Wrecking Yard Report

[Kami]

if someone is going to the PnP in modesto, CA, snap a pic of the 610 thats there! row 33

im headed to CA in a few months... wana see if there is anything good.

[datsunaholic]

In a few MONTHS? PnP keeps cars 3-6 weeks, tops. It'll be gone by the end of June.

[Will]

Looks like a '73 610 just showed up in Modesto... maybe the fenders and grille are still there?

 

Pick-n-Pull - Modesto

 

113 Beard Avenue

Modesto, CA 95354 US 209-579-2277

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Make Datsun

Model 610

Year 73

Row 0033

Date On Yard 05/17/2012

 

 

Edit: I see it has already been mentioned a few posts ago - I hope someone gets some useful stuff off of this one!

[ggzilla]

Arlington Pick-N-Pull just got a 1980 datsun 210 wagon, with 5-speed.

[thisismatt]

Anyone check out the 521(s) at the rocklin, ca pick-n-pull?

[ggzilla]

REMINDER: Pick-n-Pull yearly 1/2 price sale starts Tomorrow!

 

From California to Illinois, Edmonton to Virgina, pick-n-pull is on sale! See for exceptions and details http://www.picknpull.com/events_and_specials.aspx?View=Detail&ID=3135

[Laecaon]

I have plans...

[ggzilla]

Me too...

Friday: Visit Pick-n-Pull Lynnwood

Saturday: Pick-n-Pull Tacoma

Sunday: Pick-n-Pull Arlington

Monday: Sale is still on, but I'm done!

[wayno]

There is an 83 datsun/nissan sentra in the vancouver yard, there is also an 85/86 nissan 2wd 720, it had 370 gears in the rear, but they were kinda loose, that was about it for the older stuff.

[Laecaon]

Oh thanks for telling me about the sentra... I might need that for backup...

[wayno]

Oh thanks for telling me about the sentra... I might need that for backup...

 

What are you looking for?

BTW, there is a guy selling a 521 windshield on craigslist for $80.00, says it's a little foggy on the bottom.

[INDY510]

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I've heard i can't bring in a sawzall .... :crying: ...... but can I bring an engine hoist??? ...... I want the front half of a Miata

[wayno]

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I've heard i can't bring in a sawzall .... :crying: ...... but can I bring an engine hoist??? ...... I want the front half of a Miata

 

I beleave there was a complete miata in the vancouver yard with a title, it was a driver though.

[ggzilla]

it looked like Pick-n-pull has an engine hoist for customer use when I was there the other day. Give them a call and ask.

[crackerjack69]

The '73 620 at the nopo yard is pretty complete. I scored the engine harness :D has an A87 head. Good lights. Cool buckets outta somethin. Body panels are straight.

[Laecaon]

What are you looking for?

BTW, there is a guy selling a 521 windshield on craigslist for $80.00, says it's a little foggy on the bottom.

 

That guy is on ratsun now, I already sent him a PM yesterday.

 

Looking for the distributor out of the sentra. Sick and tired of the Matchbox price being above $100.

[ggzilla]

Lynnwood Pick-n-Pull report Friday May 25, 2012

 

Harbody with Z24I

 

720 has a factory jack and handle in it

 

240SX: guys were pulling the KA out, they left behind the 5-speed laying on the ground under the car

 

280ZX

 

720 King Cab

 

720 two guys pulled the transmission out this afternoon

[Royal Sierra]

Sherwood pnp has a mint bulletside. Almost pulled the seat. It was all there. They have a 521 but theres just body panels left.

[Laecaon]

I saw Wayno's truck at the Sherwood PnP as I was leaving.

 

There were a couple kids all upon a black 620 there, They found 3 inch lowering blocks on the truck.

 

I found a 620 FSM...

[wayno]

I saw Wayno's truck at the Sherwood PnP as I was leaving.

 

There were a couple kids all upon a black 620 there, They found 3 inch lowering blocks on the truck.

 

I found a 620 FSM...

 

Sorry I missed ya, I could have used the help getting the parts out of there, no wheelbarrow, that sucked. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Sherwood yard, there were a few 620s in that yard, one had a W53 head, but I already have an extra, so I left it there for someone else.

There was also a 521, not a lot of good stuff left on it, it had a 210 head.

There were also a couple 720s, I got the rear gears(3.545s) out of the 83, the other had 3.70s

Foster yard,

There were a couple 720s, an early 80 something with an A block with a matchbox distributor, I pulled it, then pulled the cap off, as I don't need to pay for some POS cap, that is when I noticed the shaft was not centered, and the guts were hitting each other inside, I pushed the advance around, but couldn't get it to center itself, so I left it there, is this normal?

The 80 510 was still there, doesn't look much differant than when I seen it last.

All the 720s in this yard seemed to have 3.70 gearsets.

I forgot my camera at home, so I couldn't get a photo of the 58 MG magnettes, I could hardly beleave it was in there, it had a 1500cc engine, and the whole car was mostly there.

[ggzilla]

I noticed the shaft was not centered, and the guts were hitting each other inside, I pushed the advance around, but couldn't get it to center itself, so I left it there, is this normal?

Yes, normal because most matchbox are shot after 30 years... if you find one that's been rebuilt, that's a good one. And most vacuum advance are shot too. The things to check:

* Does the vacuum advance still hold a vacuum?

* Are the teeth hitting each other? Move the shaft and see if you can get the teeth to hit (on a good one, you wont be able to)

 

I got a rebuilt matchbox for A14 today -- but the advance was shot. That's OK I have a spare advance.

[wayno]

Yes, normal because most matchbox are shot after 30 years... if you find one that's been rebuilt, that's a good one. And most vacuum advance are shot too. The things to check:

* Does the vacuum advance still hold a vacuum?

* Are the teeth hitting each other? Move the shaft and see if you can get the teeth to hit (on a good one, you wont be able to)

 

I got a rebuilt matchbox for A14 today -- but the advance was shot. That's OK I have a spare advance.

 

 

The teeth were hitting, but that isn't what i noticed first, the plate holding the teeth was crooked, that's when I spun the shaft and it hit the stationary teeth, that kinda depressed me as I already had it out.

I never had one hit before like that, but it looked so nice in the cap, a clean look, like it was new.

This was good for me though, I learned something new, and what to look for now.

I thought it was weird that it had two vacuum advance connections, but it looked like the inside one went to the carb, the other one went somewhere else??

[ggzilla]

Yep, people buy new cap & rotor thinking it will solve problems. In fact, the cap & Rotor almost never go bad on A-series. I'm running a 30-year old cap right now, Runs perfect. They should have replaced the distributor instead of the cap!

 

The two-vacuum cannister works exactly like a single if you don't connect a hose to the inner port. They are used on 80s models to retard timing on the overrun (which does not hurt performance, because you are slowing down anyways). They work well as a standard distributor. I run one myself.

[Dguy210]

Yep, people buy new cap & rotor thinking it will solve problems. In fact, the cap & Rotor almost never go bad on A-series. I'm running a 30-year old cap right now, Runs perfect. They should have replaced the distributor instead of the cap!

 

Ggzilla is right. I have actually worn a cap out. However, my B110 had over 600K miles at the time and the cap had probably seen at least 200K of those miles :rofl:

[ggzilla]

matchbox are shot after 30 years...

The things to check:

...

* Are the teeth hitting each other? Move the shaft and see if you can get the teeth to hit (on a good one, you wont be able to)

Clarification: Just turn the shaft and see if the teeth touch. You can rock the stator (teeth-ring) enough to get them to hit, but that is not necesarily a problem. In a good matchbox, the stationary teeth should have even gaps to all four rotor teeth.