konig209 Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Welp here is needy. Got this truck from a friend. An odd deal. But its worked out so far. But i cant sell.name comes from it needing something every dam weekend. LolWell since i've owned this truck it's gotten new shocks up front.New wheels.New exhaust....pretty effin loud by the way.Harness redone (under dash and engine bay)2 alts.2 starters.An engine.Electronic dizzy.Tonight just got a internal reg alt. If you guys saw how bad the one i just pulled is. You would ask how it didn't burn down while i was at work. Lol.Well here it is. 2 Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Also fixed brakes. Stupid rear wheel cylinder went bad. Gas tank was loose. As shown abive was rubbing on the tank. heres the picks of brakes engine swap and what used to be the shocks lol. 1 Quote Link to comment
oldskoolvws Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Its funny to see Mr. Honduh turn into Mr. 521 :) Told you it was addictive. 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 I just got one question is any of these trucks only going to have 1 set of wheels or is this a new trend i was not aware of? 2 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Welp here is needy. Got this truck from a friend. An odd deal. But its worked out so far. But i cant sell. name comes from it needing something every dam weekend. Lol Well since i've owned this truck it's gotten new shocks up front. New wheels. New exhaust....pretty effin loud by the way. Harness redone (under dash and engine bay) 2 alts. 2 starters. An engine. Electronic dizzy. Tonight just got a internal reg alt. If you guys saw how bad the one i just pulled is. You would ask how it didn't burn down while i was at work. Lol. Well here it is. I like your list its really short one day you can see my list, oh wait we will need to climb a tall mountain to let it out this long list.lol 4 Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Well that list has divided between 11 521s in the last 6 months......sooooo the list is pretty long and pretty hard to mod that many when i dont make much have bills and bought a 2 door corolla wagon. But i sold all the rest of the 521s. Now down to only 2 and my corolla. 2 Quote Link to comment
datson4life Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 That is a neat truck, but everything will fix itself after readjusting suspension 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Well that list has divided between 11 521s in the last 6 months......sooooo the list is pretty long and pretty hard to mod that many when i dont make much have bills and bought a 2 door corolla wagon. But i sold all the rest of the 521s. Now down to only 2 and my corolla.[/quo I think you hit the hammer on the nail in that statement. 1 Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Datson yeah. Front rides soooo much beter. Fixing the rear this weekend. When my corolla is done im returning this truck back to its owner and going to drop funds into the black truck. Every other day i add more to the want list but that only keeps making it a longer project. I may just do the engine bay and swap this spring. Then tear down again in the winter. 1 Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I just got one question is any of these trucks only going to have 1 set of wheels or is this a new trend i was not aware of?It has 1 set only now. Its guna stay that way. It used to be some drifter trend. 2 Quote Link to comment
datson4life Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I keep convincing drifters sr20s are the best engines in the world cause it helps obtain ka's and keeps ka prices down, but they seem to be coming back to ka's now :-\ 1 Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Lmao. Yeah not going to slide some arnt that dumb. Now the truck is killing batteries. Something isnt right -_-. 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 It has 1 set only now. Its guna stay that way. It used to be some drifter trend. No more drifter trends. Thank you.lol 1 Quote Link to comment
datson4life Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Lmao. Yeah not going to slide some arnt that dumb. Now the truck is killing batteries. Something isnt right -_-. U cant over ground it Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I got Ratsun running with an internally regulated alternator, I had in my stash of Datsun parts from the 1980's. It did not have any alternator in it when I bought it. I jumped the two pairs of wires on the engine side of the voltage regulator plug to make it work. That worked for about a year and a half. Then that alternator's internal regulator went bad, and I got a stock external regulated alternator, and put that one on the engine. I removed the jumpers, plugged the voltage regulator back in, did some checks, and every thing seemed fine. Next morning it cranked slow, but started. The second day after, no crank, dead battery. It turned out that there is white wire, with a blue stripe hooked to the fuse block, that supplied power to the voltage regulator. This wire should be on the ignition switched hot side of the fuse block, but was on the always hot side of the fuse block. I moved the wire to it's proper location, and no problems since. Everything on a stock Datsun 521 is switched somewhere. Even if you have the very rare clock option, it only switched on very occasionally, and just long enough to wind a spring that runs the clock. The stock radio has no "memory" that keeps radio stations. it is just a mechanical tuning, that physically relocates back to the selected station. The point is there should be NO electrical drain on a switched off Datsun 521. A test light between a removed battery cable, and the batttery terminal should not light, at all. 1 Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I repair every single harness before starting. Everyone is de-loomed inspected anything uneeded removed anything burn fixed with matching colors. Ive done my homework. But thanks for the tips. Did you know ign off all wires are grounded. Well most. ign on most are hot. If the grounds arnt good your batt explodes. 1 Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Annnnnd now the trans got stuck in 4th....fml 2 Quote Link to comment
datson4life Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Annnnnd now the trans got stuck in 4th....fml Get the 4 spd from red at my house, someone should be home 1 Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Get the 4 spd from red at my house, someone should be homeI been calling you all weekend to get it lol 1 Quote Link to comment
spdcrazy Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 how did you finish your exhaust? size and muffler? liking it, tho loud? 1 Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 how did you finish your exhaust? size and muffler? liking it, tho loud?1 3/4" piping all the way out. Over the trans xmember over the frame between the cab too and out the side infront of rear wheel Quote Link to comment
spdcrazy Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 good for low.... i like it. Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 "Did you know ign off all wires are grounded. Well most." Not really. For example, if you check continuity to ground of the headlghts, when they are off, with an ohmmeter, or a hot or ground indicating test light, they will test "grounded" because the current used by most test equipment is a few milliamps, if that. So, checking the "hot" side on something that uses several amps will show a "short" to ground. 1 Quote Link to comment
datson4life Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 I been calling you all weekend to get it lol Ill be home in a few days mae hensley, just grab it, hit up Abner, he will be around with my cousins 1 Quote Link to comment
konig209 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Ok -____- 1 Quote Link to comment
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