BrothersGarage - 1971 521

[BrothersGarage]

44 minutes ago, mainer311 said:

I had to dremel the backs of the lights off, glue the boards in, and then glue the back of the housings back on with silicone. The 521 lights would probably be easier.

 

That is basically every single LED setup I have seen. You gotta hot glue the LED board in place, or use some bolts and some nuts to space the LEDS close to your tails. Right now I have a total of 5 52 1ail lights  (2 driver -  3 passenger).
 

 

Here is a picture of the most recent set I got from my 4 hour road trip have their interiors turning to dust from the last 40+ years of UV and are worthless hence why why I figured I might as well take some time to do something that I wanna do (mold making if needs be) and learn how to soldier with Bros help / guidance.  

 

 

Hence why I wanted to say fuck it and grab some LEDs

[mainer311]

A couple tips: 

 

-Soldering is easy. Just use some good flux core tin/lead solder and a good soldering iron. Tin the tip often, or else it will burn and nothing will stick. I used to repair circuit boards in a former job. If you use good tools, there’s nothing to it. 
 

-Use RED LED’s behind RED lenses. There’s a common misconception that you can use white LED’s behind red lenses, but it doesn’t work very well.

[mainer311]

On 9/26/2019 at 3:32 PM, BrothersGarage said:

PS - If you stop by Ace then do yourself a favor and also pick up a bag of their "Dots Homestyle Pretzels" (they sell them on Amazon for a buck extra and it's fuckin worth it). 

 

 

Never thought I’d buy a bag of pretzels for $11, but, here I am.

[BrothersGarage]

6 hours ago, mainer311 said:

A couple tips: 

 

-Soldering is easy. Just use some good flux core tin/lead solder and a good soldering iron. Tin the tip often, or else it will burn and nothing will stick. I used to repair circuit boards in a former job. If you use good tools, there’s nothing to it. 
 

-Use RED LED’s behind RED lenses. There’s a common misconception that you can use white LED’s behind red lenses, but it doesn’t work very well.

Thank you much for the tips mainer! Very much appreciated!
 

6 hours ago, mainer311 said:

Never thought I’d buy a bag of pretzels for $11, but, here I am.

 

No joke, I am sorry for the introduction to a new addiction. They are awesome. 

[BrothersGarage]

Still futzin with LEDs, but I have been tracking down other parts.

thisismatt was more than awesome and hooked me up with his parcel tray template:

Bro is going to make a metal tray for me from that great template

Ted from the 521 / DPAN groups hooked me up with a 411 SSS/Deluxe gauge face plate to do the swap later as well as the heater knob that I was missing for the green truck.



After looking at the 3m film I put on the center fogs that will go on the green truck, it keeps peeling up on the sides even with the heatgun / hairdryer treatment so I will likely go a different route before they're "finished" as well



mainer311  - how are those pretzels? 

 

Edited October 24, 2019 by BrothersGarage

[d.p]

Yo I have been buy those Dot pretzels like crazy.  I honestly never had a better pretzel in my life. 

[d.p]

Of and Ted is on here as well. Tdaaj or some shit like that. Commonly referred to as “fucking Ted”‘ who still owes me a steering wheel spring. 

[BrothersGarage]

11 minutes ago, d.p said:

Yo I have been buy those Dot pretzels like crazy.  I honestly never had a better pretzel in my life. 

Yo that's what the fuck I'm sayin! 

And thanks for the heads up, "fucking Ted" hooked it up!

 

Got to work swapping the gauges and found out there was fuckery to fix stuff that had broken in the past



I am suuuuuuuper lucky that I picked up Ole Blue 521 so I am able to take parts for the green truck, before turning Ole Blue into a full 'drift' truck. 



Old broken one on top new one has some scratches but I can paint it later.

 

took my spare cluster from Ole Blue apart

 

And then pulled the stock cluster that came with the Green truck - pic for comparison



Plugged her in and got her all tested to make sure all the lights work and I had to snag one off the old cluster, but it works great! I will snag a picture of it lit up later tonight when it's dark. 

 

And because I am a weaboo at heart.

[d.p]

Love that deluxe cluster.  How much did it set you back? 

[mainer311]

The pretzels are alright. Not really worth the ridiculous amount of money. I’ll probably buy more, but only once in a while.

[BrothersGarage]

51 minutes ago, mainer311 said:

The pretzels are alright. Not really worth the ridiculous amount of money. I’ll probably buy more, but only once in a while.

That's what I feel about these: https://www.amazon.com/Jade-Hawaii-Gummy-Packet-Pineapple/dp/B06ZY3DFJV

[BrothersGarage]

3 hours ago, d.p said:

Love that deluxe cluster.  How much did it set you back? 

$150 for the cluster face - shipped and ted was generous tossed in the knob for the heater

 

51 minutes ago, mainer311 said:

The pretzels are alright. Not really worth the ridiculous amount of money. I’ll probably buy more, but only once in a while.

That's what I feel about these: https://www.amazon.com/Jade-Hawaii-Gummy-Packet-Pineapple/dp/B06ZY3DFJV - i can't get them in my area so I can't see myself doing it often, but the Dots I can get in stores here. 
 

[thisismatt]

daaayaaang,  I guess I got lucky on my deluxe cluster 🏃‍♂️

[BrothersGarage]

11 minutes ago, thisismatt said:

daaayaaang,  I guess I got lucky on my deluxe cluster 🏃‍♂️

I've seen other posts selling them for like $60 on ratsun - but that was from yeeeears ago. I've also seen what the yahoo japan auctions for full clusters have been going for so I thought it a fair price for something that's a PITA to get your hands on. 

[thisismatt]

2 hours ago, BrothersGarage said:

I've seen other posts selling them for like $60 on ratsun - but that was from yeeeears ago. I've also seen what the yahoo japan auctions for full clusters have been going for so I thought it a fair price for something that's a PITA to get your hands on. 

At least you put it to use 👍 

[d.p]

9 hours ago, thisismatt said:

daaayaaang,  I guess I got lucky on my deluxe cluster 🏃‍♂️

 

Pass on that luck and sell to me.

[thisismatt]

12 hours ago, d.p said:

 

Pass on that luck and sell to me.

Naw, maybe just dumpster it

 

[d.p]

Don’t be a doucher.  Sell it to me if you aren’t going to use it. 

[datzenmike]

15 hours ago, thisismatt said:

Naw, maybe just dumpster it

 

 

2nd this....too many miles on it.

[thisismatt]

1 minute ago, datzenmike said:

 

2nd this....too many miles on it.

Has some surface rust too. Not really worth shipping to dp

[d.p]

Fuck it then, I asked Ted and he said he thought he had another one so will wait and see what he's got.  

[mrbigtanker]

19 hours ago, thisismatt said:

Naw, maybe just dumpster it

 

 

3 hours ago, d.p said:

Don’t be a doucher.  Sell it to me if you aren’t going to use it. 

Sell it to him, he does have a lot of money.

[d.p]

I don't buy no junk!!!

[thisismatt]

5 hours ago, d.p said:

I don't buy no junk!!!

It's nice, I do plan to use it.

[mrbigtanker]

20 hours ago, d.p said:

I don't buy no junk!!!

Dude you own a Datsun like us they are junk.hahahahahahahahahhha