1978 datsun 810 wagon 4spd.

[S30Jay]

It is. Start at the blower and work backwards checking for power at both sides of each connection.

 

You'll find it.

[Boundish]

Started polising it today , will post more once it done B)

 

 

 

[S30Jay]

That looks new!

[fisch]

Loving this!

[Boundish]

Thanks ! . the car has some scars and some rust bubbles here and there, but all in all for a nearly 40 year old japanese car not bad .

[datzenmike]

 

 

Blower resistors tend to burn out over time.

 

But high speed does not go through any resistance. If only high works then yes something wrong with one or more resistors. If high speed not working then could be fuse second one up from bottom on left side. 15 amp.

 

There is no ground as such. The fan motor is the ground

 

Power to the fan is the Blue wire. After the fan motor the Black wire is ground.

[Boundish]

But high speed does not go through any resistance. If only high works then yes something wrong with one or more resistors. If high speed not working then could be fuse second one up from bottom on left side. 15 amp.

 

There is no ground as such. The fan motor is the ground

 

Power to the fan is the Blue wire. After the fan motor the Black wire is ground.

Got the fan working now , was a bad ground as suspected .

[S30Jay]

Ah yes...good point Mike. That's true.

[Eagle_Adam]

That red is tits!

 

Needs LOTS more pics ;)

[Boundish]

Polished the car and cleaned the interior the two past days. Thought id post som pictures of the process.

 

My initial plan was to document the process step by step , but it got to carried away and disnt take enough pictures. So the pictures are a little bit random.

 

 

So first after having thorugly cleaned the outside and started testing on the hood to see how hard the paint was and thus how coarse the rubbing compund needed to be and if it would leave a nice hologram free finsih with super fine.

 

The paint was good to work with and pretty hard so didnt have any troble with holograms. And i love the color, it really pops out , the pictures dont to it justice!

 

hood polished( what looks like swirls is actually the roof reflected in the paint) , fender untouched :

 

Continued with the left fender,as you can see it shows its age and the paint on the rest of the car was in mostly the same condition. There were quite few deep scraches that didnt go away , but i reduced them to a point were you have to look for them to find them . I was a little worried about the thickness of the paint so thats why i didnt push on harder,

 

Side by side after a few passes with rubbing compound.

 

Left fender finished

 

This is the point where the picures get a little less connected and farther apart process wise  unfortunatly..

 

Condtition of left rear door

 

Condition of the left rear quarter.

 

Left rear quarter finished.

 

Some scratches still visible next to the badge , buffed these by hand after this pic.

 

Left side finished.

 

Right front door Side by side.

 

Right front doorhandle detail after finishing step.

 

Condidion of the right rear door .

 

And that it for the pictures during the polishing process.. forgot quite few pictures , didnt get a single one of the roof or tailgate..

 

Put on a layer off Swissvax shield wax so that it could cure while i started on the interior.

 

Interior condition.

 

[Boundish]

The last post on page 3 is the start of this post . Too many pics so i had to split them.

 

Started by taking out the front seats to clean the with a wet vac. they werent too bad really , but gave it a whirl anyway.

 

Before i started :

 

Bolster to the right cleaned.

 

Driver seat done , the darker areas are just wet from water.

 

Passenger seat was a repat process.  Removed the center console for better access, quite alot of dirt and grime in the carpet ,by the way if anyone knows where i can get a new handbrake handle let me know .

 

After dry vacuuming .

 

Pass. footwell done .

 

Rear footwell done, as you can see the carpet is still a bit discolored in places , i suspect the sun is the culprit here ..

 

By the way getting all the sand out from such a long haired carpet is a nightmare :o

 

Forgot taking pictures again.. so the next one is after cleaning and applying a vinly conditioner on the door panels.

 

Same on the dash.

 

Here comes two more big gaps  , the chrome sorround on the headlights still had the protective material from the factory on them and let me tell you after so many years , getting it off was no small feat.

 

before (unfocused , sorry)

 

After.

 

I then drove the car out to try and grab a few pics before it became too dar , but i was a bit late .. So tomorrow i will take some pics of the fished interior and the exterior B)

 

Here are the two pics i did take outside tho.

 

 

 

 

P.S Might be a few grammar issues in this post .

 

cheers B)

[Lockleaf]

Good hell that thing is clean. Gorgeous!

[tekkjosen]

Wow, big difference before and after !  :thumbup:

 

Looks stunning, and nice pics !  :)

 

By the way, are you heading down to Lillehammer on the Japan meet in August I think ? Or will that be a bit to far from you ? :)

[Boundish]

Wow, big difference before and after ! :thumbup:

 

Looks stunning, and nice pics ! :)

 

By the way, are you heading down to Lillehammer on the Japan meet in August I think ? Or will that be a bit to far from you ? :)

 

Thanks, Its not too far away, but im not sure if im home hehe :p

[tekkjosen]

Thanks, Its not too far away, but im not sure if im home hehe :P

 

Okay, I see :P 

[banzai510(hainz)]

Get all the electrical figured out?????????

[Boundish]

Get all the electrical figured out?????????

 

yep all good now. was just a coiple of loose connections B)

[banzai510(hainz)]

GREAT. Now get some CCW Classics(wheels) or Chinese Replicas

[Boundish]

The sun came out yesterday so grabbed som pics in the sun .

 

 

B)

[Boundish]

Let there be light!

 

I reconnected the marker and clearance lights today beacuse from this year on its not illegal to have a US light setup on your car here in norway if it is an USDM car. Up until this year the lights had to be disconnected and the rear marker lights had to be blacked out aswell.

 

 

Some bulbs were burnt in the instrument panel + the one bulb in the heater control panel ,so i decided to swap the all out for some bright white LEDs..

 

This is a before pic of the instrument light.  There are green caps over the bulb so the light has a green tint.  l left the caps in place .

 

 

Intstrument panel came off after removing 6 screws and the wheel , gotta love old cars for their simplicity.

 

The housing on the gauges were quite dirty and scratched so i cleaned them up and polished the glass.

 

Before:

 

After:

 

I forgot a pic of the tach and speedo when done , but results were the same.

 

And evereything is backk together , the light is much whiter and with a green tint to it i real life , but my phone could'nt seem to pick up the color correctly.

 

Stay tuned.

[banzai510(hainz)]

Rear marker lights blacked out?????????

 

 

This car is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!  I wish I can find a white one here with no rust!!!!!!!!!!!

[Boundish]

Rear marker lights blacked out?????????

 

 

This car is beautiful!!!!!!!!!! I wish I can find a white one here with no rust!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes stupid norwegian reguations, luckily the government is relaxing the rules now.

 

 

Hope you find one :-)

[Boundish]

Mini update .

 

Tested some angles with the gopro yesterday  

  Beware of hideous wind noise .. im getting a "deadcat".

[banzai510(hainz)]

I love this CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Boundish]

I love this CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you :-) i love it too , its just great and being so rare im always getting people waving and giving thumbs up :-)