gene knight Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 nice 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted October 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Thanks... the biggest reason I made it is to be able to view a second dashboard display from my dizzy on my phone.... Along with maybe a hidden Bluetooth radio and speakers... 2 Quote Link to comment
Stoffregen Motorsports Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 I've only tried one app for OBDII dashboard and the interface was ok, the information was great, but they wanted a VIN for each specific vehicle. Fuck that! 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted October 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 This is not through an odb port, no vin verification needed.. I have a Bluetooth connection to my dizzy that supplies all the info in the display... 2 Quote Link to comment
mainer311 Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 How does the dizzy read vacuum and/or temp? Does the bluetooth module have other I/O ports? 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted October 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 It takes the same vacuum line from the carb... just like a normal vacuum advance on any dizzy.. I was actually gonna add a vacuum line and see what it tells me.... I have a single sidedraft so right now I don't have a vacuum hooked up.. The dizzy is digital and programmable so for now I have anything related to vacuum turned off... it's set up with just mechanical advance... I think I have it set to 14 initial - 34 total. Temp I believe is read through the dizzy body itself. So not really sure the accuracy of that vs coolant temp.. the Bluetooth is integrated into the dizzy it's not separate so no ports... 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted October 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Well didnt even wanna admit this to myself or anyone.... so I was putting the engine bay vin tag back in at the same time I was putting new spark plugs in and realized the damn engine number doesn't match.... WTF.... Even now I am walking back to make sure I am an idiot. Yup i am. I have no idea what number I thought I saw when I first started this project. Oh well.... Why couldn't someone have swapped an l18 or l20 in there for me.... nope still the l16.. lucky for me i still love the motor i built... So on to the fun stuff.... Got me a ratsun sticker too.. And a "build not bought" plate.. 1636 is the extra displacement The date is the day I started the motor for the first time... And RNH Garage is my family's initials... Remy. Neil. Heather. RNH is also an anagram for "Raise N Hell" Which I thought was cool.... 2 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 i need a few of those plates Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted October 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Well getting closer fixing the doors ... I still hate body work but has to get done..... As I've probably said before can't really use the compressor and listen for and watch my kid so in between i've been making some little parts.... Made a small bracket to hold the brake tee.. nothing special but functional.. And now no more brake line leaks .... Still need to rebleed.... And then I made this to cover then opening at the windshield wiper motor... Just a piece of rubber... And installed.... Does the job... incase your wondering why the slot on the plate vs just a hole... just made it easier to install around the wiper arm from the motor.... 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Since it is rubber you could have just drilled the hole and made one cut to the hole, then just spread it apart to get it past the shaft. I have a perfect rubber piece that goes in there, and it likely could be sent to Clauss Studios to make replica pieces, but only a very few would ever buy them, so it doesn't seem like it is worth the effort to even see if he would be interested in making them. Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted October 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 Wayno .... I wish pieces like that were available.... even less available in my area.... And the rubber wasnt the issue.. the piece I cut the slot in was actually metal... I used the metal piece to keep the rubber flat and in place.. but i couldn't get it in place because of the contours of the firewall..... 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 I was wondering, but my eyes are not what they used to be, you said rubber so I assumed all the photos were of the rubber piece even if it didn't look like rubber to me. You know that the arm comes off the wiper motor fairly easy, you just have to make sure to put it back in the same spot. Clauss Studios specializes in rubber parts, but you are maybe the second person in several years that has even mentioned this piece. 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted November 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Ya I disconnected the long arms but that small bracket attached to the motor with a nut was not coming off.... decided not to mess with it and just cut the metal plate.. just trying to seal up air leaks before I put a dash back in and forget..... 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted November 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Well i got bothered by a friend today to help make some mounting brackets to mount a brushguard on his truck.... This was the same friend who tormented me about not having a proper bed for my datsun.... so since I was able to find a bed last year and he was over we figured why not see how it fits.... Looks good.... I think i need to raise the front a little bit now about an inch. i already did 2" blocks in the rear but the front is about 24" to the bottom of the fenders And the rear is 27".. I still want the front to be lower than the rear but not that much... also the way I mounted my gas tank to the frame not the bed became an issue ... one of the reinforment ribs under the bed was sitting on the gas tank.... I'll need to deal with that and the filer neck now.... Eventually I'll strip it and repaint it but that will be after it's on the road again.... Also figured out all the wires for brake blinkers reverse and parking lights are working.... and my old gas tank sending unit actually still works too.... I think that's it... oh ya I need to re arrange my garage now.... I have these foolish doors that swing in not out, now the datsun is a little longer with the bed and getting the doors closed almost became an issue... 1 Quote Link to comment
d.p Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Nice man!! You still on drums?? Lot of rake though. And get rid of that wing. Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted November 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Disk up front drum in the rear.... Ya a little to much rake definately coming up.... And no the wing stays.... that's just a taste of what's to come.... chassis engine and drivetrain are all datsun but the rest is where the rat rod / madmax vibe is gonna be..... 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Looking good bring the back down more. It will look way better. I promise. 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Looking good bring the back down more. It will look way better. I promise. The minute i saw the bed on that was my first thought... Maybe in time I'll bring the whole truck down another inch but for now the fronts gonna have to come up to achieve the stance I'm after.. 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 See if you can find a set of Datsun/Nissan 720 4X4 leafs, they are the best way to lower the rear, you get around a 1 1/2 inch drop plus they are firmer so you don't bottom out as easy, and that is what you want. I hope you are short, as those bucket seats will work for a short person, but I am 6' and that would be very cramped leg wise for me. 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Thanks Wayno for that info... I need to adjust what I have for the moment .. again once I'm on the road I can look at other mods like a spring swap or even 4 linking the rear... I still need to build my 5 spd... My goal is to get on the road first... then I a can deal with the little things.... And Wayno you'd be surprised how well those seats fit... I'm 6 foot also.. there is plenty of head room and leg room... 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Maybe you have short legs. I got real tired of it and gave up and made my 1969 Datsun 521 and later my 1966 Datsun 520 into kingcabs, the work truck is the only one that is still a regular cab, but I only go to and from work in that truck(work truck), and it has a very thin back rest/springy seat base, I can actually straighten my legs(one at a time) if I get my butt back and my foot up high on/near the firewall, or scoot sideways so I am at an angle and to the side of the steering wheel. You know the 521 actually sat very high stock off the show room floor, but on this forum everyone is into lowering their trucks, not really low, about half way between stock and really low, about where the air between the top of the fender and the tire is almost gone like your front tires, but you still have around 4 inches of air over that back tire. :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment
mainer311 Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Looking good. 1 Quote Link to comment
Crashtd420 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 You guys will luv this.... When I bought this bed it had a plastic bed liner that didn't really fit right so I wasn't about to keep it... needless to say under that was this... Incase your wondering those are handful wads of bondo all over..... Of course the pieces just pop off which will make it easy to remove it all.... I popped off a piece of Bondo to find the tiniest pin hole ... The beige piece you see is the Bondo piece i chipped off... and you can see the size of the hole.... quality repair there.. 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 So they tried gluing down the bed liner? That hole looks like it was drilled. 1 Quote Link to comment
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