510BendOr Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 So I didn't see a thread with any build Bloopers so I figured I'll get this ball rolling... Post up your pics of funny stuff you see when you work on your Datsun, maybe it was the previous owner, maybe it was your first build, no judgment just humor! 1 Quote Link to comment
510BendOr Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 So I didn't see a thread with any build Bloopers so I figured I'll get this ball rolling... Post up your pics of funny stuff you see when you work on your Datsun, maybe it was the previous owner, maybe it was your first build, no judgment just humor! Great way to hold the trans up I guess...lol 1 Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Harbor Freight wrenches have always been expendable. 3 Quote Link to comment
DrRocks0 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 When I got my datsun it was already SR20 swapped. I drove it for a few days before it showed signs of a blown head gasket. Went to replace the head gasket and found a cheapo gasket with orange silicon on both sides. The head looked like it had been belt sanded for a finish. 3 Quote Link to comment
510BendOr Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Let's see who get's this one...LOL 1 Quote Link to comment
DrRocks0 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 also previous owner forgot to tighten the cam gears down and one slipped.. notice the left intake cam..Car ran.. interesting. 2 Quote Link to comment
DrRocks0 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Let's see who get's this one...LOL No motor mounts? 1 Quote Link to comment
Fat510 Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Let's see who get's this one...LOL no turning ablilty? 2 Quote Link to comment
laotsu Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Good try there Fatso So when I showed up to buy this car the PO was building it for either a 4.3L GM V6 or a VG30... He had flipped and welded the supports for the rack but beings as it is an S30 rack it is on the wrong side of the cross-member and the wheels turn backwards? Also the rack mounts are too out of square for me to feel comfortable using an MR2 rack or something else, I'm not a fab guy so I will leave that to the pro's! SO to answer your question it's garbage for now and will collect dust for awhile! 2 Quote Link to comment
510BendOr Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 ^^^YEP^^^Let's just say that rack won't work there...think about which way the wheels turn when mounted properly in a Z car on the front side of the cross-member...put it on the opposite side and what do you get... a backwards steering wheel... 1 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Not terribly critical, but how about an iron-on denim patch used instead of a drain plug? How about a custom extension on top of the trans tunnel? The welds had so many gaps in them, they smeared undercoating all over it to block up some of the gaps. Very custom work :) 3 Quote Link to comment
510BendOr Posted February 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 We will just have to fix this... 1 Quote Link to comment
Andres131313 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 This happened yesterday. I was about 5 miles from home and getting food for my 18th birthday party when I went to check something under the hood. It seemed fine. Went to close the hood and it took 3 trys. Never happens. Then I hear a hiss and I see coolent spaying from the rad. Drove home faster then ever. Turns out the latch support bold came out of the bottom and the rod bent into the rad and crushed a few fins. I'm really hoping my boss can get the seallent off when I bring the rad in on Monday. 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 No pics because it was long, long before digital cameras were affordable, but when I got my "Blue Beater" '78 510 Coupe parts car (that I ended up driving for over 100K miles) it had the following... "enhancements": 1) Roof liner made from a flannel blanket (still in the car today) 2) Visor covers made from a floral-print quilted bedspread (I tore one off, and the mess of glue underneath made me leave the passenger side one as-was, until I could find another set of visors. Never happened.) 3) Roof rack made from 1X2s and aluminum tubing from a lawn chair, screwed through the roof with 1/2" diameter lag bolts that were so long they stuck into the flannel roof liner 4) A Leviton light switch as an ignition switch 5) A doorbell button as a starter switch 2 Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Now, my '78 620 4X4 I do have pics of an interesting build screw up: Something looks a bit odd with that rear main bearing cap... Lets take the cap off: That's NOT supposed to be there. That's the #3 (center) main bearing, installed on the #5 web. The guy installed the main bearings in the same order that they came in the package, not the order they were supposed to be installed: Thrust washer in the middle #3 web, wide bearings in #1 and #5, narrow on #2 and #4. He had the narrow ones on #1 and #2, the wide ones on #3 and #4, and the thrust washer on #5. The symptoms that caused me to pull the engine in the first place was a 15 degree change in static timing depending on if the truck was facing uphill or downhill (lots of backfiring to go with that) and the fact that the flywheel was rubbing on the starter case. It had about 1/4" axial endplay on the crankshaft... and a lot of metal shavings in the oil filter. 3 Quote Link to comment
