Charlie69 Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 That is great Rick, The only problem is no pics it didn't happen! LOL 3 Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Making it your own. When is it going to get an altitude adjustment? 1 Quote Link to comment
Guest Rick-rat Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Soon it will be going down 2 inches, first have to get the wiring straightened out, tail light, turn signals, horn. Daniel C sent me a wiring diagram but that's kind of like giving a drivers license to a blind man 5 Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 .. or a truck to a guy that shouldn't drive. Too soon? :rofl: 3 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Rick I buy my wiring connectors from Vintage Connections. They have a complete line of the Japanese connectors. http://vintageconnections.com/ 4 Quote Link to comment
Guest Rick-rat Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 The problem is not the connectors, it's the connectee :rofl: 3 Quote Link to comment
denmarkboy Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 There is a light return spring, it is definitely something with the cable That cable is a pain. It's a brand new lokar uni cable . Hardly worth the 30 koheartgpa ( Diego ) spent on it . Glad to hear about the gas cap lock fix. That should go in a tech link or something . I looked all over for a solution . Nice one . Also glad to see the continued build thread . . But I think it should be in the 521 section . That way all the 521 guys would be forced to drool over it daily. Can't wait for this thing to start pulling some trophies / plaques ! 5 Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 ^^^You're the man, Al! Nice work Rick! :thumbup: 2 Quote Link to comment
Guest Rick-rat Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 The war is on, the little bastard drew first blood today, had a major battle with a minor victory. My license plate came today, easy enough right? Figured that as long as I was working in the area that I would see if the light for the plate worked. It didn't so I checked the one I pulled from my 620 and it was fine, getting the old one out was a PITA, Worked on it with the Dremel first, then broke out the air grinder and finally got the bastard off. then I had to modify it to work with the one I had. Save old license plates, they come in handy for ethnic engineering. Then the plate had to go on, the bracket for the plate was not all there so I mounted it about the same way the Canby plate was mounted, a little bit more securely though and finished off with a "Do it in a Datsun" frame. At the rate I am going I might have it ready for Blue Lake 6 Quote Link to comment
tdaaj Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 I can't help with wiring this weekend, but could maybe come up next weekend and lenders and hand 2 Quote Link to comment
Guest Rick-rat Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Wife sent you a pic of the tank, she handles the tech shit 2 Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 You can take the tumblers out of the fuel door lock and rearrange them to match your ignition lock. You can do this with a 521 glove box lock also. I'm super glad you got the truck Rick. Here is how to rekey you glove box on a 521. The fuel door is done the same way. http://community.ratsun.net/topic/6340-rekeying-a-521-glove-box-lock/?p=80275&hl=+rekeying%20+glove%20+box&fromsearch=1&do=findComment&comment=80275 1 Quote Link to comment
Guest Rick-rat Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 The lock had a key, didn't have the locking arm on the end of the tumblers 1 Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Ahh. I had the same problem and one day I found the perfect piece of metal and fabbed up my own. I may have a pic. You can tell the one I made on the bottom by how crappy it looks. 1 Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 For all who have been living under a rock or didn't pay attention here is how Ricks truck came about. http://community.ratsun.net/topic/64634-2015-canby-truck-giveaway/ 3 Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 No one would have known the 2 are the same....Rick has no pics of truck up!!! 2 Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Indy with the save. 1 Quote Link to comment
Guest Rick-rat Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Mine was broke and no way to put a keeper on it C-clip 1 Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Mine was broke and no way to put a keeper on it C-clip I see. Don't throw it away somebody might be able to use it. 1 Quote Link to comment
denmarkboy Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 The only things electrical we didn't finish on the rear of the truck is 2 ground wires that didn't get connected to the frame . That should solve the taillight . There are wires there for the marker light . As for the fuel sending wires , they are there as well , after doing the bed liner it just got overlooked . The 2 wires are right there , black ground and the other just clips right to the sending unit . If I remember right the wires were a little short. I will have to look at your post to comment on the other things not working perfectly. Read the thread again. Turn signals only need a flasher fuse , I believe Daniel left it out because we were going to use LED lights . But that was a miscommunication on my part. As we only used LED lights in the dash cluster . So look up under the dash driver side between the steering column and the kick panels there should be a L shaped plug ( off white ) that's your flasher fuse. Now that I think more about, jester and I were looking at that but I didn't have a flasher that was the correct one . I would just check for grounds being all connected , and you should be fine. 2 Quote Link to comment
Guest Rick-rat Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Thanks, Al will look at and try to get it fixed 2 Quote Link to comment
Guest Rick-rat Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Will not be working on either truck this coming weekend, July 4&5, for those of you that have volunteered your help for that weekend, will try to get the work done the following weekend 2 Quote Link to comment
Guest Rick-rat Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Some progress today, tail light fixed, rear side markers working, 4 way flashers working. Still need to figure out horn and turn signals, does anyone know the part number for a flasher? It has a "T" connector and not an"L" shaped connector. Went to NAPA to try to get one . The bitch working behind the counter pulled an attitude, didn't want to be there. She looked in her computer and it didn't go back that far so she was lost. had an L shaped flasher with me, told her what I was looking for, she went in back and grabbed a box of flashers, threw on the counter and said I have L shaped, 3 prong, 4 prong flashers, I don't have any fucking T shaped flashers and can't fucking help you. 3 Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Damn.. get her fired. 1 Quote Link to comment
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