Charlie69 Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 You asked to see them Here you go! When I have more time I will photo chop explanations in to point out the differences in the manual and electric doors. I do know that the handles hinges and the inside door handle rod s are the same as I used one from my manual door in the electric door.. Electric doors. 3 Quote Link to comment
Rhino13 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 I like the little plastic panel on the back bottom corner of the door cards, that's always the worst part of them in my experience. Ahh I thought you meant there was a different cluster that came in an ST, I'm familiar with YOUR ST gauge :) 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 The plastic cover you mention is to cover the bump out for the electric lock solenoid. I will do a writeup on the differences of the 2 door styles in the near future. The plastic on the top of the door panel is deteriorated so I am going to use the metal tops from a set of 1980 door panels. I will have to do some trimming on the metal tops to get them fit the doors. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Well no progress on my king cab. Spent the day at Gene Knight's getting the 1980 720 chassis ready to bring to my house in the morning and weld in the motor mounts. 1 Quote Link to comment
Brohemius Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Sweet doors charlie. Im a lover of manual windows but those doors are nice! 2 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Thank you Brohemius. This is only the fourth set I have personally seen in a junk yard in the last 20 plus years. Back in the early 90's a friend of mine had an 85 king cab ST with the power doors and sun roof. There is some welding and some body work needed on the drivers door. Someone removed the outside door handle with a pry bar. 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Didn't get to do anything about the 720 today but removed motor mounts from a Datsun 620 so that we can use on a 1980 Datsun 720 frame 2 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Well used the king cab for a work bench today. Put the 620 front clip in it to remove engine mounts. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Used as work bench again. Clamped the steel to the bed rail for layout and cutting out of the heater bracket for my 520. It is a work truck. LOL 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Yesterday Gene Knight and I went to the Prescott Valley Wrecking Yard again to get the wiring harness for the power door locks and windows. Found that and as soon as I get it cleaned up I will have a little something for sale that might interest the guys with the early model 720s, but more on that later. I am so tired right now that I can not remember what all I got at the junk yard. I will update more after some sleep. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Here is what I picked up. I also have the pig tail that goes with this cluster. 4 Quote Link to comment
720inOlyWa Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Sweet cluster, Charlie! Even the mounting holes look intact! Very few scratches, too. Super score! 2 Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Thats a clean cluster ! 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Thanks guys it is for sale in the classifieds. Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 The king cab was the tow vehicle today for the 80 720 chassis. towed from genes house to the car was to my house. Gene noticed a puddle of liquid under my king cab. I had it sitting there idling for a couple minutes while we hooked up the tow bar. It was gas. so Gene and I tried tightening hose clamps and the did not fix it. I have to replace the fuel lines on top of the tank. I paid a shop in Battle Mountain Nevada to replace all the lines and to drop the tank to replace the ones that are now leaking. They are the original gas lines on there so I got shafted. Any way first thing tomorrow I will pull the bed and replace all the fuel lines and fuel filter. Quote Link to comment
harlow426@mail.com Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Here is what I picked up. I also have the pig tail that goes with this cluster. very nice.....I sit behind the same cluster in my 80kc(ONLY 90k miles!).i'll bet u a cold pepsi the clock doesn't work though. I resorted to installing a AA battery powered 'movement' and retrofitted the 'hands'. I have yet 2 find ONE 70-80s nissan clock that works.....pickups or sentras. I think our Pac-northwest humidity is a major culprit. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 I will check the clock and the tac when I get a chance. I should work as it is an AZ truck part. But it is from Prescott AZ and they salt the roads there and have cold winters. 1 Quote Link to comment
harlow426@mail.com Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 I will check the clock and the tac when I get a chance. I should work as it is an AZ truck part. But it is from Prescott AZ and they salt the roads there and have cold winters. My pops grew up in northern Ontario Canada(grandfather hard-rock nickle miner)where they salt the roads. When he came to utah/cali in the 70's he saw all the cars that rotted away when he was a kid......still solid and driving. He has close to 50 classic cars......I'm trying to keep my collection under a dozen. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 Dropped the tank on the King Cab to replace fuel hoses on Monday. While I had the tank out I checked the fit of a 1986.5 Hardbody (D21) 2WD King Cab tank I have for the Z24I conversion. Using the rear Hardbody tank bracket the tank bolted in at the rear with no problems. The hard body tank is shorter and taller the the 720 2WD king cab tank. The front Hardbody Tank Mount will have to be modified to make work. I will do a write up when I actually do the swap. Replaced all the fuel hoses at the tank and the pump. No more fuel leak. 2 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 We will have to modify the rear gas tank bracket from the hard body cuz it is taller than the 720 gas tank bracket as we now have seen from working on your 720 issues 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 Gene the back tank bracket being longer accommodates The taller tank. The rear bracket will work as is I hope. Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted May 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 Well I went through my stash of 8 720 instrument clusters today and put together 6 good ones. I cleaned and reworked the denmarkboy cluster and now the temp gauge works. Changed out the needles on all but the clock and the tach. Could not see the needles at night. I still need to change the tach but I need to find one I have loose here, somewhere. All gauges work again in my King Cab. 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted May 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2015 I was able to test the tac today in this cluster it works fine. I hope to be able to test the clock on Sunday. 3 Quote Link to comment
720inOlyWa Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Clocks rarely fail. Get that thing in there- it’s a fun job! 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted May 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 The early square cluster is for sale and if it does not sale then in becomes garage art as I have a black dash that will hang with it on the wall. Hope to test clock today I did not get it done yesterday. Quote Link to comment
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