playsnmud Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 completed the auto to 5 speed swap fix all the oil leaks Quote Link to comment
LCDC Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 I put over 300 miles on my truck this weekend. no problems at all. Guess I coulda drove it to canby. Quote Link to comment
mike Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Were you in downtown Spokane Friday a little after midnight in an orange KC with primer front end and a "My dogma ate your karma" sticker on the back? If so I was right next to you at the light by the freeway in a silver tacoma... The GF and I were just coming home from watching that new Dillinger flick, I was like "sweet, a 79 KC, thats what I was working on all day" and she was like "hmmm..." :lol: I replaced the dash and wiring harness in the KC... I bolted it all in hooked it all up and realized that I forgot to put the damn vent tubes in... Everything works except for a few dash bulbs and my alternator light is coming on. Ive still got to make sure I rewired everything right. I used an auto harness from a different year in a manual truck and there were a few differences. Quote Link to comment
sdsurf Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Filled my radiator up and found the seal around the water pump is leaking so I pulled the pump off. Fun Fun Fun Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 i put the modified hardbody springs on ended with the same ride height and no more frame slap Quote Link to comment
uhhitsfuzzy Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 change oil with Royal Purple =] lowered the front more thru torsion bars replaced front shocks with Pinto shocks Quote Link to comment
620mike Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Well i put my KA in about ten times intill i finally got it good, and then put my trans on it, after putting it in, i find out i need to shave some tabs off the trans to make it fit :D and then alot more work ahead Quote Link to comment
Nissan_Boy85 Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Went to Bremerton and picked up a KA! Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 picked up a bottle of cooling system cleaner. hopefully i can disloge whatever is plugging up my rad so i dont blow up my L16. Quote Link to comment
LCDC Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Were you in downtown Spokane Friday a little after midnight in an orange KC with primer front end and a "My dogma ate your karma" sticker on the back? If so I was right next to you at the light by the freeway in a silver tacoma... The GF and I were just coming home from watching that new Dillinger flick, I was like "sweet, a 79 KC, thats what I was working on all day" and she was like "hmmm..." :lol: I replaced the dash and wiring harness in the KC... I bolted it all in hooked it all up and realized that I forgot to put the damn vent tubes in... Everything works except for a few dash bulbs and my alternator light is coming on. Ive still got to make sure I rewired everything right. I used an auto harness from a different year in a manual truck and there were a few differences. Yeah, that was me. Quote Link to comment
hessianben Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Changed trans oil. Replaced with Redline MT-90. Changed Diff oil. Replaced with Redline GL-5 oil. Changed motor oil. Refilled with Royal Purple, some LucasOil, and a K&N filter. Drove the shit out of it. (it's my daily for now- until I can fix the motor mount on my girl's SE-R, she's driving my Frontier) Quote Link to comment
Bugeye Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 had the wrecker drop it off :( Quote Link to comment
sycloned916 Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Installed a HKS turbo timer,and cleaned up the wires under the hood. Quote Link to comment
Andyinc Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 I have decided to do a 3 link on my Datsun what are ur insights on that. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 I have decided to do a 3 link on my Datsun what are ur insights on that. I think you should start a new thread. This one is about: What did you do to your truck today? I walked into the garage and LOOKED at my Datsun Truck. It might as well be a trailier queen only driven once evry two weeks. Quote Link to comment
tdaaj Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 replaced the radiator, new hose's, taller air cleaner and got rid of a nasty vacuum leak by bolting the carb back on, also started the nl up for the first time since i got it 2.5 years ago, fired right up. Quote Link to comment
slinginabullet Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 raced a 2000 something jetta and laughed at him:lol::lol: Quote Link to comment
Guest DatsuNoob Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Me and Joe joined my motor and transmission today, went super smooth. That was after cleaning up about 3-4 qts of oil that spilled out onto the garage floor. I guess the engine hoist lost ram pressure and came to rest on top of the motor, tipping it over, which caused the leak :eek:. Anyway, KA24de w/83 ZX 5psd, alum flywheel, exedy clutch. STOKED!:D Pics to be added tomorrow night on my build thread "Recent Progress". Quote Link to comment
PEZi720 Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 removed my washer fluid reservoir... project auto x comes along a little further each day... tomorrow i'll be removing some more vac lines and emissions controls to clean up the bay a little Quote Link to comment
Guest kamakazi620 Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 I smashed my rusty drivers fender into a parking lot post in a apartment complex today.. one more reason to replace my fender!!! Quote Link to comment
Guest DatsuNoob Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 I smashed my rusty drivers fender into a parking lot post in a apartment complex today.. one more reason to replace my fender!!! Whatcha do that for? :lol: Quote Link to comment
moparvwfreak Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 bought a new rad cap as the old one was anceint. then proceded to pop the head gasket. I knew it was coming as she was sipping coolant with no visible leaks. now I have 2 choices. cut up the black truck and swap the L20 and finally do my cab swap OR yank and go through the L16. right now I am more leaning tward fixing th 16 as I really need my truck fo parts hauling. Quote Link to comment
nis720 Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 My cat took a dump 2 weeks ago. I haven't been able to drive my truck since then (after replacing the alternator) becuase it's clogged up.... I spent all friday going to local muffler shops but no one wanted to gut the cat or remove it w/out replacing it.... after much frustration I simply cut it off myself..... I like the open header sound, reminds me of those jeeps in Glamis. I tack welded a temporary pipe. I drove it 20 miles to my friends shop and got it fixed :D . I also had him add a flange near the muffler so I can remove the center section of the exhaust and make a custom straight pipe I can switch out. So here's what I spent today doing. Quote Link to comment
Bugeye Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 pulled the cover off of the 521, started taking the fenders off, getting it ready for the cab swap, on the 620 I got the engine and trans loose and ready to come out, got the wheels off of it, its gonna be a slow process in stripping it. Quote Link to comment
sycloned916 Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 When to the local dump with the Datsun,weight 3500lbs going it and 2,550lbs going out.Had 940lbs of junk in the back of my little truck. I stalled it twice,the j13 could hardly pull it.Hell of a drive there,but soon as we dumped it back to haulin balls at 50mph. Found out the driver side rear fender was rubbing the tire abit. Might try to roll the rear fenders tomorrow.What a day. Quote Link to comment
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