five1oh Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Car ran awesome and then the next morning I took it to a Cars and Coffee and then the Hayward Datsun meet. All in all about 400 miles on the first weekend after likely a 20 year slumber! 🙂 Thanks for taking the car on @DARIN 510!!!! Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Shortly after the long drives my missing parts showed up!!!! 🙂 Thanks Kelvin! Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Darin finished up my air cleaner so I swung by to pick it up. At this point car started running rough and occasionally was backfiring inside the carb> SO GOOD!!!!! Peep the fuel filter.... Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Made it home with some more popping...so I guess sitting for 20 years didn't help my gas tank lol... I changed out the filter and the car started running good again... Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Drove it some more and seemed to be running good again. Then I finally installed my lonely driver cup holder. Love it. BOOM 3 Bluetooth speaker fits perfectly. Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Also installed my 2 other stickers (air cleaner and radiator) Engine bay complete!!!!!!!!!!! So awesome. Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr 2 Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 So car started having carb issues again and I thought the dirty fuel may have clogged the jets so I took mine apart and used some carb cleaner and put back. Sadly I am still having issues and I can't figure it out but with the amount of rust I saw my next step is to clean the tank and supply line. The car runs great at idle and at low throttle but when I try to give it more gas it starts to sputter. Hopefully my fuel pump is still good and maybe the fuel tank pickup line is clogged. Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Staged a little photo shoot in my court lol. White cars only. Skyline is still waiting for exhaust but should be on the road again soon. Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 Cleaned the car up to take to Datslocos but didn't make it far. I need to address the fuel issue first so next step is to clean the tank. Walk around video: Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 You need to get the JDM 69 grill for it!!! 2 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 some stock tire with white wall https://www.ebay.com/itm/225121548176 1 Quote Link to comment
DARIN 510 Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 20 hours ago, Icehouse said: You need to get the JDM 69 grill for it!!! What grill is that ? The SSS? Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 17 minutes ago, DARIN 510 said: What grill is that ? The SSS? White line is the 69 grill. The cast grill would be really good. 1 Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 20 hours ago, banzai510(hainz) said: some stock tire with white wall https://www.ebay.com/itm/225121548176 Planning on it some day. Need to fix the fuel issue and then I am getting PDR. Then maybe....lol I do like that look Quote Link to comment
iceman510 Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 This "Stock" approach is so diametrically opposite your previous 510. If you are trying to keep it US market stock, no JDM grille. 😁 1 Quote Link to comment
DARIN 510 Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Icehouse said: White line is the 69 grill. The cast grill would be really good. Ohhh. The 69 sss grill. I thought that was what you were talking about but just wanted to double check Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 23 minutes ago, DARIN 510 said: Ohhh. The 69 sss grill. I thought that was what you were talking about but just wanted to double check In japan each year had a different grill. 69 is the white line. Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2022 On 10/14/2022 at 11:11 AM, iceman510 said: This "Stock" approach is so diametrically opposite your previous 510. If you are trying to keep it US market stock, no JDM grille. 😁 LOL!!! It is taking SOOOOO much restraint. Uggh. 😐 Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) So I have been working on the gas tank for the last week plus LOL. It is currently on round 2 of soaking with CLR and vinegar. The first time around I had the tank stored laying flat (pictures below) and it worked amazingly well but I only got about 70% clean (top did not). This time around I made sure to fill it COMPLETELY and store vertically! Tonight I will be draining it and taking pictures and then moving on to the next step. So this is the method I am following: 0. Drained tank and removed 1. I let the tank air out a few days to get completely dry 2. Filled with vinegar and CLR 3. Will empty and rinse thoroughly with water and then fill with water and baking soda (to neutralize the vinegar). Let soak another day or two. 4. Will use gas tank etch 5. Use gas tank coat 6. Reinstall Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Edited October 25, 2022 by five1oh 1 Quote Link to comment
KELMO Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Well, the ratio of vinegar to CLR looks pretty obvious. Do you add water or just the other 2 components? Awesome use of one of those foldable work benches. Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 4 hours ago, KELMO said: Well, the ratio of vinegar to CLR looks pretty obvious. Do you add water or just the other 2 components? Awesome use of one of those foldable work benches. LOL. So the pic with the jugs.....I bought Walmart out of them and sadly they were 1/2 gallon jugs. I have never done this before and I thought that by filling the tank half way and shaking multiple times I could cover the whole thing....(I left it sealed for almost 3 days and shook it at least 10 times per day. Because of not being able to fill the tank full I only used 1/2 gallon of the CLR the first go around. So basically that photo had 4.5 gallons of vinegar and .5 gallons of CLR. The photo of it vertical the tank was COMPLETELY full. essentially I used 11 gallons of vinegar and 1/2 gallon of CLR Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 After almost 2 days soaking I emptied the tank. Results were amazing. I also spent about 30 minutes filling/shaking the tank with baking soda and water (I dumped 3 pounds of baking soda in). Prior to baking soda flush: Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr After the baking soda flush I got out most of the water and then poured in this bottle of metal prep. Tonight I will dry the tank completely out and then in a day or two will be using the fuel tank sealer: Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
iceman510 Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Long process but it will be worth it. 1 Quote Link to comment
Filthy_ Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Ugh, fuel tank issues are such a pain in the ass. I'm unsure if people do this with car tanks, but with my old bikes in the past, I've thrown in a bunch of chain and nails and shit to work as an abrasive. It's obviously a hell of a lot harder to shake a full size tank around for it to do anything, but it does wonders. Nice work, that skyline... so jealous. Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 4 hours ago, Filthy_ said: Nice work, that skyline... so jealous. Thanks man! Excited to have it back on the road...need to keep adding miles 🙂 Driving it 250 miles on Sunday 🙂 Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr 3 Quote Link to comment
five1oh Posted November 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 So finally finished my gas tank. Sealed it and waited 5 days and then installed with my Maddat fuel filler I purchased a couple years ago. Such a nice piece. Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Untitled by five1oh2010, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
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