petercscherer Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Swapping my Automatic transmission in my 240Z over to a 5-speed; while I was enlarging the shifter hole to specs, my hand slipped and the blade nicked the brake line... Needless to say, I spent all of today redoing brake lines. Still haven't finished the tranny-swap. :/ ~Peter 2 Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Now, my '78 620 4X4 I do have pics of an interesting build screw up: Something looks a bit odd with that rear main bearing cap... Lets take the cap off: That's NOT supposed to be there. That's the #3 (center) main bearing, installed on the #5 web. The guy installed the main bearings in the same order that they came in the package, not the order they were supposed to be installed: Thrust washer in the middle #3 web, wide bearings in #1 and #5, narrow on #2 and #4. He had the narrow ones on #1 and #2, the wide ones on #3 and #4, and the thrust washer on #5. The symptoms that caused me to pull the engine in the first place was a 15 degree change in static timing depending on if the truck was facing uphill or downhill (lots of backfiring to go with that) and the fact that the flywheel was rubbing on the starter case. It had about 1/4" axial endplay on the crankshaft... and a lot of metal shavings in the oil filter. That is awesome.. lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Swapping my Automatic transmission in my 240Z over to a 5-speed; while I was enlarging the shifter hole to specs, my hand slipped and the blade nicked the brake line... Needless to say, I spent all of today redoing brake lines. Still haven't finished the tranny-swap. :/ ~Peter Sounds like something I would do.. one step forward.. 3 steps back. 1 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Now, my '78 620 4X4 I do have pics of an interesting build screw up: Something looks a bit odd with that rear main bearing cap... Lets take the cap off: That's NOT supposed to be there. That's the #3 (center) main bearing, installed on the #5 web. The guy installed the main bearings in the same order that they came in the package, not the order they were supposed to be installed: Thrust washer in the middle #3 web, wide bearings in #1 and #5, narrow on #2 and #4. He had the narrow ones on #1 and #2, the wide ones on #3 and #4, and the thrust washer on #5. The symptoms that caused me to pull the engine in the first place was a 15 degree change in static timing depending on if the truck was facing uphill or downhill (lots of backfiring to go with that) and the fact that the flywheel was rubbing on the starter case. It had about 1/4" axial endplay on the crankshaft... and a lot of metal shavings in the oil filter. Not to mention the lack of oil pressure... 1 Quote Link to comment
a.d._510_n_ok Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 mine has suffered abuse at the hands of two elderly previous owners in the form of:solid black and crumbling air filter element. ran without a gas cap for a couple of decades.got a leaking window seal? seal that shit up with bathtub caulk!OEM steering wheel trim falling off? stick that shit on with bathtub caulk!driver's side rear view mirror fell out? stick it back in place with......!?! yup. bathtub caulk. OEM driver's bucket seat collapsed because of your 325lb fluffiness? replace it (and only it!) with one you pulled out of a Fuckifiknow. 4 Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Not to mention the lack of oil pressure... It actually never had bad oil pressure... 30 at warm idle, 60 over 1500 RPMs. The crank was undamaged, just some odd wear on a normally non-wear surface from the thrust washer being in the wrong place. I changed the bearings without even removing the crank (just pulled the caps), it's run fine ever since. Quote Link to comment
graveltrapp Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 That was a good catch, I like the concept of a "Progressive incline induced timing advance System" or now better known as (PIITAS). Pure Genius. 1 Quote Link to comment
reza Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 "Build bloopers" we are all GUILTY! hope nothing I ever hacked pops up... :rofl: 2 Quote Link to comment
510BendOr Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Me...Guilty...NO ...Never!...I've never say left the wrench on the crank pulley and started it...LOL Quote Link to comment
Andres131313 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Me...Guilty...NO ...Never!...I've never say left the wrench on the crank pulley and started it...LOL I did that with a 16 in breaker bar. Thank god the rad was out at the time (quick start to see if it would fire). Did it crack the bottom of the tank or the tubes? Quote Link to comment
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