a link to it. Quote Link to comment
Kold91 Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 This guy seems to have used the goferit product with good results. http://community.ratsun.net/topic/44046-yet-another-ka24de-620-build-oics-heavy/page-5 Quote Link to comment
MantisX620 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Im surprised no one here hasnt done a few to sell. It sounds terrible but this is the reason I decided to keep my L20 over a KA LOL. Well, that and wiring. Quote Link to comment
mantas Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 This guy seems to have used the goferit product with good results. http://community.ratsun.net/topic/44046-yet-another-ka24de-620-build-oics-heavy/page-5 If you look at the tie rod ends, the boots are completely collapsed, i did not want to drive around like that. Just did not seem to me like that's how a balljoint should sit in an arm or at least that's not how it was designed to work. Either way, my set up worked for me, others have gotten away with the inserts, so the conclusion it: OP has one of two options to go with. =) Quote Link to comment
Kold91 Posted August 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 I'm gonna go with the inserts haha fuck it. Are these the right ones? http://www.goferitoffroad.com/products.htm standard tie rod. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Yep the standard ones. Could you take some detail pics of the fitment? Quote Link to comment
mantas Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Yep the standard ones. Could you take some detail pics of the fitment? Yes definitely do so for other people to reference it and for us hahaha. Quote Link to comment
Kold91 Posted August 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Yes definitely do so for other people to reference it and for us hahaha. Will do! Quote Link to comment
Kold91 Posted August 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Update time! Got my goferit inserts welded in and flipped my center link, fits like a glove! Got the motor in Than I realized I have to pull it back out to get the tranny in... Dropped the tranny on my hand That's all for now. Gotta let my hand heal... Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Doh, I tried to catch a trans once...still have a cut tendon. Be careful in there. :) Quote Link to comment
Kold91 Posted August 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Got my tranny all mounted up today Headers for a 98 240sx s14 They don't seem to clear the torsion bar though.. I read in another thread on here that they would Anyone know how to get the headers in there? 1 Quote Link to comment
BlackBird620 Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Remove torsion bars they're heavy and not to great at getting low Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 You might have to pull the torsion bar to install the header and then re install the torsion bar. Can you jack the motor up enough, with the mounts un bolted, to squeeze it in there? Quote Link to comment
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