Oscarmaier Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Bought my first 510 wagon a few weeks back and have been trying to get it to a point where I can daily drive it. She needs some love to get her to a safe and reliable state, the PO did a fair amount of hacking to the suspension, pretty much making the car un-driveable. He cut the front springs so much that if you hit a bump too fast the springs pop out of the perch, he then heated the rear leaf springs and now the diff sits about 1" from the bump stop with zero springrate. Then to top off the stupidity he stuffed a set of 225/45/17's with a +40 offset on to the car, needless to say they rub. I went through the car and found the priority items: Suspension Wheels/tires Rear brakes, wheel cylinders leaking Brake master leaking Weber DGEV 32/36 leaking I've been slowly gathering parts, so let the fun begin. 1 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 All easy fixes. Stoked. Lots of good there to build from! Welcome wagon. 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Welcome aboard i just got one myself about a month ago,you will be broke in a week or so. Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Sweet wagon.. I think I resurrected and sold that one years back(before the bad body work and suspension hacking). Man I miss it.. great car. 1 Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 I was gonna say... It looks familiar. That shifter lol... Looks like the one you showed me a few years back mang. Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Yeah, no doubts that's it, looking at the red painted dogleg trans with the wonky shifter. I still haven't heard the last of it from my girl for selling.. is the dash still uncracked? If so, get some Mother's brand "Protectant" on it, pronto! A pic from years ago. What a fine wagon she was. If you're ever interested in selling, please please PLEASE let me know. :) Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 I dont know why 510 guys use bungree cord for a battery hold down but have money fro bling wheels. Turn battery around so the positive is toward the fire wall so it dont slide and hit the hood. Be honest the motor room look clean and not hacked up. I would fix the dizzy wire(cleaner and route the fuel hose better. get soem mojo hand cleaner or TR3 polish and clean up the engine bay get rid of those wheels, if rich paint car same color 1 Quote Link to comment
Just Joel Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 lol... "if rich paint car same color" :p Quote Link to comment
Oscarmaier Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Not rich car stay same color Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 A few more pics from back then. 2 Quote Link to comment
uberkevin Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Just wax the fuck out of it! Order some little touch up paint. I'd say new wheels but the car looks great either way! Nice grab. Quote Link to comment
Oscarmaier Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 new wheels, still need to blast and paint them, but they fit and look so much better. I also scored a complete set of front and rear suspension from jrock. Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Just showed my girl your wagon and she reminded me to tell you to "Do It In A Datsun". We sure did.. in the back of your ride :rofl: Glad as fuck this isn't littering my thread. Funny though. Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 nice goon for some reason you screen name reminds me of 1 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Personally some silver Rota RBs would look pimping on that Quote Link to comment
jser12 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Or purchase a legit set of wats..... Something in the 14x7 range. Quote Link to comment
Oscarmaier Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Wats would be awesome, maybe some day down the road. I'm going to rock the steelies for awhile, money need to go to other parts of the car first. Quote Link to comment
Oscarmaier Posted June 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 This is the third time I've tried to post this and it was well thought out, but not anymore. Work has begun. Stock length 280zx struts and inserts, 510 upper/lower spring perch and spring with top flat coil cut off, 280ZX upper strut mount and rebuilt 280ZX calipers. Hub cleaned and painted after this picture, this was just a test fitting. Stock rear springs that I got from Jrock with 2" blocks with a 3* taper and custom made U bolts. Top: Old heated spring by previous owner Bottom: "New" stock spring from Jrock Blasted and painted the wheels. Overall I'm very pleased with the way it all turned out. 2 Quote Link to comment
Son_of_a_Datsun_Guy Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 Much better, nice work! Quote Link to comment
Oscarmaier Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Smoking and misfiring is bad right? I knew this motor was tired, but I didn't know she was this tired. Last week she started smoking and misfiring at around 2000 rpm, I found a severely corroded #4 plug wire. I replaced plugs, wires, cap and rotor. I usually do that on all my cars just after I buy them, not really sure why I didn't do that on this one. After all that she is still misfiring, so I did a compression test: 120 120 145 95. Going to pick up a completely stock l16 and 5 speed in about an hour, it should get me back on the road until I figure out what to do next, rebuild the l18 or get an l20? Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 L18s rev out nice. I like them as there just aren't as many. L20s are good too tho. Quote Link to comment
Oscarmaier Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Picked up the motor and trans for, got it home started cleaning it up and found that its in worse shape then the one I already have. Looks like I'm doing the l18 budget rebuild. Quote Link to comment
Oscarmaier Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Not a whole lot of progress in the last 6 months, due to a job change and loosing my work space. engine and trans are out and the engine is sitting waiting to be reassembled after a basic rebuild. I have a lot of work to do if I want to make my goal of getting this thing to Canby. To do list replace windshield sealreplace door/liftgate weather stripsreplace window sealsfinish engine rebuild and installinstall transfix trans crossmemberbuild exhaustreplace seatreplace seatbeltsother misc things I can't remember at this moment. Now for the few pics I've taken picked these up last week, they are heated. Hopefully more progress will happen soon Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Bitchin hoodie man. Props to your wife. Are those e30 seats? I thought I was so clever when I figured e30 seats were the perfect upgrade for a 510 a few months back. Since then I've discovered I'm like the 400th guy to realize this...not as original as I thought. That's freaking sweet that they are heated though. Nice wagon. 1 Quote Link to comment
Oscarmaier Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Thanks, yes they are e30's. I was so happy when I found them, they are damn near perfect. Quote Link to comment
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