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Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 5:30 am
by Lorna c
DCooke wrote:Bled the clutch slave with my Motive bleeder. Fired up the car, but I still couldn’t get it into gear, it would grind on every gear. The clutch pedal seemed firm, but I pumped it a few times & tried again with no luck. I shot a quick video on my iPhone to confirm the slave cylinder was actually moving when I engaged the pedal, it was moving the full travel length. So, that seemed fine. I then tried starting the car while in 4th gear and it finally engaged properly. Maybe the clutch plate was just stuck or something finally loosened up. Anyways, first time in a few years this thing has moved under its own power!E2189C4C-14AB-40CC-BDF0-782514FB6583.jpeg4CB7B417-23BB-40B8-AB15-389A033159BD.jpeg2332B7DF-7072-49E9-BFCD-BD3DEEB00F8B.jpeg
whOoHoO ! I had that happen to and I had new gears so the through bearing was my concern . "not pull the motor again " ! haha whew , mine was the slave and master cylinder ... motor stayed in.

Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:20 am
by dynaguy
Installed JT's Bilstein shocks this weekend. First snow of the season prevents test drive to assess the improvement. Doing other minor fixes at this time. Might be spring before she's on the road again! Pat

Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 1:15 pm
by Lorna c
dynaguy wrote:Installed JT's Bilstein shocks this weekend. First snow of the season prevents test drive to assess the improvement. Doing other minor fixes at this time. Might be spring before she's on the road again! Pat
how much ? that's my next swap

Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:09 pm
by mlwebb
The brown truck brought some new wheels:

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Michael

Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:51 pm
by dynaguy
Lorna c wrote:
dynaguy wrote:Installed JT's Bilstein shocks this weekend. First snow of the season prevents test drive to assess the improvement. Doing other minor fixes at this time. Might be spring before she's on the road again! Pat
how much ? that's my next swap
Contact JT68 (Jim Tyler) for the particulars. Pat

Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 11:16 pm
by AC77
mlwebb wrote:The brown truck brought some new wheels:

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Michael
Very nice.

Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2017 8:46 pm
by Lorna c
gave it a new steering wheel today . after reading a few threads about them folding and how not safe it is , mines been broken and jerry rigged for a while now and I'm thinking not a good idea now . haha so .........

Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 1:27 am
by pebbles
:smt064 I dont think even jerry will take credit for that one

Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 1:51 am
by Lorna c
pebbles wrote::smt064 I dont think even jerry will take credit for that one
lol

Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:41 pm
by datsun65
Now that my 1967 2000 #565 is back as a runner, started to polish away 30+ years of oxidation.

Before:
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Now (In-progress):
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Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:44 pm
by Linda
What was the process and products that you used, Dan? Car looks much improved.
Linda

Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:57 pm
by datsun65
I have a professional helping.

Wet sanding the whole car, with increasing levels of paper. You can see the old paint on the ground. Once the oxidized paint is removed, then polishing. I'll take a couple of photos of the products used this weekend.

The car was painted probably in the early eighties. It has a metallic gold flake under the red. Gives off a bit of sparkle under the light.

Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:03 am
by Lorna c
nice !

Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 7:46 pm
by Dave_Car_Guy
I finished replacing the rear wheel bearings. They were, to say the least, quite a mess. Happy to say that the weird humming from the rear end is now gone! Cleaned up the entire back end, flushed and re-adjusted the brakes, drained and refilled the diff. She feels young again!
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Re: What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:32 pm
by Linda
I replaced 1 bad connector behind the radio on Sat. That was it! lol.
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Linda